Jain Journal 1985 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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"Has my love, got it ?"
"The empress has numerous layers of her garment and the navel lotus is unfathomable. I have got tired of measuring it."
"Even then deer-navel could not be got hold of."
"The empress seems to have moved away from her mind, I know not where? At present, I am searching for her."
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"I am where I was......at the feet of my lord, I always am. But the feet seem to have moved away."
"Where moved away, my dear ?"
"In the depth of myself, I know not where they have disappeared."
"Look at the rising moon at the top of Mount Bipula, dear Celana. May be you find them there."
"I am looking at them. Those lotus feet are moving further away, beyond the eye sight."
"Are the lotus stem like arms of Celana unable to hold and bring them back ?"
"Probably they have fallen short, my lord. The lotus seems to have drifted away from its stem."
"Leave them aside Celana let them go wherever they want. Why are you becoming uncomfortable ?"
"Not for myself my lord, but for them. Let them come back, not in me, but where they were! I am always there."
"You are at your own place, where are you there ?"
"True, I am at my own place, still I am everywhere, yet no where !"
"Then how can I get you ?"
"In your soul..."