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    Prabhat Samgiita – The First Fifty: Translations by Abhidevananda Avadhuta: Prabhat Samgiita, #0
    Prabhat Samgiita – The First Fifty: Translations by Abhidevananda Avadhuta: Prabhat Samgiita, #0
    Prabhat Samgiita – The First Fifty: Translations by Abhidevananda Avadhuta: Prabhat Samgiita, #0
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    Prabhat Samgiita – The First Fifty: Translations by Abhidevananda Avadhuta: Prabhat Samgiita, #0

    By Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

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    Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti) is widely viewed as the preeminent spiritual master of the 20th Century. Among his many and varied achievements, he gave 5018 sublime songs, most of them in Bengali and all of them in the last eight years of his life. Abhidevananda's translations of the first 50 songs are a welcoming introduction to the world of Prabhat Samgiita (Songs of Prabhat).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbhidevananda Avadhuta
    Release dateJan 19, 2018
    ISBN9781370555864
    Prabhat Samgiita – The First Fifty: Translations by Abhidevananda Avadhuta: Prabhat Samgiita, #0
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      Prabhat Samgiita – The First Fifty - Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

      Prabhat Samgiita

      The First Fifty

      All melodies and original lyrics by Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

      English translations by Ac. Abhidevananda Avadhuta

      A wonderful exposition of Baba's voluminous mystical work. With Abhidevananda's impeccable English and attention to both context and detail, these are far and away the best translations of Prabhat Samgiita ever done, bar none.  Ac. Bhaskarananda Avadhuta, author of Glimpses of a Mystery

      Very fine translations of Prabhat Samgiita which are both accurate and poetic. Undoubtedly, the best translations by far to date.  Ac. Gunamuktananda Avadhuta, P.R. Sarkar Institute

      © 2018 Limited copyright in respect to translations only: Ac. Abhidevananda Avadhuta

      © 1982-2018 Full copyright in respect to original lyics and melodies: Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha on behalf of Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

      Graphic on cover by Tadeusz (Trilokesh) Majewski

      Published by AmRevolution, Inc.

      First Edition:      2016 July 8

      Second Edition:      2018 January 1

      9781370555864*

      Preface

      Prabhat Samgiita is the collection of 5,018 songs composed by Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, also known as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti and affectionately addressed as Baba. As the translater of this book’s songs feels privileged to have been and to still be a disciple of the songs’ composer, all further references to him (other than in formal citations) will be simply as Baba.

      The first song of Prabhat Samgiita was given on 1982 September 14. The last song was given on 1990 October 20 (less than 24 hours before Baba's physical departure). All of the 50 songs that appear in this book were given in September and October of 1982. All of the songs were given in India. Songs 1-25 were given in Deoghar, Songs 26-37 in Anandanagar, and Songs 38-50 in Kolkata.

      Baba's songs cover a multitude of themes and genres. There are devotional songs, mystical songs, and revolutionary songs. There are folk songs, children's songs, women's songs, and ballads. There are wedding songs, birthday songs, and festival songs. Regardless of the theme or the way it is expressed, in every song there is a strong spiritual undercurrent, expressive of Baba's personal philosophy of Neohumanism.

      Most of the song lyrics are in Bengali or a Bengali dialect.[n1] Nevertheless, the lyrics of over 40 songs are in other languages (including English, Samskrta, Hindi, Urdu, Magahi, Maithili, and Angika).

      The melodies of Prabhat Samgiita represent most, if not all, of the major and even minor classical and folk styles of India. However, these Indian musical styles are often blended, occasionally for the first time, with musical styles from different parts of the world and different historical eras.[1][2] In addition, Prabhat Samgiita introduces many melodies that are original to Baba.

      As Baba rarely gave titles to his songs, the songs are generally referenced by their first line. In other words, the first line of each song is usually treated as the song's title. On the rare occasions when the first line of more than one song is the same or similar to the first line of one or more other songs, the songs may be distinguished by the song number or the second line of the song. In this book, wherever identification of a song on the basis of the first line alone might be ambiguous, that song is distinguished by adding the second line of the song, customarily separated from the first line by a comma.

      All of the material in this book (and more) is available free of charge on Sarkarverse. There may even be some corrections and updates there. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to support Sarkarverse and its affiliated projects, primarily PROUT Films.

      Notes

      Bengali is the sixth most-spoken language in the world. Its script is the sixth most-common script. The Roman script notation for Bengali used in this book was developed by Baba himself. For details on the notation, see Roman Bengali transliteration.

      References

      Sarkar, Shrii Prabhat Ranjan (1993) Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta, ed. Prabhat Samgiita Volume 1 Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications

      ISBN81-7252-041-7

      Sarkar, Shrii Prabhat Ranjan (1994) Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta, ed. Prabhat Samgiita Volume 1 (in Bengali) (2nd ed.) Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications ISBN81-7252-082-4

      Introduction

      There have been several translations of Prabhat Samgiita over the past 35 years since Baba gave his first composition. None, however, have been as well-considered or as well-researched as these translations by Ac. Abhidevananda Avadhuta (Dada).

      Prabhat Samgiita is a treasure trove of subtle devotional nuances that can only be deeply experienced and absorbed in the listening devotee’s heart. Such profound and intimate spiritual bháva can never be translated into any language as it lies beyond the world of words in an eternal sphere of cosmic inspiration. In Song 1745, Baba beautifully describes this realm.

      The songs of Prabhat Samgiita are Baba’s gift to humanity. They express all our most noble spiritual feelings as human beings, feelings in relation to our own minds as well as to all the expressed world – plants, animals, humans, human society, and the natural environment. Yet they are coming from one who was ensconsed in the realm of eternal, cosmic bháva. As such, these songs are Baba’s multi-faceted expressions from the stance of mohan vijiṋána into the jewels of nandan vijiṋána. They help stir the latent feelings of spiritual ecstasy and spiritual mission in the devotee’s heart.

      It is no easy task to translate into English these jewels from the original Bengali, Bengali dialect, Urdu, or other language in which Baba chose to compose them. None of the other translations to date have been as painstakingly true to the literal and spiritual meaning as those by Ac. Abhidevananda. And so this book is an incredible labor of love. In it, Dada has achieved a sublime result. For those of us who are not familiar enough with the original language of these Prabhat Samgiita songs, Dada’s translations offer an invaluable tool with which we may go deep into our own personal experience of the bháva of Baba’s divine

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