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)
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☆ 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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