#day-1

Tar - mairon walked to pharazôn’s chambers with a plan of revenge . He saw pharazôn lazily seated on his velvet divan with a glass of ale in his hand . “ my lord!” He uttered to hear pharazôn reply “ what now?”

“ I would like to tell you something.”

“Speak, and be done with it quickly , for I do not have the time to hear the petty grievances of an ainu.”

“ I come with no petty grievance but with truth.”

“ tell me!”

“ the valar have deceived you!” Said mairon confidently without a sliver of shame , fear or shyness

“ what do you mean ?” Pharazôn asked

“ my lord pharazôn, the valar are foolish , not gods but dictators . I urge you to turn your notice to another god.”

“ who ? Pray tell!”

"It is he whose name is not now spoken; for the Valar have deceived you concerning him, putting forward the name of Eru, a phantom devised in the folly of their hearts, seeking to enchain Men in servitude to themselves. For they are the oracle of this Eru, which speaks only what they will. But he that is their master shall yet prevail, and he will deliver you from this phantom; and his name is Melkor, Lord of All, Giver of Freedom, and he shall make you stronger than they.”

“Morgoth , you urge us to worship that demon!”

“ not demon but god in my opinion.”

“ how do you consider him god?”

“ I loved him as a friend , teacher, lover and much more . Sometimes I see him as my mother due to him endlessly fussing about my welfare , sometimes as a mischievous child due to his constant antics , sometimes as my husband who makes love .to me every night and whispers words of love and adoration to me and also sometimes as god.”

“ if you consider him god , and I conduct multiple rituals and sacrifices , what will he give me in return ?”

“ whatever you desire , be it gold , land , victory or even immortality.”

“ he will grant immortality?”

“ to those truly faithful to him , like I.”

“ when can I begin the rituals.”

“ I shall inform you in an hour , but now announce this to the kingdom!”

As pharazôn announced the kingdom about this news , the council members began to start questioning mairon about this decision By asking him “ what makes you think that the worship of melkor will benefit us?” To which he answered

“ O Nazgûl who have the wealth of service to melkor .” He said looking at mûrazôr and adunaphel and continued “Oh those who are wearing great ornaments , It is an auspicious day on this full moon day of Narvinyë. Melkor is the king of the universe ; he is the lord of mairon who has beautiful eyes. Melkor has a divine form which has the complexion of gold has beautiful eyes and has a face like sun and moon. He is bagulir , he who rises in might , the wielder of grond the warhammer and will give us all, his servitors, if we service and worship him , everything we desire .

And as soon as he said that the ministers accepted his proposal and made arrangements for building the temple as mairon smirked internally , thinking “ revenge taster sweeter when it involves the stupidity of men!”

Notes:

First pAsuram. Praising time, cow-herd girls and emperumAn, who is both the means and the end result, ANdAL resolves that she will observe mArgazhi nOnbu (a fasting or religious penance observed in the thamizh month of mArgazhi) so that she could have krishNAnubhavam (enjoying krishNa).

mArgazhith thingaL madhi niRaindha nannALAl

nIrAdap pOdhuvIr pOdhuminO nErizhaiyIr

sIr malgum AyppAdich chelvach chiRumIrgAL

kUrvEl kodum thozhilan nandhagOpan kumaran

Er Arndha kaNNi yasOdhai iLam singam

kAr mEnich chengaN kadhir madhiyam pOl mugaththAn

nArAyaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvAn

pArOr pugazhap padindhu ElOr embAvAy