Song: Uttaradhruvadim DakshinaDhruvaku
Author: Da.Ra. Bendre
Literary Work: Naadalile (1938)
DR Bendre depicts the eternal, cosmic but romantic love between the Sun and Moon, envisioning the masculine principle in the Sun and the feminine in the Moon. Bendre provides unique but poetic perspective on why we see waxing-waning of moon and seasonal changes on earth and stationary stars in the sky.
From the North Pole to the South Pole, a magnetic wind (chumbaka gaali) blows ceaselessly, symbolizing the irresistible cosmic attraction between them. That is why he addresses the Moon as turning toward Sooryana Bimbake — the radiant image of the Sun — and finding delight (rambisu) in it like bathing(meesu) in de'light'.
The Moon invites the Sun to the Earth as the sacred stage for their abhisaara — a secret, pre-arranged lovers’ meeting at a fixed place and time. Yet, since the Sun and Moon can never truly meet, the Moon endures its eternal cycle of waxing and waning. It waxes with hopeful anticipation, believing it might unite with its lover, and wanes in quiet realisation that such a union is impossible. During the waxing phase, the Moon deeply savors the very thought and taste of meeting the Sun.
The Sun, sensing the Moon’s profound longing, reciprocates with steady compassion. Though his outward expression of love does not intensify, he makes flowers blossom on Earth in endless cycles. This shows that while the festival of love remains constant, the flow of his compassion for the Moon only deepens and intensifies over time.
Even the stars in the sky, witnessing this tender Sun-Moon love, have stopped flying and stand still — which is why we see them as stationary. On the second day after the new moon (bidige), the Moon still appears as a delicate lower lip, signifying that the milana (union) has never occurred.
Ultimately, Bendre conveys that since this endless romance of Sun and moon never sees union - which is what keeping the universe eternally running
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