Motion on Word’s Orbit
Jayan K Cherian
Before the inquiry began
the inquirer’s eye went into hiding...
In the dark depths
guarded by moist lashes
the blood of sight
stood stagnant....
In it,
the image of the sun
showering yellow death
Lullaby stopped abruptly
the corpse of a kiss
that drops from the lips.
The Bodhi of the Buddha....
The alligator of the Adi Shankara....
The white cranes of Gadadhara
In the spinal chord of the inquirer
stirrings of the Kundalini of knowledge.
In the foliage of the brain
truth’s ejaculation of wisdom.
The inquirer’s mind
left the inquiry behind
and turned towards meditation....
On the acuity of consciousness
a bunch of prophesies...!
The prophet stood
putting the arrow
fashioned of a slice of sun
to the bowstring of darkness....
In the navel of all inquiries
ended without a beginning
a prophet will sprout
then
the blood-rain of prophesies....
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.The tree under which Buddha sat to mediate and gain enlightenment
2.Adi Shankara is the great religious reformer who codified the Hindu Religion ridding it of a great many superstitions and horrid rituals. He was born in Kaladi, in central Kerala, south India. In his childhood, when he expressed the desire to lead a life of renunciation, his doting mother vehemently objected to the idea. One day, when he was bathing in the River Periyar, wth his mother watching over him on the riverbank, an alligator caught hold of his leg and pulled him out to the middle of the river. In fact, it was Lord Siva himself who took the form of an alligator to force the mother out of her resolve to hold back the boy. Sure enough, when the mother wailed aloud, the son blandly said the alligator would let him go if only she promised to permit him to renounce worldly life. The mother readily agreed!
3.Gadadhara: The former name of Sri Ramakrishana Parama Hamsa, who was the Guru of Swami Vivekanandha.
Copyright © 1998 Jayan K.Cherian