The Fish, The Dagger & A Layered Cosmology
The Poetic Beauty of Chandi Di Var
There is a fish — silver-bodied, with scales edged in red — that most readers of Chandi Di Var have never thought about.
A katar, a short thrusting punch-dagger, passes through a body.
ਲੋਹੂ ਫਾਥੀ ਜਾਲੀ ਲੋਥੀ ਜਮਧੜੀ ॥
lohoo faathee jaalee lothee jamadhaRee ||
Katars impaled in bodies looked like Rohu fish trapped in nets.
The steel is silver, but now it carries …
