Shaking The Pagoda Poem by Indira Renganathan

Their seething toil churned
And churned and churned
The confined milky-ocean labouring
Whilst Vasuki's fanged venom
Throttling Shiva, Parvathi to scurry

All in spirit of unity rose up
Karpaga, Kamadenu.Mahalakshmi, Dhanvantri
And a potful of Amrit afloat
Be dished out to devas
Whilst whorls storming the serpent

Their raging hilarity acquired
Perfumed with Karpaga all else in heaven
Decreed devas won to declare asuras driven
Whilst the asuras sheltering in humans
Deceived to avenge awaiting to betray

All in desirous guise asuras sown
In a hush of reach to shake Karpaga
Possessed humans shaped up
Their masquerade named Desire
Whilst asuras grading up to greed

Their craving quest humans coveted, coveting
For all time bestowment to shake Karpaga
Illusorily on rungs of forbidden piety
Whilst asuras delivering anger, enmity, hatred
Laddering and befriending lust and greed in hell