Kali the Trickster

[Guest guest]

Kali, I know that you know <br>how to play

tricks.<br>You let anyone call you <br>by any name they

choose:<br>The Magas call you Pharatara,<br>Europeans call you

God;<br>Mughals and Pathans, <br>Saiyids and Qazis <br>all call

you Khoda.<br>Shaktas say you are their

Shakti,<br>Shaivas call you Shiva.<br>Sauryas think you're the

Sun,<br>and pious Vaishnavas call you <br>O gracious

Radha.<br>Ganapatyas call you Ganesh, <br>and Yakshas call you

Kuber.<br>Craftsmen call you Vishvakarma;<br>boatmen say you're their

saint, Badar.<br>Ramdulal says this is no

illusion.<br>From what comes to pass,<br>the truth is felt.<br>Only

the mind misbehaves, and takes One God <br>to be

many.<br><br> Ramdulal Nandi

[Guest guest]

Be wide in me, O Varuna (god of seas)<br>Be

mighty in me O Indra (god of seasons)<br>O sun be very

bright and luminous<br>O Moon, be full of charm and

sweetness.<br>Be fierce and terrible , O Rudra<br>Be impetuous and

swift, O Maruts<br>Be strong and bold O aryama;<br>Be

voluptuous and pleasurable, O Bhaga<br>Be tender and kind

and loving, O Mitra<br>Be bright and revealing, O

Dawn<br>O night be solemn and pregnanat;<br>O life be full

ready and buoyant<br>O Death, lead my steps from

mansion to mansion. <br>Harmonise all these!, O

Brahmanaspathi<br>LET ME NOT BE SUBJECT TO THESE GODS O MOTHER KALI

!!<br><br>Sri aurobindo