Quite mysterious is this Life - Jaswant Das

 

Quite mysterious is this Life,

Yet, you shun to realize “His” might!

When you get conceived in your Mother’s Womb,

You were just an idea to get materialized,

On the first month,  just a whitish Hue

On second , like a fish in fluid,

On 3^rd , Spreading Branches in the space,

On the Forth month,  you had a skeletal shape !

 

On the 5^th, blossoms the Naval bud,

On 6^th, He got your veins arranged,

On 7^th, Nose, Tongue ears and Eyes are formed

With uninterrupted circulation system, like the Yumana and Ganges

were the spontaneous thoughts, of my mind.

 

On 8^th Month, He attached Hands and Legs

On 9^th, He got your skin wrapped.

Happy you were, on your 10th Month.

In Her Womb, your first thought was “Him”

'Of you promised to never forget.

 The One who, gave you this form

Lived in you as Lifeform,

giving ten gates to interact,

On the One, that is mind

He got Himself Confined.

 

Lo, you were out of the Womb,

With the cries of your birth, you forgot Alas!

Your promise to him,

On the 5^th year, you were no longer a toddler,

On the 12^th, You loved dress well,

On your 15^th, you thought I am Invincible,

On 20^th,  You  thought to pair up

Thus, you spent your Youth in pity things

Yet, you shun to realize “His” might!

 

Now you are old, not far is the end,

Says Jaswant, heed the words of an “Enlightened”

Have his Name in your Heart,

You mind will be Cleansed,

And you will Find the Peace

Jaswant Das: Was an Odia Mystic in the 15th Century, and was influenced by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

The Original Poem in Odia - "Bada Mayabi Jiba Nuhen Kahari"