KANNAN AND UNNI
Papa Priest
tells little Unni,
“Unni Unni, dear
little sonny,
Do conduct the
worship today
As some work
takes me away.”
Unni bows to
papa’s appeal,
Conducts the
worship with zeal.
Though six only
in years,
Does the puja
without fears.
“Krishna Krishna
sweet little kanna,
Do come down and
accept my manna.
Else papa dear
will be furious,
Will call my
worship spurious.”
The compassion
filled Spirit of the Deity
Understands the
little boy’s piety.
That his
Innocence makes him believe really
Krishna would
consume the pudding literally!
Seeing the
child’s tear-jeweled face,
Krishna himself
manifests apace.
Appearing before
Unni as a little boy,
Krishna eats the
pudding to Unni’s joy.
Like a kid, the
Lord plays with the priest’s son,
Unni forgets
everything awhile in the Divine fun,
Till Krishna
says, “Now I must leave”
And, Lo! He
disappears like water through a sieve!
When Unni
relates the story to papa in joy,
The priest
thunders, “You have eaten it, my boy!”
Unni’s pleas
fall on deaf ears.
Papa thrashes
Unni to tears.
Then both hear
his Voice from above,
“Stop this
beating right now!
“Seeing Unni’s
faith and love,
To his prayers I
had to bow!”
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