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Avunu Nizam - telugu poem....
Avunu Nizam - telugu poem....
There is a saying in telugu
language that says “పందిని తీసుకొని సింహాసనం మీద కూర్చో పెడితే అదీ మళ్ళి మురికి లోకే వెళుతోంది". These lines or saying always
fascinated me since as a kid. Why would someone anoint ‘pit’ as a king? Because
the saying says “even if the pig is offered kingship it would rush to live in
its shit-hole or dirty muddy pool”. Many years later I came across a beautiful
story. I think it is part of Bhagavatam***. Mahavishnu took Avatar as a ‘wild
boar’ – Varaha avatar to kill demon called Hiranyakshaka – brother of demon
king Hiranyakashyap – father of Prahlad, having killed the demon and his Avatar
purpose fulfilled “the Varaha avatar” goes into forest. There he sees other
boars enjoying in pile of waste. Identifying himself as one among them
‘Mahavishnu’ too starts enjoying their life-style. This carries on for years
and the Gods become tensed as the world without its sustainer – Vishnu is very
chaotic. So they chose King of Gods – Indra to go and plead Vishnu to come
back. Lord Indra agrees and meets Mahavishnu who has forgotten his real self
and come to think himself as ‘pig’ and enjoying their life-style. Indra tried
explaining and finding all his talks going waste thought of tempting Vishnu
with a promise to take him to heaven. He explains the beauty of heaven assuming
Vishnu would be tempted to go with them. But the Lord thought for a while and
asked “Will there be shit in heaven?” to which Indra said ‘no’ with a disgust
and sweetly Vishnu as pig answered ‘then how is that place more enjoyable than
this?’ and went back to his playing in that mud.
There are 2 ways we can take this
story and it’s moral.
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