I kneel where Your tears have fallen,

Gaura, moon with reddened eyes,

and the sound of Your weeping

splits my chest open like a fault line.

Please—

do not cry like this.

Not because I do not love Your sorrow,

but because it burns too close to my bones.

Your grief enters me whole,

and I am too small to hold it.

When You sob for Krishna,

the world tilts.

Walls soften.

My breath forgets how to move.

How can a heart made of dust

survive the weight of God’s longing?

O Beloved,

I know these tears are jewels,

that the scriptures bow before them,

that liberation waits in their wake;

but I am only a devotee

with shaking hands.

Let me wipe Your cheeks.

Let me say the foolish thing love always says:

Please don’t cry,

not like this, not alone.

If You must weep,

then weep into my shoulder.

If separation claws at You,

let it claw through me first.

I would rather break

than watch You drown in holy grief.

Smile,

even if it is only for a breath.

Even if it costs me everything.

Your sadness is unbearable,

अरुणां करुणां तरंगिताक्षीं

धृतपाशांकुशबाणचापहस्ताम् ।

अणिमादिभिरावृताम् मयूखैर्

अहमित्येव विभावये भवानीम् ॥

aruṇāṃ karuṇā taraṅgitaakṣīṃ dhṛtapāśaaṅkuśabāṇacāpahastām।aṇimādibhirāvṛtām mayūkhair aham ityeva vibhāvaye bhavānīm।।

I meditate on Bhavānī, surrounded by rays of light and the eight siddhis, whose color is red, whose eyes are rippling with compassion, and who is holding a rope, a hook, a bow and an arrow.

A Bhavani on Dwitiya based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam (Source) by @rishabhaa

Happy Durga Puja 2025!

And honestly, I feel like I can say the same for Maa Bramhani, strictly coming to us when we accidentally touch a book by our feet and not as source of all knowledge and the power of creation, the true mother to us since it is her vastness that shapes our souls.

वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥

ॐ श्री भैरवाय नमः

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्ति-रूपेण संस्थिता नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु ऊर्जा-रूपेण संस्थिता नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु माँ कूष्माण्डा रूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥

दुर्गतिनाशिनी त्वंहि दरिद्रादि विनाशनीम्। जयंदा धनदा कूष्माण्डे प्रणमाम्यहम्॥ जगतमाता जगतकत्री जगदाधार रूपणीम्। चराचरेश्वरी कूष्माण्डे प्रणमाम्यहम्॥ त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी त्वंहि दुःख शोक निवारिणीम्। परमानन्दमयी, कूष्माण्डे प्रणमाम्यहम्॥

ॐ जयन्ती मङ्गला काली भद्रकाली कपालिनी। दुर्गा क्षमा शिवा धात्री स्वाहा स्वधा नमोऽस्तु ते।

करपूर गौरम करूणावतारम

संसार सारम भुजगेन्द्र हारम |

सदा वसंतम हृदयारविंदे

भवम भवानी सहितं नमामि ||

मंगलम भगवान् विष्णु

मंगलम गरुड़ध्वजः |

मंगलम पुन्डरी काक्षो

मंगलायतनो हरि ||

सर्व मंगल मांग्लयै

शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके |

शरण्ये त्रयम्बके गौरी

नारायणी नमोस्तुते ||

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव

त्वमेव बंधू च सखा त्वमेव

त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव

त्वमेव सर्वं मम देव देव

जय मां अम्बे जय जगदम्बे जय मां कुष्मांडा

ॐ नमः पार्वती पतये हर हर महादेव :

'As you all know, the environment on my planet is completely inhospitable to most other life forms.

The Barzan has been a society dependent on others for generations. We want that to end.

The appearance of this stable wormhole in our space provides us with our first true natural resource. We have neither the experience nor the technology to exploit it. But you do.' - bhavani