Super Metaphors

Super Metaphors

P K Routray

In the painting above

human woes to solve

teaches the Super Soul

to a man confused on his goal,

the essence of human strife

and the steps to attain the goal of life.

The teaching is full of divine wisdom

to speak on it the author is a meagre dumb.

Here he touches only upon the picture,

speaking of many a superb metaphor.

The horse, their reins, chariot, charioteer

Lord of chariot and his road ahead to steer

have symbolic messages to shape human life

in his travel to destination through delusion and strife.

Reins represents the mind, the charioteer is the intellect

Lord of chariot is the soul, the road ahead the sense object

The chariot is the human body; horses represent the senses of man

For the man to move in the right path, guide and control the intellect can.