”O Kali, thou art fond of cremation grounds
So I have turned my heart into one, that thou
may dance there unceasingly.
O mother, I have no other fond desire in my
heart. Fire of a funeral pyre is burning there.”
-Ramprasad Sen
And before anyone gets any silly ideas, I know the goddess Kali has nothing to do with the demon Kali and the Kali Yuga but the linguistic confusion is quite apt, and if one where so inclined it could point one in to quite a new and interesting direction.*
* Kali (the goddess) and Kali (the demon) are two unrelated words in sanskrit meaning two different things and pronounced quite differently. More info in the links provided above.
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