Brahma
If the wild bowler thinks he bowls,
Or if the batsman thinks he’s bowled,
They know not, poor misguided souls,
They too shall perish unconsoled.
I am the batsman and the bat,
I am the bowler and the ball,
The umpire, the pavilion cat,
The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.
— Andrew Lang
99kanitas says:
😀
September 15, 2004 — 1:08 pm
hariputtar says:
the child thinks if it howls
it will get attention
momma thinks, the child howls
for getting attention
brahma knows – both of them are right.
September 15, 2004 — 1:34 pm
hariputtar says:
the pitcher thinks he pitches,
the peach thinks it is a peach,
the pitcher thinks it holds beer,
the preacher thinks he should preach.
brahma scratches his breeches, absentmindedly,
and lets out earth’s atmos.
September 15, 2004 — 1:57 pm
lalunadiosa says:
profound…..
September 15, 2004 — 3:40 pm
hariputtar says:
*bows*
September 15, 2004 — 4:35 pm
lalunadiosa says:
no no no….we the common people bow to you 🙂
September 16, 2004 — 8:18 am
hariputtar says:
🙁 i thought u guys will raise ur hands and sway … and genuflect.
September 16, 2004 — 10:09 am
Lakshmi says:
You’re getting better, one verse after the other…:-)
September 16, 2004 — 7:02 am
hariputtar says:
getting better with
worseverse. yeah right.September 16, 2004 — 10:10 am
Anonymous says:
A lizard staying on the ceiling thinks that it is holding the ceiling
September 15, 2004 — 8:05 pm
Lakshmi says:
🙂
September 16, 2004 — 7:01 am
ex_r0ck746 says:
TEXT:
sarvatah pani-padam tat
sarvato ‘ksi-siro-mukham
sarvatah srutimal loke
sarvam avrtya tisthati
TRANSLATION:
Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes and faces, and He hears everything. In this way the Supersoul exists.
September 16, 2004 — 8:18 am
Lakshmi says:
Thanks for the verse. I love Sanskrit…Do you know the language?
September 16, 2004 — 10:17 am
ex_r0ck746 says:
Nah, Do you? I know just what I learnt at school (almost all of which is forgotten). But I do appreciate the beauty of the language (which i never did in school;) being very good at Hindi. The verse was from Bhagvat-Gita btw.
September 17, 2004 — 4:22 am
Lakshmi says:
I do. I learnt it at school and I haven’t forgotten a lot. I love the language, period.
September 17, 2004 — 9:20 am