Another Suyam-Varam <br /> <br />Dhamayanthi told the Brahmin, <br />“Go to Ayodhya again. <br />Tell them, we’ve once more, <br />Having Suyam-Varam here.” <br /> <br />Suyam-Varam tomorrow <br /> <br />To Ayodhya the Brahmin went <br />And told, “Here I’m sent <br />To inform, by tomorrow certain, <br />Suyam-Varam will go again.” <br /> <br />What to do? <br /> <br />The king who heard, <br />The Brahmin’s word, <br />Asked his charioteer <br />“How to go there? <br /> <br />It was evening by then. <br />Next day is the function. <br />Within these few hours <br />How to reach there? <br /> <br />Can it be talked? <br /> <br />Nalan said, “She’s a woman, <br />Having no mind for another man, <br />How can such a chaste woman <br />Even talk of any other man? ” <br /> <br />The King told Nalan <br /> <br /> “On the last occasion <br />Her garland fell on Nalan. <br />It should have been mine, <br />When it was thrown.” <br /> <br />Nalan’s worry <br /> <br />“Is she trying to find me out? <br />Like this, never in the past, <br />A talk of this kind arose <br />But now why it goes? ” <br /> <br />Realised his duty <br /> <br />Nalan realised his duty. <br />He kept the chariot ready <br />With good galloping horses <br />To reach the spot in hours. <br /> <br />(Suyam Varam = A princess <br />chooses her own prince <br />among the invited <br />for her wedding.)<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nalan-3-4-second-suyam-varam/
