hindi hindi pronunciation known hindu poet saint reformer philosopher lineage renowned devotion lord composer popular works best known author epic retelling based life vernacular acclaimed lifetime composer original sanskrit considered composer popular hymn dedicated divine spent life city named founded temple dedicated believed stand place sight started plays folk theatre adaption acclaimed greatest poets hindi indian world literature impact works art culture society india widespread seen date vernacular language plays classical music popular music television series etymology sanskrit ways original sanskrit written system written reflecting vernacular pronunciation written indian languages maintain letters longer pronounced lost aspect languages vary regions compound sanskrit words indian variety plant considered god like means slave servant extension means servant plant life incarnation believed hindu scripture god tells wife got sing glory vernacular language future present cycle writes literally incarnation sect believes according traditional account went times hear sing turned request saying monkey hearing epic victory went continue worship scripted play version called engraved rocks nails saw play written anticipated beauty eclipse state mind true desire glory cast rocks ocean parts believed available today instructed birth compose vernacular early life file thumb birth born seventh day bright half lunar hindu calendar month july august seven places mentioned birthplace scholars identify place village banks river border states village road near currently approximately declared officially government birthplace parents sources identify lineage sources claim difference opinion biographers year birth sources rely account gives year birth sources include popular editions second group biographers led sir year biographers include small group authors includes gives year year appears current day biographies india popular culture biographers disagree year argue makes life span equal years opinion unlikely impossible contrast says age impossible great soul like government india provincial governments celebrated birth anniversary year according year birth popular culture childhood legend goes born staying months thirty teeth mouth birth health looks like year old boy cry time birth instead named literally states born according hindu causes immediate danger life father events time birth abandoned parents fourth night sent away sources female servant works parents abandoning birth configuration took child village looked half years died left fend impoverished orphan door door begging believed goddess assumed form woman fed day initiation guru learning age years adopted monastic order believed fourth disciple alternately disciple given initiation new narrates dialogue took place meeting guru passage seven years old sacred thread ceremony performed fifth day bright half month january february pilgrimage site related started learning time took particular holy place temple dedicated avatar narrated mentions authors identify referred temple second entrance pilgrimage biographers believe modern day believe current day mentions guru repeatedly narrated led understand somewhat later came sacred city studied sanskrit grammar schools hindu philosophy period years guru based friend renowned scholar literature philosophy completing studies came birthplace permission found family parents dead performed ceremony deals giving offerings ancestors parents started living ancestral home story marriage contrasting views marital status according works married thirteenth day bright half month june daughter belonged district son named died gone temple went father home brother came know swam river night meet wife remarked half devoted god body flesh blood left instantly left holy city renounced life stage hindu authors consider marriage episode later maintain bachelor include interprets verses mean married childhood later life travels spent time visited nearby far places travelled india places studying different people meeting saints gives account travels visited lake current day tradition holds sight crow hints places works met face face detailed account meetings given according account visit woods outside morning water pot return city offer remaining water certain tree type ghost believed water appeared offered said wished eyes responded said guide grant asked told comes everyday disguised mean attire listen arrive leave evening noted listener arrive discourse old sat end gathering quietly followed woods woods spot temple stands today firmly fell feet shouting know escape ignorance revealed original form blessed granted told wanted face face told eyes beginning bows particular asks grace according led account followed instruction started living day went perform mountain saw princes dark fair dressed green robes pass mounted sight recognise took eyes later asked saw brother horses disappointed assured sight morning recalls incident song eyes turned enemies staying fixed ground happened morning wednesday new moon day sources appeared time child making paste child came asked religious mark forehead time gave hint view forgot took paste forehead forehead disappearing verse alludes certain miracle thanks biographers conclude deed referred left stayed annual fair january days ended tree dialogues speaker listener describes meeting festival meeting narrates attributed biography attributed power working miracle believed brought dead life taken widow way addressed woman husband alive widow told husband died words true said word passed lips restore dead man life asked everybody present close eyes utter dead raised life miracle described emperor delhi summoned hearing bringing dead man life declined creating verses later forcibly brought asked perform miracle declined saying lie know emperor imprisoned refused bow created verse praise days suddenly army descended town havoc corners entering home emperor people throwing bricks old told emperor miracle imprisoned emperor fell feet released apologised stopped menace asked emperor abandon place emperor agreed moved delhi close friend ordered followers harassed kingdom narrates miracle visited temple krishna began idol krishna temple named decided test told bows deity form fool response recited following composed recited idol krishna holding flute stick hands changed idol holding bow arrow hands authors expressed doubts composed literary life started composing poetry sanskrit tradition holds verses composed day lost night happened daily days eighth night famous temple located believed ordered dream compose poetry vernacular instead sanskrit saw blessed ordered compose poetry predicted poetry like hints having dream awakened state year started composing tuesday day ninth day bright half month birthday date composed epic years seven months days completed work day fifth day bright half month wedding wife came recited temple popular legend goes critical having rendered vernacular decided test worth work manuscript kept pile sanskrit scriptures temple night doors locked morning doors opened found pile words sanskrit literally truth beauty inscribed manuscript signature words heard people present traditional accounts satisfied sent thieves steal manuscript thieves tried break confronted guards bows arrows dark fair thieves change heart came morning ask guards believing guards know guarding home night sent manuscript friend finance minister donated money thieves reformed compositions afflicted acute pain body especially arms composed describes pain suffering relieved pain composition later afflicted hindi caused pulling hair cause death considered compositions believed written started work devotion accept petition stanza signed manuscript work 45th stanza sung evening death died bank river july august month year like year