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Verses  ·  Tukaram  ·  Abhanga 11

आधी बीज एकले।
बीज अंकुरले रूप वाढले॥

First there was only a seed.
The seed sprouted and form expanded.

Tukaram  ·  Abhanga

Translator’s note

on the language of the verse

A meditation on creation, growth, and spiritual evolution.

The voice

Tukaram

तुकाराम

The grocer-poet of Dehu, c. 1608 – 1649.

The questions it touches
  • Devotion