Siddhartha loved his wife <br />More than his own life. <br />In the pleasure palace, <br />He enjoyed music and dance. <br /> <br />Some time he was restless <br />Yashodhara noticed this. <br />But she couldn’t guess, <br />The reason for his worries. <br /> <br />Though physically he was <br />With her in their palace, <br />He was elsewhere mentally. <br />Like this, she felt naturally. <br /> <br />Outside the pleasure palace, <br />There was something else, <br />Which he had never seen. <br />To see it, he was so keen. <br /> <br />But he couldn’t go out <br />As the security was tight. <br />To go out of the palace <br />He waited for a chance. <br /> <br />She delivered, one fine morn, <br />As expected, a beautiful son. <br />A messenger made a mention <br />“Oh prince, a son is born.” <br /> <br />“Rahula! ” Said the prince, <br />In a low whispering voice, <br />“Obstacle, ” what it meant. <br />The messenger mistook it. <br /> <br />It’s a name, what he thought. <br />To the King, he conveyed it. <br />So, they named the child <br />“Rahula, ” as the prince told. <br /> <br />As an obstacle, any day, <br />Never Rahula was on his way. <br />He too wasn’t bound, <br />By the new born child. <br /> <br />Before his love developed, <br />He had left the child, <br />But was happy, he had a son, <br />As an heir to the throne. <br /> <br />Years later, Rahula was one, <br />Among the main disciples ten, <br />So, the word ‘obstacle’ lost <br />What it signified, at last.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/buddha-07-birth-of-rahula/
