Astika, a Savior

Snake king, Takshaka, told Pandavas

I’ll never forgive you for burning my house

This raises the question

Did Maya came to surrender

Or to destroy Pandavas

By crafting the palace of illusions

Which lured Suyodhana in for humiliation

Disgraced Suyodhana imposed

A war on his cousins for revenge

The piece of land, Khandavprastha,

Pandavas had burned and 

Forcefully grabbed

Never become theirs

Just like Hastinapura became a

Breeding ground of widows

And didn’t even spare Bhanumanti,

Suyodhana’s wife

Snake king didn’t even forget dead Pandavas

Focused his ire on their ancestor, Parikshit

Takshaka bit him from a fruit basket

In return Janamejaya, Parikshit’s son,

Carried out snake sacrifice

The revenge game would have gone like this

Hadn’t Astika put an end to all this

Astika, where are you?

When two neighboring countries

Are fighting for a piece of land