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Thus says the
Shaktisangama Tantra (II.52)
Woman is the foundation of the world;
The universe is her form.
Woman is the foundation of the world;
She is the true form of the body.
Whatever form she takes,
Whether the form of a man or a woman,
Is the superior form.
In woman is the form of all things,
Of all that lives and moves in the world.
There is no jewel rarer than a woman,
No condition superior to that of a woman.
There is not, nor has been, nor will be
Any destiny to equal that of a woman.
There is no kingdom, no wealth,
To be compared with a woman.
There is no prayer to equal a woman.
There is not, nor has been, nor will be
Any yoga to compare with a woman,
No mystical formula nor asceticism
To match a woman.
There are not, nor have been, nor will be
Any riches more valuable than woman.