"ahura" poems
God loves, sustains
and protects
all of His devotees
regardless of the
name chosen
to praise Him
inside my global prayer wheel
all the names of God
are humming
I am Allah, I am Jesus
I am Krishna, I am Buddha
I am Jehova, I am Jah,
I am Durga, I am Ahura Mazda
I am Quan Yin, I am Mother Mary,
I am Lakshmi, I am Shiva, I am Brahma
I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am....
...................You
Mar 4, 2014
Mar 4, 2014 at 9:16 PM UTC
Yasna 28, Verse 6
by Zarathustra/Zoroaster
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Lead us to pure thought and truth
by your sacred word and long-enduring assistance,
O, eternal Giver of the gifts of righteousness.
O, wise Lord, grant us spiritual strength and joy;
help us overcome our enemies’ enmity!
Translator’s Note: The Gathas consist of 17 hymns believed to have been composed by Zarathustra (Zoroaster), whose compositions may date as far back as 1700 BC, although there is no scholarly consensus as to when he lived. These hymns form the core of the Zoroastrian liturgy called the Yasna. The language employed, Gathic or Old Avestan, is related to the proto-Indo-Iranian and proto-Iranian languages and to Vedic Sanskrit. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy deems Zoroaster to have been the first philosopher. Zoroaster has also been called the father of ethics, the first rationalist and the first monotheist. In the original texts, Ahura Mazda means “wise Lord” or “Lord of Wisdom” while Vohuman/Vohu Manah represents pure thought and righteousness and Asha represents truth. Angra Mainyu was the chief evil entity, a precursor of Satan. Keywords/Tags: Zarathustra, Zoroaster, Yasna, Gathas, Avestan, mrbtr, Spiritual, Prayer, God, Righteousness, Holiness, Purity, Grace, Protection
Jun 13, 2020
Jun 13, 2020 at 12:45 AM UTC
TOWELS
As they are colourful n of varied qualities; so is a human towel
In the lighter vein, my lil granddaughter loves to use me as a towel;
Coming out after a bath, she clings to me, using me as her towel.
Our mind, specially when young n tender, is a very good sponge, a towel
But the biggest n the best is our subconscious, it absorbs more than a towel
Parents, grands, teachers have to careful be, to feed water clean to every little towel
Our subconscious constantly absorbing keeps, so, my Ahura, make it a positive towel
This world a much better place will be, if good thoughts are printed on every towel
Everytime we have a fresh one, it is duty ours, to keep clean this towel
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Mar 6, 2023
Mar 6, 2023 at 12:50 AM UTC
JUDICIARY
Dead is our conscience and almost blind too; as the emblem of Justice is
Justice true there is hardly; it has pathetically, sadly, almost ceased
Now three "M"s rule it; muscle power, ministers n money to palms grease
An honest man, a poor victim, from our jails, or judiciary claws hardly gets released.
What expect can one from people with a conscience dead, crumpled n creased?
Lawyers, false witnesses create and train, then their fees ten folds increase
An honest victim wrongly caught , with frustration n fight can to death freeze.
Ahura, Your justice so impeccable is, than why do innocent humans suffer like this?
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Oct 5, 2021
Oct 5, 2021 at 6:10 AM UTC
REASON
Request You I, to kindly tell me, or explain the real or hidden reason;
Reason why every few months, changes a season.
Reason why time continuously ticks; n a day, night's fusion;
Complicated it is all, perplexed I am, there is a lot of confusion.
There's happiness less, n sadness more; what is the reason?
We commonly see wicked n evil winning over truth, leaving a painful lesion.
People few understand the REASON for one's birth, one's mission;
If granted us you have power to reason, then why this utter confusion?
If endeavour we need to, why surrender we must to fate, why this submission?
Laws of Karma, sadly, show do not; thugs, scoundrels, rapists, there is treason!
O Ahura kind, O the wisest one, please clear my confusion;
Explain please, why do we have to surrender our will; why this submission?
PLEASE TELL ME THE REASON.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
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Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020, 02:19
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REASON
Request You I, to kindly tell me, or explain the real or hidden reason;
Reason why every few months, changes a season.
