On Tigers and Elephants

Elephants and Tigers,
Are majestic creatures,
You daren't touch them,
And if you think,
I'm talking of an animal in skin,
Here's your grave akin.

Pyre wielded by Power,
Power wielding you,
Your courage and majesty,
Pyre hearths you till eternity.

King Parikshita forgiving Kali and the start of Kaliyuga

For when the ashes fly-by,
The sin of courage becomes your alibi,
The sin of virtue culls your heir,
Burdened by existence or fear.

Bhishma lying on the "शरशय्या" (Bed of Arrows) -- (left). Vibhishan being ridiculed for being a "कुलद्रोही" (Traitor of the Clan) --(right)

"For the virtuous, nothing remains but judgment."

Lord Shiva granting boons to his devotees.

History (memoria),
As interesting a concept,
Never fails at contempt.

For when it makes Gods,
Bow of reverence,
To asuras of benign,
DISORDER.

The four yugas

For when the four-spoke wheel,
Of time spins,
Truth stands at shin.

The feet of Lord Vamana, claiming the last piece of "तीन पग भूमि" (three paces of land) from Bali.

Then the greatest floods,
Drown you in sins of,
ALL VIRTUES YOU POSSESSED

At first came the asetic,
Then came the methodic,
To be written over by the machiavel rhetoric.
Then, as the last spoke of wheel turned,
Came Kali the lunatic.

All that remains.
Is a question.
What's possession ?
What's succession ?
What's redemption ?
What's salvation ?

And if the Elephant's majestic.
Why did it corrupt ?

THE KING ABOVE.

Sage Gautama curses Indra.