The Legend Of Dhruva Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKKKKLJMNOKA PQKQRSOKTNOKQR SUVKWKXKYZA2K KKKJ B2C2KD2E2KAF2OG2H2KK KKKI2OOJ2KC2K2L2M2KO KF2N2O2P2Q2PR2ZS2N2T 2RKJ2U2V2 OK KKT2W2X2Y2K2Z2KC2JA3 KA2B3OMC3D3E3IRRRJ2 KF3K KKG3KVishnu Purana Book I Chapter XI | A |
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Sprung from great Brahma Manu had two sons | B |
Heroic and devout as I have said | C |
Pryavrata and Uttanapado names | D |
Known in legends and of these the last | E |
Married two wives Suruchee his adored | F |
The mother of a handsome petted boy | G |
Uttama and Suneetee less beloved | H |
The mother of another son whose name | I |
Was Dhruva Seated on his throne the king | J |
Uttanapado on his knee one day | K |
Had placed Uttama Dhruva who beheld | K |
His brother in that place of honour longed | K |
To clamber up and by his playmate sit | K |
Led on by Love he came but found alas | L |
Scant welcome and encouragement the king | J |
Saw fair Suruchee sweep into the hall | M |
With stately step aye every inch a queen | N |
And dared not smile upon her co wife's son | O |
Observing him her rival's boy intent | K |
To mount ambitious to his father's knee | A |
Where sat her own thus fair Suruchee spake | P |
Why hast thou child formed such a vain design | Q |
Why harboured such an aspiration proud | K |
Born from another's womb and not from mine | Q |
Oh thoughtless To desire the loftiest place | R |
The throne of thrones a royal father's lap | S |
It is an honour to the destined given | O |
And not within thy reach What though thou art | K |
Born of the king those sleek and tender limbs | T |
Hold of my blood no portion I am queen | N |
To be the equal of mine only son | O |
Were in thee vain ambition Know'st thou not | K |
Fair prattler thou art sprung not not from mine | Q |
But from Suneetee's bowels Learn thy place | R |
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Repulsed in silence from his father's lap | S |
Indignant furious at the words that fell | U |
From his step mother's lips poor Dhruva ran | V |
To his own mother's chambers where he stood | K |
Beside her with his pale thin trembling lips | W |
Trembling with an emotion ill suppressed | K |
And hair in wild disorder till she took | X |
And raised him to her lap and gently said | K |
Oh child what means this What can be the cause | Y |
Of this great anger Who hath given thee pain | Z |
He that hath vexed thee hath despised thy sire | A2 |
For in these veins thou hast the royal blood | K |
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Thus conjured Dhruva with a swelling heart | K |
Repeated to his mother every word | K |
That proud Suruchee spake from first to last | K |
Even in the very presence of the king | J |
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His speech oft broken by his tears and sobs | B2 |
Helpless Suneetee languid eyed from care | C2 |
Heard sighing deeply and then soft replied | K |
Oh son to lowly fortune thou wert born | D2 |
And what my co wife said to thee is truth | E2 |
No enemy to Heaven's favoured ones may say | K |
Such words as thy step mother said to thee | A |
Yet son it is not meet that thou shouldst grieve | F2 |
Or vex thy soul The deeds that thou hast done | O |
The evil haply in some former life | G2 |
Long long ago who may alas annul | H2 |
Or who the good works not done supplement | K |
The sins of previous lives must bear their fruit | K |
The ivory throne the umbrella of gold | K |
The best steed and the royal elephant | K |
Rich caparisoned must be his by right | K |
Who has deserved them by his virtuous acts | I2 |
In times long past Oh think on this my son | O |
And be content For glorious actions done | O |
Not in this life but in some previous birth | J2 |
Suruchee by the monarch is beloved | K |
Women unfortunate like myself who bear | C2 |
Only the name of wife without the powers | K2 |
But pine and suffer for our ancient sins | L2 |
Suruchee raised her virtues pile on pile | M2 |
Hence Uttama her son the fortunate | K |
Suneetee heaped but evil hence her son | O |
Dhruva the luckless But for all this child | K |
It is not meet that thou shouldst ever grieve | F2 |
As I have said That man is truly wise | N2 |
Who is content with what he has and seeks | O2 |
Nothing beyond but in whatever sphere | P2 |
Lowly or great God placed him works in faith | Q2 |
My son my son though proud Suruchee spake | P |
Harsh words indeed and hurt thee to the quick | R2 |
Yet to thine eyes thy duty should be plain | Z |
Collect a large sum of the virtues thence | S2 |
A goodly harvest must to thee arise | N2 |
Be meek devout and friendly full of love | T2 |
Intent to do good to the human race | R |
And to all creatures sentient made of God | K |
And oh be humble for on modest worth | J2 |
Descends prosperity even as water flows | U2 |
Down to low grounds | V2 |
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She finished and her son | O |
Who patiently had listened thus replied | K |
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Mother thy words of consolation find | K |
Nor resting place nor echo in this heart | K |
Broken by words severe repulsing Love | T2 |
That timidly approached to worship Hear | W2 |
My resolve unchangeable I shall try | X2 |
The highest good the loftiest place to win | Y2 |
Which the whole world deems priceless and desires | K2 |
There is a crown above my father's crown | Z2 |
I shall obtain it and at any cost | K |
Of toil or penance or unceasing prayer | C2 |
Not born of proud Suruchee whom the king | J |
Favours and loves but grown up from a germ | A3 |
In thee O mother humble as thou art | K |
I yet shall show thee what is in my power | A2 |
Thou shalt behold my glory and rejoice | B3 |
Let Uttama my brother not thy son | O |
Receive the throne and royal titles all | M |
My father pleases to confer on him | C3 |
I grudge them not Not with another's gifts | D3 |
Desire I dearest mother to be rich | E3 |
But with my own work would acquire a name | I |
And I shall strive unceasing for a place | R |
Such as my father hath not won a place | R |
That would not know him even aye a place | R |
Far far above the highest of this earth | J2 |
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He said and from his mother's chambers past | K |
And went into the wood where hermits live | F3 |
And never to his father's house returned | K |
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Well kept the boy his promise made that day | K |
By prayer and penance Dhruva gained at last | K |
The highest heavens and there he shines a star | G3 |
Nightly men see him in the firmament | K |
Toru Dutt
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