Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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SONG SOM : I can see it.. WEAVER : I can smell it. SOM : I begin to realise
I can see it with my nose ! WEAVER : I can smell it with my eyes !
( while the song is in progress, the Weaver's Wife stands in the frame of the door and laughs her sides out )
WIFE Why this bubble, why this froth Over just a piece of cloth ?
WEAVER Woman ! you are more than blind!
SOM Queer, the way she is behaving.
WIFE Both of you have lost your mind, You are obviously raving.
(the Wife goes back into a back-room, the dance continues )
(they grow serious now)
SOM What a glow ! O! what a glow! It bears the essence of a jewel On the brow of timeless Time :
WEAVER But, you know, I want to know If such light is kind or cruel !