Sacred
23 texts from four traditions — Vedic hymns, stotras, devotional poetry, philosophy and ritual — each one verse by verse, for readers who did not grow up reading Sanskrit or Tamil.
“You have the right to perform your duty, but not to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself the cause of the results, and never be attached to inaction.”
Each one verse by verse: original script, transliteration, word-by-word meanings and commentary. Browse them as a mandala of four traditions, along a river of centuries, or as cards.
Telugu · Bhakti · c. 1620–1688
A revenue officer who spent the state’s money on a temple, went to prison for twelve years, and came out having written some of the most-sung verse in the Telugu language. Each song its own page: Telugu and transliteration, word meanings, ragam and talam, and an esoteric reading.
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