>>5435445I think Bhartrihari was writing about the impermanence of sensations, how unreliable pleasure can be and become - what makes you happy may actually cause misfortune. In my quest, I included a pretty parasol, this one:
>>5417279I actually forgot to add this little poem to it, but this was the verse from Bhartrihari that I had in mind when thinking of the item
A shining palace, lovely girls,
the parasol of radiant white:
one may experience for long
all these fruit of blessed deeds.
But when they end, this wealth does scatter
in all directions, one will see,
like a pearl string that is snapped
in the course of making love.
(7)
