Knowledge Is No Wisdom Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

As milk comes always white,
Of varied colours though come cows,
All religions at core are right,
One Supreme Truth, say men of nous.

And so is the blood red indeed,
Whatso be man's colour and creed,
But man has refused to be wise,
He only sees what shows his eyes.

When knowledge seems so much ho-hum,
How can it turn into wisdom?
_______________________________________
Trans-creation of a Sanskrit verse
eka varnam yathaa dugdham,
bhinna varnaasu dhenushu;
tathaiva dharma vaichitryam,
tattvam ekam param smritam.

Today's man knows a lot, but his education gains him no wisdom, he hardly graduates.
____________________________________________
Musings | 41.01.2019 |