Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Godā Stuti, 7

valmīkataḥ śravaṇato vasudhātmanas te
jāto babhūva sa muniḥ kavi-sārvabhaumaḥ |
Gode kim adbhutam idaṃ yad amī svadante
vaktrāravinda-makaranda-nibhāḥ prabandhāḥ || 7 ||


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Born from an ant-hill, 
        the ear of the earth
                which is your very essence
that seer became lord of all poets;

Goda!

What wonder is it then, 
that these compositions
        like the honey from the lotus of Your face
taste so sweet!
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Notes
The "lord of all poets"is Vālmīki, who meditated for so long that he was covered by ant-hills. I am not sure why an ant-hill is the "ear of the earth", but the point of the verse is clear: if Vālmīki, born merely from the ear of the earth, created the Rāmāyaṇa, then a fortiori how much greater should the works of Godā (the Tiruppāvai and the Nācciyār Tirumoli) be given that she is the very essence of the earth itself!



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