“We bow to the god whose sign is a sea serpent, To Kāma , who makes the gods Śiva, Brahmā and Viṣṇu slaves in dark chambers of doe-eyed women; To Kāma, whose marvelous artifice eludes all words” ~ Śṛṅgāra-Śatakam of Bhartṛhari, transl. Miller 1967...