Every creature in the world, animate or inanimate, male or female, forgot natural restraint and became subject to love.
In every heart was a craving for love: the tree bent its boughs to kiss the creeper; the overflowing river ran into the arms of ocean; lakes and ponds effected a meeting. And when such was the case with inanimate creation, what need to speak of man? Beasts on land and birds in the air, under the influence of love, were unmindful of time and season; all were agitated and blind with desire, and the swan regarded neither night nor day. Gods, demons, men, kinnaras, serpents, ghosts, witches, goblins, and imps were all at once enslaved by love; even saints and hermits, sages and ascetics, became again sensual under his influence.
When saints and hermits own his sway, why speak of serf and thrall?
God’s whole creation, recreant grown, swore love was all in all;
Each jocund dame, each amorous swain, found heaven in love’s embrace:
Two hours sped past, love still stood fast and reigned in Brahma’s place.
None is so bold but love steals his heart, and only they whom Rama protects can then escape.
In every heart was a craving for love: the tree bent its boughs to kiss the creeper; the overflowing river ran into the arms of ocean; lakes and ponds effected a meeting. And when such was the case with inanimate creation, what need to speak of man? Beasts on land and birds in the air, under the influence of love, were unmindful of time and season; all were agitated and blind with desire, and the swan regarded neither night nor day. Gods, demons, men, kinnaras, serpents, ghosts, witches, goblins, and imps were all at once enslaved by love; even saints and hermits, sages and ascetics, became again sensual under his influence.
When saints and hermits own his sway, why speak of serf and thrall?
God’s whole creation, recreant grown, swore love was all in all;
Each jocund dame, each amorous swain, found heaven in love’s embrace:
Two hours sped past, love still stood fast and reigned in Brahma’s place.
None is so bold but love steals his heart, and only they whom Rama protects can then escape.