# LXXII explained — Gitanjali

> Chapter companion for Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore.

## What happens

The poet reflects on the innermost divine presence that awakens, enchants, and plays upon the heart through pleasure and pain, weaving the web of maya in fleeting colors and causing self-forgetfulness through its touch.

## Themes in this chapter

### Divine Love and Devotion

The poet's experience of the divine's intimate touches and playful presence in varied cadences of pleasure and pain.

### The Pain of Separation and Longing

The interplay of joy and sorrow in the divine's movement through the heart, evoking longing and self-forgetfulness.

## Character check-ins

### The Poet

Describes being awakened and enchanted by the innermost divine presence.

### The Divine

Identified as the innermost one who touches, enchants, and weaves the web of maya.

## Key lines

> He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches.

The divine, residing at the core of existence, stirs my soul with subtle, unseen caresses.

_Highlights the intimate, awakening role of the divine._

> He it is who weaves the web of this maya in evanescent hues of gold and silver, blue and green, and lets peep out through the folds his feet, at whose touch I forget myself.

The divine crafts the illusion of the world in fleeting colors and reveals glimpses of itself, causing me to lose my sense of self.

_Describes the divine's role in creating maya and the self-forgetfulness it induces._

## Links

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