A poem not at proper time said--
Though wisdom so well said, gets slighted.
Like Vedas by an aged wife read
In privacy, say, of nuptial bed.
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Translation |16.09.2024| poem, wrong time
Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom, ‘words well said’. This one is taken from my selection of translations. Here is the first of the twain. It talks of a verse not at the right time said. The next one talks about something said at the right time and place. The examples given to illustrate the point are quite striking and humorous. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows:
Avasare na cha yat uktam subhaashhitam, tat cha bhavati haasyaaya |
Rahasi praudha vadhoonaam rati samaye, veda paatha ive ||
Categories:
veda, poems, time, wife,
Form: Quatrain
"The Odyssey, First Steps"
"You’re just like a doll...
you're like a doll,
in a dream", he said,
I nod, up then down,
as if my head moves
by puppet master
I turn with the strings
like a piece of furniture
facing East door, then,
the ghost in me arises
from its chair
and like an automaton,
I walk, through the door
I walk, I turn North,
as if drawn
by architecht
Sthapatya Veda;
the Odyssey, first steps
looking for
the way to
Brahmasthan
the centre
pulls me back
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
Categories:
veda, journey, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Eons back there was naught what so,
Cosmic existence as we know,
Matter nor space now so rife,
Day nor night, death nor life,
All there was, was darkness
All around wrapped in nothingness,
And all-pervading cosmic will
Whence rose desire, the seed primeval—
Desire to manifest,
But who knows it the best?
One Alone, He may know,
Or He too may not know.
Perchance, love made first move,
When naught was, there was love.
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Musings |06.10.2022|
Poet’s note: A Sukta on creation of cosmic reality in Rig Veda conjectures on how it all started. Where this all came from? It wonders if even God knows. Based on scientific evidence we now know all this cosmos is very much there and it started off from that Big Bang over 14 billion years ago. Thousands of years back Indic seers made this Sukta, based on no scientific evidence, nor reasoning, but on ‘visionary, yogic, or mystical experience put in words’. Rig Veda says it was cosmic will, desire to manifest. This piece , a free verse, says: at the root of it all it is love. ‘When naught was there, there was love’.
Categories:
veda, love,
Form: Free verse
I
Before Jesus I loved Veda and Vairagya
Detach here, attach to Transcendental there
Practice with people, prophesying Jesus:
Do not JUDGE. But how to avoid such?
II
Buddhism bestowed the key, as Paul
Did in Epistles. Reading Romans 12
"Renew your mind, do not conform -
Be transformed." Mindfulness my gain
And complaint: I ought to see, sense, hear
Still not put labels to lots of stimuli? No
III
Yes, I fail. Especially education is
All about labels and labeling: no name
Means we have no handle. So why not
Go on doing life without labeling? Alone;
Is the only way. Detach, then attach:
I tried once with a prof. "I won't tell
My name. You'll forget anyway." Youth!
Categories:
veda, addiction, angst, bible,
Form: Alliteration
Fungi, fungus, funguses thousand fold,
eukaryotic life kingdom of yeast and mold.
Ancient legends and myths from many times,
beginnings and ends through mulching slimes.
Egyptians sensed the connection in fungi to gods,
only Pharaohs allowed to have them as foods.
Consuming the fungi to become immortal static,
Mushroom stones in Mesoamerica enigmatic.
The Rig Veda describes the juice of Soma,
considered as precious liquid of stardust and earth aroma.
Indispensable in all worships and ritual,
similar to Greek deities of cognate ambrosia.
Consumed in Shamanic sessions to contact spirits of the dead,
fortifying long hunting trips an dreams thread.
Penicillin antibiotics against bacterial infection,
surviving the war with needed invention.
Psilocybin and psilocin magic shrooms,
DMT, acid blotters magic truffles booms.
Alice in wonderland and the philosopher’s stone,
introspective hallucination and psychosis throne.
Natures secret language by mildews organisms,
earths everlasting fungi dew compost prism.
Categories:
veda, 12th grade, metaphor, mystery,
Form: Ballade
"Thou art That" (Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 of the Sama Veda)
You wanna know what’s something you are not?
It is that easy. Take a piece of paper,
divide it into two parts with a pen,
entitle the left side as “I”, the right
one – “It” and then think twice about who
you are. A mate? A son? A spouse? A father?
Etcetera. Write down them on the left
and think again. What’s It? A pen? A paper?
The writing table you are sitting at?
The house you’re living in? Write down
them all on the right side and then cross out
the features which are neither You nor It.
Is “I” of you entirely determined
by features “man”, “taxpayer”, “citizen”?
Cross features out. Cross out everything
that’s not the real Itness which includes
all sets of Its throughout the universe,
reducing both lists until just “I”
and “It” remain. Read the result aloud...
Hm, I am It. The rest is I am not.
01.08.2019
Something I Am Not Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: craig cornish
Categories:
veda, self,
Form: Blank verse
Two drops of rain once when fell,
Became one with the vast sea.
One said: just a drop I be,
The other said with a roar:
I am the sea, drop no more.
It's mindset that rings the bell.
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The soul of a man, a spark from the same Supreme Being, has immense potentiality. The four Vedas reiterate this truth in four fundamental thoughts called mahavakya:
. prajnaanam brahma | says Rig Veda.
. aham brahma'smi | says Yajur Veda.
. tat tvam asi | says Saama Veda.
. ayam atma brahma | says Atharva Veda.
The Vedas say that if the soul must evolve and reach the supreme crest, it must aim high. Words may be different, but all the four say the same thing.
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Reflections | 05.06.15 |
Categories:
veda, i am, identity, self,
Form: Free verse
a vessel of earth and sky
proclaiming to possess
light and deepest depth
clad in the satisfaction
nearest to the wind
but then
dawning cloud like vestments
to walk safely in the seething mass
though by inclination none were needed
but to placate the malevolent
the sibling gods make a place to rest in gut
then rushing in discourse
insert long and narrow tendrils through the blood
before setting fire to the brain
as Asuras sing in praise
rum is sacrament
Inspired by rum and the language of the Rig Veda concerning the Soma ritual.
See Rig 10:136
Categories:
veda, imagination,
Form: Free verse