Īshwar and his lover saved Bhūmī-Devī from persecution, thus the many arts of mankind blossomed like the mallikā Everywhere the delightful scent of Svargáloka encircled the minds of unimaginative men and women Thrusting them into a fantasy of a guarded jungle with celestial flowers and rivers endlessly flowing towards the sunset! Blue butterflies follow the [...]

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I Īshwar was born from the heart of Sarasvatī-Devī As a white-skinned boy smiling so sweetly His power lay in the strings of his mother’s vīṇā plucked for her amusement Nāga flowers cover the surface of the shiny jackwood kudam Sniff along the dandi etched with the sacred words for Gāyatrī-Devī It is the scent [...]

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