Stopped In Our Tracks
Stories of U.G. In India from the Notebooks of K. ChandrasekharTranslated and Edited by J.S.R.L. Narayana Moorty 2d/3d Series
Who Is This U.G.?
he is always on the move.
Unbound by tradition
he is above morals and
rules of conduct.
At times more demonic than
Kamsa, Hiranyakasipu and
Jarasandha,
at other times
a guileless youth
attracting young maidens,
he never lets go of his
uniqueness.
He may be in the company of
celebrities and lunatics
debauchees and drunkards,
but he remains untarnished.
He is unmoved by blame and praise.
He is as ferocious as Rudra
spewing the fire of dissolution.
He belongs to no fraternity
ashram or association.
Reaching over the globe
he is unique in the way
he spreads his tenets.
Subtle in his manner,
he never misses an occasion
to achieve his ends.
Not caught in a groove
He condemns sages and saints
and ridicules them all.
He scolds and scoffs
those that gather,
yet wins them back.
Mysterious is he
in helping true aspirants.
Unheard, unknown and unseen,
brilliant are his ways
into the hearts of men.
Majestic in adversity,
simple in opulence,
he is unaffected and unattached.
Sex or crime,
family or money—
he discusses freely anything
from disease to divinity.
He roams the world
undaunted.
He looks ordinary
but draws people to him.
He is the embodiment of immeasurable
spiritual power.
HE IS U.G.
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I took the pen
to condemn, demolish
and tear apart
his teachings and utterances,
piece by piece.
I wanted to destroy
the very basis
of his thought.
How come, then, this poem?
-Brahmachari Sivarama Sharma
