Shiva loved it when the game was played out upon His chest

Shiva smiled when he heard the men of a land called Italia use a wise proverb about a game of chess, “After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.”
“Indeed,” He whispered to Himself.
But this was about the game of life, and He was the box.
He loved it when the game was played out upon His chest.
( From the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.)