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Krishna’s dance on Kaliya’s heads causes radiant splendor to spread in all directions. The poison disappears, replaced by divine brilliance.
In flirtation, a bold heroine mocks ornaments and attire. She challenges even divine designs in romantic defiance—depicting playful eroticism and aest...
As virtue grows, it pierces ignorance, dries greed’s ocean, and raises the moral river’s banks. But even growth can destroy purity if not rooted right...
Seeing polluted waters, swans fly away and lotuses sink. Even pure beings depart when their surroundings degrade. True nature avoids corruption.
Despite seeing the moon's blemish, lovers accept its light. So too, the beloved’s faults are overlooked in love. The heart doesn’t reject that which b...
All beings eat, sleep, enjoy and reproduce. What then distinguishes humans from animals? Only awareness of right and wrong, and spiritual discriminati...
One must empty the vessel before refilling it. Similarly, to gain spiritual insight, the mind must be cleansed of past residues—true receptivity requi...
Rains fall from heavy clouds like crutches for exhausted winds. A vivid metaphor of nature’s balance and support in cyclical rhythms.
When her son neared death, the goddess arrived. Even a handful of water offered by a mother holds the power to purify and liberate. Maternal grace is ...
A tree that never receives anything still offers fruit and dies in silence. But a banana tree, after offering fruit to others, sheds life immediately—...
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