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Searching for You
Prof Hare Krishna Mohanta
I searched for You here and there,
In the Temple, Church, Mosque and Gurudwar.
I read the Bhagavad Gita,
Bible, Koran and Zend-Avesta.
I travelled through the forests and mountains,
In the villages, cities, plateaus and plains.
Some said that You are everywhere,
Some believed that You are nowhere.
Some thought that You are in the poors,
Some ascertained that You are in the seers.
Some told that You have fled,
Some imagined that You are dead.
Confused and bewildered, one day,
I met, a Holy man, who didn’t say,
A single word, until did I pay,
My obeisance at his feet and started to pray.
“My boy,” he said in a voice very clear,
“What is your name and why have you come here?”
I responded him and asked about You,
He smiled and gave an instant clue,
Through the following nice instance,
About Your whereabouts and existence.
Twin babies in the womb of a mother,
Were talking one day to each other.
“You know, we are in our mother’s womb,”
Said the elder one to the younger.
“One day we’ll be delivered from here,
And see a beautiful world there.
Our mother will be very loving and caring,
She will be feeding, dressing, protecting,
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