Dogs, fox and pigs are such of
animals that feed on leftovers of others – on the carcass and shit. (read
related post on dog to understand the uselessness of its busy life....) Their
utility to others or society seems almost nil (sorry dog lovers but as per poet
dogs on street here symbolize a life led pursuing all and sundry in short a
senseless, useless life though shown and projected as very busy life...). Yes,
in the larger picture of world and eco-system they do have their purpose. Every
teeny tiny organism has a purpose and role to play in the balance of
eco-system. That’s the plan of the Creator and it can’t have any unnecessary
‘thing’ here without a purpose. But a man’s life is
much more precious than
these animals. It is gotten after crossing more than 86,400 lives as various
life-forms as per Vedic philosophy. To a person who is not conversant with it
or not in acceptance of it, well there is ‘theory of evolution’ that says life
started as unicellular and passed through various stages of life forms like
aquatic, amphibian, reptiles, aves or birds and finally to mammals and human
life is the ultimate stage of mammal life forms. Even to this theory man would
be ‘a great deal’ of nature’s work. And that work goes down the drain if it is
lived like these beasts. That is the meaning of this verse (highlighted in the
link ..)
Dogs in streets and pigs frolicking
in shit symbolize a man leading a life pursuing his existence just to make his
ends meet as these animals also do the same at the end of the day. They eat,
sleep, procreate, shit, eat, sleep....Earning our livelihood, raising a family
and finally meeting our end is no different from this animals in any way.
Humans are to be socially conscious
and having higher goals of living for the society at large. This is what the
poet conveys in ‘these lines’.
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