Gitanjali: A Devotional Quest

This paper has been published in Peer-reviewed International Journal "Anthology The Research"               

URL : https://www.socialresearchfoundation.com/new/publish-journal.php?editID=8349

Publisher : Social Research Foundation, Kanpur (SRF International)                 

Abstract : “Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel then emptiest again and again, and fillest it even with fresh life.”

 -Gitanjali, Rabindra Nath Tagore

The history of devotion to God through songs or lyrics is nothing new in the Indian context. We see ancient wisdom in the scriptures. Literature has always been the best way to express the core emotions, and Rabindra Nath Tagore, a poet, philosopher, and mystic, finds the way through poetry. Gitanjali, which means ‘offerings of songs’ is a collection of one hundred and three devotional songs. This is an exceptional piece in every way—it represents the pinnacles of spirituality, the depths of awareness, the nectar of the wind of devotion, simplistic life philosophy, and the indescribable heavenly beauty of nature. In Gitanjali, we find God’s omnipresence with his ever-present infinite force and the soul’s immortality. The central idea in the collection is the realisation of the divine through self-awareness and selfless service to humanity