Invisible beauty by Khanna

This poem was written when Sushmita Sen got Miss Universe Award in 1994. She was riding a ‘ Buggy’ (Victoria) and was in Delhi for a road show. No doubt she is very beautiful and I praise her but she is also having another invisible beauty which is inside her that is real beauty. That invisible beauty never fade in spell of time. That is beyond reach of tides of time.

THE INVISIBLE BEAUTY


In this world of intellectuals,
Beauty Contests are held,
The people assess beauty,
By mortal things,
The things which attract today,
Tomorrow will be in the same state,
But nobody will have any,
Attraction towards them,
Then where that number one beauty vanished?
The Person, The body and the Face will be the same,
But one day the judges will repent on their decision,
on realization that they have done some mistake,
In assessment of beauty,
But their repentance and doubt will not be clear,
Unless they realize,
That `Invisible Beauty’,
That never fade in spell of time,
With body or in any other state,
That is constant, stable since birth to death,
That invisible beauty always showers happiness,
And never become cause of repentance,
The decision given about that is,
Always true, Unchangeable and beyond the reach of tides of time,
That invisible beauty is inside us,
That is not to see but to realize,
That is `SACHIDANAND’ ( SATYA, CHIT, ANAND),
Before assessing the beauty of others,
Let us first realize which is inside us,
Then only we can experience,
what is `Real Beauty’,
That is beyond expression,
Let us think over it,
How it is justified,
To become a judge,
Without knowing that real beauty?