Vamana
The Progeny of the Divine Child Prahalada
Rules gloriously for eons, blessed by
The Awakening of the ferocious Man- Lion, Nrsimha
As Mahabali brings about a Rule of Fortune
Much before the conception of Rama’s virtuous rajya
The Abilities of the spectacular asuric-ego
Arouses the insecurity of the petty devas
Instigating Indra to plot for his own place
In the heavens, for necessary balance
Pleading to the cheeky preserver
He coaxes him to descend to earth
As Vamana, the dwarfed man !
Who concealing packs within himself
The enormity of the entire cosmos
Taking advantage of Bali’s magnanimity
The man-child naughtily asks for real estate
That could fit within his 3 baby steps
Shukra, the Venusian mentor of Bali
Watches on with scheming scepticism,
Figuring out the ploy of Indra
He asks his Shishya to refuse
Going beyond the will to power
Bali turns a blind eye to pleasure
Poking the nagging Venusian beetle
To see the whole with one eye
Instead of dividing with two-eyed duality
The Raja accedes to the diplomat’s demands
Thus, raising the curtains for the Magician’s performance
The Great show begins …
Unravelling his gigantic size
Vamana, kickstarts his art
With the first act of the pledge
He covers the entire earth-space in one foot
Setting up the sketch for his oncoming act
With the second act of the crucial turn,
He mindbogglingly scales the total mind space
Mahabali watches with goosebumps
As the gargantuan child intriguingly indicates
That he has thus far conquered
All that was, and will be …..But
With baited breathe, Bali awaits
As a terrifyingly thrill runs down his spine
Calling forth the final act
Voila! he is the performer of His performance
As his head promptly lowers itself
To complete the play of His Prestige
Where the last vestige of his Dharmic ego
Bows beneath the feet of that which is
Subsuming itself into vastness after a forlorn wait
Having conquered the horizontals of the Universal
Bali, heroically attains the ultimate vertical of the Eternal
Captivating the generations of Malabar
The boat people of God’s own country
To Onamly celebrate his sacrificial surrender
With the colour of human community
Despite their misunderstood mouthy insistence
Upon Martian Mao’s ascetic loony legacy
