Sunday, September 25, 2016

Arjun Says,

Taking up my bow
I found myself unequal to even string it.
The might that had existed in my arms seemed to have
disappeared on that occasion.
O great ascetic, my weapons of diverse kinds
failed to make their appearance.
Soon, again, my shafts became exhausted.
That person of immeasurable soul, of four arms,
wielding the conch, the discus, and the mace,
clad in yellow robes, dark of complexion, and possessing
eyes resembling lotus-petals, is no longer seen by me.
Alas, reft of Govinda, what have I to live for,
dragging my life in sorrow?
He who used to stalk in advance of my car,
that divine form endued with
great splendour and unfading puissance,
consuming as he proceeded all hostile warriors,
can no longer be seen by me.
No longer beholding him who
by his energy first burnt all hostile troops
whom I afterwards despatched
with shafts sped from Gandiva,
I am filled with grief and my head swims,
O best of men.
Penetrated with cheerlessness and despair,
I fail to obtain peace of mind.
I dare not live, reft of the heroic Janardana.
As soon as I heard that Vishnu had left the Earth,
my eyes became dim
and all things disappeared from my vision.

for I am now a wanderer with an empty heart

- Ved Vyas

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