Given water, water everywhere,
What value is pot-ful water?
To a Brahmin knowing his Self well,
What worth Vedic scriptures would spell? || 2.46 ||
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A wonderful poem imbued with wisdom. I am not knowledgeable with Vedas but your Notes made me understand this beautiful song of life. Brilliantly penned.
You have touched upon a point I always strongly feel about. Some poems deliberately keep things vague and open for wild interpretations.... under-punctuation is one, extremely vague syntax, using puns when should be avoided, and the like.... Thanks for visiting poems on such esoteric subject matters generally not in favour today. It shows your genuine interest in good poetry of what so type.
Muse of love and life! ! Water! ! ! ! ! ! Much needed. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Thanks again for visiting this translation