The Bowing Stalk

Poetic RenderingWhen you complete the worship of the Linga,let your reverence flow toward the Jangamathe living form of that same light.Do not stand stiff and swollenas though a wooden pole…

The Rightful Heir

Poetic RenderingThe tiger’s milkis meant only for its cubnever for the grass-eating deer.The warrior’s amulet and armorbelong to the bravenot to the timid at heart.So too, O Kudalasangamadeva,to those of…

The Unadorned Heart

Poetic RenderingA scissor’s edge in the heart,and nectar on the tonguesee the contradiction!“I sing for Śiva!I dance for Śiva!I fast and keep every vigil!”so declares the restless mind.Yet I remain…