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Do I Dare!

Do I Dare!

शान्तं शिवमद्वैतम्
śāntaṃ śivam advaitam
— Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 7

Do I dare! To allow my mind,
to grope words to express
This serendipity that falls with the growing night,

Do I dare!
Oh, a voice comes seeking permission
to open eyes within and without,
to unlatch all the windows of the self
to let the light!

Ah! See how it scatters
into infinite colours,

To say something about the energy
that shakes and shivers my being,
grossly and subtly,

I just witness the play that unfolds,
When I... behold such a highland beauty.


Do I Dare to touch!
Ah, Intangible!
with all my adoration to the 'Divine Feminine'.

Do I dare to ask you
to let the self flow
with the finitude of time, or the moment,
synonyms though, and timeless.

Do I dare,
to dream of an utopian piece of earth,
with all the highest that human eye
and intelligence may grasp;

This 'Adana Raga.... Shiva Shiva Shiva...'

Do I dare,
to dance,
whole of body seems lifting up
with this intense energy,

Such a grace you carry,
glows the Self.

O Eternal Beloved,
Yā Umā sā svayaṃ Viṣṇuḥ...

The dance that bursts forth,
Breath rides this self
up to the horizon of That.

Do I dare!
to ask you to remain
the way this silence envelops,
the utter romance.

Ah! The Starry Night,
The Timeless time and again.

Do you see these human lights
shatter this calmness,

Humans!

They have slaughtered countless trees,
just to comfort the human,
encroaching and animalistic.

See how they treat sensible Himvant,
The majestic Himalaya.

Do I Dare! To say...

“Can't you see everything is perfect?”

See that untouched mountain,
with no lights save that which descends from skies,

See how the moon shines
with a freshness mystic.


19 midnight, 20 morning, Sept 2026
Glass House, Srinagar Garhwal 
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Dr. Deepak Bijalwan
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