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The Goddess Bhairavi Devi with Shiva

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पक गई खेती

Pak Gai Kheti

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'
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वैर की परनालियों में हँस-हँस के हमने सींची जो राजनीति की रेती उसमें आज बह रही खूँ की नदियाँ हैं कल ही जिसमें ख़ाक-मिट्टी कह के हमने थूका था घृणा की आज उसमें पक गई खेती फ़सल कटने को अगली सर्दियाँ हैं।

मेरठ, 15 अक्टूबर, 1947

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Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'

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अज्ञेय

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'

The Goddess Bhairavi Devi with Shiva

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The Goddess Bhairavi Devi with Shiva

This profound painting depicts Bhairavi, a ferocious and radiant form of the Great Goddess, seated upon the prone body of Shiva in the desolate stillness of a cremation ground. She is the embodiment of the fierce heat of transformation, representing the destructive aspect of the divine that clears the path for ultimate realization. Her presence is at once terrifying and deeply liberating, as she holds the instruments of severance and grace. Shiva looks upon her with quiet devotion, acknowledging her as the power of consciousness that animates the universe. The smoldering fires and scattered remains signify the dissolution of the ego, inviting the seeker to transcend the transient nature of worldly existence through the power of her divine wrath.

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Four more, in the same key.

Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Pak Gai Kheti carries.