Five Blind Men And An Elephant Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India

Five Blind Men And An Elephant

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Five blind men are telling,
Telling about an elephant
How the elephant is like.
One blind man said holding
Its trunk, 'it is like a serpent'
The second one holding its tail
Said, ' no, no, you are mistaken,
The elephant is like a rope'.
Touching the belly of the elephant
The third blind man said, ' You both
Are wrong, my dear, the elephant is
Just like a wall '. Fourth one
Who was touching the leg said, ' ho,
See, the elephant is a pillar, you
All are mistaken. The last but
Not the least blind man, 'cheered
And said, ' lo, my dear, elephant,
Here it is, I am sneezing, like winnowing
Fan' and this man has caught the elephant's ears.
Let me say my dear, we are all blind here
In the world of God and we are wandering
Telling our own words without caring
The truth that is eternal, The God and the world
Is something different from our own versions and conceptions.

Friday, June 6, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: god
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
we are blind to the truth of this world
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 08 June 2014

Aha! A thoroughly enjoyable read with an important message at its closing! Well done!

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Kevin Patrick 07 June 2014

A humorously sage and philosophical work, each men sees something based on their interpretation and yet as you say we are all blind, it makes for a good story to tell, I like it a lot.

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Bluelady Blue 06 June 2014

yes, but what did the elephant make of all this that is the question! thank you, this one made me smile :)

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Gajanan Mishra 06 June 2014

we are all blind men here and telling so many things, clear picture and truth is far from us.

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Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
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