Spiritual Simplicity

Alexander reaching India does plan, To meet a true wise virtuous holy man; At these, stewards instantly take him, To the Indus valley fertile and trim; Where he finds a man with no clothes, As though undone of loath and wrath; Alexander with all his pricey attire, Finds a spiritual sparkle in him higher; Swayed by the saint’s spiritual splendor, He pleads him to go to his nation yonder; Offers everything whatsoever may please, If the saint could make his great wish ease; I am here there everywhere omnipresent, Says the saint; refuses his wish to consent; At this, annoyance provoked, the king, Draws his sword to slay him in a fling; The saint undaunted sheds a simple smile, Says, as though confronting certain senile; As children make houses on sand smart, And destroy them to make another art; The house is the body of weak humans, Innate tendencies in it make nuisance; Demolishing, one demolishes his home, Amidst all such acts, sand is the same; On this, Alexander felt a pricking pinch, His sword fell and he felt certain flinch; Power and might is not just in one’s hand, It’s in heart, this philosophy he learned; Simplicity is the power one needs to choose, Spiritually strong, one has nothing to lose. 08 July 2021