Victorious Attainment^*
Vera Vandendries © [2007]

Ready and armed with weapons abound,
The cosmic sounds of the conch resound
Heralding your divine forces into action.

Swords piercing translucent bubbles of deluded dreams,
Slivering destructive habits of ancient greed,
With noose held firm self-ignorance takes heed.

The facade of misguided percepts crashed to smithereens,
The clashes on the field of good and evil speed in haste,
Corpses of anger, envy, greed, and pride lay waste.

Shackled between sword and spear lunatic notions detained,
The shield strong warding off unseeingly innocent desire,
Now protects the mind from being stuck in worrisome mire.

Battle over and victory gain the swan of inner grace
Navigates straight the luminous river to Divine embrace.
Oh salutations! Goddess of Victorious Attainment


* The inspiration for the artwork and poem is the goddess Vijayalakshmi.