A Short Story

A Short Story

GLORY OF THE CONDEMNED PLATE

One may not may believe how an in inanimate object could find its way to adore the almighty' decorative environment. A glittering plastic plate was to be trashed as usual At Natick MA following its purpose, it was to be trashed in the dry trash bin and would start it's unknown journey along with scores of dry trash and probably in no time would have been converted to an unknown article following recycling. IT'S destiny was  elsewhere, couple of days later it flew as part of luggage all the way from Boston to Dubai and to Hyderabad. Got itself relocated at Hyderabad with due respect with un diminished shine and sheen. Never to understand it's own journey and role to play. Plate was destined to be a decorative item adoring LORD KRISHNA on his JAYANTHI on third of September 2018, seated in front of the crawling AMBEGAL KRISHNA carrying the beautiful CHRYSANTHEMUM flowers intermixed with JASMINE and the sacred Basel  - THE TULASI. The flowers being offered to  THE LORD a 1000 times by way of individual flowers plucked from a composite, coinciding with SAHASRA nama of the GREAT ORGANISER LORD VISHNU and also served the LORD the NIVEDYAM. A YEOMAN service offered by the condemned plate UNRAVELS unimaginable ACT of finding a way in the service of the LORD. 

The whole episode reminds another story, travails of "TATTERED wiping cloth ordained to be A WICK". A devotee, who could not afford either a lamp or oil to serve the almighty,  as desired, was on his errands begging people for offer and none had responded. The only thing he got was was tattered a wiping cloth thrown  on his face in a fit of anger and hate, by one doing his domestic chore. THE CLOTH In its state never knew its destiny. All that devotee could do was collect it, wash the linen clean and dry it and untangle the strands for its new role. The WASTE cloth never ever knew that it would be a part  illuminating LORDS chamber spreading light to DRIVE AWAY THE DARKNESS 🙏🙏🙏 

One may not may believe how an in inanimate decorative 🙏🙏🙏 

2018

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