Reason why time continuously ticks; n a day, night's fusion;
Complicated it is all, perplexed I am, there is a lot of confusion.
There's happiness less, n sadness more; what is the reason?
We commonly see wicked n evil winning over truth, leaving a painful lesion.
People few understand the REASON for one's birth, one's mission;
If granted us you have power to reason, then why this utter confusion?
If endeavour we need to, why surrender we must to fate, why this submission?
Laws of Karma, sadly, show do not; thugs, scoundrels, rapists, there is treason!
O Ahura kind, O the wisest one, please clear my confusion;
Explain please, why do we have to surrender our will; why this submission?
PLEASE TELL ME THE REASON.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Oct 31, 2020
Oct 31, 2020 at 4:51 PM UTC
FEELINGS
Anxious and worried I today feel;
A little depressed too, as if slumping down-hill.
To do my daily writing just now, a little reluctant I feel;
Destiny sometimes, us does severely grill;
Specially when a dear one is suddenly ill;
Behaving sometimes like a shark about to ****
When our own, besides us are not ; sad we feel.
Help me O Ahura, to recuperate; grant me a strong will.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Dec 8, 2019
Dec 8, 2019 at 12:11 PM UTC
HAPPY BHAI BEEJ
B..Brothers love you; but also tease you.
R.. Rough n tough,
they wish you grow up too
O.. Outside home, they very protective are.
T..Taking care of your safety, after you, trudging far.
H.. Hold you before you fall; yet with you, fight tooth n nail.
E.. Every sister craves for a loving, brother, who never lets her down or fails.
R.. Request I the Almighty Ahura, to bless my dearest brothers.
S.. Sisters depend a lot on their bros n less on others.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Nov 8, 2018
Nov 8, 2018 at 1:02 PM UTC
Every parent Grandparent every one who is tending to a child is a Gardener and the child a precious sapling
MY SAPLING
I am your loving guardian, your Gardener;
Who awaits to see a sapling bloom, as if a baby it were.
And you of course , my most precious sapling are.
See you I wish to, blossom, bloom n spread your branches far.
Tender, loving you are, sweet as sugar or honey.
Sometimes giggling, crying, angry or even funny.
Everything is a game, be it sleep, studies or time for feed.
I your gardener painstakingly will tend to all your needs.
May you blossom to be a great Parsi, n an Indian great too.
May Ahura always shower His choicest blessings upon you.
Your Gardener, your Ma
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Jul 17, 2019
Jul 17, 2019 at 3:27 PM UTC
EASY WAY OUT
Indeed easy it is, for us, to take the easy way out;
Right it is not, to take this easy route; don't you ever this doubt.
Easy it is to slip down in these times bad, specially during a crisis
Even more so, in today's world, filled with so many ugly vices.
Where many flourish, even when they evil & the devil follow
When justice doesn't prevail; & injustice with salt we have to swallow;
Slip then people down; because easy it is, to that easy way take.
O Ahura, hellp us to the correct path take & our way to Heaven make.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021 at 7:46 AM UTC
Deeply saddened I am at the caustic remarks made.
Wish people, a little understanding had.
No one in his right mind, purposefully do this would.
An accident, because of camouflage it was;
But poisoned tongues some, made it a murderous cause.
Even for a moment, to see reality, some didn't pause.
Poison some people can really spew;
Luckily, understand the facts did, also a few.
Mankind, indeed strange is, twist they can things easily too.
Ahura kind, grant us wisdom to things rightly interpret
So that, in Your kingdom, we wouldn't have to fret.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Feb 24, 2019
Feb 24, 2019 at 11:25 AM UTC
God threw me into the toilet
And flushed me down
Mix... mix in again
Get mixed to black and white presence
I smeared on yin-yang the blue.
Under the rainbow I challenged God's algorithm.
Then they excommunicated me outta blue planet.
i fell to Zoroastrian temple way.
is Ahura Mazda in my veins?
The gods of all religions wait for my falling with sin.
