Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Let them call me whatever name they would 鈥�
颅untouchable, clean, black, white, bad or good.
I鈥檓 鈥� Sudra, Vaisya, Kshatriya, Brahmana 鈥� a whole.
And what matters to me is my mind鈥檚 role.
Well, my mind is a wild and savage beast
With three gunas: Tamas, Rajas, Sattva;
Only the first or the second of these
Predominates and determines his pace.
He gallops merrily
Down the vale of shadows that breeds agony,
He pulls wearily
Up the hill of substance that houses ecstasy.
We are at discord for he acts nonchalantly.
Whate鈥檈r flattering unction I lay gallantly,
Or howe鈥檈r I exhort him to the lofty course,
He wends his own way without any remorse.
Now I鈥檓 galled by his herd instinct and adamant nature.
It鈥檚 time to destroy the low posture of this creature.
No matter how stiff is his resistance, I shall conquer,
And veer him from dark passions to Atmadarsanayogyata.