When
invaders in droves arrive in
To
loot the land of Bharat
When
the demons rise up
And
persecute the pious
When the evil raises the sword
And
insults the humanity
When
selfishness swallows altruism
And
struggles with peace in vain
The
lord descends on the earth in compassion
And
becomes refuge to the wretched
The
earth is enthralled !
The
position of the arrogant is routed
The
bell of Dharmadhenu is reverberated in every house.
The
clouds of sorrow drifted afar
The
rays of the Sun lightened the corners four
In
poets’ hearts bloomed the flowers of poesy
The
blessings of sages rained on our history
The
Tretayug succeeded the Krityug
Fetched the fame of Ramachandra
The
Dwaparayug
followed the Tretayug
Brought
the glorious riches of Srikrishna
Then came the Kaliyug in the world
In
its heart moved the age of Gandhi
His
name resounded in the cosmos
Behind
him moved the world.
The
poets who saw it radiated the moonlight
Gave the salutes floral with hearts of delight
Romain
Rolland praised Gandhi’s miracle
The
dame of Tagore’s poesy danced afresh.
What
people! What greatness! How much the body thrilled
In
this ocean I turned into a grain of sand
I
can’t take a step in this stream of people
I
can’t move my lip in this song of victory.
Cruel
roars reached four corners
Challenges
rose into the skies
“A
blow for blow, Sword for sword”
Wild
laughter resounded in the
Space.
Sharpened
the sword slit
the throats
Men
turned demons killed their brothers
Fired
the cannon scorched the heart of the earth
Bomber
planes smoke filled the sky
Burned
in flames the world
Rains
of shells-streams of blood.
What
vigor brought this iron age
One
religion killed another one
What
fruit fetched this age of sword
One
country devoured another.
Here
scientists there the ignorant
The
rustic gods sans lies and malice
The
workers with shovel and axe
The
ryot sardars who share crop with the populace
Awaited the savior
Who
comes in a new avatar
To
destroy the demons
Change
the world and humans.
Who’s
he? who’s he? A half-naked form!
Agony
in his eye! Inspiration of victory in his tone!
Dances
Brahmatejas on his forehead
Floats
lights of truth at the edges of his eyes
Bow
their heads the ends of blades before his cosmic love
Shake
even the doors of diamond before his pledge.
He’s
our ambassador of peace, Gandhi
Our
statesman dear to the whole world
Allayed fears of war his liberating voice
Triveni of theories of Buddha Muhammad Christ .
Melted
the cannon rusted the gun
Broken
the sword departed death
On
hearing the ahimsa mantra once
Gone
the weapons of destruction at once
The
hearts of stone turned into streams of
honey today
Ravana
does yagnas to “turn into Rama” today
Arrived
like this the age of humans
Received
the great song of blessings
Gone like that the age of demons
Bending
its neck under the weight of weapons
Weaved
a stone into garland of jasmines
Changed
“the rapier into bunch of tender leaves”
Transformed
the demon into human
Bapu!
Where did you get this education?
Receive
Bapu! This arghyanjali this poem
Sprinkle honey
on these drops of water
Streams
of tears in memory
Of those two great men in Agakhan palace.
Enough
one small drop of your tears
Fallen from your eyelids
Sprinkle
honey
on these drops of water
Receive
Bapu! This arghyanjali this poem.
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