Guest guest Posted January 19, 1999 Report Share Posted January 19, 1999 Dear all I recently read a set of beautiful translations of some of Tukaram's (1608-1649) poems. I thought I would share some with you. This particular one below should be interesting to the Advaita enthusiasts, as here Tukaram is actually 'challenging' the monistic notion ! Prabhakar Chitrapu. Quote: > Naarada Bhakti Sutra: Vaadaam Naavalambya || (Do not get habituated to > argumentation) > > -------------------------- > Pray no more for utter oneness with God: > > Where were the beauty if jewel and setting were one ? > > The heat and the shade are two, > If not, where were the comfort of the shade ? > > Mother and child are two, > If not, where were love ? > > When, after long being sundered, they meet, > What joy do they feel, the mother and child ! > Where were joy, if the two were one ? > > Pray, then, no more for utter oneness with God. > > -------- > From "An Indian Peasant Mystic - Translations from Tukaram" by John S. > Hoyland > Prinit Press, Dublin, Indiana, 1932 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 1999 Report Share Posted January 19, 1999 Chitrapu, Prabhakar [prabhakar.chitrapu] Tuesday, January 19, 1999 9:57 AM 'advaitin ' Tukaram's poem "Chitrapu, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.chitrapu Dear all I recently read a set of beautiful translations of some of Tukaram's (1608-1649) poems. I thought I would share some with you. This particular one below should be interesting to the Advaita enthusiasts, as here Tukaram is actually 'challenging' the monistic notion ! Prabhakar Chitrapu. > Pray no more for utter oneness with God: > > Where were the beauty if jewel and setting were one ? > > The heat and the shade are two, > If not, where were the comfort of the shade ? > > Mother and child are two, > If not, where were love ? > > When, after long being sundered, they meet, > What joy do they feel, the mother and child ! > Where were joy, if the two were one ? > > Pray, then, no more for utter oneness with God. > > -------- > From "An Indian Peasant Mystic - Translations from Tukaram" by John S. > Hoyland > Prinit Press, Dublin, Indiana, 1932 > That is a beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing. It inspires me to write. Pray some more for utter oneness with God Beauty lies in both the Sun and the Setting Love profound requires not the condition of two In this union lovers are lost and in letting the torrential nectar absorb their essence become silent and in this joyous serenity, who remains to pray for utter oneness with God. Harsha, 1/19/1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 1999 Report Share Posted January 19, 1999 > "Chitrapu, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.chitrapu > > Dear all > > I recently read a set of beautiful translations of some of Tukaram's > (1608-1649) poems. I thought I would share some with you. This particular > one below should be interesting to the Advaita enthusiasts, as here Tukaram > is actually 'challenging' the monistic notion ! > > Prabhakar Chitrapu. > > > Pray no more for utter oneness with God: > > > > Where were the beauty if jewel and setting were one ? > > > > The heat and the shade are two, > > If not, where were the comfort of the shade ? > > > > Mother and child are two, > > If not, where were love ? > > > > When, after long being sundered, they meet, > > What joy do they feel, the mother and child ! > > Where were joy, if the two were one ? > > > > Pray, then, no more for utter oneness with God. > > > > > -------- > > > From "An Indian Peasant Mystic - Translations from Tukaram" by John S. > > Hoyland > > Prinit Press, Dublin, Indiana, 1932 > > > > That is a beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing. It inspires me to write. > > Pray some more for utter oneness with God > Beauty lies in both the Sun and the Setting > Love profound requires not the condition of two > In this union lovers are lost and in letting > the torrential nectar absorb their essence > become silent and in this joyous serenity, who > remains to pray for utter oneness with God. > > Harsha, 1/19/1999 > the two is the appearance the one is reality the two is the sport the one is its cause the two is for love the one is its bliss the two in the one the one in the two is the whole of brahman **** OM shaanthi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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