Tesu a Folk Love Story of India 5
Tesu A Folk Love Story of India Part. 5
Prelude Note:
The story as painted here on Poetry Soup
is the sole creation and imagination of the writer,
except the names Tesu and Jhonjhi.
The Poem Tesu is based on a folk story of India.
The Tesuwalas* (little children with a earthen lamp
on their heads) as depicted in the Poem are gradually
diminishing with the passing of time and changing life
styles. It's a tribute to that great warrior and lover Tesu,
who sacrificed his life because he had given words
to someone. How and when you would come to
know soon ....Ravindra
Tesu A Folk Love Story of India
What a brave, unique, strong soldier
and a lover was Tesu.
No mortal has ever became,
Such a man of valor, love and courage,
Whose participation would have changed,
The fate of any battle,
And a lover, who kept his promise
Given to his beloved before death. 12
He was brave and bold enough,
To sacrifice his life,
For keeping his words,
Given to someone unknown,
But Tesu had,
One very extraordinary unique quality,
And a desire, of making any looser,
A winner, even if he is not known to him. 13
His desire and habit to make,
Anyone known or unknown,
A winner or a looser,
Tempted him to decide
To fight from the side of Kauravas,*
Who had assembled to defeat,
The right cause of Pandavas,*
And this tempted decision and desire of Tesu,
Became the cause
Of his unwanted end. 14
Ravindra
Kanpur India 14th Nov. 2012...... To continue....
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Clarifications:
* The Kauravas are descendants from Kuru, a legendary
king of north India, who were the opponent of Pandavas
in the Mahabharata. The term Kaurava in broad sense
includes the pandavas also, who were also the posterity
of the same clan. The Kauravas represent the material
or evil forces, who drove the Pandavas from their territory.
Later the Pandavas returned and conquered the
Kauravas in the great battle of Kurukshetra with the
help of Indra, Krishna and Balarama.
Pandavas*
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the
Pandava are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu .
Their names are Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula
and Sahadeva. All five brothers were married to
the same woman, Draupadi. (Each brother also
had multiple other wives.) Together, the brothers
fought and prevailed in a great war against their
cousins the Kauravas, which came to be known
as the Battle of Kurukshetra or Mahabharat.
Copyright © Ravindra K Kapoor | Year Posted 2012
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