DHARMA CHAKRA
By M.
KALIDASU
(Advocate,
Bapatla)
Tell me
the meaning, mother mine,
Of the
wheel, which stands as Dharma’s sign.
Look at
the centre of it, son:
There,
when creation was begun,
Dharma
was fixed as axle firm
For the
World to turn till Time’s full term.
What are
the spokes, where do they go?
What do
the blank intervals show?
Dharma’s
manifold paths are they,
By which
the wise maintain their way.
The gaps
are the gulfs wherein we drop
When we
abandon Dharma’s prop,
To
flounder there till we have found
The next
spoke as it sweeps around.
Of the
tracks, though diverse-seeming, each
The same
circumference will reach,
Which is
mankind’s collective soul–
Redeemed–our
evolution’s Goal.