*Protesting Negativity* *(following Atharvaveda, V.7, 1500BC)*
*Bijoy M Misra* O’ Negativity! Strange are your actions! O’ Negativity! Strange are your deeds! O’ Negativity! Please fill us with pain! Help us bid farewell to poverty and disdain! (1) O’ Negativity! Please don’t throw us in confusion! Don’t let us be victims of sloth and division! Please keep away that person whining and forlorn, Help us bid farewell to those whose hearts are torn! (2) O’ Negativity, please allow our nobility to develop and prosper! Please don’t ruin us with grief, don’t put us in danger! Please help us keep away from those unforgiving, Help us bid farewell to the unkind and self-serving! (3) Let us adore good counsel, O’ Sweet Anumati! Let us invoke our divine knowledge, O’ Mother Saraswati! Give us the reach of wisdom and the sky of enlightenment! Let our words be sweet in our holy environment! (4) I pray for words of love to Mother Saraswati! I pray for knowledge and wisdom for her generosity! Let my love and faith be blessed by Mother, Help us bid farewell to cruelty and dishonor! (5) O’ Negativity, O Adversity! Please refrain from shaking my speech! Please allow me to cultivate the skills that I may reach! Let Indra, Agni shower me with wisdom and wellness, Help us bid farewell to misery and meanness! (6) O’ Negativity, please leave us alone, please find a different nest! We resist your impropriety, please allow us to rest! Your pricks are strong, you are a source of deprivations! Help us bid farewell to bad and crooked intentions! (7) O’ Negativity, you came naked, you are so shameless! You capture people in distress, you are so soulless! You break men, you destroy values, you lack character! Help us bid farewell to our uncouth spirit, unholy temper! (8) O’ Negativity, trouble-minded, confused, spread all over! Camouflaged as golden haired, you bring harm, penury and fear! I offer my salutations with the loudest of my voice, Help us bid farewell to poverty, it is your choice! (9) O’ Golden-hued, O’ Gold trapping, you shine as prosperity, But you carry misery, you are the source of adversity! I have my utmost respect for you, please change your mode! Salutations to you, please keep away from my humble abode! (10) **** (For the South Asian Poets’ group meeting, Nov 16, 2025.) KR IRS 171125 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopQ%3D5r%2BZcDsbwxv1k5RHs2iBhg-25Sn5Zra4uv4GM8riQ%40mail.gmail.com.
