Sublime

Shiva, like many archetypes and gods, has a dark and a light force. In his active principle, he is called Rudra, the howler or weeping one—a fierce destroyer, searing ignorance in a single glance with lightning that emanates from his third eye. Yet Rudra was also the lord of song, healing, sacrifices, and prosperity, simultaneously seen as the

damyata datta dayadhvam, “Be self-controlled, give, be compassionate.” This passage, boiled down as it is to three potent syllables, da – da – da, caught the imagination of T. S. Eliot; more to the point, it has helped countless seekers down the ages to orient their lives to the supreme goal.

Prajapati