The Women in our Mythology

Draupadi, born of fire,

Broke all prejudices to rise higher.

She is the fire pious and bright...

She is the thunder and the light.

A woman is not at all dumb or weak

In the war of Kurukshetra, she proved this with her enemies' shriek.

Radha, the gentle wind of change,

Showed us, true love wants nothing in exchange.

She is the untamed wind of love,

Driven by her heart, she rose above.

The criticisms, the boundaries, the distance, only helped her love to shine...

That made her love so selfless, pure and divine.

Sita, the daughter of the mother Earth,

Was the epitome of patience right from her birth?

She faced every wrong with patience and honour,

Despair could never cast its shadow on her.

She was the ideal wife in every aspect,

But she never compromised with her self-respect.

Savitri, who just like a river makes its own path,

She found her way by following her heart.

With her faith and wit, she defeated even the God of Death,

And in her husband's body, reinstated his gone breath

Just as a river can break huge boulders with its continuous strife,

Savitri brought back her husband, Satyavan, to life.

Parvati, subtle like the space that you can not see,

Is also Mahakali when she needs to be.

The consort of Shiva, is calm and mild,

But when time needs, she can be fierce and wild.

Just as inside the empty space, the entire creation hides really,

Similary, a gentle Parvati hides inside her, a fierce Mahakali.

The women in our Mythology are not just for the folklore to sing,

Instead, they all teach us many a thing.

They are witty, selfless, determined and strong

But has been undermind for way too long,

Do worship them but we need to learn from them too,

For they teach us the things that you should or should not do.