A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.39

v3.c35.s8.39

In addition to these pictures from life of man we find in other songs pictures from nature . We find here a description of the summer midday or a touching picture of the rainy season or of the autumn in four small lines. We see bees hovering about buds and blossoms. We meet with thunderstorms. The pictures from the life of beasts are not rare. We find a pair of elephants in love, a bull and a cow in love, a monkey and a she-monkey in a funny situation. Shot with the arrow of a hunter, a she-antelope gazes for a long time at her consort. At one place we find a peacock licking the dew-drops deposited over the blades of grass, and at another cranes with their curved neck sitting motionless, whilst they are obliged to hang their wings after it has rained. Often the picture is just a comparison. The clouds are dispersed—the Vindhyā mountain spreads out its mantle. Or the earth bedecked with yellow flowers looks as if monks (with their yellow cowls) had sunk into the earth out of veneration for Buddha¹.