Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
The tangled threads of life,
Unravelling which we vainly try,
To thee their windings have been most clear;
The myriad voices and the myriad tongues
Manifest to thee their real unity;
Art of the East and methods of the West,
Knowledge of Life, intuition, sympathy
Have all combined to give thy thought
A singular clarity–clarity refining,
Transforming, welding, into one purposeful whole
What seems so complex, diverse, manifold.
Far from thy home the motherland calls to thee,
Its cherished son. Return, O return to her
Warm embrace to pass the evening of thy Life
Away from the strife, the noise of restless West;
Return to rest and inspire thy brethren,
O Lanka’s jewel, Bharat’s own.
–S. DURAI RAJA SINGAM
A poem sent to Ananda Coomaraswamy on seventieth birthday (22 August 1947)