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Readings from Bhagabata
Hindi Text with English Translation
132
About the Book
"Bhagabata" was composed by Vyasa Deva, son of sage Parasar, on the advice of the great sage Narada.
Vyasa Deva compiled all the eighteen Puranas and the great epic Mahabharata. But even so he did not gain mental satisfaction from them. Sage Narada advised him to writer something for the guidance of the common man, to live a stainless life on earth, to earn mental peace.
That was what brought about the great scripture Bhagabata. We know how popular Bhagaabata became with the common masses in its translations in the regional languages all over India.
From our own experience in Orissa we know how popular the didactic sayings of the scripture on its translation by saint-poet Jagannath Das became in the 16th century and how it has maintained its popularity all these hundreds of years.
A couple of its popular sayings will show its merit at a
(1) He is praiseworthy person on earth, Who does good to others in his life's path.
(2) Whose heart is bereft of ire,
Is friend to the world entire
About the Author
The author, Shri Gananath Das, retired from the Indian Administrative Service in the Year 1972. Since then he has engaged himself in the study of various saint poets starting with the famous saint poet, Kabir Das, of the 15th century A.D.
On Kabir his works include Life and Philosophy of the Saint Poet in Oriya, and translation of five Hundred of his couplets in English Verse, in three the first of one hundred published by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan of Bombay in 1992, the second of three hundred published by Motilal Banarasi Das of Delhi in 1991 and the third of one hundred published by Writers Workshop of Calcutta in
132
About the Book
"Bhagabata" was composed by Vyasa Deva, son of sage Parasar, on the advice of the great sage Narada.
Vyasa Deva compiled all the eighteen Puranas and the great epic Mahabharata. But even so he did not gain mental satisfaction from them. Sage Narada advised him to writer something for the guidance of the common man, to live a stainless life on earth, to earn mental peace.
That was what brought about the great scripture Bhagabata. We know how popular Bhagaabata became with the common masses in its translations in the regional languages all over India.
From our own experience in Orissa we know how popular the didactic sayings of the scripture on its translation by saint-poet Jagannath Das became in the 16th century and how it has maintained its popularity all these hundreds of years.
A couple of its popular sayings will show its merit at a
(1) He is praiseworthy person on earth, Who does good to others in his life's path.
(2) Whose heart is bereft of ire,
Is friend to the world entire
About the Author
The author, Shri Gananath Das, retired from the Indian Administrative Service in the Year 1972. Since then he has engaged himself in the study of various saint poets starting with the famous saint poet, Kabir Das, of the 15th century A.D.
On Kabir his works include Life and Philosophy of the Saint Poet in Oriya, and translation of five Hundred of his couplets in English Verse, in three the first of one hundred published by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan of Bombay in 1992, the second of three hundred published by Motilal Banarasi Das of Delhi in 1991 and the third of one hundred published by Writers Workshop of Calcutta in
132 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1997
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