Today I will not tell you
about the garland of baichi flowers,
nor about Rajalakshmi
I will not say you
even though I don’t want to tell you…
there was a garland of baichi flowers
in your life, was a man like Srikanta ;
how many sins of people are there
in the translucent river of love today.
Hemlata, how much longer
will you wander from one place to another for the sake of your body…
The commotion will end
in the pyre or the grave.
Yet for this body and for death
there is another new body
deep within the mind.
Notes –
Baichi flower :
This flower is not only cultivated in Bangla, the baichi tree grows carelessly in bushes next to the fields or on the slopes of the mountains. This tree grows in many parts of South Asia. The baichi flower is small, light yellow in color. Usually, the baichi tree flowers in the months of Falgun-Chaitra at the end of winter. The small flowers have five petals. Male and female flowers bloom on separate trees. The flower has medicinal value.
2) Srikanta : This is autobiographical novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay . He completed this novel in a total of four volumes.
The main characters of this novel are Srikanth and Rajalakshmi. Rajalakshmi is a brave and beautiful woman. Despite choosing to work as a maid due to various social complications, she loves only Srikant in her heart. Her immense love and sense of responsibility attract Srikant. Rajalakshmi wants Srikant to free her from this immoral life. But when Kamalalata enters Srikant’s life, Rajalakshmi moves away from Srikant’s life. Rajalakshmi wants to have Srikant all to herself, and Kamalalata firmly believes that she is the only one in Srikant’s heart and that no one can take Srikant away from her. Despite loving Kamalalata, Srikant loves to surrender himself to Rajalakshmi’s fearless and safe shelter. And so Srikant wants to be under Rajlakshmi’s sense of responsibility and remain a secret dream in Kamalalata’s mind.
: Motivation : 