Free will vs Destiny

On the very eve of this poem,

With folded hands, I solemnly bow.



Forgive me for my mistakes, if any,

I may have committed it unknowingly.

We shouldn’t judge anybody because,

We actually lack the vision to judge.

Therefore, we come across the dictate:

That says, ‘Thou shalt not judge’.

Did he exercise his free will? Judas,

Or, was he just being a pawn, Destiny’s.

Conspire against, how can anyone?

The will of God; and to harm His son?

Had Judas not betrayed Christ,

The divine drama couldn’t be scripted.

Cleansing the sins of mankind,

Through the blood of Christ, The Son of God.

The debate of free will vs. destiny,

Time and again, human minds keep asking.

Kaikeyi, one who loved Rama so well,

How could she so adamantly force exile?

Sant Tulsidas has an explanation,

Rama was an avatar on a divine mission.

He came to oust the earth, of the burden of evil,

Had he not exiled, the demons, who would kill?

His sojourn in the forest was required,

An entire sequence of events later followed.

Would Kaikeyi, who loved Rama so dearly,

Could’ve forced her free will, the hardship of exile?

 The Devas knew very well, she wouldn’t,

Thus, the tusk was given to Saraswati, at last.

King Dasharatha was so shocked that,

The shattered father died after Rama left.

Rama, the all-knowing, bears no ill will to Kaikeyi,

Jesus bears no ill will towards Judas, similarly.

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