people who do not feel the nature and never felt defeated or failed Think
and write with authentic details
People who do not feel the pull of nature, nor the sting of defeat,
live in a world that is strangely insulated—air-conditioned, pre-scheduled,
and emotionally distant. There’s something profoundly unnatural about such
a life. It’s not that these people are soulless or bad, but they move
through the world like it is a set they were placed on, not something they
are part of. Their feet rarely touch soil. Their breath rarely slows in awe
of a mountain, nor quickens at the edge of the sea.
You see them in cities, often in clean, linear buildings with soft white
lights and glass elevators. Their days are mapped in meetings, metrics, and
performance reviews. They live in the abstract: in spreadsheets, in screen
glow, in strategic goals. It’s not that they *avoid* nature—they just never
learned to need it. Rain is an inconvenience. Wind is noise. Dirt is to be
removed, not dug into.
And failure? They’ve sidestepped it their whole lives. Privilege helps, of
course—money cushions falls, connections open backdoors. But even deeper
than that, there’s a kind of inner engineering at play. They’ve built
identities around never risking enough to fall hard. Everything is curated
for success. The school was elite, the job was a safe choice, the
relationships are often transactional. There’s no wilderness in them—no
chaos, no rawness. They’ve never gone all in and lost.
Ask them what scared them once and you’ll hear about tight deadlines, maybe
a competitive coworker. Not heartbreak. Not collapse. Not silence.
And while they may seem powerful—fluent in the language of progress,
comfort, and control—there’s something missing. Without failure, they’ve
never had to rebuild themselves. Without nature, they’ve never truly
remembered they are small. Their confidence is brittle, even if their
resumes gleam.
To feel the earth under your nails, to watch a storm roll in over the hills
and know you are nothing next to it—that is to be alive. To fail so
completely that you lie face-down in your own ruin, and then stand up
anyway—that is to be human.
Those who have never known these things often live efficiently, but not
deeply.
Here are a few powerful Sanskrit verses (shlokas) that reflect a
deep alignment with nature, the cosmic order, and the human connection to
the natural world. These are drawn from ancient texts like the Vedas,
Upanishads, and other classical sources, and they express reverence, unity,
and humility toward nature.
1. Ṛg Veda 10.191.4 – Harmony with the Universe
संगच्छध्वं संवदध्वं सं वो मनांसि जानताम्।
देवा भागं यथा पूर्वे संजानाना उपासते॥
Saṅgacchadhvaṃ saṃvadadhvaṃ saṃ vo manāṃsi jānatām,
Devā bhāgaṃ yathā pūrve sañjānānā upāsate.
Move together, speak together, let your minds be in harmony,
just as the gods of old, being of one mind, accepted their share of
sacrifice.
This verse encourages unity with all beings — a principle that reflects
harmony with the natural order.
2. Iśāvāsya Upaniṣad – The Sacredness of All Creation
ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत्।
तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्॥
Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvaṁ yat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagat,
Tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasyasvid dhanam.
All this — whatever exists in this changing universe — is pervaded by the
Lord (consciousness).
Enjoy it with detachment. Do not covet; for whose is wealth, truly?
This expresses the idea that all of nature is sacred and should be used
with restraint and gratitude.
3. Bhūmi Sūkta – Atharva Veda (12.1)
This is a hymn of Mother Earth (Bhūmī), one of the earliest ecological
texts.
माता भूमिः पुत्रोऽहम् पृथिव्याः।
Mātā bhūmiḥ putro’ham pṛthivyāḥ.
Earth is my mother, and I am her son.
A profound declaration of our intimate relationship with Earth.
4. Yajur Veda – Environmental Peace Invocation
शं नो भूमिः शं नो आपः।
शं नः पर्जन्यः शं नस्त्वष्टा।
शं नो विष्णुरुरुक्रमः॥
Śaṁ no bhūmiḥ śaṁ no āpaḥ,
Śaṁ naḥ parjanyaḥ śaṁ nas tvaṣṭā,
Śaṁ no viṣṇur urukramaḥ.
