WHO IS THERE THAT CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT MOTHER KALI IS ? – The Gospel of Sri Rama

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Who is there that can understand what Mother Kali is ?

Even the six darsanas are powerless to reveal Her,

It is She, the scriptures say, that is the Inner Self

Of the Yogi ,who in Self discovers all his joy ;

She that, of Her own sweet will, inhabits every living thing,

 

The macrocosm and microcosm rest in the Mother's womb ;

Now do you see how vast it is ?In the Muladhara,

The yogi meditates on Her,and in the Sahasra,

Who but Siva has beheld Her as She really is ?

Within the lotus wilderness She sports beside Her Mate ,the Swan*,

 

When man aspires to understand Her, Ramprasad must smile ;

To think of knowing Her, he says, is quite as laughable

As to imagine one can swim across the boundless sea

But while my mind has understood, alas! my heart has not ;

Though but dwarf, it still would strive to make a captive of the moon

 

*Siva,the Absolute

 

 

(The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Visit to Vidyasagar – pg 106)