Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar on Rabindranath Tagore
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was an admirer of Rabindranath Tagore and mentioned him and his literary works many times in his works and discourses. In Vipra Age (1967), Sarkar called Tagore a "genius".[1]
Comments on Rabindranath Tagore's life
Sarkar commented on Tagore's life many times in hos works and discourses. In Vipra Age, he showed his sympathy towards Tagore who was ridiculed by his contemporary poets and writers and was not much known in his own time.[1]
References to Tagore's works
In the discourse You Have the Right to Action Only (9 October 1979, evening), which explaining the concept Karmanyevadhikaraste, Sarkar quoted Tagore's writing— "When I sketch any object, when any object is drawn, it does not lose its mobility."[2]
In another discourse, delivered at Kolkata, on 13 April 1979, Sarkar referred a poem of Tagore to illustrate how man in his finite life tries to relate him with the infinite—[3]
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Ámi ye rúper padme karechi arúp madhu pán, |
In the lotus of forms, I have tasted the sweetness of the Formless One, |
To explain, omnipresence of Parama Purusa, Sarkar used Tagore's illustration—[4]
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Vishvajoŕá pháṋd petecha, kemane di-i pháṋki |
You have set a world-wide trap, how can I evade it? |
References
- ^ a b Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar "Vipra Age" The Electronic Edition of the Works of P. R. Sarkar (7.5 ed.) Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha
- ^ Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar "'You Have the Right to Action Only'" The Electronic Edition of the Works of P. R. Sarkar (7.5 ed.) Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha
- ^ Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar "Yatamána – the Stage of Perseverance" The Electronic Edition of the Works of P. R. Sarkar (7.5 ed.) Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha
- ^ Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar "The Thousand-Headed Puruśa" The Electronic Edition of the Works of P. R. Sarkar (7.5 ed.) Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha