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Friday, August 19, 2022

Janmashtmi 2022

Let us  celebrate  the birth  of the unborn!
Didn't He say so  to Arjun , the Kunti-born:
'I taught this yoga to Vivasvan, aeons ago?'
But then, how are we to adorn  the unborn?

Born or unborn , He is present everywhere 
The air smells  of Him , be it  here or there.
Be it any hemisphere , Eastern or Western
Northern or Southern, He's felt everywhere!

What is that which makes Krishna special?
How come, He is so  loved by one  and  all?
Is it the wizardry  of his  bewitching  smile?
Or  His  unfathomable  love  unconditional?

Krishna was pacifist to the core, you see it
He  was  amidst the  war and still  not in  it!
Did anyone ever see Him glum or unhappy?
In fact, His happiness carried  bliss with  it!

A royal by birth , He was atypically humble
Cowherds and gopis made  His  ensemble.
He danced with them with all-out abandon
To begin with, the flute sang the preamble!

It's difficult to pinpoint a single trait in Him
That may qualify  to be called His  eponym.
He is multidimensional and therefore He is
Loved by the multitude. His name  is hymn!

Hymn is charm. It brings about  equanimity 
Equanimity drives away the whim of enmity. 
When fear overrides , things go  skew-whiff
Chanting His name  engenders all-out amity!

Hare Krishna!
Ajit Sambodhi.

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