Wise Man

Wise Man

P K Routray

To find a wise man

far and near we can scan

from laboratory to university

from men in power to men of prosperity

futile and abortive will be our search

as none of them will be found having inner bliss as such.

Men hunt for real pleasure, happiness and bliss

but in each of their acts or achievements, these they all miss.

The real bliss is not the external materialistic pleasure

as they are Illusory and not permanent to treasure.

But a wise man, as some great scriptures define

finds and walks on those paths for the bliss divine.

The man is devoid of any earthly desires in his life

and remain equanimous to pleasure, pain and strife,

like air he moves unattached spreading the divine fragrances

and like a tortoise suiting to the ethical need he controls his organs of senses.

The man has won over attachment, fear and anger.

He is the wise man and to our search he is the answer.