Prabhupada - Abhay Charan's College Days Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

While Abhay was in the college
His father performed his marriage.
But the couple lived not together,
Until his studies were o’er.

Radharani Datta was his spouse,
Who lived in her parent’s house.
As Abhay’s father was so keen
On his son finishing graduation.

Hardly his fourth year was o’er,
There arose a national uproar,
And a “quit India” movement
Against the British government.

Subhas Chandra Bose, his senior,
Who became a national leader,
Urged the students to come out,
And extend their active support.

Always non-political Abhay was,
This time, he liked this cause
For freeing this Dharmic country,
From the shackles of slavery.

Mahatma Gandhi, another leader,
Promptly influenced him further
With a slogan of “Non-co-operation, ”
That, in turn, shook the entire nation.

Krishna’s Bhagavad Gita Book,
Gandhi, with him, always took,
And read some portions therein,
While addressing the nation.

As Abhay loved Gita always,
He felt it one of Gandhi’s ways
To attain the country’s freedom,
Fighting from a spiritual platform.

In 1920, he gave up his studies,
After passing fourth year exams,
And refused to accept his diploma,
As a protest, to liberate India.

The killing of people unarmed,
At Jallianwalla Bagh, in hundreds,
While attending a peaceful meeting,
Triggered a massive national uprising.

This action of British government
Resulted in a total resentment
Among all the Indian people
Against their demonic rule.

Abhay’s father was concerned,
Of his future, and remained worried,
But didn’t go against his son’s free will
And kill his spirit to join a national call.

He got his son fixed up in a job
In his doctor friend’s ‘Bose lab, ’
Where Abhay joined as a Manager
Just to please his worried father.