I could see the planet from which we had comeI could not remember (then) what our purpose wasbut remembered the name Mahakala, in the dawnin the dawn confronted Shiva, the cold lightrevealed the “mindborn” worlds

The passage names Mahakala and Shiva, figures from Hindu tradition associated with cosmic destruction and creation. Their appearance alongside the dawn and the “mindborn” worlds gives the scene a mythic, cosmic dimension. The reference is therefore to figures of destruction and creation, not simply to the speaker’s intelligence or to the purpose of dawn.

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