Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India by Roberto Calasso
Author:Roberto Calasso [Calasso, Roberto]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, pdf
Tags: Religion, Mythology, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Spirituality
ISBN: 9780804151665
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1996-08-31T23:00:00+00:00
Åiva bent down at the ocean shore, as the black mass began to lap around his feet. The Devas and Asuras watched, amazed, as though he were about to let himself be swallowed up by that unknown liquid. âThis poison is born of the desire for immortality,â said a voice among them. Then they fell silent. Åiva plunged his left hand into KÄlakÅ«ta, then raised it to his mouth, his face set in the expression of someone expecting delectable refreshment. He drank, swallowed, took the poison into his body, let it seep down and course through him like a secret river. The Devas and Asuras watched him, ever more amazed. An efflorescence formed on Åivaâs neck, like a tattoo, of a deep blue, whose brightness was reminiscent of a peacock feather or a sapphire. Åiva went on drinking, and the stain spread over his neck. Nor would it ever go away. They called him Nilakaá¹tha, the Blue-Necked One. One day a blushing PÄrvatÄ« would confess that the first time she saw himâwhen she was still a solemn childâand Åiva turned toward her, so that she saw his neck, all her desire had concentrated on the tip of her tongue, which longed to lick that blue stain, even if it meant splitting in two, as the snakeâs tongue did.
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