Bengali Religious Lyrics, Sakta
Translated by Edward J. Thompson and Arthur Marshman Spencer
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The opening
I, THE CHILD'S COMPLAINT OF HIS MOTHER’S NEGLECT
RAMPRASAD SEN
Tell me where I may stand, Mother Tara. I am alone, O Sankari. A mother’s love brings the father’s with it. But the father who dallies with a stepmother, vainly does his child look to him. If you forget all kindness, shall I go to my stepmother? If a stepmother take me inher lap, will my mind’s disquiet cease?
Prasad says: In our scriptures this is written. He that names your name, Mother, wins for reward a garland of bones, and robes in tatters.
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About this edition
- The words
- Edward J. Thompson and Arthur Marshman Spencer's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 186 places
- A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 34 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)