Ram's arrival
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Ram’s Arrival (Ramayan)

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The sacred sounds of thousand conch shells

piercing through the eerie silences of deafening 

decades, a mammoth Himalayan cloud bursted 

in the Northern horizons over the legendary

kingdom of Ayodhya on the banks of

fabled Sarayu River.

 

The thundering clouds wrestled, the wombs

of giant Earth quivered, the regal blue-eyed

peahens ruffled their gilded

ruby feathers;

 

The sunken plants sprouted, oozing out their

heads to catch a glimpse of the exquisite face

of Sita with a silken complexion of molten-lava

daughter of king Janka of Mithila whose

whose beauty  launched thousand

battle-ships…

 

Adorned in the victory lap of the majestic

embellished golden elephants, swimming

across the seas far-far away from the

ghostly dark dungeons of decadent

Ravana’s sinful Lanka.

 

After slaying  Ravana’s ten monstrous

heads for the atrocious sins of holding,

his young queen captive.

 

Crowned prince Rama step a foot on the lush

lands of Ayodhya, where gilded golden domes

erected bowed to salute his triumphant

arrivals, after the exiles of the fourteen

extensive summers and winters.

 

Ancient gulmohar trees lowered their laden

branches and fluttered leaves like bells of

mythical sun temples;

 

A tear swelled up in the eyes of Rama

looking at the solar dynasty of his fore-fathers

banished by his own kin, reduced to

dwell in sinister dense woods chosen

for menial chores.

 

Rama knew the challenges that lie ahead,

sufferings he must withstand, answers he

must offer, the paths he must trod while 

 keeping his ideals supreme.

( congrats to all the devotees of Sri Ram, on the laying of foundation stone in Ayodhya, what a great day)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published by Tanya'sopinion

A teacher by profession, a poet by heart and a traveler by love

75 thoughts on “Ram’s Arrival (Ramayan)”

    1. Shantanu thanks a lot, I knew you will like this😊. A very happy and prosperous Diwali. I couldn’t come with better idea than to verse a poem on it! 🙂

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    1. Thank you very much Bill.
      I tried to pen the ancient Hindu epic of Ramayan on ocassion of Diwali. Done in my way 🙂

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    1. Thanks a lot Count, although I am too liberal to be narrating the scripture, ironic ! 😆 while penning I was conscious of not penning anything out of my own whim!! 😅

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    1. Thanks, Sakshi, I am glad you liked it. It’s good to read scriptures once in a while, I just wrote a poem in my own way 🙂

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    1. Thanks Sidharth, I wish you a very happy Diwali as well! Thanks for reading out the poem, I am glad you liked it, what better than to read ramayan on diwali!

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    1. Thanks a lot for your kind read and insight. Just an attempt to get religious once in a while although I am a least religious person to be writing about scriptures or legends. 😊 blessings1

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      2. I got it :), the touch screen and auto-corrects have made writing tougher at times!

    1. That’s absolutely true, beautifully put bahut badi Mahabharat ke baad Sree Ram Ayodhya aye. Jai Sree Ram 😃

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