Lord Shiva and Cosmic Eternity

When the matter and energy are in state of

constant transformation

Creation and annihilation find eternal trace

Shiva and Shakti entwined in celestial dance

Mimicking the   eternity and cosmic stance

Material Worlds are born and vanish in space

Mystic spirit leaps into the spirit embrace.

Shiva is benevolent and omniscient maha yogi

On the snow clad Mount Kailash living an ascetic life

Has the other side, living in unison with Parvathi the wife

Patron God of yoga, meditation and arts and  dance.

In this great cremation ground, so called our World

Where the souls come and perish  perpetually

Our Lord  Adi Yogi sits in deep meditation.

With iconic attributes serpent Vasuki around the neck

Adorning crescent moon, Ganga flowing from his head

Destroying evil to ashes with the third eye on his forehead

Ready to fiercely fight the demons with trisula  in his hand

Musical device the Damaru to resonate the primordial sound

Rigvedic deity Rudra to the blue throat Neelkantha

of oceanic churn  one who drank the poison Haalaala

Bearer of dripping and flowing Ganga, Gangadhara

Aadiyogi immersed in himself the transcendental reality

Self and formless, a metaphysical and spiritual reality.

Lord Shiva  being  worshipped  for his cosmic eternity.

                                            ……………..Narayan Gadagkar