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ECLIPSE
 
The genre of Indian sacred literature (ninda: abuse or blame; state: song of praise) that considers anger to be a valid form of devotion.
 
Why are you oblivious of the
eclipse — lunar and solar?
 
I slide into the blackouts and
swoon at the sight
of light,
every time
your third eye is latched.
 
Without you
caves are massacred
lions and bears go unsheltered.
my love unrequited and
the Sun is diagnosed with depression.
Oh lord of the highest peaks!
Cast a glance at me.
Why are you oblivious of the
eclipse — Lunar and Solar?
 
My knees collide against the mountains
to find you.
Grief pours into the slurry
between the gullies of
Sun and the Earth.
Hope descends into the receptacle of death.
My skin is lacerated by
the voracity of the wolfs sent by the demons.
 
Oh lord of the highest peaks!
Without you,
lands are demarcated
stars scatter
and the moon overpasses its lunacy.
 
ARDHANARISHWAR
 
Ardhanareeshwara is a combination of three words “Ardha,” “Nari,” and “Ishwara” means “half,” “woman,” and “lord,” respectively, which when combined means the lord whose half is a woman. It is believed that the God is Lord Shiva and the woman part is his consort Goddess Parvati or Shakti. The Ardhanareeshwara represents a constructive and generative power. Ardhanareeshwara symbolizes male and female principles cannot be separated. It conveys the unity of opposites in the universe. The male half stands for Purusha and female half is Prakriti. Ardhanareeshwara harmonizes the two conflicting ways of life: The spiritual way of the ascetic as represented by Shiva, and the materialistic way of the householder symbolized by Parvati. It conveys that Shiva and Shakti are one and the same.
 
A human being is not a pure unisexual organism. Each human organism bears the potentiality of both male and female sex. Neurohormonal mechanisms have been found to be greatly influencing the sexual behavior. The modern world has come to understand the concept of “Ardhanareeshwara” as it aspires to resolve the paradox of opposites into a unity, not by negation, but through positive experiences of life. The matching of opposites produces the true rhythm of life.
 
You are Shiva (Lord Shiva)
I am Shakti (Goddess Parvati)
Without Shakti,
Shiva is a "Shav" (Corpse).
I appeal to the lord
whose half is a woman,
"Oh Ardhanarishwar!
Let the language of unity
recite the stories of
opposites of the universe.
Let us harmonize two
conflicting poles of the earth
and become one.