Part 11

Poverty cannot be alleviated By preaching philosophy concentrated!

When thy begging bowl is full and flowing over, You will feel, you are the God, reigning world over!

All of us work for and hope But only few reach the top!

Man is slave of circumstances Created by his circumstandees* (* Don't look for this word in a Dictionary, for it is coined).

Invention of Zero inspired calculation; Zero as a wheel had incited revolution!

"Early bird catches the worm"; Early worm walks unto doom!

Resourceful are not successful; Successful are not resourceful!

To err is human; To pardon is humane!

Why should purest of all rivers, Ganges, holy Desecrate itself merging into sea wholly?

Even on udder full of milk, Mosquito fancies blood to suck!

The event that will make you happy Might make many others unhappy!

"Drops of water make an ocean", Drops that drip dry even ocean!

Idle mind is not a devil's workshop – At times, poetry flows from it non-stop!

The wick will burn to ashes in no time If the lamp lacks oil that keeps the flame.

While ringing in, with gaiety, the New Year, Grow and show, you are one more year wiser.

You would become only what you can And not that you wish or others plan!

Despite absorbing hottest rays of Sun, Moon always emits only coolest sheen!

Moneys black and white, vie each other, Even within sacred temple coffer!

Do whatever you have to, today, here and now For, tomorrow is a dream, may not come true.

He who keeps company, in lone dark night, If dead suddenly, turns object of fright!

With a begging bowl, I vie to reach the gate Of palace I built* and lived in my birth last! (* Hindus believe that the soul of a dead person will have rebirth elsewhere)

What anybody could give in abundance To others, in time of distress, is advice!

Know, thou were not born nor shall die at thy wish; Thence, time in between is not thine to lavish!

Don't try to throw stones from glass roof, Unless the glass is bullet proof!

Disease is always like a guest – Comes at unexpected moment!

You can kick even the air afar, If it is put in a ball of rubber!

Water flows only on slopes – The life flows solely on hopes!

Wondrous monument for departed wife – Tajmahal. Could she ever enjoy that architectural marvel?