Eklavya, Your Gurudakshina...(Teacher's Day) Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Man will come,
Man will go,
But the story of your sacrifice,
Your sacrifice
Will go down,
Go down the realms of history,
Your dakshina,
Gurudakshina
Which could nobody,
Nobody,
Nor should have anybody
Neither asked for
Or demanded,
Called for
Nor should have anyone,
Anyone
Succumbed to
Or given!

Eklavya,
Eklavya,
As long as this earth is,
Human existence is,
It will go,
Go resonating,
Resonating and resounding

That,
That Drona was selfish,
A selfish guru
Greedy and arrogant,
That,
That Drona was a greedy Brahmin,
An arrogant bad teacher
Biased and prejudiced,
Prejudiced,
Prejudiced!

Eklavya,
Eklavya,
A disciple like Eklavya,
Eklavya,
Where to find,
Find,
O Drona,
Drona,
Which but you could not
Realize it then!