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Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)

9th Century

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English version by
Vidya Dehejia

Original Language
Tamil

O great deep ocean,

Themes

Honey

Snake

Water

Wine

Recommended Books

	Antal and Her Path of Love: Poems of a Woman Saint from South India, Translated by Vidya Dehejia
	Concept of Sri Andal's Tiruppavai, by Chenni Padmanabhan
	Women of Wisdom: A Journey of Enlightenment by Women of Vision Through the Ages, by Paula Marvelly

O great deep ocean,
the lord entered into you,
mixed and churned you,
deprived you of your nectar.
That lord of illusion
entered into me too,
churned me,
deprived me of my essence.
Go to the serpent who is the lord's couch,
tell him of my endless sorrow
that he may plead for me.

-- from Antal and Her Path of Love: Poems of a Woman Saint from South India, Translated by Vidya Dehejia

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