Maheshwari

Vast and serene as the infinite spaces,

Far away from our little earthly world,

And yet overarching and leaning down in a protective gesture-

The Mother of Light, the Mother of all-comprehending wisdom,

Throned on the highest heights,

Sheds, equal and unruffled, her benign compassion on obscure mortals,

Draws them infallibly ever nearer to her through the rolling ages-

Her very presence is the power that decrees, the grace that redeems.

-       ‘Maheshwari’ by Nolini Kanta Gupta