Sweetest and bitterest thing of the world are the same

Sweetest  and bitterest   thing  of the world  are  the same

Rewritten by

P.R.Ramachander

(the  original   can be seen in  https://saibalsanskaar.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/good-tongue-bad-tongue/ )

A  great sage  called  all his disciples,

To bring  the sweetest  thing on earth,

Most  of the very sweet   things were brought,

But the guru   said they   are  not up to the mark.

One  poor disciple   who was  behind all of them ,

Brought a picture of a  toungue and said  that in it  resides,

Goddess  Saraswathi, it can tell  the sweetest words,

And the Guru can  say  with his toungue that he has  won.

The great sage then asked  all of them    to bring,

The bitterest thing in the  world   and ,

All the very bitter   things  were brought before him,

But the Guru   said, they  were  not up to  the mark

The same poor disciple    again came  before  the Guru,

And produced  again the same picture  of the toungue  and Guru asked “How come?”

He said , “from this toungue  the bitter  most words come ,

It may  cause  ones death  and your  tounge may fail  all  the  others,”

Guru said  , “You are right, this could   express  sweetest ,

As well as bitter most things, it can cause  greatest joy,

As well  greatest suffering , it can make  others ,

Glad   as well as  sad depending on circumstance”