Narcissus Flower

When Shri Nathji came to meet Justice Bajpai at  his house in Allahabad,  Justice Bajpai brought Narcissus flowers for Shri Nathji

"These flowers," said Shri Nathji, "are like eyes wide open. What a wonderful thing it would be if man could look at God with such eyes that never close! The eyes of man shut and open with each twinkle. Thus his eyes are shut for half the time he is awake. Would that man could acquire the eye of the Narcissus to see God! And not lose Him even for one moment!"

"Nazzaare ko ye jumbishe mizgaan bhi baar hai

Nargis ki aankh se tujhe dekhaa kare koi

The twinkling of the eyes is a burden

When there is a vision of beauty before them!”

Would that one could look upon Thee with the eye of the Narcissus!"

The ancient Greeks believed the narcissus plant originated from the vain of an extremely beautiful youth named Narcissus. Once he closely saw his reflection on the pool. He becomes so obsessed with his reflection in a pool that he could not leave. He died of starvation and thirst from sitting by the edge of the pool, transfixed by his own reflection. The Greeks say that the Gods turned his remains into the Narcissus flower. This also led to the Narcissus being a symbol of unrequited love. Thus these flowers resemble wide open eyes. How beautiful it would be, as Nathji says that man eyes can be transfixed on the vision of God. Perhaps when that Greek youth Narcissus, saw his reflection in the pool, he saw in it the divine beauty of his creator, which was so mesmerizing that he could not set his eyes off it.

Narcissus  (commonly called daffodil) is a genus of spring-flowering, herbaceous perennials in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. Their native range includes Europe, North Africa and West Asia—their center of distribution is in the Western Mediterranean.  In India this flower was introduced from Iran and is known by its popular Persian name Nagis.

This flower is found in prevalent colors are all shades and tones of yellow, white, orange, pink, red and green. But white and yellow are most common.