Vision of the Sacred Dance

His form is everywhere: all pervading in His Siva-

Sakti:

Chidambaram is everywhere, everywhere His dance:

As Siva is all and omnipresent,

Everywhere is Siva's gracious dance made manifest.

His five-fold dances are temporal and timeless.

His five-fold dances are His Five Activities.

By His grace He performs the five acts,

This is the sacred dance of Uma-Sahaya.

He dances with Water, Fire, Wind and Ether,

Thus our Lord dances ever in the court.

Visible to those who pass over Maya and Mahamaya

Our Lord dances His eternal dance.

The form of the Sakti is all delight –

This united delight is Uma's body:

This form of Sakti arising in time

And uniting the twain is the dance.

Anonymous Hindu