Raja Thatha writes his story of the “kochu kutty” of Guruvayur

Raja  Thatha   writes his story  of the “kochu kutty” of Guruvayur

By

P.R.Ramachander

It was   a dull morning  in the island   of Dwaraka .

Sree Krishna    knew   that it is time for him to go,

And he knew  Vali whom he    had killed   as Rama ,

Was hiding   some where  to send an arrow  to kill him.

Among all   the treasures    that he   wanted to save,

Was a  black  idol  of a boy wearing  a loins cloth ,

Whom he    used    to play as well as  worship    as a little child ,

And he wanted  him safely  installed  to be worshipped.

He called   the  teacher   of devas    to come there ,

Entrusted   the little black   child  god to him,

And  told him, “Consecrate  him   in such a place ,

Where   all people , would love him  like their child.

He also told him, “Even if they consider  him as their little boy,

They should   consider   him as their father  who will protect them.”

Guru agreed but said “How do I travel    from this place ,

Which is an island  carrying   that  dark little darling?”

Krishna said, “ not to worry “ and summoned  his friend,

The wind God  and told him, ”Carry Guru  and his child,

To a place   where he wants to go , though   they are little heavy.”

And   wind god   took   Guru  and his child  and reached Gujarat.

Wind asked Guru  “Shall   we fix hum here , seem to be good people”

Guru said “These people even though   Good are   essentially  ,

People    who do business   and I do not want  my child to be here.”

They reached  the Mahratta   shore  , Guru felt  they were  warriors.

Wind God was tired   and said  , let us go inside   but Guru said “no”.

Let us go through   the beech only   because Krishna  loved  ,

His Dwaraka    with a great beech” and so they    flew further ,

And reached   the  land of  the devout people of Karnataka.

Guru told him . “seems to be okay    for me   , but there  is already,

A butter eating  Krishna here and I do not want  this baby   also here”

And so they entered   the God’s own land   recovered   from the sea ,

Seemingly populated  by people  , who loved their temples   greatly .

When they  flew for some  more time   they saw   an adult  ,

Grazing  cattle   near  a temple   and they  asked him   , who he is,

And what is this  temple and he replied  , “I am lord    Shiva  himself,

And this is Mummiyoor , which Guru explained  as land of  his Mummy

Lord Shiva promised   them that   he would  look after  the new baby,

If all pilgrims   who go to visit  the”Kochu” , should also see   him.

And the wind was  happy at the decision because  he can take rest,

And  Guru    consecrated   that  little one  , who is  the father  of all there.

The king   Janamejaya    heard    about   the arrival   of the child in Kerala  ,

And built  a temple for him    and that child   , became a  child,

In every home   all  over  Kerala  and when  they were  in trouble,

They  did not call    any other  God but call “Ende Guruvayurappa(Oh my  father living in Guruvayur”

  Adhi SAnkara   who was  born   to a couple  in Kalady   as a result  of prayer,

To Lord Shiva at  Trichur was passing  near the temple  without entering it,

Seeing a Bhootha Bali  being   conducted   there  , but he fell down on the way,

And realised it fault   and sang about   that baby  in his “Octet to the   cowherd.

As per the orders of God he systematized     the worship procedures there,

Did  mandala  Bhajanam for forty  one days  and established  the Mandala Vilakku,

For forty one days  and then came the Vilwamangalthu Samiyar  ,

Who had the good fortune  of  seeing the    God himself  playing in the temple.

Then there   was a childless  Widow called   “Mother  of Kurur”

Who was blessed  by the Lord of Guruvayur as   her servant boy,

Then came one of the greatest  devotees of  the child of Guruvayur,

Called Bhattathiri  , who wrote the story of the child   and got rid of his pain.

Along with Bhattathiri came   another   simple   Brahmin    who loved,

The child in side the  temple as his own   which was lost  on his first birthday,

And he wrote that “when the child of Guruvayur   is dancing  in our hearts,

Why   there   was a need     for  another child too love at home.”

There   was   no home  in Kerala   which did not love   their child in Guruvayur,

Even if his poor or rich  , Brahmin or Dalit   and  Hindu  or Non Hindu.

When any   of them  are in trouble  , even   before  calling their mother  ,

They would call “Ende  Guruvayurappa”   and the child   reached there  to help them.

These  great devotees  made  people    all over   the world realize,

That  the child  in side the temple  of Guruvayur   would take care off,

Problems  of each and every one  who came   there  with a packet of misery ,

And would return it to him as   a packet   of joy     as well as pleasure