Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

The Flame Divine

I. V. Rangacharya

Love is a Flame Divine
That bums in the tiny human cell
Bearing the beatific smell
Of the sanctum of an Indian Shrine.

In the small human heart
Mountains grow, Rivers flow,
Flowers flourish, Winds blow,
But on the sands of Death-desert

They become flat and dry, fade and fail;
Light travels untrammell’d alone
To its Haunts heard but not known
Smiling at those that sob and wail.

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