Sambuka with a smile on his lips
in executing Rama
Eklavya is chopping off Drona’s thumb
with an axe
Bali with his tiny feet is trampling
Vamana into the netherworld
Manu with needles poked in his eyes
his tongue cut
molten lead in his ears
is rolling in the graveyard
On the cruel sword of time stands
the roaring Chandala
inciting
four hounds onto Sankara
That’s it!
The ongoing history
Is a very Chandala history.
–Sivasagar (K.G. Satyamurthy: July 15, 1931-April 17, 2012)
[translated by Archana Chowan]
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