Quote by Bahinabai Chaudhari: “The mind is a restless monkey. Train it with devotion and peace will follow.”

This vivid metaphor describes the often chaotic nature of the human mind. It offers a practical path to inner tranquility: by focusing the mind through devotion, one can achieve calmness and spiritual peace.

This reflects common spiritual metaphors and practices from the Bhakti movement in India, aiming at self-control and meditation for inner harmony, prominent in the early 20th century.

Twentieth-century Marathi poet from Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, celebrated for her oral poetry that captured rural life, the natural world, and the inner experience of women in agricultural communities. Illiterate throughout her life, she composed her poems while working in the fields, and they were written down by her son after her death. Her images combine earthy directness with philosophical depth rooted in everyday observation.