Bhairava Sthana

Bhairava sthana, How is it called locally, Kala Bhairava's Shadowy, mythical gigantic presence Hills, dales, vales, woods and beasts and brutes Keep it telling, The peepul trees with the asthi-kalasha hanging, The shamshana ghats by the river beds, Frightening shadows lurking, An imaginary being guarding and looking the livestock And the hamlet folks, At the foothills Or atop them, Under the shal trees And people calling him, addressing as Baba, Bhairava, Kala Bhairava, Chatia Baba, Chuto Baba, Budha Sanyasi Baba, Bhairaba Baba, Burhanath Aryan or non-Aryan Whatever be the image, the reflection But colossal, fierce and frightening, Shadowy and gigantic Your shadow, My shadow, The shadows which form the images Of creation and the world, A sadhu matted and rugged and countrified And of the aboriginal hilly hamlets Ever in guard of standing as a watchman.