Chataka- The Rainbird Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India

Chataka- The Rainbird

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O Chataka
You are really
A great Tapaswi
You wait wait
And drink only
Pure rain water
No matter
How much water
Is available
Here in ponds ocean
No matter how much
Water flow in the Ganges
In this hot summer
You wait for rain
To drink directly
Rain water
My dear, teach me
The way of waiting
Teach me the patience
You cultivate from life
I know in life
Only patience is there
To learn
And O patience master
Teach me how to live
Days months together
Without drinking
A drop of water.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Chataka - a bird does not drink any other waters except direct pure rain water and so Chataka is called rain-bird
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kanniappan Kanniappan 29 June 2013

Very nice poem about the rain bird. I am trying to find out the Tamil name for that bird and I like to see the picture of that bird.

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Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
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