Kamrupa Kamakhya Devi Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Kamrupa Kamakhya Devi,
A mere glance of the Tantrica Devi
Redeems and absolves of the past sins,
Kamrupa Kamakhya Devi,
The statue of hers
With the corpse of Shiva atop a lion
And a lotus rising from.

Kamrupa (“form of desire”) is the region
Where the yoni of the mother seems to have fallen,
So like Tripur Sundari, a form of the Divine
She is also called Kameshwari
And the Kamakhya Temple has been constructed upon
The same sacred spot.

The Kamakhya Devi of Kamrupa,
A tantrical spot, a yoga-yogini spot,
A place of tantra-sadhna
And enlighteniment,
A comprehension of the secrets
Supernatural and nocturnal.

Keep yourself off from temptation,
Dump the desire
And pray to her
For salvation and her blessing,
Let desire not come in between,
Burning your carnal desires
Into the fire of patience and perseverance.

The iconography pictures her
As a young goddess, sixteen years old,
With six heads of varying colours and twelve hands
With the lotus, trident, sword,
Bell, discus, bow, arrows,
Scepter, goad and shield
In her ten hands.
The rest two hands hold a bowl
Made from a skull or gold.

Clad in a red sari,
Mother is seated on a lotus
With Brahma and Vishnu to her each side,
Emerging from the navel of the corpse of Shiva
Lying atop a lion.

Most likely a goddess related to the Khasis,
Matrilineal,
She is Kamakhya, the Goddess of Desire,
Whatever ask you, she will fulfill it
As per the prayer,
But keeping your kama-vasana at bay,
Controlling yourself,
Restraining too.

Ask the Neelachala hills
Overlooking the Brahmaputra river,
What it in the myth and mystery,
The Mother Divine tales,
Tantra-yoga and tantra-sadhna,
How the halo,
The truths shrouded in mystery!