Hawk, God and work

Hawk, God   and work

Rewritten by

P.R.Ramachander

(Based on a facebook post by my friend  Dinakar Raj.My thanks to him)

There was   a hawk  living  on a barren stone,

Which was   a fanatic devotee   god and ,

It used to meditate  on god daily  but one day,

It suddenly got a doubt “ Does God  know that,

I am meditating on him “ and ten it  consoled itself,

Since God is everywhere , he does know  this also.

One day while meditating  the hawk  became  very hungry,

And it wanted   to know  whether  the  God would feed him,

And then it heard God’s voice, “  I will give you food today.”

And happily the   hawk  went on meditating  on the rock,

Slowly its   hunger  troubled   him too much  ,

But its faith in God  , assured him that  God will feed him,

But till evening nothing happened   and the poor hungry hawk,

Was about  to get down from the rock   and suddenly God asked him,

“I have provided  food for you  ,  did you eat it, is it sufficient?”

The hawk shook  its head to say no, and god told   him.,

“Turn back and see”  and the Hawk saw a huge dead rat there,

And it asked God, “Thanks  but you delayed it too much,”

And then God said, “without  even an effort  to turn back and see,

How do you expect   to get your food , Without doing work,

You would never  be able to get   my grace.”

Hawk from that day   worked   as well as meditated,

Understanding that  without the   worship called Work,

No  God   would give   him anything  ,

And to  those devotees who work, there would be no wants.