Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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BHAGWAN MAHAVIR'S IMPOSSIBLE VOW
So, to Koshambi Town Mahavir came : Hiding, behind a mask of form and name, The naked crying hunger of the Soul To reach a seemingly impossible goal. He heard the simple honest folk remark :
FIRST His eyes resemble torches in the dark.
SECOND He seems a thing of splendour, chaste and fresh.
THIRD There is calm flowering about his flesh.
FOURTH His presence scatters paradisal balm.
FIFTH He seems to bear a world upon his palm Kindled to inward glow....
SIXTH
He seems a friend To lonely roadways winding without end
SEVENTH
Why ! he himself is like a road that runs Across the sky, greeted by moons and suns.