Rain song of damsels.---Penghalin mazhai pattu--Thirupavai...4

The fourth song of 30 songs spun splendidly by Andal in the collection of verses dedicated to Govindan[vishnu] --'The Thiruppavai' describes rain as seen and experienced by her.It is as follows---

Rain god ! As majestic as the ocean! Do not keep any thing for yourself.

After you entered the ocean , inhaling water and then ascending the skies with great fanfare,

Assuming the dark hue similar to the colour of the first sacred cause of every thing including Time,

Then becoming even more darker and then flashing like the disc in the hands of my god, the one bearing broad shoulders,

And then vibrating and thundering like the conch in Padmanabans, hands ,

And then if you pierce the earth like a shaft of lakhs of arrows unleashed from the bow held in His hand,

Then all living beings will prosper.

We , who have taken this month [ marghazhi] long vow to bathe in the river early in the morning will be delighted!

Delay not!Start raining!


The verse in Tamil:

Penn galin Mazhai pattu:
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Aazhi mazhai kanna ! ondrum nee kaikaravel,
Aaliyul pukku mugundu kodaarar theri

Oozhi mudalvan uruvam pol meikaruithu,
Pazhiyan tholudaya parpannaban kaiyil ,

Aazi pol minni valamburipol nindrathirndu,
Thazhade sarangam udhaithu saramazhai pol,

Vaazha ulaginil peidhidai , nangalum,
Marghazhi neerada magizhinde lorembavai.