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A potent Ayurvedic preparation is made by combining Shephali, Shatapuspa, mustard, Tagara, jaggery, and Rudrajata—used for traditional healing.
One who uses this incense-based formula on their garments and body can supposedly captivate all three worlds—indicating mystical charm.
Salutations to Makaraketu (Kāmadeva), who though burnt like camphor, still influences all hearts—representing enduring desire and beauty.
A famous prayer to Shiva, describing his pure-white form, embodiment of compassion, essence of existence, and serpentine adornment.
A woman covered in camphor and sandal appears as the last trace of a mighty love fire, now smouldering as pure ash—symbolic of passionate loss.
The night of the full moon appears drenched in camphor mist, clothed in crystal palace—vivid imagery of ethereal beauty and moonlit brilliance.
The woman’s upper body glows like camphor dust; her eyes reflect divine playfulness—she resembles a celestial ornament of love.
Though the onion is perfumed and bathed in fine scents, its pungent nature doesn’t change—a satire on superficial beauty.
Repeated verse: no matter how beautifully decorated, the onion cannot lose its harshness—teaching that true nature is unchangeable.
A poetic string of "negations" implying all things fail before the brilliance of Shiva’s radiance—he alone surpasses all.
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