Sunday, September 17, 2000

Garden: The Kunjha crane...


The Kunjha crane cries plaintively in the SKY; thunder roars and the PONDS are filled — but she whom her Lord has deserved endures untold torment.

Where to next: the POND or the SKY?


[Source: CV 3.2.3]

Kunjha. This crane is famous for having inspired Valmiki to compose the first poetry: a hunter killed a male crane, and when Valmiki heard the grieving cries of the she-crane, he was inspired to invent poetry. You can find out more at Wikipedia: Demoiselle crane.

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