Alankar(Decor)-224 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Oh God Of Sky..(Pankti)

Pankti (associated with food and the god of rain) is a Vedic meter found in one of the later books
(Book V) of the Reg Vida. Also known as the 5th horse pulling the golden chariot of the sun god
and is said to come from the bone marrow. In Hindi it means line or sentence and is a popular
Indian girl's name.

The pankti meter is:
stanzaic,40 syllables, written in any number of quintains,5 padas or lines.
syllabic, lines of 8 syllable each.


Oh God Of Sky...

'Look down look down oh God of sky
Ere this bloodshed stilled in foul heaps
Oh God of sky, look down look down
Your grace to wash andwipe the stains
To have a life of no evil

Look down, look down oh God of sky
Ere this drought repletes in deep thirst
Oh God oh God, look down look down
To wet its parched lips then to pour
To revive its fecundity

Ah, look, look, sky is now pouring
Pouring pouring pouring pouring
Oh God, stains are gone, thirst is gone
Hopes are likely to sprout fertile
Earth is looking for a good life

Ah look, sky is still pouring on
Pouring pouring pouring pouring
Pouring pouring, oh more and more
But..but...this is unusual
Excessive..excessive and bad

Oh God of sky, look, is this fair
No, seems a flare of punishment
What for on this distressed, depressed
We are sinking, be merciful
Oh God bless us with betterment'

'Oh men I measure your karma
And treat you all accordingly
That drought is because of your deeds
Your enmity and rivalry..
Don't you think causes bad trauma

You need a heavy detersion
This is a fight against evil
Wait until you're thoroughly washed
Then you'll be free salvaged fully'
God throws his words in beating tone