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shakuntala
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Anima
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 Posted - Dec 21 2014 : 08:19:41 AM
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Dear Shakuntala,
I much prefer Kalidasa's, and by extension, Goethe's, method of divine realization. This is modestly expressed in bhakti through the great poets. Goethe tells us of Kalidasa's Sanskrit epic:
Willst du die Blüthe des frühen, die Früchte des späteren Jahres,
Willst du, was reizt und entzückt, willst du was sättigt und nährt,
Willst du den Himmel, die Erde, mit Einem Namen begreifen;
Nenn’ ich, Sakuntala, Dich, und so ist Alles gesagt.
Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline
And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed,
Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine?
I name thee, O Sakuntala! and all at once is said.
—translation by E.B. Eastwick
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