Restlessness of Love
by Fattu. From the Bihari Sat Sai series.
Kangra School. Late 18th century AD.
No matter what happens the Nayika must see the Nayak. In Bihari Sat Sai one Sakhi describes Radha's condition to another Sakhi in the following words:
Entangled in love, the Nayika is behaving like an acrobat,Running up and down from the attic of her house, she does not feel tired,On one side is the pull of her newly born love, On the other is the honour of her family,Streched between the two she feels severely afflicted, And spends her days rotating like a pully.She moves from one place to another, and does not tarry even for a moment. She has no peace of mind and like a revolving yo-yo she is constantly in a whirl.
Seeing Kriahna from far, Radha rushes to the top floor. Whe he nears her abode, she comes down to her first floor. When he passes by her house, she stands at her door staring at Him.
God can be known through different states of the mind: conscious, unconscious and subconscious. Thus, the three floors of the house. As the Sufis say, God is everywhere. We just have to experience him.
Entangled in love, the Nayika is behaving like an acrobat,Running up and down from the attic of her house, she does not feel tired,On one side is the pull of her newly born love, On the other is the honour of her family,Streched between the two she feels severely afflicted, And spends her days rotating like a pully.She moves from one place to another, and does not tarry even for a moment. She has no peace of mind and like a revolving yo-yo she is constantly in a whirl.
Seeing Kriahna from far, Radha rushes to the top floor. Whe he nears her abode, she comes down to her first floor. When he passes by her house, she stands at her door staring at Him.
God can be known through different states of the mind: conscious, unconscious and subconscious. Thus, the three floors of the house. As the Sufis say, God is everywhere. We just have to experience him.
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