KALI IS THE UNIVERSAL OBJECT OF WORSHIP

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Art thou Mother or Father to me, my Mother?

 

I have searched the Vedas and the Vedanta, the Tantras and the

Mantras, yet nowhere have I found thy fulness.

 

As Rama thou dost take the bow, as Syama the flute: as Syama

the black, thou dost seize the sword.

 

Some offer at thy feet the tulasi some the atasi

some come with handfuls of hibiscus, some bring the leaves of

bel.

 

O Mother, Mother of the Universe, art thou male or female? Who

can say? Who knows thy form?

 

In whatever form men think of thee, in that form do thou,

Universal One, appear to them.

 

NÄ«lakantha's mind ever thinks of thee as chief amongst the

deities. Mother, if thou wouldst be Mother indeed, then why

at my Mother's feet should my Father lie prostrate?

 

--NILAKANTHA MUKHOPADHYAYA