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....
May Bharat (India) shine again
As an eternal flame on earth;
May men behave as angels
With earth in glow as heaven.
May it shape into Kanw’s hermitage
Where deer and tigers played as friends;
May it be the Asoka tree
Which offered light, desires subdued.
May today and yesterday
Move in siklful blend;
May union with feminine grace
Emerge’ twist east and west.
May it stand like the blue sky
Which, while breaking, gives others life;
May it be the abode of God
With incense in gentle fragrance.
“May the diseased branches drop
On the ground in prompt rhythm;
May fresh flowers flourish
In every spring with beauty.
May the ocean gush ashore
The hordes of hidden gems;
May the mines yet not dug
Open themselves up fully.
May great learning be redeemed
From lapse in the bowels of time;
May slighting cease of old cultures
With little thought of understanding.
May flouting doubts cease to be
That Mahatma Gandhi did live once;
May children be firmly informed
That Vyasa and Valmiki did exist.
If ever our ancestors come down
May this seem their old land;
At the minimum may they not regret
Their nostalgic descent.
May noble hearts flourish
That are offered to the mother;
May sleaze that squeezes the mother
For selfish ends disappear.
May Bharat (India) shine again
As an eternal flame on earth;
May we, with pride, proclaim
That we are the progeny of Bharat.
(A translation by the author of his poem in Telugu)