Gandari was your blindness epitomized

Did you tie your eye shield so tight

Were you physically blind when you did it

Why you couldn't keep your eyes wide open

What really prevented you to soar high like eagle 

Is it my intellect small only to grapple the literal meaning

Did it mean you epitomized the act but really not blind

I know your eyes had the most power than any one's existed

Yes even to empower your son to be astonishingly strong

Author's Note

In the Mahabharata ( a Hindu religious book or book among world classics) Gandari is wife of Dridarashtra (who is known for being blind with his love towards his sons) tied her eyes entire time after the marriage. She purposefully did this act as her spouse Dridarashtra was a blind individual, This writing is not to offend any religion. It is only meant for positive creative writing

Reviews

[Sophy Freebirds]

Coming from India i have very less idea about it. So i wanna say i really liked the rhetorical questions out here. They did emphasize the fact that were you so blind that you could not make your son strong..being a woman you will have conflict of duties as a parent and a partner. It should be balanced.bur love for her husband blinded her love for sons.so this became here bitter state. A powerful poem indeed :)

~Sophy

[Linda alexander]

Thanks a lot for the review, Dritarastra and Gandari a couple in Mahabharatam and they had hundred and one sons, Durodhan was the eldest, Dritarastra is physically blind from birth, after his marriage to Gandari it is told Gandari never had eye sight as she used an eye shield to physically make her blind until she died to go through the same limitations her husband had with eye sight. In mahabharatam we can see Dritarashtra being a king and ruler who supposed to stand at the side of justice stood for the wrong or wicked acts of his sons especially Duroydhan as he is a father who loved his sons too much so that nodded for every wrong things they did, Gandari's eyes were mentioned as so powerful even to the extent if she un shield her eyes and looks at some one he can not be defeated by any one in this earth, gandari opened her eyes for once to loo at Duroydhan prior to mahabharatha war so that he will be undefeated, but Duroydhan covered his private parts as he was shy to be in front of his mother fully naked and that part become the secret of defeating him, therefore the enemy team the Padavas hit him above the thigh in that area and defeated him. This is part of the story. My question is Ganadri was simply blind or reading between lines to see it as symbolization to show how strong spouse she was through inner strength, take care

[Linda alexander]

to look at, sorry for typo error

[Sami Khalil]

You teach us so much to those people who are not part of that religion or culture. I like to learn and take lessons that makes it relevant to our or my life...Bravo....................

[Linda alexander]

Sami, Bhagavat Gita is for this world, the word Karma originated from Bhagavat Gita as it is so focused on Karma and giving a sense of direction in some one's deepest sorrow, the advice Lord Krishna to Arjun , the warrior to continue his duty, the karma take gaze out of the outcome as it is up to the Lord the outcome should be can be adopted by any one in this world irrespective of religion, I had a teacher to teach me Gita for a short time, you can get the english version with explanation, you will like to read Gita, but if some one who knows well explain it it may become applicable to day to day life, Mahabharatham, Ramayanam, Bhagavat Gita are three religious books of Hinduism, among them Bhagavat Gita's principle can be adopted to our own life for day to day struggle, this story of the poem is from Mahabharatham, in which the great war between padavas and Kauravas who were cousins is narrated, Gandari is Kaurava's mother, thanks a lot for the review, you made me humble by saying those words, take care

[Sami Khalil]

Thank you so much. You are welcome...:)........................

[B.J]

I believe your words, they are positive and insightful. Well done

[Linda alexander]

Thanks a lot for the review, the blindness created by Gandari is perceived as physical blindness in Mahabharata, still being such a strong character she should be valued even more which I was really trying to do through this poem

[B.J]

You did a brilliant job:)................................

[Prabha Salimath]

Dhritarastra was born blind Linda not who is known for being blind with his love towards his sons. Yes it is Gandhari's love for her husband. Nicely written dear and I dont know you are interested in Hindu scriptures.

[Linda alexander]

Thanks a lot for the review Prabha, I know wDhritarastra is blind by birth, but when you see him as silent when son Duroydhan doing all the naughty and out of the way acts am forced to believe he can not see things as they are as he is blinded mentally with too much love for his sons, for gandari I want to read between lines in story, was she accepted physical blindness by using eye shield or she was above and beyond that level to assuage physical and mental blindness and rise above it to have more inner strength or inner bliss to see everything using inner eye, it is my humble effort to travel through that character using my intellectual limitations

[Prabha Salimath]

Yes ofcourse she is an excellent character in Mahabharata. Thank you for sharing this poem dear friend.

[Lydia Shutter]

What an interesting story you have told here. I don't know much about Hinduism, but this story would be perfect in any religion. When you love someone, you want to see the world as they see it. You want to understand where they are coming from. Very romantic...and empathetic. I enjoyed this. Lydi**

[Prabha Salimath]

I agree with your review Lydia.

[Linda alexander]

Thanks a lot Lydia, since I started writing this is my favorite poem as Gandari and Arjun are characters I adore in mahabharatham, your view is so pertinent, the story is she physically blinded herself, I really want to read between the lines and also wish was it to symbolize how much she sacrificed for the spouse and family, take care