dömi: Di:Thàm nad vahàvani:,
dömi: Dyu:Thum sum natà ta:r |
dömi: Di:Thàm thör phvalvani:,
dömi: Dyu:Thum gul natà kha:r ||
One moment I saw a flowing river;
the next moment I saw neither bridge nor ferry.
One moment I saw a flowering branch;
the next moment I saw neither rose nor thorn.
dömi: DiThàm gaj dazàvàni:,
dömi: Dyu:Thum dàh natà na:r |
dömi: Di:Thàm panDavan hànz mö:ji:,
dömi: Di:Thàm kröji: ma:s ||
One moment I saw a blazing hearth;
the next moment I saw neither smoke nor flame.
One moment I saw the mother of the Pandavas,
the next moment I saw a potter's aunt.
Note: These two va:khs obviously go together, and the rhyme scheme of the first even flows over into the second. Their subject is the impermanence of everything in this world. In mentioning the Pandavas, Lalla is alluding to a story in India's national epic, the Mahabharata (of which the Bhagavad Gita is a small part). The Pandavas were brother-kings who were unjustly made destitute, and their mother, Queen Kunti, disgraced, at the hands of their enemies. When they temporarily went into exile in the land of King Drupada, they took refuge in the house of a potter. It is possible that the potter would have explained Kunti's presence by saying that she was his maternal aunt (though no such detail is given in the epic).
ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ
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