When Shiva holds the center of the stage, the role
of the personalized Brahman is colored with death and destruction.
Shiva's stern asceticism casts a blight over the fields of rebirth.
His presence negates and transcends
the kaleidoscope of sufferings and joys. Nevertheless, he bestows wisdom
and peace and is not only terrible but profoundly benign.
Shiva's nature at once transcends and includes
all the polarities of the living world.
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