Mb113. The Secret Of A Tragedy Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

MAHABHARATA

Yudhishthira arranged for a ceremony.
He gave offerings to the dead many.
Also Dhritarashtra did the same
To the departed sons in their names.

Gandhari entered the battlefield,
With her daughter-in-laws in the field.
Each one searched for her husband.
Weeping bitterly for his tragic end.

Gandhari said, "You've the will,
O Krishna, to stop this war devil.
Had you tried seriously for peace,
You could have got it with ease."

"Your Yadhava race will perish,
Like this, what I now wish."
Krishna replied, "Your charges
Baseless they're.None lives for ages."

Kunti came to the battlefield.
Down her cheeks, tears rolled.
Karna's head, on her lap, she held.
His past true story, she revealed.

Yudhishthira did his funeral rites.
He cursed, "Woman has no rights
Within herself to keep secrets.
To avoid any such tragic events.

It was only his wishful thinking.
This doesn't mean anything.
Secrets a woman can keep
More than what a man can keep.

Pandavas went with Krishna,
And paid their homage to Bhisma.
Yudhishthira sat at his feet
There, in his everyday meet.

Bhisma with all illustrations,
Told him about administrations,
State welfare, population,
Non-violence and renunciation.

Yudhisthira was feeling sorry.
He was in a state of worry.
His brothers tried to pacify him.
Draupadi also consoled him.

"I see no joy or good,
In this unhappy mood.
Let me go to the forest.
Spend my life in rest."

Like this, he told everyone.
Veda Vyasa was the one,
Who, with his healing touch,
He told him about life much."

All the roads led to Hastinapura,
For the coronation of Yudhishthira.
A rousing reception he was given.
To create and start a new Heaven.