Part - II <br /> <br />Seventh, the python, lying in its lurch <br />Content to eat whatever comes across <br />He learnt from it to live in contentment <br />And refrain from the pleasures as dross <br /> <br />Eighth, the sea crosses not beach mark <br />What if innumerable rivers may join it <br />He learnt from it not to trespass morality <br />If the pull and pressure of passions hit <br /> <br />Ninth, the moth dancing around flame <br />Jumps into its fire to burn itself down <br />He learnt to fall in the fire of wisdom <br />So, illusions of ignorance burn down <br />Tenth, wild tusker duped by cunning humans <br />Goes to stuffed cow-elephant its fetters finds <br />He learnt from it to be free from lust <br />Debased men in sex their fetters find <br /> <br />Eleventh, the ant dauntless, tireless worker <br />Accumulating food inviting the invaders <br />Taught him persistence in seeking the truth <br />Avoid accumulation to keep away raiders <br /> <br />Twelfth, the fish never gives up her home <br />Greedily swallows the bait to meet doom <br />He learnt from it to be true to his Self <br />Avoid tongue taste to be away from tomb<br /><br />C. P. Sharma<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dattatreya-baptized-twenty-four-gurus-ii/