birth traditional accounts biographers agree exact date death different sources date day bright half seventh day bright half day dark half works works widely considered biographers written major works minor works based language works classified groups follows works works works works popularly believed composed include lake exploits lord rendering narrative longest earliest work draws sources including work consists lines divided groups separated divided seven books like size work composed metres include sanskrit metres metres popularly referred literally composed work acclaimed living sum indian culture tallest tree magic garden medieval indian greatest book literature bible northern india best guide popular living faith people manuscripts claimed written wrote late nineteenth century copies epic said existed poet manuscript kept left bears marks water legend goes manuscript stolen thrown river thief pursued second book epic rescued wrote copy district leaf missing manuscript claimed poet hand exists district places claimed birthplace manuscript dated nineteen years poet death claimed corrected ancient manuscripts found including possession written years death major works major works apart include literally work consisting miscellaneous verses mainly verses verses topics related political wisdom purpose life work found work attributed literally rendering composed entirely metres family consists verses including verses like divided seven books episodes work different literally rendering songs verses set classical music suitable singing consists songs divided seven books episodes elaborated literally collection songs honour krishna songs devoted childhood sports krishna songs form dialogue krishna songs describe episode literally work consisting hymns form petition court asking considered second best work regarded important viewpoints philosophy poetic style hymns addressed deities remaining addressed minor works minor works include literally metre rendering works consists verses composed metre divided seven books work based psychological framework literally marriage work verses describing marriage consists verses metre verses metre literally marriage work verses describing episode marriage work includes verses metre verses metres narrative differs places literally ceremony child work verses composed metre ceremony involves cutting nails feet rituals work events place city considered describe literally work related consists seven books divided seven seven contains work narrates gives method look predictions literally detachment philosophical work verses describe state nature greatness saints moral conduct consists metres popularly attributed works following works popularly attributed literally verses work popular belief holds work authored contains signature authors think work written read short religious texts northern india recited millions saturdays believed state literally verses work verses metre devoted believed composed occasion founding work usually published literally arm work verses believed composed suffered acute pain arms advanced age describes pain arms freedom suffering work verses respectively metre literally seven verses work contains divided seven verses order different doctrine philosophy principles found works especially outlined dialogue doctrine described reconciliation diverse cultures beginning says work accordance scriptures ram critical work doctrine social great poet immortal comparable world quality absolute personal god qualities qualified beginning existence parallel devotion forces quality invisible qualities gives example water snow hail explain substance water hail mountain snow form gives lake like lake water lake describes detail debate god argued argued repeatedly arguments point angry crow later happily accepts curse refuses holds aspects god equal qualified aspect highest category repeatedly ask qualified aspect mind authors contend vigorously contradicted denial avatar works said actual son tells sing different race possessed devil know difference truth allusions based interpretations text hold water considered context works mentioned beginning section devoted repeating means attain god age means suited ages like meditation ineffective says redemption power glory majesty says wishing liberation refuge like wishing climb sky holding falling rain view greater aspects god controls like bilingual interpreter verse says resides heart resides eyes resides tongue kept lower upper halves golden holds superior names god argues written form sanskrit sounds word places works seen higher avatar general portrayal episode sees serving feet perform supreme lord number come times stop finally satisfied appearance left born countless episode marriage trio present finds enchanted seeing tells create preserve destroy presents universe cosmic form consciousness reason intelligence avatar source krishna avatar clearly considers supreme avatar opinion amalgamation takes manifestation concludes makes double claim incarnation words prince cosmic world maya says efficient material cause world real real verses says world manifestation universe cosmic form authors interpret verses mean world real according keeping philosophy places compares world night dream says false commentators interpret verses mean opinion world doctrine interpret mean world real doctrine concludes view world essentially form appears different maya visible form means says world true false true false casts aside knows oneself interpreted mean entire world beginning performs beings bows world saying born verses living knows self maya sees world episode marriage princes presents metaphor compared states consciousness waking state sleep dreams sleep fourth self conscious state compared presiding states says states consciousness presiding reside mind pavilion identifies maya energy takes avatar view maya types maya cause creation liberation cause illusion entire world control maya maya essentially divisions purposes view accordance teachers views hindu deities devotion attachment guru incarnation considerable devoted narrative including abandonment burning marriage addition hindu begins reverence guru beginning bows asking devotion practical end writings addressed greatest means salvation emancipation chain deaths salvation free open men lowest critical reception time acclaimed indian western scholars alike poetry impact hindu society mentions work considered great sage world acclaimed philosophers tradition based composer contemporary reading composed following sanskrit verse praise epic composer krishna contemporary called highest jewel holy men line verse famous muslim poet gems court emperor personal friend composed following describing historian author biography contemporary called greatest man age india greater sir called greatest leader people greatest indian authors modern times epic worthy greatest poet age work called bible north india nineteenth century including translated english modern writers held high esteem regarded greatest book literature hindi poet called branch flowers garden world poetry hindi considered greater poet league homer william_shakespeare hindi wrote established sovereign rule kingdom northern india comparable impact author book love god social duty says born europe americas considered greater personality william_shakespeare words archaeologist translated english people large claims reverence comparable accorded translator bible native german mentions work compared bible work englishman defends mother india considered superior best books latin greek languages referred meaning highest jewel specifically poetry called emperor metaphor critics hindi poet said hindi said commenting turbulent middle ages india got light went indian society exists today built know today
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