Kumud,
(Lotus)
Adharam madhuram, vadanam madhuram,
Nayanam madhuram, hasinam madhuram...
(Lips mellowed, Person pleasant,
Eyes luscious, smile soothing...)
Ta dhin tana... dhin tana, dhim tana, dhim...sa ni dha pa dha ni sa ni...
A 'Lotus' emerges out of the pond, casting her lustre under soft moonlight.
Trust SBL to unveil his heroines...
The pearl glows, astride petal shaped fingers, vouching a daughter's steadfast respect for her father's blessings- a resolute core within a dainty frame. And which father would not muse?! 'God, let her not be sent off!'
Ho re jee, jee, re jee jee...
A stirring Kathiawari folk tune in background, completes the picture.
And across the sea of Arabia, earlier in the day, SLB launches counterpart lead...
om apavitrah pavitro va sarva vastham gato api va
yah smaret pundarikaksham sa bahya abhyantarah shuchih
(Both pure and impure, passing through the conditions of material life, if remember the lotus-eyed Lord, then one becomes externally and internally clean.)
This time, in bright daylight, shining sinews, a through breed 'Stallion' emerges out of water; amidst Vedic chants and watered eulogy to his Gods, a Bare, Grecian torso in perfect symmetry with its image, along the water surface as its line of axis. A rare personna is immediately established...he is rooted in his Mother. A softer, sensitive interior under a strong willed resoluteness as nature...