Jñānappāna

Pūntānam’s Malayalam song of wisdom: how time plays with us, how karma carries the jīva from birth to birth, and why the name of Kṛṣṇa is the way through.

Pūntānam Nampūtiri179 Couplets, two invocations and two refrains

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Opening

Section 1Invocation

Section 2The Play of Time

Section 3Kinds of Seekers

Section 4On the Truth

Section 5The Course of Karma

Section 6The Course of the Soul

Section 7The Greatness of Bhārata

Section 8The Greatness of the Kali Age

Section 9What Is Lacking?

Section 10Human Birth Is Rare

Section 11The Ways of the World

Section 12Dispassion

Section 13The Greatness of the Name