Saturday, May 17, 2014

64



Jagannatha, your
Unstoppable force may
Generate great sadness for
God-fearing Hindus.
Even as they throng in
Rath Yatra, their devotion
Need not long for tragedy.
Any day now, all the
Unseeing will awaken
To their own inherent grace. 

The etymology of ‘juggernaut’ involves an enormous wooden wagon in the image of Lord Krishna (Jagannatha is Sanskrit for ‘lord of the universe’), pulled in procession by hundreds of devotees. Whether voluntarily or not, sometimes people would fall under the wheels and be crushed.



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