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Gommatesvara Commemoration Volume
When I lifted him aloft the shoulders. When he hurtled his Cakra on me... That was the moment Of the dawning of the Truth" It is not the futility of the act But the multiple injury of the intent That is violence !"
To atone for the sin. To light a lamp. In the dark recesses of the mind I now seek the solitude of the forest. I long for the light that will defy The gory glitter of the Cakra The light that will cover in effulgence Not only the mind and the heart But will also dispel the crafty darkness That shelters itself Under the base of the lighted lamp, Under the two bare feet That will be compelled to occupy The land that belongs to the Cakravarty! Will the Light also be his gift? Only the father Tirthankara-- The omnicient oneKNOWS
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