I like the fact that how Lord Vishnu is portrayed like this calm CEO who speaks in a soothing tone and has everything planned and handled but some of His Avatars:
1. VARAHA DEVA:Speared Hiranyaksha with His tusks
2. NARASIMHA DEVA: Ripped apart Hiranyakashipu ,drank his blood and garlanded Himself with his intestines
3. PARASHURAMA DEVA: Killed the entire Kshatriya clan 21 times before retirement
4. KRISHNA: Kanha is well... Kanha
In my humble and unqualified opinion , the closest any Avatara of Lord Vishnu to His Bhujangashayana form is Lord Rama. Calm and serene. I can sit at His feet for hours and look at His face.
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The dance of the devi
Flowers for the goddess
in my alta-dyed hands,
I offer them at the lotus feet
of the Mother of the Universe.
***
Gentle blues of the skies move out
And Surya slowly rises from slumber
in its captivating regal glory,
its golden rays adorning
the Devi’s forehead.
***
I behold the golden complexioned goddess
set in stone with a benevolent smile.
My anklets lay at her feet
with turmeric and vermillion coating
some of those melodious bells.
***
A sweet summer breeze blows by.
A bell jingles and a lotus from her garland
falls to the brown earth at my dust laden feet.
A jingle of bangles and anklets,
A low hum of a mysterious yet beautiful tune,
And a voice sings,
A voice that I can recognize anywhere –
The Devi has risen!
***
Draped in silks and gold,
fragrant garlands around her limbs,
She steps outside to my courtyard,
A very humble stage for the one
who is the abode of this entire Universe.
The sun makes her ornaments gleam,
yet her moon-like face is the brightest.
My anklets are around her feet
But what truly do I own
in this illusionary world?
What I receive –
Beauty, intelligence, riches and power,
All comes from her.
***
And by the bright yellows of dawn
I see her dance in my courtyard.
Wherever her feet travel, little blooms arise
and where her hands softly touch,
Golden dust flies.
She twirls round and round
And I see the might cosmic Gods
Swirling around her magnificence.
Her veil, the illusionary veil,
which she playfully casts
around this world
escapes the clutches
of her beautiful braided hair.
And now I see. Clearly.
***
She leaps into the air,
Resembling a warrior
and a warrior she is,
for she is the Devi,
The ferocious Bhairavi,
The invincible Durga,
the slayer of Mahishasura.
She is the dark one, Kali,
The slayer of Raktabija.
***
Her dance of grace and elegance
transforms to a dance of death and destruction.
She is Shivatrinayani and Maheshwari.
She leaps and twirls with her trident
and her anklets and the temple bells ring
harmoniously,
Just like the eternal forces of nature.
Devi is Nitya, the eternal one.
***
I, a mere mortal woman, a devotee
akin to the turmeric and vermillion on her feet
watch the goddess dance in all her glory.
I see all the worlds and this vast universe
dance with her,
And maybe it is really true:
That everything in the world dances.
Laasya performs in every object,
in the largest to the very smallest.
***
And then I see the radiant one
stretch her palm to me.
I see my world in her hand
And clasp her hand tightly.
Which daughter lets go of her mother’s hand?
So we dance.
***
Stars and galaxies, planets and cosmic bodies,
Fire and snow, gods, demons and mortals,
I see her in everything
And this is the Dance of Realisation.
The music, the drums and the bells slowly fade
But the dancing soul now awakened
dances in ecstasy.
I see, I hear, I dance, I understand everything now.
***
The Devi twirls, spins, sings, smiles and laughs
And finally heads to her abode, to Shiva, her life.
My life, a thread in her hands,
I now submit to her eternal play
of this Life’s Dance.
***
I haven't written poetry in a while now. Somehow I couldn't capture this in a story format, it felt bland and very large and long. I didn't like it. The poem format perhaps gives me a little peace to form the vision I once had a few years ago while meditating on the goddess. I will obviously edit this later for the book, but for now here's the first draft poem for the book
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Greetings fellow sakhis and sakhas!
This is my first tumblr post so please don’t mind the messiness.
Just yesterday I was thinking to myself that how wonderful it would be to have a social media platform where we krishna devotees could interact and build a wholesome community.
And then, I stumbled upon tumblr! All thanks to कृष्ण isn’t he the sweetest? :’)
I will be posting my thoughts here and maybe even my drawings (when i get comfortable).
So.. yup! I hope we become friends and express the love that we feel for our Kanha 24/7 :)
I’m just going to tag some krishna devotees that I have come across tumblr so far. Their posts are just adorable 😭💛
@krishna-sangini @chaliyaaa @stxrrynxghts @kanhasabkapyaara @krishna-priyatama @stardustkrishnaverse @kanhapriya @shyampriya @rantingabtmyman @krsnaradhika
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Appreciation April
For @chand-ki-priyatama / @taurusmoon2008
My big sis, bestie,sister from another mother, chudail, rasmalai, gawar, Elsa, Black cat, Bunbun, Kayaaaaaaaaaaaa , Gurumata, best Kaviyatri and meri jigar ka ek tukda ✨
From your choti bhen, Jalebi, Anna,Shishya,Pisachini,Gawar aurat, Pyaar main andhi ladki 😔
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I still remember the day when you entered the Desiblr Parivar Server, And we talked about some books in dms. From being awkward to text first in your dm I have came to that point where I can rant about my whole day in your dms. Thanks for being my bestie, Thanks for talking to me, Thanks for making me feel I can be loved and I deserve to be loved, Thanks for making me more delulu and always making me remember that there would be a man who would worship the ground I walk on, Thanks for lifting up my mood everytime By sending poems and voice notes of my favourite songs, Thanks for being kind to me, Thanks for making me ✨me✨ again, Thanksss for being so relatable (buri cheezo main bhi ) Thanks for always being together in everything ✨ Kaya or Tamanna isme bhi ek sath hai ✨, And last but not the least Thanks for helping me in pranking the whole server ikyk 🥹
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Picture Dump
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Songs that I wanna dedicate to a certain chudail
Maine kuch likha hai padhna hai need your opinions
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I lost a part of me in Vrindavan
Mera kuchh reh gaya udhar
I couldn't spend more than 2 days there but I don't know
Sab bohot apne se lage
Aisa laga jaise Mai koi aisi jagah aa gai jo Prithvi ka hissa nahi hai
Aur ek ladka Mila jiske aankhein mujhe Andar se jhakjhhor diya
Pata nahi Kab meri Laadli ju ki kripa prapt hogi aur dobaara jaane ka saubhagya prapt hoga
Suna hai Vrindavan mein Marne se Gupt Vrindavan ka ansh ho jaate hain
Jahaan Thakurji ke Vigraha aapse baat karte hain, Maakhan maangte hain, do din naa jaao toh haal puchhte hain
Nahi chahiye mujhe swarn, swarg ya swayambhaav
Mujhe bas mere LaadliLaal chahiye
(This man stole something from me. Agar Pata mile toh Bata Dena Sakhiyo)
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