Poem: Bijay Kant Dubey

Kalbhairava, what are you,

Are you Kal or Bhirava
Or both Kal and Bhairava, Bhairava and Kal both,
What are you,
What are you Kalbhairava?

I often see you, see you going
With the black dog following
You as the disciple of the master
And you inspecting the sadhakas,
The sadhkas in their huts by the river
Or in the crematorium ghats!

Who are you, who are you, Sire,
Are you Shiva, Shiva
Or an attribute of His,
Who, who are you, Kalbhairava,
Are you Shiva, Shiva or not,
An attendant of His
Or a guard, a watch-keeper?

Are you, are you a door-keeper,
A time-keeper, a guard,
The traveler or the watchman,
Who, who are you,
Who are you, Kalbhairava
Or a test-taker of sadhna
And the sadhakas?

Who you, you, Shiva,
Shiva Shiva,
The fearsome rupa,
The awesome face of the Divine,
Divine Shiva,
The upholder of dhamma?

N.B. The answer too a part of the poem as an appendix.

Kalbhairava going with the tantrical dog
And the dog following the master
Into the footsteps of his
Wherever he is in the dark
To the hill to the crematorium
Keeping in mind the night of sadhna
And the sadhaks burning the lamp of light
Into their huts.