The Glance of Homecoming

Poetic RenderingThey speak of eighty-four lakh formsthrough which beings wander,each carrying a different face,each pursuing a different longing.Search me, test me, question me, Lordfor if You Yourself do not ask,what…

Sharana - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Currency of Longing

Poetic RenderingIn my heart, a ceaseless yearning to see You.In my eyes, an unending ache to behold You.On my tongue, a constant readiness to sing Your praise.Such is the state…

Maheshwara - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Inner Alchemist

Poetic RenderingGold lies hidden in the rough stone,fire sleeps within the green wood,and in the quiet breast of milkrests the sweetness of ghee.Just so, within this very heartYou dwell, O…

Pranalingi - Sharana SHARANA

The Sixfold Purification

Poetic RenderingBy the Guru’s wordmy ears were purified.By beholding the holy sharanasmy eyes were purified.By touching the feet of the Lordmy body was purified.By tasting Your prasādamy mouth was purified.By…

Pranalingi - Aikya AIKYA

The Sacred Branding

Poetic RenderingHair, finger, shoulderthis body may bathe in sacred watersand boast, “I have crossed the stream,”but how can I believe its purity?O Lord, make me suchthat I seek no other…

Pranalingi - Sharana SHARANA

The Living Temple

Poetic RenderingIn Satya Yuga, they sought Kedar;in Treta, they journeyed to Varanasi;in Dvapara, Virupaksha was hailed as the root of holiness;and now, in Kali Yuga, they climb Śrishaila’s mountain shrine.But…

Pranalingi - Sharana SHARANA

The Living Prayer

Poetic RenderingWhy weary yourself, O mind,with crores upon crores of chants?One song of love, sung with your whole being, outweighs endless repetition.What is chanting, O mind, without feeling?See the sharanas…

Pranalingi - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Milk of True Devotion

Poetic RenderingA wife who holds no love for her husband,a devotee whose heart does not cling to the Lingawhat worth is their shouting, “Shiva! Shiva!”?It is like a cow that…

Aikya - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Nature of Longing

Poetic RenderingThe radiant bird pines for moonlightwithout its glow, its colors fall into darkness.The lotus waits with folded palmsfor dawn to open its hidden splendor.The bee trembles in longingfor the…

Pranalingi - Aikya AIKYA

The Sufficiency of Sacred Company

Poetic RenderingThe cool moonlight that ripens my Kayakawhy should I crave a brighter moon?In the company of sharanas,where the Linga flowers in my very palm,why should I wander elsewhere in…