Kl12. Demon Aghasura Killed Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

KRISHNA LEELA

It wasn't a surprise to every one,
How Demons died one by one?
But each such strange incidence,
On Krishna instilled a confidence.

He took the boys once,
To the remote forest dense,
And the cattle for grazing,
Early in the morning.

What a big march it was?
Thousands of young boys,
Moved thousands of cows,
And thousands of calves.

The centre of attraction,
In that long procession,
A jewel among the crown,
Was Krishna the only one.

With a flute, horn and stick,
With a lunch bag at the back,
And the calves not to go astray,
They led them in a safe pathway.

They played, on their routes,
Merry tunes in their flutes,
The tunes acted as a signal,
To join the pack the stray cattle.

On the way, Aghasura the Demon,
In its serpent's shape, kept open
Its wide mouth like a mountain
Open cave for their blind march in.

Demon Putana was its sister,
And Bakasura its brother,
Krishna killed them both,
So it came to avenge their death.

The cattle and the boys followed,
Whom the giant serpent swallowed,
While, in its mouth, Krishna entered,
When He expanded, it got punctured.

From the jaws of the Demon,
He saved the entire children,
Also their cattle from death.
As they were their real wealth.

"Whenever virtue subsides,
And vice everywhere prevails,
I come to help mankind, " declares Krishna
As quoted in our scripture, Bhagawad Gita.