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....

Renunciation

Dr. Kulwant Singh Gill

In the midst of night.
There appear’d an angel, beautiful and bright;
It blessed me with a book and a bowl;
And then took its heavenly flight.

I awoke and found the memory of the sacred treasure.
While the book I care not, the bowl I revere;
The book is fetters, the bowl freedom.
For, the former is knowledge, the latter wisdom.

The bowl is my Holy Grail, my annunciation,
It’s the motif of my ethos, the way of renunciation.

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