Arjun! Stay blessed

 

^{Arjun! Stay blessed}

 

^{Happy Birthday}

^{is on your way}

^today

^{being celebrated with pomp and gay}

^{Hey Arjun our dear grandson}

^{your parents’ uncles ' and aunties in person}

^{bless you  with prayers to the Lord for you}

^{to possess the wisdom, true}

^{with opulence in health and happiness}

^{enjoying fame and fortune, boundless}

^{to evade the three miseries of life}

^{from within, from nature, and from divine strife}

^{to aid you in the four pursuits of life}

^{ending in liberation from human struggle and strife}

^{be an harbinger to ensure, acrimonies of the world end}

^{to be a forerunner, the best of America and India to, blend}

^{to add aura to the fragrance of  your family tree}

^{that your ancestors from Heaven will enjoy with glee}

^{to the  joy of your parents duo}

^{as your success, they owe}

^{to your old grand parents’ joyous pride}

^{that their unpretentious gestures cannot hide}

^{In person our blessings are overdue}

^{as an infant, twelve years back us ,you drew}

^{Flying over oceans many}

^{accompanied by daddy mummy’ in the journey}

^{you reached India, your parental land}

^{to the joy  and jubilation of your parents, grand}

^{from USA  the country acclaimed as the  world leader}

^{thanks to the sincere and technology  with the best brains aiding her}

^{discovered by Columbus while searching sea path to India}

^{then with tribal she was full of dense forest with its fauna and flora}

^{on twelfths October of fourteen hundred ninety two}

^{when the fame of Indian maritime trade world over knew}

^{With spices, precious stones, garments, sugar they traded abroad}

^{centuries before America, Columbus first time trod}

^{when India’s cultural heritage and Vedic wisdom}

^{caught the  covetous eyes of  barbaric looters, some.}

^{Invaded they with brutal ware fare to loot and rule over}

^{with huge army  that peace loving Indians could not counter}

^{Portuguese, Moguls and British}

^{ruled over putting Indians in anguish}

^{Mahmud of Ghazni, Muhammad of Ghori, Timur, Alexander}

^{looted treasure from Indian subcontinent}

^{with arson and murder}

^{Thus India was robbed of treasures in every field}

^{for world supremacy what  used to fetch her the yield}

^{with looters invasions and misrules of notorious kind}

^{India was unceremoniously dragged behind}

^{but still glitters her past heritage}

^{and rich epical knowledge}

^{that excels over all in  philosophies literature, and medicine}

^{to tap and to translate it the rest of the world continues to run}

^{what guides the man to get  and give peace and bliss}

^{where advancements in science goes amiss}

^{Tthrough century long foreign misrules India lost her traditional aura}

^{now with independence revives Indian glorious era}

^{At the conception of your proposed journey}

^{with your parents, their offspring in company}

^{impatient were they cursing the time for running slow}

^{exactly opposite to your feeling when  your class alarms blow}

^{disrupting your recess-game with girlfriends for an hour or so}

^{feel you ,it, as a moment that is also cut short by time’s  robbery show}

^{We, your grandfathers’ classmates carried you on competition}

^{twelve years back during your infancy out of grandparental affection}

^{when all we blessed you, as well-wishers to our delight}

^{stolen by time that steals our pleasure and plight .}

^{Time robbed you oft all from infancy to childhood}

^{and now pushes you to adolescences snatching away your sweet days for good}

^{as infant and as a child demanded you parental tender care}

^{that will undergo a sea change for your welfare}

^{Their iron willed strict disciplinary say}

^{will arrest you from going astray}

^{as an adolescent you are prone o errors}

^{welcome, you, those parental measures}

^{as for your good in life and to shape your future}

^{that parents with sincerity and love always nurture}

^{Seize the opportunity to enrich your wisdom}

^{tappling your grandparents; practical learnings , awesome}

^{as you are not lucky like them to listen to grand ma evening stories}

^{and learn from grand papas the gist of Indian Vedic glories}

^{Learn from father’s father to wander on the net}

^{absorb the best from lot there you get}

^{learn from him music songs and innovative interrpretations}

^{without reflecting on it do not take it as his confusions}

^{the way life is to be faced taking as Lords’ blessings}

^{relieving from burdens that Parbdha brings}

^{your mother’s father a  scientist as world recognizes}

^{an outstanding alumnus of our alma-mater his name blazes}

^{learn from him the tricks to go deep and bring out the best}

^{learn from both grandmothers their living zest}

^{earning for their conjugal life a golden jubilee}

^{that in America you rarely see}

^{in conjugal success grandmothers’ contribution}

^{far outweigh those of their hubbies in my opinion}

^{your parents introduced you as Arjun by your name}

^{to inspire you to be equal to Hindu epical Arjun with his fame}

^{taught by the Lord in person the keys to good living}

^{and bliss to the man the practice of teachings  bring}

^{Thus lacks this divine lessons in your American curriculum}

^{as per them material prosperity for bliss is ultimate wisdom.}

^{Do you mark the difference of your name with those of your ancestors?}

^{from your clan you will be unique member to part the teachings among others}

^{The names of your father, his father his grandfather, and his grandfather, great}

^{differ from you as their names , the names of the Lord they state.}

^{thus entrusting Arjun’s role to you}

^{to be an ethical practitioner true}

^{your grandparents joy was beyond measure}

^{Your physical presence close to them is their desire , inner}

^{despite feeling your presence over net}

^{thanks to science what daily they get}

^{but emphatic is  the difference}

^{with them, your physical presence}

^{accompanied by your parents}

^{Sky high rose their pleasure by their presence}

^{Missed you grandparents childhood days}

^{in the evening their grandma tales}

^{their protection from fear from beastly wails}

^{catch hold of them to pay back their family debts}

^{parting their learnings to you their real assets}

^{to tell you their tricks on conjugal harmony}

^{knitting them over their five decade journey}

^{what you might not have seen in America the agonies of separation}

^{that is maddening modernity’s contribution}

^{cohabitation for short duration}

^{is rampant and seen in million}

^{Learn the evolution of love true}

^{from a scratch to zenith in their togetherness, as you view}

^{Being at your mid-teens}

^{must you have observed the scenes}

^{does it give man peace and bliss}

^{judge thm from your heart’s abyss}

^{Learn from them in person}

^{to broaden your spiritual vision,}

^{the teachings of Gita and Bhagwat epics the great}

^{guiding principle human living  to man they educate}

^{visit the places where ancient Indian environments prevail}

^{where spiritual wisdom is imparted on large scale}

^{at mid-t eens a boy has the wisdom}

^{to think to shape his ambition at his heart’s bottom.}

^{A professional career you long for}

^{You will achieve, we are sure}

^{but have Indian spiritual wisdom as guiding force}

^{your family tree will be your inspiring source}

^{we your parents’ uncles and aunties, are impatient}

^{with  desire ardent}

^{to witness your thread ceremony, sacred}

^{as our grandson blessed}

^{in India in our presence or at America with us in net}

^{but sumptuous dinner from your grandparents, we are sure to get}

^{From GarhaNial and Jemadel, villages, remote and rural}

^{sprouted your family tree, growing colossal}

^{at backward villages  having its roots}

^{spreding  over to USA though you as its shoots}

^{Hope you in your blessed career ensure}

^{at the roots of our family tree laurels you pour.}

 

^{P K Routray}

^{in the service of the Lord}

^{( Arjun is the grandson of my two classmates and was born and brought up in USA. He has come to India, and his birthday is being celebrated in India by his grandparents.}

 

 

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