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ओ मेरे दिल!-2
O Mere Dil!-2
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'5 verses · ~2 min
धक्-धक् धक्-धक् ओ मेरे दिल! तुझ में सामथ्र्य रहे जब तक तू ऐसे सदा तड़पता चल! बोधी तरु की छाया नीचे जिज्ञासु बने-आँखें मीचे- थे नेत्र खुल गये गौतम के जब प्रज्ञा के तारे चमके;
सिद्धार्थ हुआ, जब बुद्ध बना, जगती ने यह सन्देश सुना- "तू संघबद्ध हो जा मानव! अब शरण धर्म की आ, मानव!" जिस आत्मदान से तड़प रही गोपा ने थी वह बात कही- जिस साहस से निज द्वार खड़े उस ने प्रियतम की भीख सही-
"तू अन्धकार में मेरा था, आलोक देख कर चला गया; वह साधन तेरे गौरव का गौरव द्वारा ही छला गया- पर मैं अबला हूँ, इसीलिए कहती हूँ, प्रणत प्रणाम किये, मैं तो उस मोह-निशा में भी ओ मेरे राजा! तेरी थी;
अब तुझ से पा कर ज्ञान नया यह एकनिष्ठ मन जान गया मैं महाश्रमण की चेरी हूँ-ओ मेरे भिक्षुक! तेरी हूँ!" वह मर्माहत, वह चिर-कातर, पर आत्मदान को चिर-तत्पर, युग-युग से सदा पुकार रहा औदार्य-भरा नारी का उर!
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
Tishyaraksha
Abanindranath Tagore breathes life into a compelling and shadowy figure from ancient Indian history, Tishyaraksha, the jealous queen of the great Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. Overcome by resentment toward the deep devotion Ashoka held for the sacred Bodhi tree, the queen casts a brooding gaze filled with intense emotion. Tagore utilizes the signature wash technique of the Bengal School, blending delicate tones and atmospheric depth to capture not just a portrait, but a turbulent inner psychological landscape steeped in dramatic historical resonance.
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