. ▁His ▁education ▁abroad ▁prompt ed ▁him ▁to ▁write ▁two ▁sets ▁of ▁travel og ues . ▁ ▁The ▁Nav od aya ▁movement ▁was ▁at ▁its ▁peak ▁and ▁G ok ak ▁stayed ▁true ▁to ▁his ▁spirit - ▁his ▁po ems ▁showed ▁nu ances ▁of ▁Victor ian ▁poetry , ▁or al ▁trad itions ▁in ▁K ann ada ▁story t elling ▁and ▁ep ics ▁in ▁S ansk rit ▁and ▁K ann ada . ▁ ▁V . K ▁G ok ak ▁wrote ▁many ▁collections ▁of ▁poetry ▁under ▁the ▁pen ▁name ▁Vin ay aka . ▁These ▁collections ▁include ▁' Sam ud ra ▁Ge ethe g alu ', ▁' B aal ade g ul adal li ', ▁' Ab hy ud aya ', ▁' D hy ava ▁Pr ith vi ' ▁and ▁' U r nab ha '. ▁ ▁G ok ak ' s ▁anth ology ▁of ▁poetry ▁by ▁Indian ▁po ets ▁titled ▁The ▁Golden ▁Tre as ury ▁of ▁Ind o ▁Ang lic an ▁poetry ▁was ▁a ▁treat ise ▁on ▁po ets ▁like ▁Sri ▁A uro bind o , ▁Sar oj ini ▁Na id u ▁and ▁Tor u ▁D ut ta , ▁N iss im ▁E zek iel ▁and ▁Kam ala ▁Das . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁he ▁was ▁deeply ▁influenced ▁by ▁Sri ▁S ath ya ▁S ai ▁B aba ▁of ▁P utt ap arth i ▁and ▁over ▁the ▁years , ▁G ok ak ▁became ▁the ▁medium ▁for ▁transl ating ▁the ▁g uru ' s ▁words ▁into ▁English ▁and ▁spread ing ▁it ▁to