FOR A NEW WORLD

My friend

I know

You are a mighty warrior.

But don’t ask me any more

to be the charioteer       

in this war of the Kurus.

Partha

Once, in the battlefield of Kurukshetra

I did incite you

Fight O Arjuna fight

and win yourself the fame

and the wealth of this kingdom.

But O Dhananjay

I won’t appeal you today

Carry out your duty as a kshetriya.

That day you implored me

O Govinda

I shall not fight,I shall not.

Pointing to your cowardice

I called you a foolish thinker

Upon my advice

The Kauravas met their doom.

O Pandava

There are thousands of Kauravas today

Which one is the Pandavas whice one is the Kauravas

I’m confused

Your Madhav is confused.

So I’m incarnated

as the eleventh avtaar

for the sake of the Abhimanyus

who step into the Chakravyuha

in this war of attacks and counter-attacks

that knows no victory nor defeat.

Curses of many Gandharis

Tears of many Uttaras

O Arjuna

I am the one responsible for all these.

It was but a demonstration I thought

Of  Dharmayudha.

Hence  the Kauravas were asked

to play the role of Adharma.

But Partha

amidst the battle-fires

that engulf the entire globe

Truth is being burnt down today.

I was forgetful of the facts

that human mind is so foolish

and human nature is so imitative.

O Dhananjay

Abandon your weapons today

I’ll ask the Kauravas for the same.

No more shall I cause

this martyaloke flowing with reddened water

no more shall I cause

wailing cries be heard

in this present birth

I shall create a land of peace

which is filled with love

a land that reverberates with joy

A new world of course.

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