Hunter’s wish is to catch a monkey.
Having chosen an ant hill as a trap,
He sprinkles few delicious nuts,
Near and over the home of ants.
He puts some nuts inside the hill’s hole too.
Just then a monkey observes this.
After the hunter’s vanishing into a bush-
The foolish creature slots in its hand inside the hole.
It grabs a handful of nuts.
Oh! What is that?
Why is it not able to take its hand out?
Hole is too small to take its hand with nuts.
What a foolish animal!
Could not it let go the nuts?
The hunter looms!
He catches the monkey.
Then also it is unable to leave the nuts!
Are nuts dearer than life?
I am also spellbound like that foolish monkey,
Death is approaching like that hunter.
If I leave all desires and related thoughts,
I realize that I could be free from bondage.
But, yet, I am powerless to let go the thoughts!
Am I not worse than the stupid monkey,
Though you bestowed me with good reasoning?
Are desires and thoughts dearer than the Soul?
Amma, who will get rid of my stupidity?
Raman Savithiri
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/972-worse-than-a-trapped-monkey/
