Poet Arun Kolatkar had an encounter with an old woman, a self appointed guide at the Horse-Shoe temple complex at Jhajuri. As it was a common experience that a pilgrim had, the poet uses the second person 'You' in the poem instead of I.
An old woman, a self appointed guide, catches hold of a pilgrim's arm and pulls him along towards the temple complex. She persuades him to take her service and pay her just fifty paise. The pilgrim wants to avoid her because he has already seen the temple. But the old woman tightens her grip and hobbles along. She sticks like a burr. The pilgrim is embarrassed, irritated and annoyed. He wants to end the unpleasant situation, a farce. He turns and faces her to show his annoyance. The woman then says, " What else an old woman can do on the hills as wretched as these?" Here, she expresses her helplessness. She means she has no other way to earn a livelihood. So, she has found this job to sustain her and live a dignified life instead of leading a begger's life. The pilgrim is touched by these words. Now, he is sympathetic towards her. He looks at her deep sunken eyes. They look like two bullet holes in a wall. The eyes have some brightness and a strange power to mesmerize someone who looks at them. That's why the pilgrim says he could see the sky through those holes.
Now, the pilgrim is in a state of hypnosis or hallucination. He sees the wrinkles around her face spreading and developing. Then, the hills crack, the temples crack. He feels that there is an earthquake. The plates, glasses and things around clatter and collapse. The sky falls. But, the old woman stands shatter proof. Nothing happens to the old woman.
Then the pilgrim is ashamed of his conduct and feels himself to be too mean a person. He feels his value is reduced to fifty paise.
The old woman stands steadfast while everything around her shakes and collapses. This suggests that the old values are so strong. The strong conviction of the old woman not to beg or earn her livelihood by foul means are her strength. So, she is seen as a tall figure. The pilgrim, on the other hand, belongs to the present generation which is deteriorating in values. The hills, the temples that shake and collapse are those loose values of the present time. The pilgrim is ashamed of himself because he doesn't encourage the old values. He is not ready to part with a meager amount of fifty paise that the old woman asks for her service.
ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವರಣೆಗೆ ಈ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ To understand better, watch this video. Explanation is in Kannada.
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