May the Earth be peaceful to us,
May the waters be friendly to us,
May the rains be kind to us,
May the cosmic creator be favorable to us,
May Vishnu of wide strides bless us.
This is a beautiful prayer for peace and balance among the elements.
5. Taittirīya Upaniṣad – Gratitude for Nature’s Abundance
ऋतं च सत्यं चाभीद्धात्तपसोऽध्यजायत।
ततो रात्र्यजायत ततः समुद्रो अर्णवः॥
Ṛtaṁ ca satyaṁ cābhīddhāttapasodhy ajāyata,
Tato rātry ajāyata tataḥ samudro arṇavaḥ.
From tapas (austerity/energy) arose cosmic order (ṛta) and truth (satya);
From that emerged night; from night came the ocean with its waves.
This shows a cosmological unfolding from inner energy to natural elements
— night and ocean — symbolizing the interconnection of all.
Summary of Themes:
Sanskrit Concept Meaning
Relevance
Bhūmi
Earth As a living
mother
Ṛta Cosmic order
Natural law & balance
Āpaḥ Water
Purity, flow, nourishment
Vāyu Wind
Vital energy, movement
Agni Fire
Transformation, life force
"The Ones Who Never Fell"
They walk in glass and concrete lanes,
Their shoes have never touched the mud.
The sky to them is just a screen
Reflected in a coffee flood.
They do not hear the morning thrush,
Nor feel the dusk in quiet trees.
They’ve never watched a mountain hush
The clamor of the mind to peace.
They’ve never tasted wind as wine,
Or knelt in grass so wet and wild.
They’ve never been the breaking wave,
The lost thing, or the orphaned child.
No storm has ever stripped them bare,
No night has cracked their borrowed light.
They’ve only seen the world through glass,
But never learned to love the night.
They’ve passed through life unscathed, untouched—
Their hands stay clean, their maps uncreased.
But something deep remains unlived,
Some wildness in them lies deceased.
For only those who’ve touched the soil,
Who’ve wept beneath the ancient sky,
Can truly say they’ve been alive—
Can break, and still remember why.
So give me not the polished face
That’s never known a losing game.
But those who fell, and rose again,
And walk with Earth, and feel the flame.
न पतिताः ते (The Ones Who Never Fell)
कांचन-मृन्मय-पन्थान् चरन्ति ते,
न स्पृष्टा भूमिरङ्घ्रिभिः।
आकाशोऽपि तेषां पटलमात्रम्,
कपि-कम्बु-वारिणि प्रतिबिम्बितम्॥
नास्वादयन् ते वायुम् मदिरामिव,
नानताः सिक्ते कुशे प्रजाः इव।
नाभवन् ते तूर्य-तरङ्गः,
न नष्टः, न अनाथ-शिशुः॥
जीवनं ते व्यतीतं शुद्धम्, अलिप्तम्,
हस्ताः शुचयः, पथाः निष्कलङ्काः।
परं न किञ्चिद् अनुभूतं तत्र,
मृतं तेषां अन्तः-स्पन्दनम्॥
kāñcana-mṛṇmaya-panthān caranti te,
na spṛṣṭā bhūmir aṅghribhih।
ākāśo’pi teṣām paṭalamātram,
kapi-kambu-vāriṇi pratibimbitam॥
nāsvādayan te vāyum madirāmiva,
nānātāḥ sikte kuśe prajā iva।
nābhavan te tūrya-taraṅgaḥ,
na naṣṭaḥ, na anātha-śiśuḥ॥
jīvanaṁ te vyatītaṁ śuddham, aliptaṁ,
hastāḥ śucayaḥ, pathāḥ niṣkalaṅkāḥ।
paraṁ na kiñcid anubhūtaṁ tatra,
mṛtaṁ teṣāṁ antaḥ-spandanam॥
K Rajaram IRS 131025
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