शान्त· Shanta
01गिरिराज महाराज की जय!
Giriraj Maharaj Ki Jay!
Gopal Prasad Vyas
5 verses · ~38 lines · 2 min
Shanta
नमो-नमो यमुना महारानी!
Namo-Namo Yamuna Maharani
Gopal Prasad Vyas 1 min read 1 versesयमुनाYamunaमहारानी
1 verses · ~1 min
गंगा घहरावैं, युमनाजी मंद-मंद बहैं, वहाँ रोड़ी-रोड़ा, यहाँ कदमन की छय्या। वहाँ पड़ै हड्डी, यहाँ चढ़ैं दूध फूल, वहाँ चंडी चेतै, यहाँ महाविद्या मय्या। वहाँ कूँडी-सोटा और चीमटा-चिलम चलैं। यहाँ ठौर-ठौर जमे विजया-घुटय्या। वहाँ मिलैं साधूजन, यहाँ मिलैं स्वादू 'व्यास' वह हर की पैंड़ी, यह हरि-जनमय्या॥
इति
Paired Painting
Radha and Her Companion
In this tender depiction, the master painter Raja Ravi Varma captures a quiet moment of companionship rooted in the deep love of the divine. Radha, the eternal devotee and beloved of Krishna, sits with her sakhi, her friend and confidante. The scene radiates a gentle intimacy, as if the two women have paused their walk to share a secret or a moment of reflection by the water. Varma portrays them with the grace of courtly elegance, yet infuses their expressions with a human vulnerability that bridged the gap between traditional mythological storytelling and Western academic naturalism. This painting invites us into a space of devotion, where the human soul speaks quietly to the divine.
Open the viewer →
If this held you
Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Namo-Namo Yamuna Maharani carries.
