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Bal Prashna
Bal Prashna
BY
Sumitra Nandan Pant
(1900-1976)
Sumitra Nandan Pant (1900-1976) ‘Bal Prashna’ (A child’s question). It was composed with the backdrop of Swamiji’s trip to Almora in 1897. This forms a part of the book ‘Veena.’ Here is a translation of the poem:
Vivekananda – Swami Ramakrishnananda
Just as the sun dispels darkness,
just as Lord Vishnu destroys the wicked,
so his enchanting personality
destroys the threefold misery of man
Vivekananda – Sri Chinmoy
Vivekananda
by Sri Chinmoy
Sri Ramakrishna’s life-breath,
Sri Ramakrishna’s supreme gift to mankind,
Conquest of America
Conquest of America by Vivekananda Swami
(published in The Indian Mirror 1897)
The Swami sailed to Western shore,
A humorous ditty
Christopher Isherwood
(He composed this ditty, sung to the tune of “Bye, Bye, Blackbird”.)