Tukaram: Smaller than the smallest atom

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Smaller than the smallest atom

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

by Tukaram
(1608 - 1649) Timeline

English version by
Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani

Original Language
Marathi

Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)

17th Century

Smaller than the smallest atom,
All embracing as the heavens,
Tuka views the world objective --
Name and form as all delusion --
Realising its true nature
Serpent like, he drops his cover,
Far is left the triple range,
Which the soul has just passed o'er
Light the jar of dull clay brightens!
Shining in that light doth Tuka
Live on earth to serve the mankind.

Themes

Light

Sky

Snake

Recommended Books

	Life of Tukaram, by Justin E. Abbot
	Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
	Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs
	Says Tuka: Selected Poetry of Tukaram, Translated by Dilip Chitre
	Tukaram, by Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade

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