Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
He had no kith or kin,
He had no home or hearth,
Disease and dire famine
His comrades were on earth.
They said he had some gold,
And that he soon must change,
And so his dear life hold;
He didn't; strange! passing strange!
He fell in wakeless sleep,
They shed soft sorrowing tears,
And said in tones hushed deep,
"He killed, he killed his years!"
Ah surprise! sight sacred!
When they his palm unfold . . . .
It is a saffroned thread
Whence gleams a plate of gold.1
O sighs, choke not the breath!
O tears, crowd not the eyes!
Borne on the wings of Death
Two souls in Paradise
Have met; wedded again
Wedded as star to star;
In Love's celestial fane
Their lamps undying are.
MANJERI S. ISVARAN
Asst. Editor, ‘Triveni’
1
The thali, a symbol of wifehood.