The Wish Giving Tree Poem by Ajit Chaliha

Yes, there is a tree that will give you
All; and anything you want.
By the flickering fire side, on an ebbing day
While traveling on the open road,
You will hear tales of this marvelous tree,
The wish giving tree, The Asvatta,
The ‘seer' softly speaks of
The tales with teachings to ‘stand beneath the tree, and
With believing heart and total surrender'
Ask for the cherished desire.
And lo, the immortal ‘wishing tree' will give.
It will give in abundance the desire asked
But be contented also to take the awesome ‘burdens'
That comes with the ‘blessings'.
So, the knowers of the truth proclaimed by Him
Look at this ‘Wishing Tree' from afar
And cut asunder with the sharp sword of knowledge,
All desires to claim to these wishes
To be free; to
Attain ‘Moksha' now, and forever.

Ajit Chaliha, Dibrugarh,17/03/2012


Note: Most of us who are Hindu by religion read the ‘Bhagawat Gita' at least once in his life time. Others who are more inclined, study the Book by reading it many times. Some of us try to find God in it; others again look for paths towards peace, health, prosperity and happiness. I have done thus so. Reading it many times with belief, dis-belief, with both positive and negative outlook, I have arrived at the Chapter 15. And in this chapter, I come across the ever living, ever giving ‘tree' the Kalpataru. The above poem is the reflection of my belief.