Purify... Purify with sincerely and pain
a stateless who is fired from every land.
A traveler who boiles her feet by walking.
I've been covered through presence itself.
Where is the presence?
Rebellious Kawa's tirade on the theater arena
Oh rebels get in my hell
- forgive me, my God! We are the fruit of evil as a part of your being!
She is fired from god's way
A voice which never been heard and a colour which never been saw
Goes up to sky by piercing her heart
black and white is painted by blue
Rebellion goes up to sky by winging
Apr 9, 2019
Apr 9, 2019 at 12:47 PM UTC
On watching Sam Bahadur... (reminds me what I had written on 03 April 2021 for him)
MY WAR HERO
A man of courage and wit, forthright, fearless, indeed very brave
Tackle n handle easily he could, situations important n very grave.
His subordinates many, adored him; because, to pressure he did not cave
This Hero, towards the road to victory against Pakistan, India did pave
A soldier to the core, to fight Her enemies, he was always at the fore
Noble towards the defeated, he treated them well, goes the folks lore.
Undaunted he stood upright even when people in possession, tried to settle a score
Their shameful behavior he tolerated; for he was a soldier to the core.
When APJ visited him at the hospital, and helped solve the salary difference or dispute
Sam regretted, he couldn't, the President of India salute
Charmed he many, including APJ, with his behavior peculiar n astute
Sam, may Ahura bless you and keep you in His loving arms, is my prayer mute.
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Feb 3, 2024
Feb 3, 2024 at 1:26 AM UTC
May Ahura grant a wonderful place in His loving caring arms for you
And grant me patience and peace, to bear the separation in lieu
May your stay beautiful be, with colours splendid, peace n serenity too
This void, replace can no one; that comforting protection from you
But try I must to pick up threads; and learn to now live without you.
Help me from Heaven there, help me to this searing pain bear, with tears few
Stay happy n blessed, progress may your Ravaan to realms high n blue
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Nov 13, 2021
Nov 13, 2021 at 5:43 AM UTC
Dearest darling Dad
Wishing you a Happy Father's Day; ADM Big hug n a thank you, I wish to say
I never ever thought Mum n you would be right besides me, through my crisis; all the way.
Messages I have received many times, through dreams or as ideas into me planted;
Thank Ahura I sincerely do, for this wonderful security He has to me granted.
Thank you both for enveloping me in your love, safe n secured keeping me;
When mercilessly thrown I was by destiny, into a deep dark roaring sea.
Parents, their children love beyond life, this I believe n very well know;
You both with me, spiritually present n protective are, feel I that cosmic flow
Keep us always under your spiritual protection, the way you do, night n day;
May you both n our dear ones to higher realms progress; for this, I daily pray.
Your ever loving daughter
Anar
Jun 18, 2022
Jun 18, 2022 at 7:08 AM UTC
FRE N ZRE
Of joy great, you two are my bundle.
You both, I love to kiss and cuddle.
That's the place, where I don't like any hurdle.
Love I do to become your pillow instead;
When, on my tummy, you rest your head.
Enjoy this shortage of space, I actually do, on the bed.
Love, always in the heart, seeks a space.
Around the heart, weaves it, a delicate lace.
Then, inside the heart, it settles, with Ahura's grace.
May our love forever live and thrive.
May it also, through many other hearts, dance n jive.
May it for ever and ever survive.
Aedoon baad.
Lovingly yours
Ma
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Sep 28, 2018
Sep 28, 2018 at 3:03 AM UTC
YOUR WORLD
Brilliant white woolly clouds, shimmering in the Sun
Layers of them, stretching miles long, plying in Heaven.
Pearly white, some silver, and many shades of greys
From azure blue to shimmering gold with the Sun's rays
Fairies, as if in Heaven, are gracefully afloat.
That's why, from the aircraft, a letter to You, I wrote;
To tell, the horizon, a full semicircle, see I, so clear.
Your world truly beautiful is, O Ahura, our Father dear !!!
Armin Dutia Motashaw
Apr 14, 2019
Apr 14, 2019 at 10:05 AM UTC