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 Merchant Who Turned Grief into Song, c. 1608 – 1649.

The questions it touches
  • Devotion