A Great Soul ( A Tribute to the Mahatma)


 A Great Soul


(A poem on Mahatma Gandhi)



Great souls are not made


In gyms or fashionable parlours but in 


Foundries producing human castings; the 


Soul is melted in the heat of sufferings


And carefully wrought great souls are brought out.


He fought imperialism by resistance with truth


Satyagraha. He had a child like heart and 


Said that the education of a child begins with 


Conception. He shed tears at animal sacrifice


Even in temples. He preached and practised


‘Ahimsa - non-violence’    ‘Brahmacharya – celibacy’


‘Satyagraha – resistance with truth’ and ‘Aparigraha – non-possession’; Living 


A righteous life and suffering. Winning 


Goodwill. Rendering service in a spirit of joy.


Great souls are not made


In gyms or fashionable parlours but in 


Foundries producing human castings; the


 soul is melted in the heat of  sufferings


And carefully wrought great souls are brought out.




Dr.S.Padmapriya

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