Hoist With One’s Own Petard Poem by Kumarmani Mahakul

Hoist with one’s own petard means caught himself or herself in own trick. In society there are many types of people. Some are hectic and some are powerful. In animal society and bird’s society we find cunning animals and birds. Some captivate people where as some dehumanize. Some want to harm other and plan accordingly but they entrapped in their own plan at last. There is a nice story about it. Kansa, the king of Mathura, once decided to kill Krishna and made a plan. He got a stage prepared. It was too high, suppose to more than twenty feet. It was so designed that it would collapse as soon as it was stepped. Krishna was welcomed with much pomp and was offered the stage. At the time of offering Kansa inadvertently stepped the stage and fell to the depth of twenty feet and put to death. Krishna said that his uncle Kansa was the cause of his death himself. It was the hoist with Kansa’s own petard. Hoist with one’s petard is true for all. Poet at last requests to gentlemen and ladies to be cautious and not to do harm other. This is the theme of the poem in brief. This is written in Gandam, Deogarh, Odisha, India and is dedicated to the people of the world.
Glossary
Hoist with one’s own petard – caught by one’s own trick
Captivate – charm/fascinate
Dehumanize – make impersonal
Debilitate – make weak
Inadvertently – unintentionally
Petard – small bomb