Mahasuram Kethum

 

By

 

Muthu Swami Deekshithar

 

Nava Graha Krithi-IX  Kethu

 

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Shanumuga Priya

Thalam Roopakam

 

Pallavi

 

Mahasuram Kethumaham bhajami Chaya Graha varam

 

Anupallavi

 

Maha vichithra makuta dharam Mangala vasthradhi daram,

Nara peeta sthitham sukham nava graham yutham sakham.

 

Charanam

 

Kethum krishnavan manthrinam krodha nidhi jaiminam,

Kuluthadhi bhakshanam kona dwaja pathakinam,

Guru Guha chamara bharanam guna dosha jithabharanm,

Grahaanaadhi karya karanam, Grahapa savya sancharinam

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

 

I pray that great Asura Kethu who is the blessed shadow planet

 

Anupallavi

 

He wears a peculiar crown and auspicious dress,

He sits on the base of a human form  and is friendly to the nine planets.

 

Charanam

 

He who is pleased by Krinavan manthra 

And is the  treasure of anger belonging to the clan of Jaimini,

He eats food of grain  and has a triangle in his flag,

He wears the fan of Guru Guha as ornament

And can make out difference between good and bad,

He is the cause of eclipses and moves in counter clock wise direction.