THE GAYAN

ALANKARAS
(Alankara:  The fanciful expression of an idea.)



CS-0018 - 
Indifference! My most intimate friend, I am sorry I have always to act against thee as thy opponent.
 

CS-0019 - 
My modesty! Thou art the veil over my vanity.
 

CS-0020 - 
My humility! Thou art the very essence of my vanity.
 

CS-0021 - 
Vanity! Both saint and sinner drink from thy cup.
 

CS-0022 - 
Vanity! Thou art the fountain of wine on the earth, where cometh the King of Heaven to drink.
 

CS-0023 - 
Peacock! Is it not thy vanity that causeth thee to dance?
 

CS-0024 - 
My bare feet! Step gently on life's path, lest the thorns lying on the way should murmur at being trampled upon by you.
 

CS-0025 - 
My ideal! I imagine at moments that we are playing see-saw; when I rise up, thou goest down below my feet; and when I go down, thou risest above my head.
 

CS-0026 - 
My self-dependence! Thou makest me poor but at the same time rich.
 

CS-0027 - 
My beloved ideal! When I was looking for thee on the earth, wert thou not laughing at me in heaven?
 

CS-0028 - 
My feeling heart! I so often wish thou wert made of stone.
 

CS-0029 - 
My limitation! Thou art as a mote in the eye of my soul.
 

CS-0030 - 
Money! Thou art a bliss and a curse at the same time. Thou turnest friends into foes and foes into friends. Thou takest away anxiety in life and at the same time givest it.
 

CS-0031 - 
Waves: We are Upsaras of the ocean. When the wind plays music we dance; earth's treasure is not of our seeking; our reward is Indra's one glance.
 

CS-0032 - 
Time! I have never seen thee, but I have heard thy steps.
 

CS-0033 - 
Time! In my sorrow thou creepest; in my joy thou runnest; in the hours of my patient waiting thou standest still.
 

CS-0034 - CM-
Time! Thou art the ocean, and every movement of life is thy wave.
 

CS-0035 - CM-
Sky! Thou art a sea whereon the boat of my imagination sails.

CS-0036 - CM-0001
My thoughtful self! Reproach no one, hold a grudge against no one, bear malice against no one; be wise, tolerant, considerate, polite and kind to all.
 

CS-0037 - CM-
My independence! How many sacrifices I have made for thee, and yet thou art never satisfied.
 

CS-0038 - CM-
My simple trust! How often thou has disappointed me, yet I still go on following thee with closed eyes.
 

CS-0039 - CM-
My moods, what are you?--We are the waves rising in your heart.
 

CS-0040 - CM- 
My emotion, where do you come from?--From the everflowing spring of your heart.
 

CS-0041 - CM- 
My imagination, what are you?--I am the stream that feeds the fountain of your mind.