ROZ EK SHER

ज़हर मिलता रहा ज़हर पीते रहे
यूँ ही मरते रहे यूँ ही जीते रहे
ज़िन्दगी भी हमें आज़माती रही
और हम भी उसे आज़माते रहे
-अर्श मल्सियानी

zahar miltaa rahaa zahar piite rahe
yuun hii marte rahe yuun hii jiite rahe
zindagii bhii hamein aazmaatii rahii
aur ham bhii usey aazmaate rahe
-Arsh Malsiyani

I took life on, did not roll with the punches
draining the poisoned chalice when it was offered.
Life kept testing me
and I kept testing life.

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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YOGAMRIT: YOG SAHAJ JIVAN VIGYAN (Hindi)
By Yogacarya Mahavir Sainik
Edited by Manish Modi
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 8
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay, 2006
2006     225 x 145 mm     208 pp + 32 b/w plates
978-81-88769-17-9     Hardcover     Rs. 120