I remain a drop in the ocean

I remain a drop in the ocean

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Why have come here?

मी इथे का आलो ?

माझे की स्वत्व मी ओळखले एके सकाळी 

उमलत होती स्वप्नात परदेशी कळी ।

सुगंध होता निळ्याभोर आकाशाचा 

युगायुगांचा प्रयास गाठीत हर्षाचा ।

आली होती ती आनंदमय उद्यानातून 

हसरे मुख सौंदर्य आतून बाहेरून ।

स्वप्न झाले जागे प्रसन्न नित्यत्वात

तिच्यामुळे झाली कर्तृत्वाची सुरुवात ।

अज्ञानाच्या जड शृंखला न जुमानता

मी इथे आलो का, कळले हे मला आता ।

उत्सुकता अंधाराचे गुपीत जाणण्याची 

कारणास्तवच असे घडण ह्या प्रपंचाची ।

हवेसे वैशिष्ट्य आहे माझेही त्यात

थेंब राहे थेंबचि अथांग सागरात ।

2 April 2025

A rendering into English by Akash Deshpande:

Yes, my own myness I saw one morning

A different blossom opening in dream 

Whose fragrance was the deep blue of the sky

Untold ages grasp at last the delight

She came from the bliss-permeated garden

Within, without the beauty of a smile

The dream awoke in pleasing alwaysness

Because of her alone began achievement

Uncaring of the heavy chains of ignorance

Now this I understood: why I came here 

Eager to know the secret of darkness

Causal creation of this universe

With needed specificity of myself

A drop intact in the endless ocean

3 responses to “I remain a drop in the ocean”

  1. Mahesh Karandikar Avatar
    Mahesh Karandikar

    thoughtful as well as thought provoking…makes the reader think about finding the purpose in life… great expression indeed

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  2. Soham Karandikar Avatar
    Soham Karandikar

    The expressions suggest that the poet must have struggled a lot before reaching this stage of looking back at the starting point.

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    1. RY Deshpande Avatar
      RY Deshpande

      That is the evolutionary travail in the glory and majesty of the creation.

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