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[aid] => mick
[title] => To recall the greatness of Ascetics
[time] => 2004-06-20 10:05:55
[hometext] => I dedicate this poetry to those whom we believe as our ascetics
[bodytext] => Every rule of code requires as highest good Those persons greatness, who true to their rule have stood But to count these renouncers who have passed away Will be a vain attempt, for the might of these holy men to say Way of both worlds, they have weighed To this take their stand in virtue`s robe arrayed Stood with firmness to curb the five restrains Act as seed for soil of situated plains Their greatness, even Lord Indra will tell Who is the lord of heaven`s, and where he dwell They do those things that are hard to do But for things hard in the mean, they eschew To control the five restrains, as they know the way The world remains submissive and follows their sway For their might, their words are never in vain And these secret words, shall to earth proclaim Having scaled the virtue`s hill, and stood secure For their wrath, it is hard even for an instant to endure For all living beings, with seemly, adorned graciousness they live And thus to virtue`s sons, the name of Ascetics, people give [comments] => 2 [counter] => 168 [topic] => 55 [informant] => girish [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 2 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => dedicatedpoems )
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