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....
The Kumbakonam Firetc "The Kumbakonam Fire"
Are they ahudhies to your pitiless flames,
Those little piteous things?
Did you for a moment think of the pains
That might have tormented them?
The pangs the parents, siblings and friends
Might have suffered?
Couldn’t you think of anything else
To quench your thirst?
Day in and day out so many perform
So many yagnas and feed your tongues
Avidly with fruit, ghee and gold-then why
Avariciously leap for these tiny fruits and
Their tiny drops of precious blood?
Whose sin you were washing
On the fateful day …. 16/7?
I have studied purgatorial fire doesn’t consume.
Dante lies squirming in his grave having
Belied humanity.
But you devastated the innocent cherubs
You dastardly, wicked fellow
Leaving out the ignoble owner
And the cowardice teachers?
Have you got the guts to touch the evil?
May the Holy Fires of the Worlds Seven
Purge you of the sin of 16/7!
Meanwhile, may the souls of the 90
odd
Rest in peace and forgive the insensate
Humanity that makes a bargain of every
Conceivable commodity on earth!