A City Beyond Brahma's Craft
Bala Kanda, Chhand 8
Doha 94 · Movement 2 of 3
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Himavan's city gleams with a beauty before which the Creator's own craftsmanship seems modest. Forests and gardens enter the urban design without losing their living abundance.
Wells, ponds, and rivers catch the ceremonial light. Auspicious arches span the streets, and banners and standards rise above every house, making the whole city one continuous threshold of welcome.
Women and men move through the splendour with such grace and intelligence that even sages feel the mind drawn outward in wonder. The birthplace of the Mother has become a visible and inexhaustible hymn.
Brahma looks upon the decorated city and sees creation surpassed by a father's love.
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Festively adorned city, woods/gardens/water and house decorations; women/men and sages outside selected landscape frame.
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- Seeing the city's genuine splendor made the Creator's skill seem small, a poetic comparison rather than a pictured Brahma humiliation.
- Woods, gardens, wells, pools and rivers were all lovely beyond description.
- Abundant auspicious ornaments, toranas, flags and banners graced house after house.
- The beautiful and clever women and men could captivate even sages' minds by their appearance.
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- Architecture, building and ornament counts, flag colors, river/well geometry, hills and plant species are imaginative. Source women/men and sages remain outside the selected landscape crop; comparison with the Creator's skill is not literalized.
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- Actual image includes more houses and flags than requested, one roofed gate and a foreground stone well with suspended bucket; river/lotus pool arrangement, stairway, building/flag/flower counts and all geographical shapes are artist choices.
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लघु लाग बिधि की निपुनता अवलोकि पुर सोभा सही। बन बाग कूप तड़ाग सरिता सुभग सब सक को कही।। मंगल बिपुल तोरन पताका केतु गृह गृह सोहहीं।। बनिता पुरुष सुंदर चतुर छबि देखि मुनि मन मोहहीं।।
Beholding the true splendor of that city, even Vidhi's craftsmanship seemed small. Its forests, gardens, wells, ponds, and rivers were all so lovely that no tongue could tell their beauty.