Mahāhuti

न वि जा॑नामि॒ यदि॑वे॒दमस्मि॑ नि॒ण्यः संन॑द्धो॒ मन॑सा चरामि ।

य॒दा माग॑न्प्रथम॒जा ऋ॒तस्यादिद्वा॒चो अ॑श्नुवे भा॒गम॒स्याः

na vi jānāmi yadivedamasmi niṇyaḥ saṃnaddho manasā carāmi ।

yadā māganprathamajā ṛtasyādidvāco aśnuve bhāgamasyāḥ 

I know not what I am; mysterious, I move about, mind-bound. When the first born of the structure of truth approached, I received a portion of his speech.

RV.1.164.37

अपा॒ङ्प्राङे॑ति स्व॒धया॑ गृभी॒तोऽम॑र्त्यो॒ मर्त्ये॑ना॒ सयो॑निः ।

ता शश्व॑न्ता विषू॒चीना॑ वि॒यन्ता॒ न्यन्यं चि॒क्युर्न…

Kāmākhyā is an amazing tīrtha (pilgrimage place). It’s not a place for the faint of heart to visit, though. It is the tantric epicenter for Goddess worship, so animal sacrifices are an everyday occurrence. That being said, there are plenty of vegetarian options on menus in the area, the people are extremely kind and generous, and the temples… well, they hold immense spiritual opportunities for those who approach them properly.

It had been 14 years since I last visited Kāmākhyā. This time, I stayed at the…

Invitation

Every verse of poetry or story found between these lines is a blazing portal pointing with curls of smoke back to the Vedic Mind. May the aromatic hints within these pages waft a trail that leads the reader to that source of poetic fire which lifts the veil.  

यस्ते॒ स्तनः॑ शश॒यो यो म॑यो॒भूर्येन॒ विश्वा॒ पुष्य॑सि॒ वार्या॑णि । 

यो र॑त्न॒धा व॑सु॒विद्यः सु॒दत्रः॒ सर॑स्वति॒ तमि॒ह धात॑वे कः ॥ 

yaste stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūryena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi । 

yo ratnadhā vasuvidyaḥ sudatraḥ sarasvati tamiha…