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Through Thee have I forgotten Thee! by Akka Mahadevi (12th Century) Timeline English version by Armando Menezes Original Language Kannada Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva) 12th Century After my body became Thyself, whom could I serve? After my mind became Thyself, whom could I invoke? After my consciousness was lost in Thee, Whom could I know? Being Thyself in Thee, O Cenna Mallikarjuna Lord, Through Thee have I forgotten Thee!	Recommended Books Sacred Voices: Essential Women's Voices Through the Ages, Edited by Mary Ford-Grabowsky The Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry, Edited by Aliki Barnstone Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan Women Writing in India: 600 BC to the Present: Volume 1, Edited by Susie Tharu / Edited by K. Lalita
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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

This poem plays with the irony of nondualist realization. What do you do when, through devotion, your awareness completely merges with the Divine? When you and the Eternal are one, who do you then worship?

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