Reading Notes: Karna and Kunti / Songs of Kabir B
Bibliography: Karna and Kunti by Rabindranath Tagore
Karna and Kunti:
Kunti confronts Karna and tells him of his lineage and how Arjuna and the rest of the Pandavas is actually his brothers. Karna asks why she picked now to tell him everything and she says that she feels guilty. She offers Karna a kingdom and tells him to rejoin his rightful place as an heir but he refuses and says he has to go back to his actual mother. He also says that he expects the Pandavas to win and that he will die.
Bibliography: Songs of Kabir by Kabir
Songs of Kabir:
It's kind of hard to summarize these since they're so short and there are so many of them so I will just list my favorite ones:
14:
In this poem, Kabir essentially wonders what the difference between the river and the waves when they're all just made of water. He then connects that with the teachings of Brahma.
20:
Kabir talks about the heart and it has nowhere to go so it should stay in the body because that is where it's position will be the most firm.
24:
Kabir talks about love and how it is something that he greatly cherish. He then uses metaphors to talk about love.
31:
Kabir talks about a pain that troubles him because he wants to meet his beloved. Based on the poem, it alludes to his lover being dead.
34:
Kabir wonders how his love between him and his lover will be severed. It's kinda intense but pretty cool.
34:
Kabir talks about how much pain he is when he isn't able to see his beloved.
42:
Kabir talks about his experience with various holy objects such as the images. He said "The images are all lifeless, they cannot speak; I know, for I have cried aloud to them."
Karna and Kunti:
Kunti confronts Karna and tells him of his lineage and how Arjuna and the rest of the Pandavas is actually his brothers. Karna asks why she picked now to tell him everything and she says that she feels guilty. She offers Karna a kingdom and tells him to rejoin his rightful place as an heir but he refuses and says he has to go back to his actual mother. He also says that he expects the Pandavas to win and that he will die.
Karna
Bibliography: Songs of Kabir by Kabir
Songs of Kabir:
It's kind of hard to summarize these since they're so short and there are so many of them so I will just list my favorite ones:
14:
In this poem, Kabir essentially wonders what the difference between the river and the waves when they're all just made of water. He then connects that with the teachings of Brahma.
20:
Kabir talks about the heart and it has nowhere to go so it should stay in the body because that is where it's position will be the most firm.
24:
Kabir talks about love and how it is something that he greatly cherish. He then uses metaphors to talk about love.
31:
Kabir talks about a pain that troubles him because he wants to meet his beloved. Based on the poem, it alludes to his lover being dead.
34:
Kabir wonders how his love between him and his lover will be severed. It's kinda intense but pretty cool.
34:
Kabir talks about how much pain he is when he isn't able to see his beloved.
42:
Kabir talks about his experience with various holy objects such as the images. He said "The images are all lifeless, they cannot speak; I know, for I have cried aloud to them."
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