Lead Me

With the wind gliding smoothly across your sail,

I look in amazement, o sailor! How you sail your boat in gale;

At this fateful day of the year,

When the nature has gone black with fear

And one trembles as the clouds roar and heaven tear.

Followed by occasional spewing of fire by some terrible monster is in the sky,

That can make even the mighty wail and cry

Where have you come from, ferrying what in valuables so dear?

Who are you, ferrying at such ease without showing a sign of fear?

Beating and penetrating the darkness with all your might,

You have come sailing O, warrior of light.

With a smile lingering on your face

You navigate the turbulent waters with grace

Will you lend me a place in your boat o, navigator?

To, let me travel with you somewhere very far?

I have traded all my life on this bank,

Now, as the day is nearing its end, I want to see life’s other flank.

But my boat is lying battered, & my sailor is drunk

But I want to leave all liabilities and assets behind,

Before, the darkness makes me too blind,

And move forward in search of new light.

Be my guide, o! Dexterous sailor to cut through this dark night

Help me find my path, a path to new dawn, filled with new light….

You and your grand design

I have travelled to places where the mountains kiss the clouds,

I have felt the joy of the birds when they jumped into unknown and let go of their doubts,

I have dived into the deepest depths of the oceans,

And to the highest peaks of the great mountains,

I have praised the whale’s acrobatic stunts,

And have rejoiced at the birth of new stars.

With the monkeys I have jumped from branch to branch,

With the lions I have done my lunch.

As a flower I have daily offered to you my little offerings,

As a bird and bee I have sung your praise in every uttering’s.

I have run with the charismatic sun on his golden chariot across the sky.

And in lonely nights have soaked in the motherly love of the timid moon.

Haunted by her scars and spreading love by sacrifice...

 I have witnessed the baby earth waking up to its first morning,

From the arrival of Dinosaurs to the great mammoth,

I have seen them all arrive on its face and disappear again

I have seen the changing moods and faces of sky,

From time immemorial I have seen so many things,

I have laughed, danced and watched the nature at every step of its being,

I have changed places, dresses and names,

And the anonymous I with the same curiosity have seen you again and again.

Still I cannot comprehend, define, nor a end can I find,

Of you and your grand design.

I love to believe

When the first rays of the morning sun lightens up my face,

I believe that in that light I can somewhere see your face

When I put my naked feet upon the wet morning grass,

I feel as if you are walking with me holding my hands

And when the gentle breeze ruffles my hair,

I can feel your gentle care.

When the sun’s rays provides me warmth,

I feel I am in the care of your arms

And whenever I look up at the stars,

I feel you are beckoning me with open arms

And when after all day of hard work

I retire home dejected and tired

I feel that you come to me,

In the darkness of the night,

Draped in white moon light,

You come with mother’s care

And with your hands running through my hair,

You send me to sleep, while singing a beautiful lullaby…

Don’t know if all this is just a dream, but still I love to believe…..

                                                                                                    

Will you stay my friend?

While travelling in this journey called life,

I have come across people many a time,

But alas there were none,

Whom I could call mine

With whom I could share,

Both my happiness and despair,

That is until on an unexpected bend

At a point where dreams end

I suddenly found you

It appeared as though all my life,

I had been waiting just for you

Now the moments that we share

Seems to be a dream so rare

But dreams are fragile so I fear

That this would break in thin air

Or I would lose it somewhere

In the harsh reality out there

Will you still remain mine?

When fragments of my dream lies scattered here and there

For others…I do not care…..

Eternal Companion

Whose company do you see O jilted lonesome?

Whom do you vainly seek in temples and forests so fearsome?

Why do you seek refuge in vain mortal sensory pleasures?

When in your heart lays the ultimate treasure.

O brother look inside and seek recluse at his lotus feet,

Seek the one whose glory and company supersedes everything for which you ever have plead…

Dear Teacher

I still can faintly recollect that fateful day,

The day when I left my mother’s arms and comfort of home;

To come under your umbrella,

And begin the journey towards becoming myself;

Like every eventful journey that too had began with teary eyes,

Tears perhaps for the fear of facing the unknown,

Or perhaps they were the tears of a joyous heart,

Anticipating its rebirth and preparing for a new life.

