The Vishnu Avatars

Vishnu (Sustaining Consciousness)

The balance rests upon the timeless knee,

To keep the floating wide environment free;

The structural matrix is preserved from harm,

Beneath the wave of the protective arm.

When dark confusion conquers the great throne,

The lord descends to claim the field alone;

The chariot of stillness stays steady and true,

Before the winds of deep apocalypse blew.

The sacred steps are taken through the age,

To turn the terrestrial textbook page;

The kings and warriors hear the grand decree,

That binds the shifting worlds in equity.

The path of harmony is straight and wide,

To check the currents of the human pride;

The ancient epics tell how truth was stayed,

Within the dynamic and shimmering shade.

The baseline cycle of the law is bound,

Above the secure and traditional ground;

The sovereign keeper guards the fragile strain,

To keep the balance of the complex brain.