OCEAN & ITS IMPORTANCE

Bournemouth beach

^{Nature at its best}

^{Does astonishing things}

^{Drops falling on the mountains}

^{Roll down}

^{Form small rivulet}

^{Take with it others too}

^{On the way down}

^{Its ferocity increasing}

^{Striking against the boulder}

^{Then passing through the planes}

^{Taking with it the soil}

^{And all the dirt that comes its way}

^{Creating the salinity in the water}

^{It produces uproar}

^{At some places}

^{And becomes placid}

^{On the other places}

^{Based on the soil it moves}

^{It writes its own rules}

^{No one can control its moves}

^{Wherein so ever it wants to move}

^{Having freedom to make its passages}

^{Just with its unforgiving moves}

^{Now it has turned into a huge river}

^{By taking into its lap small streams}

^{Making small water bodies like lakes, tanks et al on the way}

^{Serving the living creatures variously}

^{For their survival}

^{Till it falls into the deep sea/ocean}

^{Taking the water creatures with it}

^{Including the temperature of the soil and the environs with it.}

^{The ocean which covers almost 71% of earth surface}

^{Possess the vast potential}

^{For the sustenance of life}

^{Not merely of the sea creatures}

^{But also the humanity as a whole}

^{As it contains the wealth of immense proportion}

^{Of mineral products such as gold, silver, cobalt, zinc, nickel, lead}

^{Including mineral oil etc.}

^{Along with rich fauna and flora, corals}

^{Ocean creatures of the deep}

^{Such as various types of fishes such as hairy frogfish}

^{Leafy sea-dragon, dumb octopus, vampire squid, whales, sharks,}

^{Oysters which produces pearls from its metabolism, dolphins, shell-fish etc.}

^{In the Hinduism too}

^{There is the mention of churning of ocean}

^{In order to get its wealth of huge proportion}

^{This happened}

^{When demons}

^{Had won the battle against the gods}

^{Lord Vishnu in the form of Kurma turtle}

^{Held the mount mandra over its back}

^{Which was used as the churning rod}

^{Serpent Vasuki}

^{Whose abode is lord Shiva’s neck}

^{Acts as the churning rope}

^{The demons wanted to pull the serpent}

^{From the side of the mouth of serpent}

^{Thinking that everything will come out from their side}

^{But it resulted in throwing of poisonous fumes}

^{From its mouth from Vasuki on to the demons}

^{The gods’ pulled vasuki from the tail}

^{A safe position by any reckoning}

^{By its churning}

^{There were a number emerging of a few things}

^{Among them the lethal poison}

^{Termed as the halahala}

^{It frightened both the gods and the demons}

^{Because of its huge potency}

^{To save the three worlds from its legal effects}

^{Lord Shiva took this poison}

^{And kept it in his throat}

^{That is why he is termed}

^{As the Neelkantha (blue throated)}

^{Along with it other important}

^{Precious things too came out}

^{Such as the pot containing}

^{Nectar of immorality}

^{Which the gods wanted}

^{To have for themselves}

^{For which lord vishnu}

^{Played his stellar part}

^{There came Aravat – the elephant}

^{Kamadhinu – the cow}

^{Divine white horse}

^{Moon which lord adorned}

^{Laxmi – the wealth devi}

^{Ramba – the beauty for the heaven}

^{Kalpabriksha – the wish fulfilling tree}

^{Danvantri – knowledge on ayurveda}

^{A pearl – diamond which lord vishnu adorned etc.}

^{That is the wealth the churning resulted.}

^{The ocean also contains in its bosom}

^{The hidden tell-tale signs of ancient human habitations}

^{Such as Lord Krishna’s Dwarka}

^{Which got submerged in it}

^{Because of swelling of sea}

^{Due to rise in temperature}

^{Also the accident ridden ships’ remains}

^{Like RMS Titanic which met its doom}

^{When it collided with an iceberg.}

^{Then there is mysterious part of ocean}

^{In the Western part of North Atlantic ocean}

^{Is termed as Bermuda triangle}

^{Or devil’s triangle}

^{Where there are disappearances}

^{Of aircraft and ships}

^{Which traversed this path}

^{But got lost without any trace.}

^{Ocean’s waves/tides which touch the shores}

^{Have histories wrapped in these}

^{And also the mysteries}

^{In its every drop which it contains}

^{If made to speak}

^{Will reveal much}

^{Not only about the mystic events}

^{Which happened since centuries}

^{But also the histories and geographies}

^{Of it all with it}

^{That is the story of our mysterious sea}

^{Which we love to see}

^{In its various forms and manifestations.}