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Yoga / Hindu : Shakta (Goddess-oriented)

18th Century

About Kamalakanta

Timeline (1769? - 1821?)

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Original Language
Bengali

Can everyone have the vision of Shyama?

Themes

Bliss

King

Womb

Recommended Books

	Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar, by Elizabeth U. Harding
	Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal, Translated by Rachel Fell McDermott

Can everyone have the vision of Shyama?
Is Kali's treasure for everyone?
Oh, what a pity my foolish mind
will not see what is true!
Even with all His penances,
rarely does Shiva Himself behold
The mind-bewitching sight
of Mother Shyama's crimson feet.

To him who meditates on Her,
the riches of heaven are poor indeed;
If Shyama casts Her glance on him,
he swims in Eternal Bliss.
The prince of yogis, the king of the Gods,
meditate on Her feet in vain;
Yet worthless Kamalakanta
yearns for the Mother's blessed feet!

-- from Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar, by Elizabeth U. Harding

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