Kumarilabhattar, a Pundit, <br />And a scholar of great repute, <br />Was lying in his death bed. <br />To see him, Sankara hurried. <br /> <br />Sankara’s thought like this. <br />“If the Pundit accepts <br />The ‘Advaita’ philosophy, <br />It’ll make my work easy.” <br /> <br />“For all the Pundit’s followers <br />Will then become my followers, ” <br />With this idea he proceeded, <br />But the Pundit was half dead. <br /> <br />The body upto his hip <br />Was burnt in the heap <br />Of burning saw dust, <br />When Sankara arrived just. <br /> <br />The Pundit was averse <br />To the Buddhists’ ideas. <br />So, he made out a plan <br />To defeat those men. <br /> <br />In disguise as a Buddhist, <br />He learnt their every text. <br />Then he challenged them <br />And finally defeated them. <br /> <br />His conscience didn’t permit, <br />Having betrayed the Buddhists. <br />As his action was unfair, <br />He burnt himself in fire. <br /> <br />To see him at that stage, <br />Sankara went to his cottage, <br />And said, “Oh Pundit <br />What you did is correct.” <br /> <br />“But a lifeless action, <br />Will have no reaction. <br />It’s the Lord’s will <br />That does every control.” <br /> <br />“You must understand <br />The fruit, at the end, <br />For every action you did, <br />Lies in the hands of God.” <br /> <br />The Pundit accepted <br />The ‘Advaita’ and died <br />One more step Sankara gained, <br />In this bold attempt he made.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adi-sankara-11-pandit-kumarilabhatttar/
