Cmp 26. News Of Wife's Death Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU

After finishing his prayers
Nimai narrated the details
Of his visit to East Bengal
To all the visiting people.

They didn't reveal the news
Of his wife's disappearance,
But mother was shedding tears
How to reveal this bad news.

Something wrong he felt
Some relatives revealed it,
And like an ordinary man
He showed his emotion.

After he became normal,
He went to mother to console,
Saying, "It is God's will
That'll always prevail."

"She's a pious woman
Left before her man,
And fortunate to leave
When I'm still alive."

"One should not feel sorry,
As relationship is but illusory,
Generally, it's misunderstood
As son, wife or husband."

"God not only gives our lives
But also takes our lives.
In the field of creation,
Nothing is permanent one."

In this manner he consoled
His mother with soothing words,
Everyone also felt relieved
At those words, what he said.

What an irony of fate it is?
When the young one dies,
While the old one lives,
What a heart burn it is?

The Death does not care,
Young or old, rich or poor,
But all cases, time barred,
It takes away to its abode.