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 “Pandu’s sons”. This poem is from her book “Tales of Eon)
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 7 ☆
☆ Pandu’s Sons☆
Cursed by Rishi Kindima
Into the realms of the forest, Pandu retired
The news of pregnant Gandhari
In him, the desire to have a son fired.
Seeing him desolate and murky
His dutiful wife, Kunti consoled
“For his wife to bear another man’s child,”
She said, “The law of Dharma allowed”.
“Let me call a Rishi,” said Pandu
“Let us call a Deva,” Kunti stated
Blessed by Rishi Durvasa, she had a boon;
The knowledge made Pandu elated.
Pleased by Kunti’s solution
First to be invoked was Lord Yama
She gave birth to Yudhishtra
Who would be the upholder of Dharma
Next to be summoned was the God of wind
Of all Gods, most powerful and mightiest
And thus was born courageous Bhima
Who, one day, would be the strongest
And then, blessings were sought
From Indra, King of all Devas, who ruled the sky
Arjuna, the valiant archer was born
He became Kunti’s favourite by and by
And then, Kunti could invoke no more
Four were the maximum allowed
Pandu thought for a few days and then
For Madri, his second wife, implored
The Ashwini twins were invoked for Madri
The Lord of morning and evening stars
Nakula, the handsomest man was born
Along with his twin, with knowledge of near and far
Pandu, thus had five sons
Together, they came to be as Pandavas known
Had the wisdom of ‘King perfect’ collectively
Honesty, strength, skill, beauty, and wisdom they honed
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