Through all these years I have learnt and grew under your ever watchful eyes,

You have encouraged me in my every success

Reprimanded & corrected me for every wrong step I ever put,

And whenever I was lost in the darkest of alleys,

You were always there showing me the way to light.

Through all these years by your selfless care and protection,

You have helped to scalp out myself,

 Like the artisan who delicately curves out God’s idol,

From just a formless heap of mud.

You have helped me create my identity,

To have a face among the faceless millions.

No words of praise that I say today can do justice to your selfless service,

But there is one line that I want to scream today at the top of my voice,

Although I haven’t seen the mythical God,

I don’t want to see him either.

Because God for me is you my teacher.              

Ssshhh! Listen

Listen calmly O my mind!

To the most beautiful music you can ever find.

In the silence of this moment,

Listen as the universe sings to praise the omniscient.

Let go O my mind,

All your fears dragging you behind,

Let go all your worries,

And like a bird flying in the high skies,

Let your dreams fly like kites.

Believe, believe O my mind;

Believe that you are divine

Believe that neither death nor destruction is for you,

And search for that true bliss lying within you.

Believe in the love of your heavenly father,

Believe that you are neither earth, water, fire nor ether

Nor any of those combined together

You are what your soul says,

You are pure consciousness.

A Simple Question

What is life?

Is it a grand persistent illusion to quote the mystics?

Or is it hard rock reality as proclaims the skeptics?

Is it harsh and rude like the prose?

Or simple, fluid and elegant like the poetry?

Perhaps even both who knows?!

Is it about dying at every moment?

Or art of learning how to live?!

Is it learning through experience?

Or a journey towards an unknown goal, worth pursuing with patience?

Or perhaps something more profound; who comprehends?!

Is it a string of failure running after ever illusive success!!

Or about growing from strength to strength?

And who can either define failure and success?

Is it about bonding with some for a very brief time?

Or these emotions are just bondage that binds!

Perhaps it is complex like a labyrinth!

Or under the apparent complexities simple and elegant

But whatever it means for each one of us

With its various forms, faces and colors;

It amazes me to notice…

It is simply the most beautiful gift one can ever receive!

A Sincere Prayer

O rain come, come riding

Come with the trumpets blowing,

Come with your chariots roaring,

Come o fearsome warrior,

Summon all your strength and vanquish whatever is dark and evil,

Come with new leash of life for the lifeless, hope for the hopeless;

Come to become the voice of weak and downtrodden;

To become their weapon against the strong and corrupted;

Wash away whatever is impure;

Whatever is evil, whatever is rotten and is to be abhorred;

Making way for the new, that which is fresh and pure;

Come to show that truth can’t be vanquished;

Even in the darkest of hours it is just behind the veil;

It will come piercing the veil of ignorance, the veil of darkness

Ignited by the spark of knowledge it will spread like the wild fire,

Destroying the rotten, the dead under its flames while the evils perspire;

And after your wrath is over…all the dirt will be gone;

The new air will bring with it the sweet smell of freshness;

The sky, the birds, all of nature will be dancing in anticipation of hope,

The sun will be bringing with it new rays of life,

All that is dark, evil and rotten would have been washed;

To make way for the new, the pure, the sanctified,

What a wonderful new dawn it would be for the mankind….

The Eternal Search

I have searched in the green mountains,

And in the vast green plains;

I searched in temples and mosques,

And in churches and synagogues;

But nowhere could I find,

Someone to calm my agitated and restless mind;

So, I returned home dejected,

And turned my path inward instead;

Then I saw you sitting inside me,

Calling for my attention but I didn’t see

But now as I sit with my eyes open,

I can see you in every lane.

