Gorgeously pregnant with varieties of dumplings <br />Vadas, appams, puffed and flaked rice <br />Cooked, baked chickpeas and raw rice idlis <br />Payasam with ghee-fried cashews and raisins <br />Added to the core of sweets <br />Fruits of jack, jumblem, mango, banana, wood-apple <br />Guava and of modernity simla apple, pineapple <br />And tangerines; Also on availability whole sugarcanes <br />Main offering of potful of cooked rice <br />With little dal purified on with ghee <br />Whole and halved coconuts, betel and areca <br />Little water from panchapaathra....Pillaiar <br />Signalling to nap, Your paunch belched uptrunked <br />This peepal tree on this tank-resort <br />You chose to sit under for rest.. <br />Gentle breeze peepal tree strokes so sweet <br />Mind-sweeping and You're in a pleasant mood <br />Delicacies bulge though in real bulges your omniscience <br />In full prostration seeking Your blessings oh Lord!<br /><br />Indira Renganathan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prayer-to-pipal-pillaiyar/
