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Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)

9th Century

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English version by
J. K. Mohana Rao

Original Language
Tamil

The lotus is greeting the rising sun and the lily has closed its petals; (from Tiruppavai)

Themes

Lotus

Rose

Sound

Spring Blossom

Sun

Recommended Books

	Antal and Her Path of Love: Poems of a Woman Saint from South India, Translated by Vidya Dehejia
	Concept of Sri Andal's Tiruppavai, by Chenni Padmanabhan
	Women of Wisdom: A Journey of Enlightenment by Women of Vision Through the Ages, by Paula Marvelly

The lotus is greeting the rising sun and the lily has closed its petals;
Wearing their saffron robes and ashes, the ascetics are on their way to
the holy temple to sound the auspicious conch;
O talkative girl, you, who boasted that you would be the first
to wake us up, why don't you get up!
We will sing the praises of the brave and the beautiful Lord bearing
the conch and the wheel.

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