??????? (chaatrik)
Meaning: noun: The pied cuckoo (supposed to be living only on raindrops).
Quote:
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re man aisee har siu preet kar�� jaisee chaatrik meh.
O mind! Long for the Divine as the pied cuckoo longs for the rain.- Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 59
Message: Babeehaa or papeehaa are the names of the same bird.
It is believed that the chaatrik longs for a special drop of rain water known as swanti boond which is rare to find. It looks towards the clouds and repeatedly cries for the drop.
Even when the surroundings flourish with greenery and ponds overflow with water, it does not rest until that single drop of rain falls into its mouth. In fact, it shuns other sources of water and only wants its thirst to be quenched by rain drops.
Similarly, we too need to be like the desperate and obedient chaatrik. We should also search desperately for a drop of divine blessing from the Creator at all times. This will lead us to the divine message of love that Gurbani teaches us about the Creator in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Further reading on this bird:
The�Jacobin cuckoo,�pied cuckoo, or�pied crested cuckoo�(Clamator jacobinus) is a member of the��order of��that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in�India, it has been considered a harbinger of the� monsoon �rains due to the timing of its arrival.
This species is widely mentioned in ancient Indian poetry and mythology as the�chaatak. According to Indian mythology it has a beak atop its head and it thirsts for the rains. The poet Kalidasa �used it in his Meghadoota as a metaphor for deep yearning and this tradition continues in literary works. Satya Churn Law, however noted that in Bengal, the bird associated with the chaatak in Sanskrit was the� common iora �unlike the Jacobin cuckoo suggested by European orientalists. He further noted that a captive iora that he kept drank water only from dew and spray picked up from plant leaves suggesting that it may have been the basis for the idea that the chaatak only drank raindrops. To compound the issues with matching vernacular names, it has been pointed out that in Bengal�chaatak�also refers to skylarks (which are also crested).
Extracted from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin_cuckoo
Etymology: A vernacular form of Sanskrit chaatak.
