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 THE PAPIA 285, Of and song gong and cymbals clear, As from a distant fane or shrine Of some benignant Pow'r divine. And this, too, cometh from within, Where soul adores the Self unseen, And in the twelve-leav'd lotus there- Blown into bloom by vital air- Beholds Krishna and Kisari* Piping and dancing, The soul entrancing With flowings of the bansari ;t As in Brindavan's Kadamb grove, Each happy in the other's love ; His blue commingled with her white, Like a cloud lit by lightning bright; While Triveni's united wave, With murmurs soft their feet doth lave I THE PAPIA. The Brain-fever bird. This is a species of cuckoo, whose cry resembles the sound Pew Kahan which, in Hindi, means where is my beloved? According to an ancient Indian legend, a certain woman, having killed her daughter-in-law in a fit of passion, became so deeply affected with remorse, that she' lost her reason, and wandered about the country, cfying Pew Kahan. Her cry betrayed such agony of mind. that the gods moved to pity, transformed her into a Papia. O Papia, solitary bird, Sweet songster, sadly musical! † Flute. The confluence of three rivers.
 * Another name of Radha.