{"id":6743,"date":"2018-01-15T15:24:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T23:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2018-01-16T06:27:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:27:12","slug":"kunwar-narain-translated-apurva-narain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/kunwar-narain-translated-apurva-narain\/","title":{"rendered":"Kunwar Narain: Translated by Apurva Narain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Kunwar-Narain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6535\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Kunwar-Narain-659x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Kunwar-Narain-659x1024.jpg 659w, http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Kunwar-Narain-193x300.jpg 193w, http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Kunwar-Narain-768x1193.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Kunwar-Narain-97x150.jpg 97w, http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Kunwar-Narain.jpg 1775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a>BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An iconic figure in Indian literature, Kunwar Narain is regarded as one of the finest poets and Hindi\u2019s foremost litterateur of recent times. Widely read, he blends an international modern sensibility with an immense grounding in Indian history and thought. His poems are often noted for their unique layering of the simple and the complex, and embody, above all, a rare purity and a deep humanism. His remarkably gentle, reclusive, noble and saintly qualities as a person are said to have been as much of an inspiration as his diverse output of seven decades, since his first book in 1956. He has written across genres \u2013 poetry, epic poems, stories, criticism, translations, essays, jottings and writings on world cinema and the arts. Widely translated, his honours include the S\u0101hitya Akademi Award; Kab\u012br Samm\u0101n; Warsaw University\u2019s honorary medal; Italy\u2019s Premio Feronia for distinguished world author; India\u2019s civilian honour Padma Bh\u016bshan; the Senior Fellowship and top honour of India\u2019s Academy of Letters; and the Jn\u0101np\u012bth, India\u2019s highest literary award across languages.<strong><em> (19.9.1927 \u2013 15.11.2017)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apurva-Narain.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6752\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apurva-Narain-267x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apurva-Narain-267x300.jpeg 267w, http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apurva-Narain-768x863.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apurva-Narain-134x150.jpeg 134w, http:\/\/lifeandlegends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Apurva-Narain.jpeg 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kunwar Narain&#8217;s son and translator into English, Apurva&#8217;s book of translations No Other World was published from India and England. Another book is in the offing. Educated in India and at the University of Cambridge, he is a development consultant by profession. Earlier, he had research interests in ethics and ecology, and edited a journal. Literature is his personal interest and he writes occasionally, in English. An avid traveller, he has lived in the UK, USA and France, and now lives in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>an@cantab.net<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n(Translated from the original Hindi into English)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>YOU, ALL AROUND ME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And you, all around me<br \/>\nall the time<br \/>\nso present<br \/>\nin my world<br \/>\nyour frequent coming and going<\/p>\n<p>yet, you do not come in recognition<br \/>\nso that I could say<br \/>\nsee, this is my recognition<br \/>\nmy own, my very own<br \/>\nthe very first<br \/>\nor the very last<br \/>\nlike any other thing<br \/>\nso clear and certain.<\/p>\n<p>Now, when I paint you, the colours of the vistas<br \/>\nwring out and flow away from between my fingers,<br \/>\nvignettes of people and things<br \/>\nfall between the empty coves of language.<\/p>\n<p>In the sinking depth of still water<br \/>\na shadow shrinks by another fold.<br \/>\nThe dark cold hands of evening.<br \/>\nHands cold like ice upon my shoulders<br \/>\nfeel me.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n\u0924\u0941\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0939\u0930 \u0924\u0930\u095e<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0914\u0930 \u0924\u0941\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0939\u0930 \u0924\u0930\u095e<br \/>\n\u0939\u0930 \u0935\u0958\u094d\u0924<br \/>\n\u0907\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u094c\u091c\u0942\u0926 :<br \/>\n\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0926\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e \u092c\u0930\u093e\u092c\u0930 \u0906\u0928\u093e-\u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e<br \/>\n\u092b\u093f\u0930 \u092d\u0940 \u0920\u0940\u0915 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928 \u0906\u0928\u093e<br \/>\n\u0915\u093f \u0915\u0939 \u0938\u0915\u0942\u0901<br \/>\n\u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b, \u092f\u0939 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928<br \/>\n\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940<br \/>\n\u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940<br \/>\n\u092f\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940<br \/>\n\u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u091a\u0940\u095b \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939<br \/>\n\u092c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0938\u094d\u092a\u0937\u094d\u091f \u0914\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0936\u094d\u091a\u093f\u0924\u0964<br \/>\n\u0905\u092c \u0909\u0938\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0909\u0901\u0917\u0932\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u0938\u0947<br \/>\n\u0928\u093f\u091a\u0941\u095c\u0915\u0930 \u092c\u0939 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0926\u0943\u0936\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u0902\u0917,<br \/>\n\u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u091a\u0940\u095b\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0928<br \/>\n\u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u0915\u0940 \u0959\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u091c\u0917\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u093f\u0930 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947\u0964<br \/>\n\u0920\u0939\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0917\u0939\u0930\u0947 \u0921\u0941\u092c\u093e\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u090f\u0915 \u092a\u0930\u091b\u093e\u0908\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u092a\u0930\u0924 \u0914\u0930 \u0938\u093f\u0915\u0941\u095c\u0924\u0940\u0964<br \/>\n\u0936\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0901\u0927\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0920\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0925\u0964<br \/>\n\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0928\u094d\u0927\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u0930\u094d\u095e \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0920\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0925<br \/>\n\u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u0938\u0942\u0938 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>BETWEEN TWO DATES<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>At Montmartre Cemetery<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do we know all<br \/>\nabout each other<\/p>\n<p>Is there nothing hidden between us<br \/>\ngrotesque or precious<br \/>\nthat words fail to express<br \/>\nthat lives and dies in unbearable pain<br \/>\nthat finds words long after us<br \/>\nwhen we are not there<br \/>\nin front of each other<br \/>\nand the absence of one<br \/>\nbecomes the unrest of the other<\/p>\n<p>We think of what we lived<br \/>\nand repeat what we think<br \/>\nWhat had passed into oblivion<br \/>\ncomes to life again this way<br \/>\nand whose span at most is a hundred years<\/p>\n<p>Two dates<br \/>\non an epitaph<br \/>\nThe tales of glory in between<br \/>\nensconced<br \/>\nin our collective memories<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes in this collection<br \/>\na person\u2019s buried<br \/>\naspirations and tribulations<br \/>\ndesires and despairs<br \/>\nare also chanced upon<\/p>\n<p>The narrative<br \/>\nbetween two dates<br \/>\nthen comes to life<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><br \/>\n\u0926\u094b \u0924\u093f\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u092e \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0941\u091b \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902<br \/>\n\u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092d\u0940 \u091b\u093f\u092a\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a<br \/>\n\u0915\u0941\u091b \u0918\u0943\u0923\u093f\u0924 \u092f\u093e \u092e\u0942\u0932\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0928,<br \/>\n\u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0930 \u092a\u093e\u0924\u0947\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u091c\u094b \u090f\u0915 \u0905\u0915\u0925 \u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0940\u0924\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u091c\u094b \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u092c\u093e\u0926<br \/>\n\u091c\u092c \u0939\u092e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947<br \/>\n\u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0928\u0947,<br \/>\n\u0914\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u092a\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924\u093f \u0935\u093f\u0915\u0932 \u0939\u094b \u0909\u0920\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u091c\u093f\u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0909\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u091a\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901<br \/>\n\u091c\u093f\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u091a\u0924\u093e \u0909\u0938\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0939\u0930\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901<br \/>\n\u0907\u0938 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0905\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092a\u0941\u0928\u0903<br \/>\n\u091c\u094b \u0935\u093f\u0938\u094d\u092e\u0943\u0924\u093f \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0932\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e,<br \/>\n\u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0927\u093f \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0938\u0947 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915<br \/>\n\u0938\u094c \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u090f\u0915 \u0936\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0916\u0902\u0921 \u092a\u0930<br \/>\n\u0926\u094b \u0924\u093f\u0925\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901<br \/>\n\u092c\u0940\u091a \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0936\u0917\u093e\u0925\u093e\u090f\u0901<br \/>\n\u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0942\u0939\u093f\u0915 \u0938\u094d\u092e\u0943\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u0938\u0902\u091a\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<br \/>\n\u0915\u092d\u0940-\u0915\u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0932 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902<br \/>\n\u0907\u0938 \u0938\u0902\u091a\u092f \u092e\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0915\u093e\u0902\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e\u090f\u0901 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u0935\u0936\u0924\u093e\u090f\u0901<br \/>\n\u0924\u092c \u091c\u0940 \u0909\u0920\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0926\u094b \u0924\u093f\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0943\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0902\u0924\u0964<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong> THE WISH OF A LEAF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sitting in a park<br \/>\nI felt at peace<\/p>\n<p>in the comfort of a tree\u2019s shade<br \/>\nI felt at peace<\/p>\n<p>a leaf fell from a branch,<br \/>\nthe wish of a leaf<br \/>\n\u2018now let us go\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>contemplating this<br \/>\nI felt at peace<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0926\u0947\u0930 \u0924\u0915<br \/>\n\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e,<br \/>\n\u092a\u0947\u095c \u0915\u0940 \u091b\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0941\u0916\u2026.<br \/>\n\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e,<br \/>\n\u0921\u093e\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0917\u093f\u0930\u093e<br \/>\n\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0928<br \/>\n\u201c\u0905\u092c \u091a\u0932\u0942\u0901\u2026.