GITANJALI--SILENT STEPS

 -Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore is a man of versatile genius and achievement. He is a poet par excellence. He was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for his English Gitanjali in 1913. Gitanjali is an immortal work of art. It is a prayer to God. It consists of poems which are 'offerings of the finite to the infinite'. It's central theme is the soul's voyage to eternity.

Silent Steps in Gitanjali reveals the immanence of God. God is imminent. We may not feel his all pervasive influence but he is present at all places and at all times. All changes that take place in nature are His manifestation. God lives with his people all the time: 

Every moment and every age, every day and every night,

He comes, comes ever comes,"

God is ageless and deathless. He is all powerful. The poet has sung many songs in all kinds of mood. He has proclaimed the truth that God has been coming since time immemorial.

God comes through the dangerous forest path in the form of sweet fragrance in the sunny month of April. He comes in the form of thunder in the dark nights of July. He comes along with his people in danger and darkness.

The poet felt the presence of God in sorrow and happiness. God did not allow him to endure pain and sufferings alone. Instead, He lives and dwells with him

 "In sorrow after sorrow, it is His steps that press upon my heart and

  it is the golden touch of His face that makes my joy to shine".

Thus, the poem tells the truth that God is omnipresent. All things in nature reveal His presence. We can also feel his divine touch silently in our everyday life.