Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
NOTHING IS VAINtc "NOTHING IS VAIN"
by sagging thought nothing avails, nothing ever 鈥�
the unremitting chase, the hot pursuit for
dizzy heights of innervate power,
mounting mounds of worldly wealth,
lush valleys of lustful pleasure,
love and laurels, and summits of spiritual ascent,
all the fret and fever and frenetic gyrations
in quest for self-identity聽 -聽 when, for sure,
all this must abruptly end,
as the unseen hand pulls up the string,
and the puppet is put and shut is silence.
streamed in a thin streak of light
illumining a new purpose and meaning
in objects around.聽 The humblest life lived,
I could see, is not lived in vain.
Each one of us, in varied hue,
our distinct vasanas we bring,
to touch and tint lives around us, and
leave imprints, however faint, that is some way
induce hope, or solace, or moments of happiness
in lives of others we hardly know.
Unaware, all the time, we scatter afar
pollens that enkindle, enrich
some waiting souls somewhere.聽 And,
myriad memories, we leave behind,
as monuments of our living.
have helped widen human horizon, advance
frontiers of knowledge, skills and experience
and constantly add to the common heritage
of mankind on this earth.
in all of God鈥檚 creation.聽 Only we do not see.
Every end presages a new beginning
in a grand cycle of perpetual renewal
and evolution. So that this our earth
shall remain forever young.