Flickr As I go through the dāna-līlā episode of Chandi Das's Śrī Kṛṣṇa Kīrtana , there are many songs in which Krishna describes Radha's beauty, and a regular feature of that includes descriptions of her breasts. In fact, breasts are a subject that is prominent in all Sanskrit poetry, and is even standard in prayers to goddesses. There does not seem to have been any inhibition in talking about breasts in the ancient Indian culture, even though I dare say, there is more of one in the modern society, in spite of Bollywood. There is, however, an apparent restriction in talking about genitals, male or female, in the so-called erotic poetry of India--Sanskrit or vernacular--even when lovemaking etc., is described. Such descriptions would automatically fall into some other genre. In Radha and Krishna descriptions, I cannot recall ever seeing or hearing a passage that mentioned genitals or overt sexual activity. It is nearly always spoken of somewhat euphemistically. I remember
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Some are born to Endless Night.
I think I prefer the Doors' conflation of the words with Céline's 'Voyage au bout de la nuit'. Reversing the emphasis.
Guess I'm not a Blakeian. I'm surprised to see this so clearly at this juncture.
"Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost..."
Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Fremd zieh ich wieder aus.