About the Book:

Kabir was illiterate by choice. He was of the firm view that if one relies the value of the two letters of he alphabet R and M which make the name of Shri Rama there was no need to bother about the rest of the fifty-four alphabets which night as well be washed down the river as being of no value.

But Kabir also emphasized that the true value of Shri Rama should be realized which will help man to realize the intrinsic value of God and ingrain true and deep love for the Lord. And Kabir acted accordingly as he has shown in his songs and maxims which flowed from his lips in thousands how deep was his understanding and realization.

We have received the songs and couples as penned down from the words of mouth of Kabir in shape of songs and couplets. And we have seen how broad and deep was Kabir's understanding and realization.

The maxims selected for this book though small in number being 160 in all show how deep and broad was his realization.

About the Author:

The author retired from the Indian Administrative Service in the year 1972, since then he has engaged himself in the study of various saint poets starting with the famous saint poet Kabir Das of the 15th century.

On Kabir his Works include Life and Philosophy of the Saint Poet in Oriya and translation of five hundred of his couplets in English Verses in three volumes: the first of one hundred published by the Bharatiya vidya Bhavan of Bombay in 1992, the second of three hundred published by Motilal Banarsidass of Delhi in 1991 and the third of one hundred published by Writers Workshop of Calcutta in 1992, followed by Sayings of Kabir published by the same publisher in 1993.

In 1992 he published his translation on one hundred songs of Guru Nanak Dev as Nanak Satak in Oriya and 100 Love Songs of Kabir in English Verse which was published by Abhinav Publications of New Delhi.

In 1994 he published his Oriya Verse translation of the entire Thiru Kural, the immortal work of the Tamil Saint Poet Thiru valluvar, consisting of 1330 couplets in 133 chapters.

In the meantime he has completed his Reading from Bhagabata, being English Verse translation of over 150 Sayings of the famous scripture originally composed by Vyasa Deva and translated into Oriya Verse by Saint Poet Jagannath Das of Pancha Sakh fame.