Ma Chhota (Do Not Open)

Ma Chhota (Do Not Open)

The soil of Kurukshetra glowed rust-red under the quiet night,
as though the memory of chariots and conch-shells
still lived in its grains.

Beneath an old banyan tree,
a boy named Shashvat sat alone,
his face lit by the soft, unsteady flame of a single candle.

In his lap lay the Bhagavad Gita—
pages worn thin by touch,
corners softened by longing.

He did not read.
He listened.

For the Gita is not a book of answers—
it is a mirror for the questions
that rise from the deepest part of the heart.

The night wind whispered along the branches,
and Shashvat’s voice came as a breath:

> “Krishna…
If the battlefield is within me,
then show me where to stand.”

His hand brushed the earth,
and his fingers found something buried,
light enough to lift,
old enough to wait.

A small wooden box,
bound in a faded saffron thread.

Upon its lid, carved faintly:

> Ma Chhota
Do Not Open.

The words did not warn—
they invited patience.

Shashvat held the box close.
Not with fear.
Not with curiosity.
With recognition.

Days passed.
He carried the box everywhere.
To the riverbank.
To the banyan shade.
To silent nights of starless skies.

He never tried to open it.

Because something in him had begun to understand—
some doors are not opened by hands.

They open
when the heart is ready.

One night,
when even the wind rested in stillness,
the saffron thread loosened.

Not suddenly.
Not dramatically.

Like a lotus petal separating
because dawn has quietly arrived.

Shashvat lifted the lid.

Inside—
there was nothing.

No jewel.
No scripture.
No message.

Just emptiness.
Boundless.
Clear.

And in that silence
the truth unfolded

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Titlal disctiption ~ Ma Chhota,
It is Gujarati (or a Gujarati–Prakrit form) that sounds close to Sanskrit in tone.

Breakdown

WordLanguageMeaning

Ma (માં / मा)Sanskrit / Gujarati“Do not” / “No” (Sanskrit imperative negative)
Chhota / Chhoda (છોડ / છોડા)Gujarati“Leave it / Do not touch / Do not disturb / Do not open”

So the phrase “Ma Chhota” (માં છોતા) in Gujarati means: છબીસ નહિ, ખોલીશ નહિ

How is it, it is inspire by geeta