Wishing one "All the very best!"
Without doing anything bounteous in deeds:
Is like building for one, in the air, the loftiest castles,
And lending one hollow seeds for a better harvest!
Wishing one "A very Good Morning!"
Without stretching a helping hand when one is burning:
Is like preaching Nonviolence with the tongue of a baneful bullet,
And feeding one with all generosity when one is addressed with 'Late'!
Wishing one "Glad to meet you!"
With a heart brimmed with hatred and malice;
Is like honouring the blood sucking devils,
With most prestigious Nobel Prize for Love and Peace!
Thus, O God! Let me never wish one a Heaven of happiness,
If the Kalpavriksha of my wishes are niggardly and fruitless!
*Baneful - destructive
*Late - it is used before someone who is dead
*Brimmed with - filled with
*Blood sucking - blood drinking
*Niggardly - one who is ungenerous with money, time etc. , miserly
N.B: Kalpavriksha (Devanagari: कल्पवृक्ष), also known as kalpataru, kalpadruma or kalpapādapa, is a wish-fulfilling divine tree in Hindu mythology. It is mentioned in Sanskritliterature from the earliest sources. It is also a popular theme in Jain cosmology and Buddhism. Sage Durvasa and Adi Shankaracharya, meditated under the Kalpavriksha. The birth of Ashokasundari, the daughter of Shiva and Parvati, is attributed to the Kalpavriksha tree. Another daughter Aranyani was also gifted to Kalpavriksha for safekeeping.
The Kalpavriksha originated during the Samudra manthan or "churning of the ocean of milk" along with the Kamadhenu, the divine cow providing for all needs. The king of the gods, Indra, returned with this tree to his paradise.
Kalpavriksha is also identified with many trees such as Parijata (Erythrina variegata), Ficus benghalensis, coconut tree (Cocos nucifera), Acacia, Madhuca longifolia, Prosopis cineraria, Bassia butyracea, and mulberry tree (Morus nigra tree). The tree is also extolled in iconography and literature. (Wikipedia)
Copyright: Shankar D Mishra 09.09.2018
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