#keshava

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☀ SHRI KRISHNA ॐ ☀

“No sins exist anywhere in the three worlds that will not be purified by offering a lamp to Lord Keshava during Kartika.”~Skanda Purana

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☀ 𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐈 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐍𝐔 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐀 ॐ ☀

[teanicolae]

you elude me,

my Beloved. your nectarous call trickles in my ears and i run to you, maddened.

i run to you, enamoured, clothed by longing and with tears as jewels.

i run to you, bare, silk dress in shreds, ripped slippers.

i’ve been running to you since before i was born. i am tired, Hari. my dignity and pride are long forgotten. my toenails are cracked, the skin peels off my feet. my hair is rumpled, my breasts are bruised; your wayward bride.

whenever i get close to throwing myself at your feet my mind entangles me. my wrongs push against my bones and i fall on my face. my blood smears the ground and i grovel. i cry. i howl.

when your nectarous call trickles in my ears, i jolt forwards. and i run to you, maddened.

~ poem to Madhav, published in Śabda Magazine, volume II. my offering of longing as we approach the auspicious day of Vijayadaśamī! may we be victorious in our quest to merge with the Divine Beloved.

photo: aegina, greece, 2018.

[haribolnamaste]

Sri Krishna

[delectation-morose]

Vishnu

[bhrm555]

Bhishma Pitamah, Arjuna & Kaishava

[kailasanath]

Lord Vishnu as Keshava

Accompanied by consorts Shri Devi and Bhu Devi

Hoysala Period, circa 12th Century CE

MET Museum

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Srimati Tulasi Maharani 🌺

“I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vrinda, Srimati Tulasi Devi, who is very dear to Lord Keshava. O goddess, you bestow devotional service to Vishnu and you possess the highest truth.”~Pranam mantra