KALI THE ONLY REFUGE

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Mind, worship her who saves on the other side of the Ocean of the

World. Know once for all what worth is in the trash of

wealth. Vain is hope in men or money, this was said of old time.

Where wast thou, whence hast thou come, and whither, O whither,

wilt thou go?

 

The world is glass, and ever amid its snares delusion makes

men dance. Thou art in the lap of an enchantress, held fast in

thy prison. Pride, malice, anger, attachment to thy lovers, by

what wisdom of judgment was it that thou didst divide the kingdom

of thy body among these? The day is nearly done: think therefore

in thy heart, the resting-place of Kali, that island filled with

jewels, think upon the things that day has brought thee.

 

Prasad says: The name of Durga is my promised Land of Salvation,

fields flowing with nectar. Tell thy tongue evermore to utter her

name.

 

--Ramprasad Sen