A PRAYER TO LORD JAGANNATH

A PRAYER TO LORD JAGANNATH

O Lord! How great Thou art,
And greater Thy Art, Skill and Intelligence,
Behind Thy Creation of air, water and land
Thy creation of millions of Stars, Suns and Moons,
Thy creation of living showers in the monsoons,
Thy creation of springs, rivers and oceans,
Thy creation of sweetness, bitterness and salt,
Thy creation of rocks, peaks, pebbles and sand,
Thy creation of joyous laughters, and sorrowful tears
Thy creation of heat, cold, fortitude and fears,
Thy creation of a newly wed bride’s charm, grace and blushes,
Thy creation of thunders, lightnings, floods and flashes,
Thy creation of a pious and unalloyed smile on a baby’s face,
Thy creation of bio-abiotic kingdom, flora and fauna with the human race,
Thy creation of good and bad as well as days and nights,
Thy creation of rockets, planes, buses, bikes, cycles and kites,
Thy creation of victory's soaring joy as well as defeat's boring plight,
Thy creation of vice and virtue as well as fall and rise,
Thy creation of the insane and the sane as well as the dull and the wise,
Thy creation of seconds, minutes, days, weeks, months, years and ages,
Thy creation of Gurus, Saints, Seers, Popes, Priests, Prophets, Nuns, and Sages,
Thy creation of light and dark as well as dusk and dawn,
Thy creation of birth and death as well as hell and heaven,

Thy creation of Temples, Guru Dwars, Shrines, Churches and Mosques,

Thy creation of deserts, oases, fruits, vegetables, kernels and husks,

Thy creation of kings and queens in palaces, homes with kids, fathers and mothers,
And Thy creation of a great many innumerable creatures

May I thus be blest, to reach Thy Realm, with some Divine Feathers?

N.B:- Inspired by an Odia Bhajan on Lord Jagannath  

©Dr. Shankar D Mishra, Sr. Lecturer in English, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

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