Satyawati -27 Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
Satyawati -27
27. The Hell Called "Pum"
Scripts say, a person who dies childless
Shall not attain the heavenly abode
But languish in a hell called "Pum",
A special one for the childless.
Children are the only power who can lift
Their parents from Pum to heaven.
Childless is cursed to the hell forever.
Hence a son is also called Putra.
It is provided in the scripts
That if a man dies childless
A brother of the deceased
May father children with the widow
And such children shall be
Considered those of the deceased
Entitled to perform funeral rites
And save him from the hell.
This is what I had asked of Devabrata,
So our dynasty, Puruvamsam thrives,
Vichitravirya is saved from the hell
and Hastinapura shall have a ruler.
Refused by him, I lost all hopes
Resigned to the inevitable
I confined myself to the antapura
No more confident to face the world.
What? Refused by him, I lost all hopes / Resigned to the inevitable / I confined myself to the antapura / No more confident to face the world. - - - - ] well, I thought she had more fight in her than to give up.... hmmm... maybe she is just charging her batteries so to speak... or maybe fate is about to step in and change his mind. Cliff-hangers, cliff hangers! ! ! 10
Hi Susan, This is what the epic says. Is the characterisation of Satyawati a little flawed here?
A childless man shall not attain heavenly abode, interesting, it's new information to me. Well penned . Thanks for this poem
Hi Rini, Most of the Indian Scriptures are penned by men. So they are inevitably. Man-centric. In this poem, I have not dared to deviate from the script much. forgive me for that.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Powerfully written and powerfully moving! .. Thank you ever so much for sharing this! .. Ever so very many 10S! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! +++++
Lovely observation from the lovely poet. Thank you