Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 1- Madhavi forgives Yayati ☆

Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

 

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Madhavi forgives Yayati”. This poem is from her book “Tales of Eon)

 

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 1 ☆

 

☆ Madhavi forgives Yayati☆

 

The illustrious king once, Yayati

As I see you discarded and thrown

My heart goes out to thee

After all, you are my father own

 

For me, so difficult forgetting is

After all, you made me a prostitute

Blessed I was to be a mother of four kings

Traded I was for the heroes mute

 

Your own daughter, you presented to Sage Galva

Who offered me to three kings on earth

Sage Galva got his six hundred white horses

And I, to three kinds, gave birth

 

Further presented to Sage Vishwamitra

Another child I bore, another hurt I received

Returned back then to your Palace

After having borne sons four

 

You wished me to marry someone then

But after this misadventure how could i?

Into an ascetic I turned

Chanting hymns and chants in the forests nearby

 

Comprehending the futility of rage

To you, Yayati, forgiveness I impart

My sons shall give you a portion of their merits

And shall play, in my forgiveness, a special part

 

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