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Lot Essay
A nobleman and his beloved - a nayaka and a nayika - stand speaking before a pavilion. He appears dressed to leave for battle as she offers a parting gift. On a nearby hillside tigers roar and an elephant pulls at a tree branch with his trunk. The evening sky is rendered in a dark blue, with signs of the approaching monsoon.
The Baramasa theme of the twelve-month cycle of the seasons has long been celebrated in the artistic traditions of India. Perhaps the best-known text of Bhadon (July-August) is found in the tenth chapter of the Kavipriya written by the poet Keshav Das of Orchha (1555-1617):
"The clouds are gathering, thunder rolls and rain pours in torrents.
The wind blows fiercely, the cicadas chirp.
Lions roar and the elephants fell the trees.
Day is dark like night and one's home is best.
Pray leave me not in the month of Bhadon
for separation pains like poison."
The Baramasa theme of the twelve-month cycle of the seasons has long been celebrated in the artistic traditions of India. Perhaps the best-known text of Bhadon (July-August) is found in the tenth chapter of the Kavipriya written by the poet Keshav Das of Orchha (1555-1617):
"The clouds are gathering, thunder rolls and rain pours in torrents.
The wind blows fiercely, the cicadas chirp.
Lions roar and the elephants fell the trees.
Day is dark like night and one's home is best.
Pray leave me not in the month of Bhadon
for separation pains like poison."