Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

There is no such thing as Atman (soul) .
One does not and cannot perceive Atman.
Inference is not a valid source.
Consciousness is not due to Atman.
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The founder of Charvaka is Brihaspati;
Pursuit of sensuous pleasure is its ethic.
Its concept is to reject liberation belief,
Karma theory and the immortality of soul.
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What the modern world pursues in their life
Is what the Caharvaka philosophy had taught,
At the time when the Vedic faith prevailed,
As an antidote, three thousand years ago.
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To pick or pluck to stay afloat;
To beg or rob to swim ahead;
To get preys till become a prey;
What scriptures are worth following?
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That day this year I had halt for a night
In this tiny village Rangiyam Maet.
It evoked my memory of this place
That I visited as an adolescent
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A public woman must be quite adept
In handling variant type sex seekers.
Some are innocent and need a mother.
Some are aggressive and need a baby.
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With every birth are born four things.
The longevity, the nature of death,
The intelligence and the fate of life.
They cannot be altered to our fancy.
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Discontentment in relationships sets
When he seeks in her a motherly pat
And she in him a fatherly embrace
or
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I have desired her and somewhat got her.
Enchanted with her, I spent time with her.
Familiarity syndrome has set in.
Now a day, I find way to avoid her.
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Unless he finds some animosity
In women he encounters now and then,
He cannot put them out of his desires.
Pity him, who's loaded with high libido
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