Behold! the Word Is God Hymns of Tukaram by Gokhale, Shanta
Behold! the Word Is God Hymns of Tukaram by Gokhale, Shanta

Behold! the Word Is God Hymns of Tukaram

Behold! The Word is God contains a selection of 51 abhangas (devotional poems)from celebrated Bhakti poet Tukaram's...
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Author: Shanta Gokhale
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Language: English
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Behold! the Word Is God Hymns of Tukaram by Gokhale, Shanta

Behold! the Word Is God Hymns of Tukaram

$41.43
Behold! the Word Is God Hymns of Tukaram by Gokhale, Shanta

Behold! the Word Is God Hymns of Tukaram

$41.43
Author: Shanta Gokhale
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Behold! The Word is God contains a selection of 51 abhangas (devotional poems)

from celebrated Bhakti poet Tukaram's vast oeuvre, each Marathi abhanga

followed by two English interpretations-Shanta Gokhale's and Jerry

Pinto's. Hailed as one of the greatest poets in the Marathi language, Tukaram

composed poems that are packed with hidden layers of meaning. So, two

independent translations of each abhanga give readers a chance to gain a

deeper understanding of the original. The saint-poet's original abhangas are

included in the book alongside the translations as Roman transliterations.

Tukaram's abhangas, copied by many hands and gathered over several years,

do not follow any particular order. But the translators, keen to give their

selection a narrative order that would offer readers a view of the abhangas

beyond their immediate sense, have arranged them into three groups-

'Tukaram and poetry', 'Tukaram and life' and 'Tukaram and Vitthala'.

Pinto does what Arun Kolatkar and Dilip Chitre had done in their translations

of Tukaram-recast the abhangas as independent poems that run parallel to

Tukaram's creations. Gokhale, on the other hand, stays as close as possible

to the sense, movement, rhythm and form of the originals. Together, their

translations capture the mystic wisdom and the musicality of Tukaram's

hymns, and open a whole world of meaning for today's readers.

Author: Shanta Gokhale
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
Published: 08/20/2023
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9789354475870

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