अधर्म हो चला है अब सहन से परे,
दुर्योधन, दुशासन हैं अब हर ओर खड़े,
कहीं कोई चीर करे हरण,
कहीं चरित्र करे कोई हनन,
अग्नि परीक्षा देकर भी,
नारी के ही भर आयें नयन
कर हर आयु की मर्यादा का उल्लंघन,
आज का रावण लगा रहा हर जीवन पर ग्रहण,
अरे कृष्ण , तुमने कहा था ….
करने रक्षा और स्थापित करने धर्म ,
हर युग में आओगे लेकर जन्म,
किन्तु है, तुम्हे अभी भी प्रतीक्षा,
कि मानव का हो और पतन…
हे कृष्णा, चेतो, नारी का हो रहा है भक्षण,
जगत जननी को और कितना रुलाओगे?
इस युग के असुरों का संहार करने,
ओ देवा, कृष्णा तुम कब आओगे?
These days the news papers are full of news about rapes and sexual harassment of all age groups of women. It seems no woman or child is safe in any city of our country.
The poem says that like “Prince Duryodhan” and “Prince Dushasan”, the villains of “Mahabharat” who harassed the queen Draupadi, wife of Pandav princes, while all courtiers stood as helpless witness, the men these days, have been ill treating women everywhere. According to the scripture “Bhagvad Geeta ” in the epic “Mahabharat” of Hindu Mythology, whenever sins would increase on earth Lord Krishna will be back on earth to slay the demons and bring peace and happiness to the mankind. This poem asks Lord Krishna when would he fulfill his promise.
Shoma Abhyankar 
So true Shoma! Its a sorry state of affairs and very scary. Gets even more worrisome when you become a mother!
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I wonder when will we wake up and stop all this.
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A very beautiful poem! It’s the cry of the age. The Krishna is within us. Somehow, it reminded me Bhupen Hazarika’s song Ganga. So beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you… I liked the thought that krishna is within us…. But I guess there are more ravanas duryodhanas and dushasanas around
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You are right, Shoma. The Krishna is vastly outnumbered by the Duryodhan and Ravana. A deplorable state!
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I at times feel helpless because I alone cannot bring a change where women saftey is concerned.
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