Samyam: Nonviolence Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

‘Samyam', a profound Sanskrit word that stands
For self-taught self-restraint, must be practised.
Samyam denotes ahimsa: nonviolence
In deed, word, thought and feeling against all.

Freedom and self control mustn't contradict
Each other and must be comprehensive.
Self control itself is freedom chosen.
It is like bolting your room inside it.

Prosperity is materialism.
Self interest hunts the common interests.
Justification fuels the self interest.
One's freedom might affect others' freedom.

Greed and lust upset equilibrium,
With mutual faith thrown into the air,
From the mind untrained on contentment.
Freedom is at peril without self-restraint.
14.07.2019
[Acharya Mahapragya, (1920-2010)10th Head of the Svetember Terapanth order Jainism had propagated samyam]