\u201d \u0938\u094b\u091a\u093e \u0924\u094b \u092f\u0939<br \/>\n\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0964<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A SKY TIRED OF ETERNITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It sometimes appears<br \/>\na sky had got tired<br \/>\nof its own perpetuity\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It wants to limit itself<br \/>\nto a home-sized space,<br \/>\nto be part of<br \/>\na familial routine,<br \/>\nto be a lover,<br \/>\na child\u2019s parent,<br \/>\nthe sunlight of someone\u2019s patio<\/p>\n<p>Unsettled by a standstill silence<br \/>\nit wants to sound and resound in words,<br \/>\nits moon and stars want to become<br \/>\nfruits leaves flowers<br \/>\ndew drops<br \/>\nwant to become tears\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tired of the immortal,<br \/>\nthe unbroken yawn of the sky<br \/>\nwants to break all at once<br \/>\nand become the lament<br \/>\nof after a death\u2026<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0905\u092e\u0930\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0938\u0947 \u0925\u0915\u093e \u0906\u0915\u093e\u0936<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e<br \/>\n\u092c\u0947\u0939\u0926 \u0925\u0915 \u091a\u0941\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0906\u0915\u093e\u0936<br \/>\n\u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092c\u0947\u0939\u0926\u0940 \u0938\u0947<\/p>\n<p>\u0935\u0939 \u0938\u0940\u092e\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u090f\u0915 \u091b\u094b\u091f\u0940-\u0938\u0940 \u0917\u0943\u0939\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092d\u0930 \u091c\u0917\u0939 \u092e\u0947\u0902,<br \/>\n\u0936\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0932 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u090f\u0915 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093f\u0915 \u0926\u093f\u0928\u091a\u0930\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902,<br \/>\n\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e,<br \/>\n\u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u093e,<br \/>\n\u0935\u0939 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0901\u0917\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u0942\u092a<\/p>\n<p>\u0935\u0939 \u0905\u0935\u093f\u091a\u0932 \u092e\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u091a\u0932\u093f\u0924<br \/>\n\u0927\u094d\u0935\u0928\u093f\u0924 \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0927\u094d\u0935\u0928\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902,<br \/>\n\u092b\u0942\u0932 \u092b\u0932 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u091a\u093e\u0901\u0926 \u0914\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0930\u0947<br \/>\n\u0906\u0901\u0938\u0942 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0913\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0942\u0901\u0926\u0947\u0902&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u092e\u0930\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0938\u0947 \u0925\u0915 \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0940<br \/>\n\u0906\u0915\u093e\u0936 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u091f\u0942\u091f \u0909\u092c\u093e\u0938\u0940<br \/>\n\u0905\u0915\u0938\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0924 \u091f\u0942\u091f \u0915\u0930<br \/>\n\u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u0940 \u0909\u0926\u093e\u0938\u0940&#8230;.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>BEYOND THE LIMIT OF OBSTINACY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To comprehend a person fully<br \/>\nit is necessary<br \/>\nto go far into her past<br \/>\n\u2013 beyond the limit of obstinacy\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Not just<br \/>\ntrailing an animal odour<br \/>\nin line with the nose<br \/>\ndown to the amoeba,<br \/>\none will have to read<br \/>\nthe entire calendar of nature<br \/>\nembedded in genes<\/p>\n<p>will have to keep wandering<br \/>\ntill indefinite time<br \/>\nseeking that primordial sound<br \/>\nfrom which the first word was born\u2026<\/p>\n<p>on a family tree<br \/>\nan apple, a snake and a monkey<br \/>\nunderneath the tree<br \/>\nthe first man and woman<br \/>\n\u2013 this much coincidence is not enough<\/p>\n<p>Jolting the unbroken cosmos<br \/>\none must unite the scattered links<br \/>\nwhose togetherness<br \/>\ndespite countless contradictions<br \/>\ncan bring about creation<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0926 \u0924\u0915<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0906\u0926\u092e\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u091d\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f<br \/>\n\u0906\u0935\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0915 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0926\u0942\u0930-\u0926\u0942\u0930 \u0924\u0915 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0924\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e<br \/>\n\u2013 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0926 \u0924\u0915&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 \u090f\u0915 \u092a\u0936\u0941-\u0917\u0902\u0927 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0915\u095c\u0947<br \/>\n\u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0940\u0927 \u092e\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u0905\u092e\u0940\u092c\u093e \u0924\u0915 \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902,<br \/>\n\u092a\u095d\u0928\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e<br \/>\n\u091c\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0936\u094d\u092e\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0902\u0915\u0947\u0924\u093f\u0924 \u091a\u093f\u0939\u094d\u0928\u093f\u0924<br \/>\n\u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0943\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0902\u091a\u093e\u0902\u0917 \u0915\u094b<\/p>\n<p>\u092d\u091f\u0915\u0924\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e<br \/>\n\u0905\u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093f\u0937\u094d\u091f \u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0924\u0915<br \/>\n\u0909\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u0932 \u2018\u0927\u094d\u0935\u0928\u093f\u2019 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f<br \/>\n\u091c\u093f\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0924\u094d\u092a\u0928\u094d\u0928 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0925\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0932\u093e \u2018\u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u2019&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u090f\u0915 \u0935\u0902\u0936-\u0935\u0943\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u092a\u0930<br \/>\n\u0938\u0947\u092c, \u0938\u093e\u0901\u092a \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u0902\u0926\u0930,<br \/>\n\u0935\u0943\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u0940\u091a\u0947<br \/>\n\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0925\u092e \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937 \u0914\u0930 \u0938\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940<br \/>\n\u2013 \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0902\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0915\u093e\u092b\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u0916\u0902\u0921 \u0928\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0924\u094d\u0930-\u0932\u094b\u0915 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