Anekanta: Two Extremes Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Matter defines existence of objects.
An object has an origin and an end.
A pot is born and dead but clay remains.
It's clay before and after the pot's life.

Five fundamental substances are known
As Puncha Astikayas in Jainism.
Dharma Astikaya: medium of action.
Adharma Astikaya: medium of rest.

Akash Astikaya: space that has Loka
The Universe and Aloka, the outside.
Jiva Astikaya: soul the life force
And Pudugal Astikaya: the body.

Soul is knower; body is unknower.
Soul is permanent but body is not.
The unnoticed aspect of an object
Is attested by the noticed aspect.

Light is known from dark and sound, from silence.
Existence of the opposite in all
Is the principle of Anekanda.
Love and hate merge in a common pool.

Each object has got many attributes
But one of them manifests at a time.
Truth is a multidimensional one
And as a whole cannot be comprehended.
26.04.2016