Difference between love and marriage

Difference between love   and marriage

Written  in English

By

P.R.Ramachander

(Based  on a face book  post of  my face face book friend Meena Rajan –Thanks  Madam.)

One young lad   who   was yet to choose   his life partner,

Approached    a very learned   man and   asked him,

“Dear sir , I know  marriage makes   any  individual complete,

But  I would like to know the difference between love and marriage.”

The learned man sent   him first   to a very great rose garden,

And wanted him to bring him back  the prettiest  rose there,

Entering by front gate   and   coming out by back gate ,

Never   walking  by   the same road   twice.

The  young lad   returned   empty handed   and when asked why ,

Told, “every flower I saw ahead   appeared  more prettier to me  ,

And when I   reached  the end , I felt  I had seen more prettier flowers earlier.”

And so   I could not  bring you back  the most pretty flower.

The learned man then sent the lad to a  field of fully open sun flowers,

And wanted   him to bring a   pretty sun flower    from there ,

Taking care  never to pick two flowers  and not returning by the same path,

And the Lad   came in a jiffy   with   a pretty   sun flower  in hand.

The learned man asked “Was this   the prettiest   sun flower in the field?”

And the lad replied “Definitely no  , I was   very particular  to have  a pretty flower,

And not searching  for the prettiest  flower , unlike  last time ,

When I was  searching  for the prettiest  flower in the field.”

Learned man said, “Your search   for prettiest   flowers   is love,

And your search for one   pretty flower to have   is  marriage  .

IN the   former  situation   you would  never reach satisfaction,

And in the later  , you would be happy   and  satisfied.”