Rudraksha - Lxi To Lxv Poem by Parameswaran Nair Damodaran Nair

LXi

Human race has been struggling hard to survive
The sweeping fire of a crane's desperate curses
On loss of her mate on the sharp end of an arrow
Curtailing life and the nature's bliss of love making

LXII

Who on earth could stop swallow Madurai by the flames
Of furious curses rose from the depths of Kannagi's heart
Who lost Kovalan, her beloved husband to the gallows
Of the misled and indiscreet Pandyan King of Madurai

LXIII

Curses on the cold silence of stalwarts of the Kuru palace
When Draupadi was dragged in and stripped shamelessly:
Like a dragon forced out from its den had swallowed into
The fiery stomach of utter ruin the empire of Kauravas

LXIV

Tears rolled down the cheeks of Seetha were so hot
That Mother Earth could not absorb them into her bosom
It blazed and spread all over cremating alive human peace
Though she never cursed any who doubted her chastity

LXV

Arrows of regret is pricking my soul to wriggle in pain
Apologies for the unforgivable sins my fellows did
Forgive us before the blaze of curses burn us alive
Or push us down to drown in the pool of miseries