{"id":651,"date":"2023-12-11T04:01:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=651"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:19:56","slug":"to-find-absolution-discard-all-desire-bha%e1%b9%87%e1%b8%8dasura-vadhodyukta-sakti-sena-samanvita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/to-find-absolution-discard-all-desire-bha%e1%b9%87%e1%b8%8dasura-vadhodyukta-sakti-sena-samanvita","title":{"rendered":"To find absolution, discard all desire! (Bha\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101sura-vadhodyukta-\u015bakti-sen\u0101-samanvit\u0101)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">In the realm where ignorance weaves its dark shroud,\nMother Lalitha stands, radiant and proud,\nDestroyer of desires that bind the soul.\n\nHer army, a pantheon of goddesses so grand,\nAssembled to vanquish Bha\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101sura from the land,\nEach a force in the \u015ar\u012b Cakra's sacred scroll.\n\nBorn from the ashes of Manmatha's demise,\nBha\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101sura, the embodiment of ignorance and lies,\nCrafted by Ga\u1e47e\u015ba, but lost in a darker role.\n\n\"J\u00f1\u0101nam bhanda\u1e25,\" the \u015aiva S\u016btra's wise call,\nIgnorance the chain, in its shadow we fall,\nBut knowledge shines, to enlighten the soul.\n\nIn Lalitha's gaze, \u0101nava mala fades,\nShe guides the j\u012bva through consciousness's shades,\nTo realize the Brahman, the ultimate goal.\n\nWith intense awareness, her \u015bakti-s unite,\nDissolving illusion, ending the eternal fight,\nIn her war against ignorance, she plays her role.\n\nFor Lalitha's grace liberates from birth's cycle,\nHer war not of weapons, but wisdom, a vital,\nA call to awaken, in self-realization's console.\n\nAgainst Bha\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101sura, her Shakti-sen\u0101's might,\nSymbolizes her acts of creation, and light's right,\nIn her cosmic battle, she makes the soul whole.\n\nSo, in Lalitha's name, let ignorance dispel,\nFor in her wisdom, the soul finds its well,\nAnd in her light, we find liberation's goal.\n\n-<em>Mani<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the realm where ignorance weaves its dark shroud, Mother Lalitha stands, radiant and proud, Destroyer of desires that bind the soul. Her army, a pantheon of goddesses so grand, Assembled to vanquish Bha\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101sura from the land, Each a force &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/to-find-absolution-discard-all-desire-bha%e1%b9%87%e1%b8%8dasura-vadhodyukta-sakti-sena-samanvita\">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-651","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/651","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=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/651\/revisions\/652"}],"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=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}