Lord Krishna And Cowboys - A Cosmic Journey - 2 Poem by Sathya Narayana

SRI KRISHNA and COWHERDS - COSMIC JOURNEY - 2

The boys obliged. Within no time
they're floating deep in sky
with Vaasudeva guiding them
through bright galactic highs!

The cowboys started shouting loud
and crazy, gazing all
around with winkless eyes that great
splendor of yonder sprawl!

They felt the chill of emptiness,
and searing heat of Sun.
They tried to touch the Moon and catch
the meteorites on run.

They floated, swayed, careened and dived
and had in sky, blue-baths.
Beat blinks of stars with laughs and flowed
with foams of milky path.

At last they reached a world of ponds
with lotus blossoms white
and red and gliding royal swans
in waters nimble and light.

There're trees like silver pillars tall
with hanging bunches dense
of golden flowers spreading out
a potpourri of scents.

There're dark hillocks, not rocks really,
but large sapphires, so sprawled,
some transparent stones, must be diamonds;
some green, oh emeralds!

A melody so sweet and smooth
of million veena strings
provoked in them a feeling false
of dangling on a swing!

In tune, were heard enchanting chants
of solemn Vedic hymns
pervading that pleasance with rhythms
of vitalizing vim.

Thus gliding they in vacant spheres
approached a central place
with millions of lighted wicks
hanging in naked space.

Those lights were reflecting from deep
inside a lake's billows,
as if there're thousand Suns who lunged in
to meet their lotus loves!

As big as regal thrones, amidst
that lake, were lotuses two,
veneering waters, stones and trees
with sheen of golden hue.

They saw a woman lovely, clad
in pearl-white silk sari,
sitting in one of those, playing
vina-oh she's Vaani!

Ma Sarada who divisioned 'Om',
that primeval sound from void,
into the seven music notes;
oh Her the boys beheld.

The Guru, Vagdevi, who gave
the letter, word, accent
and cant to world, oh Her, the boys
beheld with bedazzlement!

The Mother kind of all, the pious
consort of Lord Brahma,
oh Her, Saraswati, the stunned
cowboys descried with awe!

On other lotus blossom, saw
the cowboys, Lord Brahma,
in deep meditation, listening to
his dear consort's vina.

He's sitting straight in lotus pose,
his faces four with eyes
oh twelve, as if watching the world
with vision numinous.

In His four hands He's wearing four
Vedas; and bright halos
around His form were humming OM
in continuum, sweet and low!

The cowboys went into a trance
watching those scenes bedazed.
When opened eyes they found themselves
in their mundane village.

Standing before them all they found Krishna
his eyes with mischievous smiles.
He said 'Welcome to earth O' friends!
How's the trip to distant isles? '

Their faces bloomed like lotuses
they saw in cosmic creeks.
They ran to their good friend, huddled
and kissed his tender cheeks.

Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
Rama, Rama, Hare, Hare,
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,
Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare