The Song of the One Without a Second
Poetic RenderingOne earth the altar for all temples,for no place stands holier than the ground beneath your feet.One water that cleanses all,for purity flows not from the river, but from…
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The Poison in the Sugar
Poetic RenderingHer words are sweet like sugar,but in her heart hides poison.To one she calls with smiles,to another she whispers in secret.O Koodalasangamadeva, hear medo not trust the deceiver’s charm.…
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The Fall of Power Without Purity
Poetic RenderingHe who had treasures beyond measure,consorts in countless numbers,counselors filling halls like forests,sons and soldiers beyond the sands of the sea,guardians of heaven’s gates bound in his house,even the…
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Ruined Harvest
Poetic RenderingThe field was sown,the shoots rose green,the grain ripened,the harvest was gathered in.Sheaves were threshed,the chaff blown off by the wind,the grain measured and storeda year’s labour brought to…
Posted inPranalingi - Maheshwara MAHESHWARA
Gathering for Gauri
Poetic RenderingBring the tender green stalks,bring the white oleander blooms,bring clear sand from the singing streamlet all be gathered,as Gauri gathered her offeringsto adorn her Lord.Step by step, leaf by…
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Weeds Within
Poetic RenderingIn the soft, fertile fieldeven the hidden weedtakes root, grows tall,and stands as if it belongs.So too, in the tilled soil of this heart,quiet faults sprout beneath the lushnessof…
Posted inAikya - Maheshwara MAHESHWARA
The Empty House
Poetic RenderingIf arrogance fills the house of the mind,where can the Linga dwell?The body must become the Linga itself,leaving no room for pride.Only where ego is absentdoes the nearness of…
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Double-Edged Blade
Poetic RenderingDevotion is not a taskyou can pick up and put downit is a blade that cuts both ways.Like a saw that biteswhether it moves forward or back,like a cobra…
Posted inMaheshwara - Sharana SHARANA
Words Ripen into Deeds
Poetic RenderingLet me speak only what is true, O Lordand let me walk exactly as I speak.Wherever my feet may go,may every word I have utteredremain steady, unwavering.For the pointer…
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The Two Headed Bird Within
Poetic RenderingThe Bherunda birdone body, two heads.Draw a curtain between them,feed one head nectarand the other poisondoes not the same bodyburn in anguish?So it is, O Kudalasangama:if I worship the…