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Bhagavat Purana - Series One
 
Plate 1 - Whom Even the Snakes Could Not Frighten On the Way  

 

Gouache on paper-17th century

Verse 76 from the Rasamanjari, written by the 15th century poet Bhanudatta, is inscribed on the back.

"O my slender beauty,
You, whom even the snakes
Could not frighten on the way,
Now tremble at the mere touch of my arm.

The thunder of the clouds
Could not shake you,
And yet the sound
Of my words of love
Makes you turn.
What am I to do?"