Who is right?

The one who on truth has set his sight!

Who is wise?

The one who can to the occasion rise!

Who is brave?

The one who for truth can unwaveringly walk to his grave!

Who is refined?

The one who with sensitivity can the way to another’s heart find!

Who is alive?

The one who on the immense beauty of life does thrive!

Who is gracious?

The one who under all circumstances is sagacious!

Who is persistent?

The one whose forward movement on the road of life is consistent!

Who is reliable?

The one who will never for betrayal be liable!

Who is to be applauded?

The one who for the just and the right has always plodded!

Who is to be emulated?

The one who has always you to do good has stimulated!

Who is a seeker?

The one who has never let his quest to find truth grow weaker!

Who is a writer?

The one who jousts with thoughts and words and is in her own right a fighter!

Who is a reader?

The one who to the writer of enthusiasm is the feeder!

Who is fit to wear a crown?

The one who does not upon human foibles frown!

Arun Bhagat

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Though death comes to all, only some will life taste,

The rest will just bungle through and this opportunity waste!

Only a few will add life to years,

The rest will give in to misgivings and fears!

Only some will experience bliss divine,

The rest will just give way to sloth and be supine!

Only some will reach the stars,

The rest will be lost to petty bickerings and wars!

Only some will taste of life the nectar

The others will just be in the scheme of things a negligible factor!

Only some will set a blazing trail

While others around them will flounder and fail!

Only some will spread their fragrance and flourish,

Only some will their souls nurture and nourish

While others in mundane things be lost

And phantoms of no meaning host!

Only some will live a life of grace and poise

While others will be drowned in this world’s din and noise!

Only some will live life to the hilt

While others will fall by the wayside and wilt!

North or south, east or west,

This is our destiny manifest!

Arun Bhagat

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अल्लाह जाने, मौला जाने,

सब कुछ है वो जाने!

सब को अपनी दात वो देता,

किसी से कुछ वो न लेता,

कोई माने या न माने!

सब पर अपनी रहमत बरसाता,

सब को अपनी ज़ुबाँ में समझाता,

कोई जाने या न जाने!

पूरी कायनात में वो बसता,

ज़र्रे ज़र्रे में वो जँचता,

कोई माने या न माने!

सब ओर उसका नूर है फैला,

कभी न होता है वो मैला,

कोई जाने या न जाने !

बंजर को वो कर दे हरा,

मिटा देता वो हर ज़रा,

कोई माने या न माने!

अगर दिल को कर लें साफ़,

हम सब को वो करता माफ़,

कोई जाने या न जाने!

मुझ में रहता, तुझ में रहता,

ज़मीर के ज़रिए सब कुछ कहता,

कोई माने या न माने!

अरुण भगत

God does not you for your sins hate

As He is your ultimate mate!

But your sins do on your conscience weigh,

And can darken a perfectly bright day!

They are the albatross round your neck,

And can very well the peace of your mind wreck!

They can be the leaden weight on your soul

Which of your life couldn’t possibly have been the goal!

Your sins can corrode your entire being,

They can impair and distort your way of seeing!

The All-Merciful God does not punish you for any sin,

But you are undone by your own moral din!

Your ill deeds will not let you in peace rest,

They will make you in your own mortal house an unwelcome guest!

While this drama of relentless action and reaction plays out,

God will just watch from a distance no doubt

And like a doting father indulge your every folly

Because He is a good fellow jolly!

Arun Bhagat

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Living is not necessarily being alive,

Can you some meaning from the above statement derive?

Those merely living put themselves to shame,

Being alive is an entirely different ball game!

Being alive is embracing life with open eyes,

It is not deluding yourself with inaction and lies!

You are alive when you live it up,

And with the wise and the enlightened sup!

You are alive when you to the cosmic rhythms dance,

And in a moment can at eternity glance!

You are alive when of life’s endless possibilities you are aware,

And to tread upon uncharted paths you can dare!

You are alive when you are attuned to others’ suffering and pain,

And spend your life in an empathetic vein!

You are alive when all this is done,

And with the vast interplay of cosmic forces you feel one!

Arun Bhagat

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Get out of your comfort zone,

The mantle of a courageous person don!

Sticking to that zone will you nowhere get,

So for the new and the different your appetite whet!

Get out of the familiar and the comfortable where you are cocooned,

Otherwise in stagnation you will remain marooned!

Get out and grapple with the unfamiliar and the new,

And the rewards will be many, not a few!

Shed your sloth and timidity and explore vistas new,

There is so much to be done which is due!

The world belongs to those who venture out of the known and the old,

They are the ones who will hit the pot of gold!

Explore in the road of life every new bend,

And more wisdom to yourself lend!

To those who stepped out of their comfort zones we owe a lot

Because from them a wealth of precious new knowledge we have got!

From comfort zones come no great things,

So take it upon yourself to give your quest ever new wings!

Arun Bhagat

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When you are grateful, you feel fine

Because in gratitude you stand with the divine!

Be grateful for every blessing,

Let it be a spiritual obligation pressing!

If every blessing of yours you count,

All gloom and despondency you can surmount!

We are very fortunate as such,

We have been endowed with so much

That to grumble and despair there is no reason

As we are getting so much in and out of season!

Grateful people are so dear to God

That to every project of theirs they get the heavenly nod!

Divinity ensures through life their smooth sailing

As the Almighty offers Himself to them as a firm railing!

Grateful people are happy and without any rancour,

They always find the Almighty as their firm and steady anchor!

Arun Bhagat

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Most people will always be strangers,

So why not be a lone ranger?

They will never be your own,

Whichever garb they don!

They will always maintain a distance strange,

They will not allow you to come within their range!

They will always be somewhere aloof,

Whatever of your love and affection you offer proof!

They will be like a shadow you futilely chase,

You will never be able to fathom their ways!

So why even try to persuade them to stay,

Let them go their own way

While you go your own

Which is the path of detachment the wise have to us shown!

Arun Bhagat

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Bring your love into action,

That is how it will gain traction!

Let your love transcend all factions,

Let it flow freely through all sections!

Lived love is the best,

That will put all speculation about its existence to rest!

If you trust someone, offer some proof

Lest your trust be considered a mere spoof!

Let that trust sparkle in your eyes,

Doing that will surely be something wise!

What is regret without corresponding change?

Just a hollow vessel strange!

Let love, trust and regret manifest themselves in your behaviour,

And,believe me, they will prove to be your saviour!

Arun Bhagat

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Your heart is the moon,

Hope you realise it soon!

Let no thoughts cloud over it,

They with your heart ill-fit!

Let the moon shine forth in all its glory,

Let it tell its own wonderful story!

Let it spread of love the warm glow,

Let it through every vein and pore of your being flow!

Let no dark thoughts overwhelm your heart,

Let not them pierce it like a dart,

Lest it should lose its bearing

By cringing from every morbid thought and it fearing!

Let the stream of thoughts flitting across your heart go their way

Lest they it overpower and sway.

Do not engage with them and they will fade away

Barring here and there a thought stray,

And then the moon of your heart will be out with all its magic

As it will have averted a fate most tragic!

Arun Bhagat

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