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 > Harsha: 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 20, 1999 Report Share Posted January 20, 1999 "Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)" <hluthar 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 > Harsha: 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 Jan: It sure is a beautiful poem. Always in a muse, I noted down the following: Beyond union Life is like a wishing tree What you want is what you’ll get But a few are just like me Desiring nothing but to "be". Enlightenment is just the start of the road to no-depart. I never begged nor did I pray For a place of a "forever" stay. Without knowledge or consent, started the journey full of joy. It went so fast that there was no intent. Hearing the Name, it seemed to be the journey’s end. The radiated bliss so strong, all did hear the silent song. In a way the union was a start anew, only for those who forever long, to the "state" from where there’s no depart, and invalid are words like "among". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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