Thiruppavai series 2020, Day 1 of Margazhi: 16 December 2020

PRAYER
O my Lord Parthasarathy, Whom Kothai affectionately calls her Narayanan, I have come, this first day of Margazhi, Seeking to behold Your divine, dark Form!I have come, as have the others, To Your abode in Brindaranyam, So we may bathe in the luminous compassion of Your Grace.Look at us, O Son of Yashoda,With the radiance of Your eyes...May the light of that splendorous sunLift the darkness of our unpredictable days,And energize us with potency.
The story behind my verse:Being the first day of Margazhi, I went to Sri Parthasarathy Swami temple with my husband, properly masked. It was only the second time I was going to the temple since its opening on 01 September, 2020, after the lockdown. The pagalpathu utsavam was going on, it was the second day and Parthasarathy Swami was in Venu Gopalan thirukolam. Though there were quite a few devotees present, and the mangala vadhyam of nadaswaram and thavil heralded the procession of the Lord within the temple premises, a certain gloom hung over the whole atmosphere, an unpleasant contrast to the vibrant mood that we have grown used to from the previous years of the festival.  
Please note: This is NOT a translation of the divine verses sung by the revered poet-saint Andal. I have not the qualifications for that undertaking, my greatest limitation being my inability to read and write Tamil. Nor can I claim to be as devoted and as passionate as Andal was to Her Rangamannar. But I do love Krishna in my own way and these verses are just my attempt at writing a poem a day, as Kothai did over the thirty days of Margazhi, centuries ago. The muse for each of these thirty verses are the thirty songs that form the thirty paasurams of Thiruppavai. As I can't read or write Tamil, I have had to look up the Internet for translations and transliterations of Thiruppavai. I have provided the links below. Also for the same reason is why my poetry is in English. I offer this humble work at the Lotus Feet of my Lord Parthasarathy, my Krishna, my Flautist of Brindaranyam.
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Bibliography:1. THIRUPPAVAI IN ENGLISH http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/2. Thiruppavai http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Thiruppavai3. thiruppAvai http://divyaprabandham.koyil.org/inde...www.facebook.com