शान्त· Shanta
01नन्दा देवी-8
Nanda Devi-8
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'
2 verses · ~10 lines · 1 min
Shanta
चक्रान्त शिला – 3
Chakrant Shila - 3
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya' 1 min read 4 versesसंगीतmusicआह्वान
4 verses · ~1 min
सुनता हूँ गान के स्वर। बहुत-से दूत, बाल-चपल, तार, एक भव्य, मन्द्र गम्भीर, बलवती तान के स्वर। मैं वन में हूँ।
सब ओर घना सन्नाटा छाया है। तब क्वचित् कहीं मेरे भीतर ही यह कोई संगीत-वृन्द आया है। वन-खंडी की दिशा-दिशा से गूँज-गूँज कर आते हैं आह्वान के स्वर।
भीतर अपनी शिरा-शिरा से उठते हैं आह्लाद और सम्मान के स्वर। पीछे, अध-डूबे, अवसान के स्वर। फिर सबसे नीचे, पीछे, भीतर, ऊपर,
एक सहस आलोक-विद्ध उन्मेष, चिरन्तन प्राण के स्वर। सुनता हूँ गान के स्वर बहुत से दूत, बाल-चपल, तार; एक भव्य, मन्द्र गम्भीर, बलवती तान के स्वर।
इति
The Poet
अज्ञेय
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'
1911 · 1987
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan, universally known by his pen name Agyeya, completely rewired the circuitry of modern Hindi literature. Born in 1911 in a British archaeological camp in Uttar Pradesh, his life was as fiercely untraditional as his prose. Before he became the architect of the Prayogavaad (Experimentalism) movement, he was an active revolutionary who spent four years in British colonial prisons for attempting to help Bhagat Singh escape. In those prison cells, he began drafting Shekhar: Ek Jivani, a psychological novel that shocked the literary establishment with its unapologetic exploration of the individual ego. He rejected the prevailing romanticism of the era and instead assembled the Tar Saptak series, bringing together a new generation of poets who wrote in free verse about alienation, intellect, and the fractured modern psyche. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 and the Jnanpith Award in 1978. Agyeya was a novelist, a combatant officer in World War II, a journalist, and a profound existential thinker. He gave Hindi literature the vocabulary to interrogate the inner self without the comfort of traditional morality.
Paired Painting
Saraswati
In this ethereal composition, Nandalal Bose captures the very essence of the Goddess of Wisdom, Saraswati. She stands poised upon a blooming lotus, her form imbued with a rhythmic grace that mirrors the celestial melodies of her veena. The work reflects a mastery of the Bengal School style, utilizing soft washes and delicate lines to create a sense of transcendental calm. Bose rejects heavy realism in favor of a spiritual linearity rooted in ancient traditions. Every element, from the undulating stems of the lotuses to the gentle tilt of her head, speaks to a deep reverence for the sacred. This work is not merely a depiction of a deity: it is a visual prayer, an invitation to the viewer to find silence and clarity within the divine vibration of sound.
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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 Chakrant Shila - 3 carries.
