BLURB: PIPA GREETS

 

Pipa Greets

The Songs of Saint Pipa

Translated from Old Rajasthani

by

RUPALI SAINI

Rao Pipa, popularly known as Saint Pipa today, was the king of Gagrongarh, Jhalawar district in Rajasthan. Emerging from a royal background, renounced all luxeries to become an ascetic. One of the twelve prominent disciples of Guru Ramananda, Saint Pipa was a contemporary of Saint Kabir and Saint Ravidas. 

Saint Pipa's verses, presented in this collection, echo the eternal principles of spirituality and devotion; saying things that are elusive, non-manifest for ordinary mind…but glimpsed fleetingly by a soul, half-mystic, half lyrical…in trance! Truth gets revealed poetically, lyrically, tenderly, in soft light and simple words.  

It is a collection of some simple, yet pragmatic, profound poetry that aspires to higher truth; expressing his concept about God, his perspectives on the divine and his critiques of prevalent social and religious practices, it shapes up humans and consciousness.

Translated Poetry of Dr. Rupali Saini has a placid beauty of diction and wordsmithery. a welcome sanctuary. It is a powerful means of spreading ancient wisdom, transcending global boundaries.

Quoting a couplet of Saint Pipa:

The light of that radiant lamp spreads across the world
Pipa, those who witness it with their inner eye, their minds illuminate 

You will be transformed, post reading!

Rajni Chhabra

Multi-lingual Poetess & Translator

International Director 20 of WUP