Saturday, December 2, 2006

Sanskrit Poem - A Prayer

A Prayer

We got introduced to the divine couple, Siva and Parvathy, in the last blog. This piece of poem is a prayer to Parvathy, in a way.
Their children, introduced as Ganapathy and Subrahmanya last time, are also known by various other names. The names Ganesha and Heramba are used for the former here and Agnibhooh and Smanda for the latter.
The two children are fighting with each other. Out of these, Ganapathy has the head of an elephant with large ears and a long trunk for nose. The other has six faces and hence, a dozen eyes. The annoyed mother has a conversation with her children. That is what the poem is about.

Poem in Sanskrit

He Heramba ! kim amba ! rodishi param karnou luthathy-Agnibhooh
Kim te Skanda ! viceshtitam ? mama pura sankhya krta cakshusham
ittham te-nucitam Ganesha ! caritam nasam mimeete-mba me
ma, ma, me-ti sutou vilokya hasatee paya-dapayd-Uma

English Translation

"You, Heramba!" " Why mom, this Agnibhooh is pulling on my ears". "Why are you, Skanda, naughty like this ? " "He started it by counting my eyes ". "That was not a fair deed, Ganesha !". "My nose was measured by Subrahmanya first".
May that Parvathy save us from all dangers, who started laughing, watching this fight between her children, saying (simply) "No, no, no".