Mahakavi G's tribute to Sree Nārāyana GuruAmong the various tributes to Sree Nārāyana Guru, the one that has most touched me, both from the literary and mystic perspectives, is the Malayalam verse written by Mahakavi G.Sankara Kurup.
On the Maha Samadhi (merger with the Absolute) of Nārāyana Guru in 1928, Mahakavi G wrote as follows:
On the Maha Samadhi (merger with the Absolute) of Nārāyana Guru in 1928, Mahakavi G wrote as follows:
When noble thoughts do come
And noble deeds are done,
When something creative stems
From the brilliance of language, then
I cannot but see, in front of me
A sceptre of righteousness beheld
In this Second Buddha’s, that divine hand!
The original Malayalam verse:
English translation in poetic diction by Sujit Sivanand. Original tribute written in Malayalam by Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup (b:1901 - d:1978), recipient of the first Jnanpith Award in 1965.
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