>>5654239This reminds me of a verse from the Satakatraya of Bhartrihari, the three hundred verses. I like reading these for ancient metaphors. It seems like fate was often compared to the moulding of clay upon a pottery wheel
Dear friend, a villainous destiny
whirls the wheel of a person’s thoughts
with pushes of adversity,
our minds turned into balls of clay
rotated by a master potter:
we do not know what that will do.
(278)
(A.N.D. Haksar translation)
Pic related is just a random war elephant, yay
