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धक्-धक्, धक्-धक् ओ मेरे दिल! तुझ में सामथ्र्य रहे जब तक तू ऐसे सदा तड़पता चल! जब ईसा को दे कर सूली जनता न समाती थी फूली, हँसती थी अपने भाई की तिकटी पर देख देह झूली,
ताने दे-दे कर कहते थे सैनिक उस को बेबस पा कर: "ले अब पुकार उस ईश्वर को-बेटे को मुक्त करे आ कर!" जब तख्ते पर कर-बद्ध टँगे, नरवर के कपड़े खून-रँगे, पाँसे के दाँव लगा कर वे सब आपस में थे बाँट रहे,
तब जिस ने करुणा से भर कर उस जगत्पिता से आग्रह कर माँगा था, "मुझे यही वर दे: इन के अपराध क्षमा कर दे!" वह अन्त समय विश्वास-भरी जग से घिर कर संन्यास-भरी अपनी पीड़ा की तड़पन में भी पर-पीड़ा से त्रास-भरी
ईसा की सब सहने वाली चिर-जागरुक रहने वाली यातना तुझे आदर्श बने कटु सुन मीठा कहने वाली! तुझ में सामथ्र्य रहे जब तक तू ऐसे सदा तड़पता चल- धक्-धक्, धक्-धक् ओ मेरे दिल!
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
Lord Krishna Consoling Draupadi After Vastraharan
This deeply emotional canvas depicts a poignant moment from the Mahabharata, specifically following the harrowing trial of Draupadi in the royal court. In the wake of humiliation, when mortal protectors stood paralyzed by circumstance and silent out of fear, Lord Krishna manifests as the ultimate refuge and divine protector. With tender grace, His luminous blue hands cup Draupadi's tearful face, offering infinite solace and spiritual warmth. In the background, the figures of the Kauravas and a dejected, brooding presence symbolize the heavy burden of adharma and the impending storm of cosmic justice, while Krishna and Draupadi remain bathed in a quiet circle of sacred empathy.
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