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Bahubali
Methinks, Bharata could have said 'NO'
To the chagrin of the
Old wise ministers of
The warring camps
Who joined hands to champion
The cause
Not of Bharata, nor of me, Bahubali, But of Tirthankara Adinath, our father
Whose sermon of non-violence
Would have lain bleeding mortally
Under the clank of swords
And the trample of tuskers !
So what?
War being war
My brother could have said 'NO' But he did not.
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The scales stood heavily tilted, Against him.
The dice stood heavily loaded, Favouring me,
I clashed.
And clashed,
And clashed.
To humble him down
I used my strength
Shamelessly!
To vent his fury
He summoned his Cakra Aggressively.
Safe in the thought, perhaps, That I could not smother him Safe in the thought, perhaps, That he could not obliterate meThe two, in whose veins flows The blood of the Tirthankara; The two, whose cheeks Are washed with the same Salt of tears
In shared remorse !
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