Kekavali by Moropanta: A Series of the Peacock's ScreamsKekavali is the most popular work of the great Marathi poet Moropanta (1729-94). He was the most prolific writer of the period having to his credit thousands of verses comprising of about seventy-five thousand couplets in `Ovi` metre on various mythological themes. He is, however, specially remembered for his outstanding poem Kekavali composed in `Prthvi` metre. Even after a long span of two centuries the lure of Kekavali is still on the public mind and the poem continues to be read widely even today.A vivid portrayal of the sense of mental agony of the poet for his frailties, of his acute longing for emancipation, of his heartfelt implorings to the Almighty for His grace and the ingenious way in which he has pleaded his case for early liberation quoting chapter and verse from mythological anecdotes in his support, have all gone to make Kekavali a truly great poem! |
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Ahalya Ajamila amṛta Asă bahu Baki Bali Baramati bestowed Bhāgavata Bhāgavata Purāṇa bhale Brahmin canto Darśana dayā deities demons Dhruva Draupadi dyā Gangā Gokula Hari hast heart incarnation janā jari jaśi kadhi Kamadhenu Kamsa karā kari kase kaśi kathā kāya Kekavali Khari kindly King koņa kṛpā kṣaṇa liberation Lord Kṛṣṇa Lord Nārāyaṇa Mahābhārata Maharashtra maja malā Marathi language Marathi poetry metre mhaṇasi Mhane Mhaṇoni milk mind Mohini Moropanta mother mythological Nārada nase nectar pahā Parantu Parva peacock poem poet Moropanta poet-saint poison Prabho praise Rāma Rāmāyaṇa righteous sadā saga of Thy sage saints Sankara Sanskrit Satrājita Śiva Śri Bobde Śri Kṛṣṇa stanza tari taśi tava Thee Thou art Thou dost Thou hadst Thou mayest Thy devotees Thy favours Thy feet Thy glory Thy grace Thy humble Thy saga tuja Tujhe tujhi tulā Tumhā Tumhi tyā verse Viṣṇu viśuddha Yamuna Yasoda