Vande Mataram, Sri Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay& #39;s soul-stirring poem from Anandmath was translated by Sri Aurobindo Ghose. It appeared in an edition of Karmayogin, a nationalist journal started by Sri Aurobindo. 1/n
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Sri Aurobindo wrote about the Rishi Bankim and his powerful song:
"It was thirty-two years ago that Bankim wrote his great song and few listened; but in a sudden moment of awakening from long delusions the people of Bengal looked around for the truth....." 2/n
"It was thirty-two years ago that Bankim wrote his great song and few listened; but in a sudden moment of awakening from long delusions the people of Bengal looked around for the truth....." 2/n
"...and in a fated moment somebody sang & #39;Bande Mataram& #39;. The mantra had been given and in a single day a whole people had been converted to the religion of patriotism. The Mother had revealed herself." 3/n
"Once that vision has come to a people, there can be no rest, no peace, no further slumber till the temple has been made ready, the image installed and the sacrifice offered. A great nation which has had that vision can never again be placed under the feet of the conqueror." 4/n
This is what Sister Nivedita wrote about Sri Aurobindo& #39;s translation.
In the following tweets, I shall share the English translation of Vande Mataram in verse by Sri Aurobindo. Sharing them in screenshots.
In the following tweets, I shall share the English translation of Vande Mataram in verse by Sri Aurobindo. Sharing them in screenshots.
To end this thread, here is Om Puri rendering the translation by Sri Aurobindo, supported by Saddiq Khan, and music arrangement by Ranjit Barot. It came in the Vande Mataram 2 album by Bharat Bala. https://youtu.be/2TIFWspG2uI ">https://youtu.be/2TIFWspG2... #VandeMataram #SriAurobindo 7/n