The Invocation of Sweet Longing
Rati, consort of Kama, you who season the world with longing, I bow before your bright and restless grace. Teach me the difference between desire that gives and desire that devours. Let my love be attentive, my delight unashamed, my devotion steady as the lotus that opens each dawn to the same sun.
Offer at dusk with a ghee lamp, and a flower placed on the palm before it is set down.