Gift And Devotion Poem by Dr.Balnarayana Bandam

Human have many desires, for which one
They go with rules for devotion,done
The aim is tobestowed with what has sought
Real devotees are behind God with certainly not in thought
Of gaining for desires of self or family
Some go for nine modes of devotions with the life of the family
(Sravanam, keerthanam, smaranam, padasevanam,
Archana, vandanam, dasyam sakhyam, Atma nivedanam)
Solemnlydedicated for a high purposegaining
Of liberation purpose and the Lord reaching
Getting out from the circle of birth and death
Few do meditation and prayers with organizing breath
Some on fasting, several in the sunshine
Various prayin the chilly and wintry endure fine
Not all implore for good, but some are with the intension of awful
Ravana did penance for ten thousand years awful
Offering one of thy head after every thousand years full
Ravana, blessed with the boon of life, neverget the kill
By all gods, weapons with anticipate monkeys and human
As is insignificant for thy power and position
Died of Lord SriRama an incarnationhuman form,
AndHanuma, a monkey in the form conform
Hiranya Kashyapa, a demon with the same boon godsend
Of no weapon, at dawn at the entrance, neither in nor out, but still died
Ravan's brother Kumbha Karna did the same penance andperiod
Kumbha Karna plump for Lord Indra seat asked as Nidra(sleep)bemoan
As Goddess wisdomstayed on the tongue of the demon
Made unfortunate to opt for the desire to demand
Another brother of demon RavanaVibheeshana as grand
After five thousand years, of penanceLord Brahma at a time of bliss
preferred to be honestwith grant andalso of eternal life bliss
Jayadrada(Saindhava)aiming the icon Parwathy a blasphemous aimgot affronted
Goes to penance and stress for the power to kill Pandavas, insulted
Lord Shiva blesses ability to keep off Pandavas for one day
And get killed in the war, had he opted for liberation that day
Must have been fortunate for deliverance and attainedheavenly abode
His father, Vridhakchetra too, being with saintly life curses
As whosoever decapitates thy sons head as of curse
Will burst into pieces many however
Prince Arjuna beheads and makes to fall into the palms of the father
Whose head brokes to many parts and loses life
Thus majority with intense strain and task in the pattern of life
Prefer for material benefits rather divine profits
Keeping the burden on the Lord is more worth than self-select and profit
Lord Sri Krishna assures those who worship with devotion
And meditation to them Lord carries what they lack in the notion
And do preserve what they have at the time of devotion
In Hinduism there one finds two rivals both are under devotion
The mode of meditation is gain one ower the other
Lord appears to one and wishes to sanctionthedevotee insist another
To ask first and to bless to thy self double the demand of second
The second one knowing the fact demand
To make one eye blind, with this, he gets one eye blind
The first one loses both eyes and becomes a total bind