A TRIBUTE TO SWAMI VIVEKANAND

HAPPY NATIONAL YOUTH DAY, 2024

A TRIBUTE TO  SWAMI VIVEKANAND

Oh! What a gigantic and refulgent persona thou wert,
That ever trode on this clayey earth
Remained ever unparallelled and unsurpassed!
Thou wert amongst the scintillating constellations,
The most radiant Jyotiska!
Thou wert the Jupiter amongst the chains of the nine planets,
The most luminous Full-Moon amongst the satellites,
Thou wert amongst the numerous viviparous animals,
The most immaculate and unalloyed genius!
Thou wert amongst the clusters of shiny stars,
The most intense, ardent and enlightening Mid-day sun!
Viva! O the great, adorable Soul we salute thee with utmost submission!

Gigantic - very large
Refulgent - shining brightly and radiantly
Persona - personality
Thou wert - you were
Clayey - physical, material
Unparalleled - having no equal
Unsurpassed - surpassing all others in some way
Scintillating - sparkling, brilliantly clever
Constellation - an image associated with a group of stars
Radiant - giving off rays
Luminous - glowing brightly
Viviparous - being born alive as are most mammals
Immaculate - pure, clear, spotless
Unalloyed - pure
Viva - long live
Adorable - worthy of adoration, love
Utmost - greatest
Submission - yielding, humbleness

N.B. Nine planets - when the poem was written, Pluto was being considered a planet.

Copy Right: Dr. Shankar D Mishra, Sr. Lect. in English, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Bharat

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