Narayana Guru Poems

JATI NIRNAYAM
(A Critique on Jati1)
Written in 1914, this work deals with the concept of Jati (Casteism) . Its first verse is in Sanskrit and the remaining five are in Malayalam. The metre in Anustup.
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MANANATITAM Or VAIRAGYA DASAKAM

(Ten Verses on That Which Transcends Mind)
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CIJJADA CINTANAM
(Reflections on Mind and Matter)

Revealing the ecstatic experience of a realized soul, this work was written around 1881. Todakam is the metre of its original in Malayalam.
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DAIVA DASAKAM
(Universal Prayer)

This Malayalam prayer in the Anustup metre was written by Guru for use in the daily evening prayers of the orphans staying at the Sivagiri Mutt at Varkala. This can be recited by all, irrespective of religion, caste or creed. This short poem is believed to have been composed in 1914.
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PRAPANCHA SRISTI
(Creation)

First published in No.3 Vol.1, of the Smrti Kusumanjali Monthly run by R.Raman Unnithan from Quilon, in the year 1911.Nakkutakam is the metre in which this Malayalam work is composed.
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