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ଉଲଂଗ ପଟୁଆରରେ ରାଜା,
ଭାଟମାନ ସ୍ତବ ପାଠ କରୁଛଂତି
ପୋଷାକର ।
ସିଂହାସନର ବୀଭତ୍ସ ରୂପ
ଦେଖୁଛଂତି ପ୍ରଜାଗଣ
ଅଧୋମୁଖ ହୋଇ ।
କେଉଁଠି ଶୋଇ ପଡ଼ିଛି
କେଜାଣି ସେ ଲଂଗଳା ଟୋକାଟା,
କାହିଁ ଦଉଡ଼ି ଆସୁନି ତ ଦାଂଡକୁ
ହସିହସି କହିଦେବା ପାଇଁ:
ରାଜା ତୁ କାହିଁକି ଲୁଗା ପିଂଧିନାହୁଁ?
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A throne lies beneath an ordinary patch of earth. Above it, cattle graze, children gather, and life goes on.
Across sixty-eight poems, myth and history meet the ceremonies of power and the lives of ordinary people. The journey returns to the earth, where an old story may begin again.
Pravakar Satapathy is an Odia poet and editor associated with Jajpur. His writing spans poetry and the literary culture of little magazines.