The Beloved Comes Home

The one I longed for has come home;The raging fire of separation is quenched.Now I rejoice with Him, I sing in bliss.The peacocks at the cloud’s roarDance with unbound joy;I rejoice in ecstasyAt the sight of my Beloved.I am absorbed in His love;My misery of...

Through Thee have I forgotten Thee!

After my body becameThyself, whom could I serve?After my mind becameThyself, whom could I invoke?After my consciousness was lost in Thee,Whom could I know?Being Thyself in Thee,O Cenna Mallikarjuna Lord,Through Thee have I forgotten Thee!

Come Have a Drink

Why all this grinning?See the moonThere in the sky…Horses running without riders…Gates opening by themselvesThere is somethingGoing on hereWhich you can’t seeCome have a drinkIt won’t kill you!Well…That’s not completely true

The Temple and the Body

The richwill make temples for Siva.What shall I,a poor man,do?My legs are pillars,the body the shrine,the head a cupolaof gold.Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,things standing shall fall,but the moving ever shall stay.

The Union of Shiva and Shakti (from Amritanubhav)

I offer obeisance to the God and Goddess,The limitless primal parents of the universe.They are not entirely the same,Nor are they not the same.We cannot say exactly what they are.How sweet is their union!The whole world is too small to contain them,Yet they live...

Unbreakable, O Lord

Unbreakable, O Lord,Is the loveThat binds me to You:Like a diamond,It breaks the hammer that strikes it.My heart goes into YouAs the polish goes into the gold.As the lotus lives in its water,I live in You.Like the birdThat gazes all nightAt the passing moon,I have...