The three yakShinis

After long we spoke to droNajA of fair complexion. We marvelled at how she remained resplendent firing the imagination of admirers as she did 15 years ago, when she was at the height of her glory. She was then like Ardvi Sura Anahita coursing down from the heights of Hukairya to the foaming expanses of Vouru Kasha. jara and roga had not weathered the beauty of aurvasheyI, who could still raise the flutter in many a heart. But we touched wood because we did not want our “evil eye” to be cast on her. aurvasheyI pointed to an old scrap of paper she had preserved from long. She said: “here is the manas that should not be lost. The context may be forgotten but the core substance should always remain. I said: “It recurrs indeed and dominates life. Now the context returns”. She said: “It was quite night in the land of the Qutb Shah, when this truth indeed dawned on you. You saw the beginning of the truth.” Then she added invoke the 3 yakShinis. Under the parigha vR^ikSha we invoked all three of them. They came with the sweet smiles illuminating the horizon. First was the delicate and elegant valli-yakShini. The second was the imperial rohiNi-yakShini. The third was the tura~Nga-yakShini. We flew in their midst to the dvipa on gola sarvarovara…