Two formidable forces,
Facing each other,
Stood in the light of the day.
Riddled with dilemma,
A sentient Arjun stared,
The darkness of the act,
In his heart, making its way.
Omniscient he is,
Krishna's lips stretch into a smile.
'Fight my family!
Kill my kin!
O! Gopal
How should I?'
'Why, O! Parth
You mourn for evil?'
Calm voice of Krishna
Touched Arjun's disquieted heart.
'O! Gopal
End their lives!
Evil or not
How could I?'
Beholding Arjuna's distraught eyes,
Krishna smiled,
'Mortal form perishes
But not the soul.'
An uninitiated Arjun,
Joined his palms,
'O! Gopal
I lay down my arms!'
To quell the dark ignorance,
That filled Arjun's conscience,
Krishna proceeded to deliver,
The paramount sermon ever.
Universal teaching for the way of life,
A path itself from dark to light.
'Must follow the route of dharma,
O! Parth
Never should you give up.
I can erase the adversary,
If I wish,
A moment will it take,
But to spread the value of karma
Is why, in this war I partake.
Karma, your duty
You should conduct, O! Parth
Without fixating on the outcome,
But on the action, itself.
Consider my words
Then take a stance.'
Enlightened, Arjun lifted his bow
To fight the dark, his dharma,
To bring about light through his karma.
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Jar of Poesy
Poezie"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." - Robert Frost 'Jar of Poesy' is a collection of poems churned out in the moments when the emotions and thoughts mingled to create words - words reflecting the percep...
