Upagupta – a poem by Tagore
Upagupta
Upagupta is a beautiful work by Tagore. The story goes as follows:
Upagupta is a disciple of Buddha, and goes from one place to another. He is sleeping in a small town when a dancing girl wakes him up and requests him to sleep at her home. Upagupta refuses, and tells her “I will visit you when the time is ripe.”.
A year later, and again on travel to the same place, Upagupta finds the dancing girl lying on the ground outside the town, having sores all over the body and shunned by the townsfolk. He applies balm on her body and when asked who he was, he replies “The time has come to visit you and I am here.”
Please read the whole poem, it’s beautiful. What I like about the poem is – how Tagore contrasts Time. When the dancing girl is giddy with pride, Upagupta knows its not going to last.
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THIS MASTERPEICE POEM SHOULD BE TELECASTED ON THE TELEVISION SO THAT OUR YOUTH WHO THINKS THAT LOSING VIRGINITY AND HIP HOPPING IN THE STREETS WITH YOUR PARTNER IS THE SOLE MOTO OF LIFE. THE LIFE IS SO WORNDERFUL AND LOVE IS SOMETHING VERY PIOUS AND BEYOUD THE ATTRACTION OF BODY.
UPAGUPTA HELPED THE BEAUTIFUL LADY, WHEN SHE LOST HER BEAUTY.
HOW MANY OF VALENTINES COUPLE CAN TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOVE AND SMILE IN THE ATTROCITIES OF LIFE. UNFORTUNATELY THE ANSWER IS ‘NONE’
Truly the character of the young ascetic epitomises the ancient Indian culture.
The poem is an epitome of the Budhhist philosophy where the world is given what Life is all about.
The message given through the poem is the one with universality of human behaviour where the reality is never taken for granted… it is what the Budhha once said “we tend to see the world what we lilke.. but not as it is” … and therefore there is suffering in the world.
help every dancing girl who is lying on the ground
In an effort to extricate ourselves from the quagmires of depression and materialism, this piece provides a very sagacious insight of spiritual divinity and concomitantly inspires us to lead a path of redemption. The life of Buddha is so enamoring that it sometimes forces us to consider our life from a different light altogether, from the spiritual point of view.
this storey tells life is not a external attraction just add some meaning to life
I had recited this poem way back in school…the words had helped me gain the first prize at an inter-school event. As the years went by I never forgot the words and
with age came this understanding…the Ascetic never came..when she wanted him to come to her…when she had it all. He came when she needed his help.And she had
nothing to give in return. Goodness never requires anything…she was gracious in offering a place to the ascetic when he lay asleep on the earth and she accidentally
woke him up… He never took it because he was the desciple of Budda-To him that was a way of life…but he gave his word that when the time would be ripe he would
come to her…and Upagupta came as promised…he came when she needed someone to come and help her the most…:)
this poem again portrays the human appeal which is so typical of tagore’s work….
In the time where our desires, that clouds our true vision about life and self,that happened to Vasavadatta. See, there are so many Vasavadattas are in our country
where “Sanathanadharma” were being flourished and interestingly Upaguptas are few. There was a fortune that got to Vasavadatta is she became the disciple of Buddha.
And now what is our responsibility? Bring back human values in our society.It is not easy but with the Grace of Guru it is possible. I am sure.
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right from my 10 th class this poem is haunting me. people may or may not do such great things doesn’t matter who does, but we should do to the extent we can. UNFORTUNATELY THE ANSWER IS ‘NONE’
is not true. Though bad is increasing, GOOD is yet living ( if we try to see it )
as a teacher i feel a sense of responsibility while elucidating the character the dancing girl who has actually drunk the wine of her youth by exhibiting careless attitude towards life when the time is really ripe as predicted by the ascetic upagupta she has been afflicted by a contagious dreadful disease where there was any ray of hope nor recovery this particular character portrays how to practice a good decent and a qualitative life by younger girls fraternity in the present society while choosing employment life partner and all aspects in their lives without being departed from knowledge as well as wisdom this is why the poem has been one of the masterpieces ever written by nobel laureate a gifted composer and india s foremost artist tagore
Simply superbbb……… bt men lyk upagupta are very rear now!!!!!!!!!