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प्रकृति-चित्र-पट असित-भूत था छिति पर छाया था तमतोम। भाद्र-मास की अमा-निशा थी जलदजाल पूरित था व्योम। काल-कालिमा-कवलित रवि था कलाहीन था कलित मयंक। परम तिरोहित तारक-चय था, था कज्जलित ककुभ का अंक।1।
दामिनि छिपी निविड़ घन में थी अटल राज्य तम का अवलोक। था निशीथ का समय, अवनितल का निर्वापित था आलोक। ऐसे कुसमय में तम-वारिधि मज्जित भूत निचय का पोत। होता कौन न होता जग में यदि यह तुच्छ कीट खद्योत।2।
इति
The Poet
अयोध्या सिंह उपाध्याय ‘हरिऔध’
Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay 'Hariaudh'
1865 · 1947
Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay, widely known by his pen name Hariaudh, fundamentally altered the course of modern Hindi poetry. Born in 1865 in Nizamabad, Uttar Pradesh, he initially wrote in Braj Bhasha before making a decisive shift to Khari Boli. This transition proved historic. In 1914, he published Priyapravas, universally recognized as the very first epic poem written in modern Hindi. Hariaudh did not just write a monumental text. He proved that the everyday language of the people possessed the aesthetic gravity necessary for grand mythological narratives. His poetry seamlessly blended profound devotion with contemporary social reform, reimagining the divine figures of Radha and Krishna as dedicated servants of humanity. He served for decades as a professor at Banaras Hindu University, mentoring an entire generation of modern writers. Passing away in 1947, Hariaudh left a legacy that permanently established the structural foundations of contemporary Hindi literature.
Paired Painting
Yogamaya Escaping from Kamsa
In the deep shadows of a prison cell in Mathura, the divine drama of liberation unfolds with breathtaking urgency. The tyrant Kamsa, consumed by dread and arrogance, lunges backward in sheer terror as the celestial goddess Yogamaya slips from his grasp. Bathed in a radiant, heavenly halo, the divine feminine ascends into the night sky, her multi armed form a symbol of cosmic illusion and ultimate truth. Below, Vasudeva and Devaki stand with hands joined in reverent prayer, their faces illuminated by the soft, ethereal glow of grace amidst captivity. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully captures this pivotal mythological threshold, where mortal tyranny shatters against the luminous expanse of the divine.
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