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Sunday, 14 August 2022

The Land of Topsy-Turvy - Muktabai

An ant has leapt up to the sky 
And swallowed up the sun on high! 
A marvel this that I declare, 
That barren wife a son should bear. 
A scorpion plumbs the nether Pit, 
And Visnu's snake bows down to it. 
A fly an eagle brings to birth. 
Mukta, beholding, laughs with mirth.

Muktabai [Mukta] (1279 - 1297) India
Translated by Nicol Macnicol
Source: Psalms of Maratha saints: one hundred and eight hymns translated from the Marathi by Nicol Macnicol, Association Press, 1920

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