Limerick: Once the Yogi of Himalaya or the Laughing Gas Yogi

Limerick: Once the Yogi of Himalaya

                      or the laughing gas Yogi

 

                  I

 

Once the Yogi of Himalaya

Preached laughing loud with Prânâyâma*

They thought him immortal

Put him on pedestal

Now he’s the toast of lost Gondwana.

 

                  II

 

Once the same Yogi Himalaya

Taught laughing during Prânâyâma*

Lungs stuck to diaphragm

Voice: phonocardiogram

Now he’s part of iced Fujiyama.

 

·      Sanskrit for the art of breathing in yogic practices:

·      prânâ = (cosmic) energy; âyâma = vitality.

 

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2013