Happy Maharashtra Day

Happy Maharashtra Day, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

he came here
to make his living
now he has
gone away
thrown out
by parochialism
regionalism
some say
he was a
north indian
anyway
for the sins
of leaving
his family
working
morning to night
he had to pay
he was not a thief
he was not a terrorist
he was not a criminal
in any way
in one stroke
his dreams all
washed away
the bhelpuriwala
remembered
on maharashtra day
satamave jayate



satyameva jayate nānṛtaṁ
satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ |
yenā kramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā
yatra tat satyasya paramaṁ nidhānam

In devanāgarī :

सत्यमेव जयते नानृतम् सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः । येनाऽऽक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परं निधानं ॥

Meaning:

Truth alone triumphs; not falsehood.
Through truth the divine path is spread out by which
the sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled,
reach where that supreme treasure of Truth resides.[3]