THIRUPPAVAI 1 MARGAZHI THINGAL by Sudharma Vaithiyanathan

THIRUPPAVAI 1
MARGAZHI THINGAL

by Sudharma Vaithiyanathan


Bejewelled gopi-girls, each a jewel, enhance your sparkle
by bathing in his luminescence full as the moon
against indigo skies. Lance-bright his eyes, bright his lance
that glides through fear. Bathe in the river of devotion

of the lion cub, Yashodhara’s joy, our single star.
His home is here, where we gather, the time is now,
this Margali month. Come, pledge your life to radiance.

Translations by
Priya Sarukkai Chabria
ANDAL: Autobiography of a Goddess

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