I can see you in birds and canine,

You are everywhere O! Divine……

Let me fall asleep

 I have running all my life,

After false respect, money and pride;

In the process I found myself loneliness,

But alas! I thought money will buy me all the happiness;

I have searched for happiness hither and thither,

But couldn’t find the happiness that I truly desire;

Now I am weary under my own burden,

Burden of false respect, pride and money;

Now I have up to you o dear,

Take me home; don’t close the door on my rear;

Let me sleep in your lap, while you comb your fingers through my hair;

Take me to a land so rosy, while you sing your beautiful lullaby;

Where there is no hatred and joy is distributed free,

Where all falsehood has ended under the glowing presence of truth,

Destroy my selfhood and bring out the I hence forth,

Let the cacophony end and silence fall,

And while your cold soothing touch takes off my weariness,

As the evening breeze does to the fuming earth;

Let me become one with you forever………

Two old questions

For days I have travelled on the face of earth,

With two questions plaguing my mind;

On a beautiful day in my youthful guilessness,

When the dawn of knowledge,

Had still not removed the veil of ignorance;

I had asked it to his omniscience.

Who am I? And for what purpose I am here?

‘Seek and ye shall find’ was his only answer.

So as days become months and months turned to years

I kept searching for the answer everywhere

I played the role of child, husband and father

Each time trying to find the true answer

I assumed my duty was to perform those roles

But when I looked around, I found everybody doing those

And so I have kept searching over the years…

To find answers to the questions I asked in my tender years.

Even now as the curtain on my life is about to descent;

I ask the same questions again to the omniscient…

Who am I? And for what purpose I am here?

Who knows if I will get my answer before my act is over……

Dance of cosmic harmony

See how the cosmic rhythm is flooding the universe,

To the great symphony dances the sun moon and stars.

All creatures are drinking to their stomach full,

The elixir of selfless love, so wonderful.

O ignorant! Why are you sitting in the corner of your home?

Have bound yourself by shackles of insatiable desire for more?

Can’t you see the world is calling you with arms open?

Come out of your prison and break the chain.

Stop fighting complaining and hankering for power and money,

Listen and dance to the cosmic harmony….

Proud to be humans

We are humans, the finest product of evolution,

Fit to be the ruler of the world by mere definition,

We effortlessly turn away our faces from a man dying on the street,

Illiterates and jobless may worry; we don’t ‘even a little bit’.

We boast of our clean house and clean clothes,

And it is the same we who spits in government offices and roads!

We ardently ask for mercy from our merciful father,

But to the poor chap, hardly we show any mercy ever

But worry not, for we are the flag bearers of new age and culture,

And these concepts are for the old fashioned sympathizers.

Instead we taunt and entertain ourselves at the expense of the poor mad beggar

We boast proudly about our religion and culture,

Yet it is some among us who molests somebody’s sister, mother or daughter.

We proclaim that animals are unpredictable

And we the civilized of all have the right to kill for mere perishables (don’t we?).

We fight often in the name of god and religion,

When the massage of all religions have been of love and compassion.

But these words are only for the fools to follow (isn’t it?)

We are learned enough (aren’t we?), why think about these things and wallow?

Skeptics may say whatever till their voice slowly begins to wane…

Still we are and will always remain human

The finest product of evolution!!

Happiness for all

Hello folks!!

This is Debabrata over here, not the debabrata from the Mahabharata (for those of you who know the story of the epic and the life of character Bhisma) !...I am a simple boy who lives in this 21st century. I am not an avid blogger. Although I already have two blogs, one a spiritual one and another talking about general things, I seldom post any new thoughts over there. So, I decided to start afresh and keep on posting new thoughts as and when it comes....


I selected the address of my blog after very careful considerations. You know why....This is because I was thinking about the dreadful times that we are leaving in...the violence being committed by fellow humans on other humans....It kind of made me very upset....So I decided to turn on the you tube and listen to some vedic hymes....I came upon a vedic peace mantra seeking peace for all, happiness for all...I call it as inclusive happiness. For those of you wandering about the mantra or hyme here it is for you below....

I genuinely feel that happiness is incomplete if it is not shared....So here I am with a blog to share happiness....creating a reason bring smile on your faces....At least I will try to do the same and only time will tell whether I will succeed or not....

Anyway.....I will leave you for the time with the video of this vedic hyme to reflect upon.....good day....