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In sky, You are my bright star, | In sky, You are my bright star, | ||
A lantern blazing in my heart. | A lantern blazing in my heart. | ||
But in Your absence, I'm a cobra without gem;{{#tag:ref|Indian mythology places a precious jewel, ''nagamani'', in the cobra's hooded head. Symbolically, the jewel signifies divine light. In the [[Discourses on Tantra|tantric]] tradition, the cobra represents the ''kuńd́alinii'' (one's serpentine force or sleeping divinity), and the jewel represents the ''sahasrára cakra'' (one's topmost energy center and the seat of final self-realization, corresponding physically to the pineal gland). In a figurative sense, the cobra without its gem represents one who is | But in Your absence, I'm a cobra without gem;{{#tag:ref|Indian mythology places a precious jewel, ''nagamani'', in the cobra's hooded head. Symbolically, the jewel signifies divine light. In the [[Discourses on Tantra|tantric]] tradition, the cobra represents the ''kuńd́alinii'' (one's serpentine force or sleeping divinity), and the jewel represents the ''sahasrára cakra'' (one's topmost energy center and the seat of final self-realization, corresponding physically to the pineal gland). In a figurative sense, the cobra without its gem represents one who is inconsolably grief-stricken at losing her/his most beloved.|group="nb"}} | ||
Unbearable is the isolation. | Unbearable is the isolation. | ||