Gouache on paper-18th centuty
Her bent form and thoughtful expression provide a clue to Her sentiment.
The seventeenth century poet, Bihari, in his Sat Sai, relates:
This is no cloud of monsoon
that I see above in this sky
These are clouds of smoke
that rise from the fires of separation,
which have consumed
the rest of the world,
and now advance toward me
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