10 verses · ~1 min
. अक्षरों की अर्चना
आयु भर हम अक्षरों की अर्चना करते रहें. छंद में ही काव्य की नव सर्जना करते रहें..
स्वर मिले वह साँस को, हर कथ्य जो गाकर कहे. ज़िंदगी के सुख-दुखों की व्यंजना करते रहें..
वक्ष का रस-स्रोत सूखे दिग्दहन में भी नहीं. नित्य नीरा वेदना की वन्दना करते रहें..
जो भविष्यत् में कभी भी ठोस रूपाकार ले. सत्य के उस स्वप्न की हम कल्पना करते रहें..
रम्य प्रियदर्शी रहे, हो रूप में रति भी सहज. प्रेम हो शुचि काम्य जिसकी कामना करते रहें..
दे नयी उद्भावनाएँ, प्राण ऊर्जस्वित रखे. हम प्रणत हो प्रेरणा की प्रार्थना करते रहें..
सत्य-शिव-सुंदर हमारी लेखनी का लक्ष्य हो. श्रेष्ठ मूल्यों की सतत संस्थापना करते रहें..
युद्ध से निरपेक्ष मत को विश्व-अनुमोदन मिले, मानवी कल्याण की प्रस्तावना करते रहें..
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इति
The Poet
चंद्रसेन विराट
Chandrasen Virat
1936 · 1990s
Chandrasen Virat fundamentally reshaped the architecture of the Hindi Ghazal, proving that the form could carry the cultural nuances of the Hindi language with absolute grace. Born in 1936 in Madhya Pradesh, he emerged as a leading architect of the Navgeet movement and a prolific master of the Ghazal structure. He moved away from the traditional Urdu tropes of wine and the tavern, choosing instead to ground his couplets in the aesthetics of nature, Indian philosophy, and the domestic realities of the middle class. Across a vast body of published work, he demonstrated a meticulous command over meter and rhythm. Virat did not write to impress the literary elite. He wrote to map the delicate emotional landscape of the ordinary individual, ensuring that the Hindi Ghazal achieved a distinct and entirely independent identity.
Paired Painting
Lord Ganesha Writing
In this deeply contemplative and reverent portrait, Ramgopal Vijaivargiya captures Lord Ganesha in his sacred role as the divine scribe, poised to transcribe the cosmic wisdom of the Mahabharata. With infinite patience and gentle grace, the elephant headed deity holds a stylus, attending to the scroll resting upon his lap, while his faithful vahana, the mouse, waits quietly below. Vijaivargiya, deeply inspired by classical literature and poetry, imbues the scene with a serene meditative atmosphere. The delicate watercolor wash technique, characteristic of the Bengal School revival, bathes the divine figure in a warm, ethereal glow, evoking an intimate moment of sacred creation.
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