Analysis of Nandi (Bull of Lord Siva) – Waiting eternally
Nandi, the bull of Lord Shiva - waiting
eternally in all temples - sit out
waiting for god, in all culture - knitting
…naturally meditative, just sit
Waiting out with no anticipation.
Nandi’s body in the world, looks on God.
Wait and wait with no expectation.
Likewise, a devotee in family trod.
Not trying for heaven or the other
Will God appear to me, today or not
Nandi simply sits ever, not bother.
This is called meditation – tither not
By any, prayer means - talking to God
Not passive but alert, not sleepy too,
True meditative devotee for God.
Any seeker can learn from Nandi too
Sitting, waiting and the meditation
for God is a blessing beyond action
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE CFCF BB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001111010 0100011011 1011011010 100010011 101110010 110001111 10111010 100101001 1101101010 1101110111 1010110110 11101011 110111011 1101011101 11000111 1010111101 101000010 1110100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Nandi is a symbol of eternal waiting, because waiting is considered the greatest virtue in Indian culture. One who knows how to simply sit and wait is naturally meditative. Nandi is not expecting anything from Shiva to come out tomorrow. He is just not anticipating or expecting anything. He is just waiting. He will wait forever. That quality is the essence of receptivity. Before you go into a temple, you must have the quality of Nandi – to simply sit. You are not trying to go to heaven, you are not trying to get this or that – you simple sit. People have always misunderstood meditation as some kind of activity. No – it is a quality. That is the fundamental difference. Prayer means you are trying to talk to God. Meditation means you are willing to listen to God. You are willing to just listen to existence, to the ultimate nature of creation. You have nothing to say, you simply listen. That is the quality of Nandi - he just sits, alert. This is very important – he is alert, not sleepy. He is not sitting in a passive way. He is sitting, very active, full of alertness, full of life, but just sitting – that is meditation. more »
Written on July 02, 2021
Submitted by PUVISA on February 10, 2022
Modified on April 24, 2023
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