by Ranjha. From the Nala Damayanti series.
Kangra School. Late 18th century AD.
Having gone to his pleasure garden, Nala had caught a golden swan. Frightened the swan had tried to be released. After patting it with love and affection, here Nala sets it free. The swan returns to Nala to thank him for his compassion. He tells Nala about the beauty of Damayanti. Nala confesses that having heard about her beauty, he is already in love with her. But he doesn't know how to communicate his love to her. The swan offers his services to carry his message to her.
Here we see the lush garden inside the closed walls; a pond of lotus flowers where two men look inside the pool, perhaps enjoyong the fish swimming in the pond. We see the Mango tree in the foreground, and the Banayan tree in the background. While Nala releases the swan, his 'jama', the clothes worn by him, is tucked away in his belt, revealing how he had to struggle with the swan to keep it under control. He is also seen wearing horse ridding shoes. Once the swan is released, it circles over Nala and the rests in its nest, surrounded by his fellow birds.
Interestingly Ranjha does not paint a swan, but a crane which are common in North India. But nonetheless his observations of human activity and of actions and reactions of birds are intriguing.
This episode teaches us that compassion and kindness pays.
Here we see the lush garden inside the closed walls; a pond of lotus flowers where two men look inside the pool, perhaps enjoyong the fish swimming in the pond. We see the Mango tree in the foreground, and the Banayan tree in the background. While Nala releases the swan, his 'jama', the clothes worn by him, is tucked away in his belt, revealing how he had to struggle with the swan to keep it under control. He is also seen wearing horse ridding shoes. Once the swan is released, it circles over Nala and the rests in its nest, surrounded by his fellow birds.
Interestingly Ranjha does not paint a swan, but a crane which are common in North India. But nonetheless his observations of human activity and of actions and reactions of birds are intriguing.
This episode teaches us that compassion and kindness pays.
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