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BAJI PRABHOU Published
by Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry Baji Prabhou was written by Sri Aurobindo in 1909-1910. He was then in the thick of the freedom struggle as a leader of the Nationalist Party. The narrative is founded on the historical incident of the heroic self-sacrifice of Baji Prabhou Deshpande, who to cover Shivaji's retreat, held the pass of Rangana for two hours with a small company of men against twelve thousand moghuls. The poem is, in a way, a reflection of Sri Aurobindo's intense love for Mother India. It is full of a deep spiritual fervour, portraying the leaders as instruments of a divine power, Bhavani, the Goddess who presides over the destiny of India. Baji Prabhou is a heroic poem, written "in the true sense of the epithet, in the heroic blank verse", and the language is "granite in its strength and at the same time as brightly flexible and resonant as a Damascus blade". This edition of the book is beautifully illustrated and printed on high quality paper. At times like these, when India is passing through a difficult and challenging period, this poem can be a great source of inspiration for the youth of India to kindle in them a love for their Motherland.
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