I have never been able to make out, " I began, "why women are so shy about being caught reading poetry. We men--lawyers, mechanics, or what not--may well feel ashamed. If we must read poetry, it should be at dead of night, within closed doors. But you women are so akin to poesy. The Creator Himself is a lyric poet, and Jayadeva must have practised the divine art seated at His feet. Rabindranath Tagore
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When Lord Krishna is talking about how women and men are alike in their love of poetry, he is talking about the divine beauty of the love shared by a man and a woman. The creator of the universe is not separate from His creations and that makes Him like the author of the verses that we read. Lord Krishna was praising Lord Krishna.

Source: The Home And The World

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