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(Dr.Bezawada Gopala Reddy)

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We get attached to known things
We are attracted to known precincts
We are fond of childhood tales
And sweet meat stalls;
Familiar people become our friends
We roam about in the known little universe
Betwixt acquaintances we have built fences
We entertain doubts to cross fences
We fear to converse with unknown faces
If [...]

(Invitation of a corrupter to an honest feller)

“You are unaware of my origin
Even to your ancestors, it is unknown.
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Much earlier to the Universe, I was born,
There was a conceptual dispute
Among Gods, as to “Who is great”.
Then I was asked to adjudicate;
They greased my palms with boodle,
To obtain a decree favorable.
That day, I [...]

O’ Lord! I prostrate at thy lotus feet,
Save me from all the sins I didst
Knowingly or unwillingly that hast,
Upon my reputation shadows cast.
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Thou art the creator and destroyer
And thou hath tremendous power
To punish or ignore the evil doer
And hence I beseech you forever
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My sins are cruel and manifold,
Which in [...]

Often a woman in torment was seen
Strolling on the meadows of a mountain
Brooding over the love tale forsaken
That was on her perpetrated by a coon.
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One day while she was near the dale
She was caught in heavy rain and gale
And she got choked with rale
Obstructing [...]

The lovers steal each other’s heart
At first sight, be it wrong or right,
Even ignoring their parents threats
They dare meeting at secret resorts.
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They exchange love chits by posts
Or through covert human contacts
To further their love pursuits
And promote marital prospects.
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On some occasions [...]

No distance does exist
Between heart and heart
Even if the two live apart
And their love is perfect.
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Winning beloved’s heart
May be simply straight
Sometimes on first sight
But at times it’s difficult.
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Wooing beloved is an art,
That spills from the heart
And how to project it overt
Depends on individual tact.
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Love is neither a legend scribed
Nor sketched in pictures purpled.
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Love is just and simple reflection
Of one others’ attachment and affection.
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Love is not confined to some one,
As it is universally to all common.
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Love cannot be suppressed by distortion,
As it is manifestation of human exhortation.
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Love is a sacred union
Of fertile minds for [...]

Birth and death are common
To all the creatures born
Sans concession or exception
To the Incarnations even.

With the passage of time,
We grow in life-time
And every moment is past
It hastens us to the last.

Fully aware of this truth
We boast of our wealth
And enjoy lot of fun
Within the short life span.

By virtue of virtues of past birth
God has [...]

A futurist crazy of his future,
Often consults a foreteller,
Be he a palmist or astrologer
To know about his career.

A novice or professional frightens the client
Telling evil times are not for him distant
And advises worships of various kinds,
To propitiate adverse astral trends.

A weak client subjugates to the Astrologer
And pursues the ritual of propitiation fixture;
Many a [...]

Some children in adolescence
Do wrongs out of ignorance’
But many adults in arrogance
Commit misdeeds in abundance.

When they realize the essence
Of human values and good sense,
They often brood in penitence
And pray God for benevolence.

There is no bigger sentence
For offences than repentance;
And worship to Him in reverence,
For atonement gives real solace.

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