THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF KAMDEV

Thou art not a son of mine; thou art the son of Vishnu, whom Kāla Sambara carried absent and threw in the sea; thou wast swallowed by a fish, but was rescued by me from its belly. Thy fond mother remains to be weeping for thee.’‘Since the god of affection, As well as in his near standard relation to your ascetic Lord Shiva, Kamadeva speaks to