I was walking Highway 2 in 2012
A motorist pulled over his engine with valves
“A ride? I was just checking”
I said, “Thanks, but I am trekking”
“Are you a follower of Buddha?”
I said, “Krishna and not Judah”
“Oh! Vishnu? In that vein?”
I indicated it was that chain
He was kind to offer me a ride
But I was committed to my stride
He got me thinking though
About God who always gives a glow
Of Vishnu, the massive man of blue
An attractive deva that blesses you
He appeared at Krishna’s divine birth
Deciding to come to Earth
Vishnu has these extra limbs
Often lies on water choosing not to swim
Is he polymelia with defects?
Is it painful, the extra arms from his chest?
No, not a chance, those additions
Indicate opulences of plural magicians
He is a mystic with special powers
That are very far beyond ours
With each arm there is a symbol
Talismans mightier than any wimble
The club for chastisement, a wheel to cut
A lotus for beauty, a conch for what?
To produce a sound of support
For Vishnu offers real comfort
A cosmic male who happens to be pregnant
Defying nature, a pastime rather pleasant
Holding in his belly the seed of existence
A functioning of awesome transcendence
The Alpha and Omega, both male and female
Whose every endeavour does not fail
He is big but fits into your heart
The origins of the elements – the start
The companion of Lakshmi, the goddess
And the one who makes us lucid and modest
– By Bhaktimarga Swami
Source: https://www.thewalkingmonk.net/post/vishnu
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