The Sinking Of The Tathagata! Poem by Varanasi Ramabrahmam

The Sinking Of The Tathagata!



The Tathagata has sunk
Is lying submerged on the lake’s bed
Renowned sculptors have carved
The beautiful Tathagata on a single rock
And took to the City
To install in the center of the lake

His heart having melted
By observing the travails of the living-beings and the deprived
The Siddhartha who has abdicated
The kingdom, the queen, beloved son and everything
And went in search of the Truth
For the welfare and tranquility of the world
And the ruler of the compassionate hearts
The Gautama, has submerged in water
And is lying there on the bed of the lake

While people are suffering from hunger and poverty
And are dying with thirst for want of drinking water
He did not like the way millions of rupees wasted
On carving Him and The Bodhisattva has submerged in the lake
Protesting the lack of concern and insensitivity of the leaders
And remained there on the bed

The Teacher of the World who gave it
Sight and Vision with Love and Compassion as eyes
And the Personification of Togetherness and Oneness
Who preached non-violence as prime virtue
The Buddha has submerged in the lake

Refusing to be unveiled by the leaders
Abhorring them the embodiments of
Violence, selfishness, narrow-mindedness, falsehood and envy
And is lying on the bed of the lake

Unable to bear the uncivilized policy of divide and rule of
The leaders who cut the throats of the citizens with the knives of
Caste, religion, region, language and dynastic succession
And encourage hatred, violence, disturbances and divisions
To keep themselves in power
The Ambassador of Peace has submerged in the lake
And is lying there with broken heart

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Varanasi Ramabrahmam

Varanasi Ramabrahmam

Vegeswarapuram, India
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