Ananda Siva Natanam 6 - The Dance Of Siva-Sakti Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon

Ananda Natanam is the dance of Siva-Sakti
The Cosmic dance!
The dance of the world and its beings,
The dance of man and his Karmas-
The cycle of birth, death and rebirth,
A storm of fluctuating emotions,
A riot of the causes and effects,
A whirlwind of cyclonic movements!

When Siva dances the ‘Tandava'
And Sakti dances the ‘Lasya',
The Creator dances,
The Creation dances!
The energy dances,
The sentiment dances,
The intellect dances,
The wholesome movement of the divine!

Man roams around the world
Man is always searching for glamorous objects
Ever deluded, daft, and ignorant,
Enamoured by the senses and the sense objects,
Enveloped by the passions of this world,
Engrossed in sensual pursuits, always insecure,
Groping in the dark for the realm of Siva-Sakti!

But where does Siva-Sakti dwell and dance?
It is in the ‘Cittasabha' or in
The spacious hall of man's consciousness,
Deep within the core of the heart,
In the velvet realm of the innermost self!
It is only ‘Anugraha' or Siva's Grace
That rings a bell of realization,
That the dance of the Siva-Sakti is within our very soul!