Where is the peace, the wishful thinking of us all?
Where is the law and order, the basic desire of each and all?
We look for a thing, which we have seldom wished for
from our genuine heart.
How to get rid of this rotten society where everyone is
sick, but calls himself healthy?
Life is short but the wish to live is too long.
The more and more we are heading towards death,
The more and more the allurements of the world do seize us,
The germs of discord and dissension prey on us,
And life is reduced to a mere dream,
What a strange world this is indeed, which keeps us all
restless and dissatisfied,
Perhaps this is all the leela the play of Maya, entrapping us all.
O God! You have made us all slaves to Maya, seizing us from all sides and keeping us disturbed,
I don't know what is good and what is evil,
I fail to distinguish between Maya and reality, the foul and the fair,
As if being born in this world was a punishment,
Are we condemned to live in this hell once and for all? !
Where we have to come again and again to suffer,
God! Make us get rid of all that glitters but is not gold.
According to the poet, what is a punishment for us?

Options

A. To be born in this world
B. To live in discord
C. The play of Maya
D. Death

Answer

A