नन्दकिशोर आचार्य की कविवाएं
By नन्दकिशीर श्राचार्य
Summary
The text presents a philosophical and poetic exploration of creation, identity, and existence. The speaker reflects on the nature of words and poetry, asserting that they are not mere words but proof of self-creation. The speaker describes being consumed by a hissing sea yet blooming like a morning flower, suggesting a cycle of dissolution and renewal. The speaker questions whether the listener, addressed as "Prabhu" (Lord), also creates themselves through the act of creating the speaker. The speaker admits to having repeatedly desired to create something but only produced crooked lines on paper and frustration. Words, when they occur, are described as a compulsion, not a resolution, and the speaker can only be an instrument. The speaker then declares that they are now destiny, not creation, and that even after death, the world and the listener will remain, with the speaker persisting as a speck of dust in the listener's eye. The text shifts to a search for a home in memory for liberation, but the home remains a ruin in memory. The text includes references to Nandkishore Acharya's poems and is from "Jain Bharati," October 2002, Golden Jubilee Year.
Conclusion
This document presents a profound philosophical meditation on creation, identity, and the relationship between the creator and the created. The speaker grapples with the paradox of artistic and divine creation, ultimately concluding that the creator is not a sovereign agent but a mere instrument, or "nimitta," for the emergence of words and worlds. The implication is that true creation is an act of self-construction, where the creator is simultaneously the medium and the outcome. The outcome is a shift from a position of power to one of vulnerability and inevitability, as the speaker declares, "I am now destiny." This reframes the act of creation as an inescapable fate, where the creator is bound to their creation, and the search for liberation becomes a futile longing for a home that exists only as a ruin in memory.