Trimurti

 

Brahma 

Lotus at the first light -

creation opens slowly

Petal after petal 

Vishnu 

Shesha holds the night

Upon the cosmic ocean 

Dreams will become worlds

Shiva

Ash settles softly

Beneath the silent crescent

No end - only change.

The four Vedas

 

Rig veda
When crimson sun rises
A single hymn lifts the dark-
Agni learns its name. 

Yajur veda
Smoke from the Vedi
hands offer their oblations
to the morning breeze 

Sama Veda
River after rains
Every note remembers how
silence became song.

Atharva Veda
A healing herb blooms;
Its bitter leaves gather a
sweet elixir within.