Namdev: Thou art the Creator, Thou alone art my friend;

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Thou art the Creator, Thou alone art my friend;

Namdev, Namdev poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Sikh poetry

by Namdev
(1270 - 1350) Timeline

English version by
J.R. Puri

Original Language
Hindi

Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)

Sikh

14th Century

Thou art the Creator, Thou alone art my friend;
Thou, O Lord, art all-pervading.
True meditation revealeth Thee
in all Thy perfection;
And the snares of illusion
are rendered ineffective.
Vast and vicious is this mesh of illusion,
Whose intricate tentacles suck one dry.
Sing with all thy heart, the Name of the Lord;
It costs thee nothing, O Nama,
to repeat His Name.

Themes

Heart

Recommended Books

	Hindi Padavali of Namdev, by Winand M. Callewaert / Mukund Lath
	Namdev, His Mind and Art: A linguistic Analysis of Namdev's Poetry, by R. N. Maurya
	Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass

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