{"id":564,"date":"2023-07-14T17:42:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T22:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2023-07-14T17:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T22:42:21","slug":"she-who-dwells-on-the-middle-peak-of-mount-sumeru-sumeru-madhya-s%e1%b9%9b%e1%b9%85gastha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/she-who-dwells-on-the-middle-peak-of-mount-sumeru-sumeru-madhya-s%e1%b9%9b%e1%b9%85gastha","title":{"rendered":"She who dwells on the middle peak of Mount Sumeru (Sumeru-madhya-\u015b\u1e5b\u1e45gasth\u0101)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Upon Mount Sumeru, a sight divine,\nWhere golden hues in brilliance shine,\nFour lofty peaks, majestic and grand,\nThe abodes of gods in celestial land.\n\nBrahma, Vishnu, and Shiva reside,\nIn their splendor and might they confide,\nTheir seats adorned with grace untold,\nIn realms where heavenly glories unfold.\n\nBut amidst these peaks, a sacred space,\nWhere Lalitha finds her dwelling place,\nMother supreme, adorned with grace,\nResplendent queen of this hallowed space.\n\nGolden rays cascade like gentle showers,\nFrom flowers offered by sage Durvasa's powers,\nThe mountain adorned with heavenly delight,\nA realm aglow with celestial light.\n\nDivine creeper-bowers enchant the air,\nWith melodies that echo everywhere,\nLadies fair, celestial beings so pure,\nTheir music weaves a symphony obscure.\n\nIn the center, \u015ar\u012b Cakr\u0101 resides,\nA triangle within which magic abides,\nA sacred bindu, a dot so small,\nWhere Lalitha and K\u0101me\u015bvara stand tall.\n\nTogether they dwell, a divine pair,\nLove's essence perfumes the sacred air,\nLalitha, the epitome of grace,\nEmbracing her consort in this sacred space.\n\nMount Sumeru, bathed in golden hue,\nA sight that ignites the soul anew,\nWhere Lalitha's presence gently shines,\nIn the middle peak, where beauty intertwines.\n\nOh, sacred peak, a haven for the divine,\nWhere Lalitha's love and light align,\nMay we find solace in this blessed abode,\nAnd walk the path where divinity bestowed.\n\n-<em>Mani<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon Mount Sumeru, a sight divine, Where golden hues in brilliance shine, Four lofty peaks, majestic and grand, The abodes of gods in celestial land. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva reside, In their splendor and might they confide, Their seats adorned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/she-who-dwells-on-the-middle-peak-of-mount-sumeru-sumeru-madhya-s%e1%b9%9b%e1%b9%85gastha\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":378,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-564","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564\/revisions\/565"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}