Leafy Benevolence
Posted by Pristine Eyes on January 30, 2008
The Big Banyan tree stood in the middle of the village
With support from its many arms
Like a Grandfather among other trees.
From a distance leaves piled on leaves,
Like a gigantic umbrella against the sky
Shading the children who played beneath it
And a thousand meshed stand
To rest the birds who perched atop it.
It was a complete theater of love, affection, quarrels, play, both above and beneath.
The Blessed Lord said: There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas.
