The Ancients

Poetry : 23-09-2021

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~~पितृ-पक्ष~~ 

।। नमः पूर्वेभ्यः पितृभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः।।

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Come the fortnight, 

Comes forthright,

The vibe full of Blessings, 

Of Remembrances,

Of those Forefathers,

Who are ever so watching,

Their children,

Us, their own shadows,

Cast upon the earth, 

The residents of the Sun-Realm, 

The subjects of the AryamA,

Cast a glance over us, 

The mortal-humans,

Who neither know, 

Nor do understand,

The Overlords of the Heavens,

The Big Fathers of the yore, 

Are watching,

Lamenting, how their races and clans,

Have drifted away from the path of Dharma.

In this very fortnight,

We could set the record straight and right,

If even once we remember them,

Pay respects and homage,

(स्वधा पितृभ्यः, तर्पणं पितृभ्यः)

No doubt, our land will come to peace,

And they too could attain,

And rest in peace eternal.

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