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मानव

Manav

Bhagwati Charan Verma

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4 verses · ~1 min

जब किलका को मादकता में हंस देने का वरदान मिला जब सरिता की उन बेसुध सी लहरों को कल कल गान मिला

जब भूले से भरमाए से भर्मरों को रस का पान मिला तब हम मस्तों को हृदय मिला मर मिटने का अरमान मिला।

पत्थर सी इन दो आंखो को जलधारा का उपहार मिला सूनी सी ठंडी सांसों को फिर उच्छवासो का भार मिला

युग युग की उस तन्मयता को कल्पना मिली संचार मिला तब हम पागल से झूम उठे जब रोम रोम को प्यार मिला

इति

Rasa: Shringara
Stanzas: 4
Lines: 16
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Geet (lyric song)
Metre: geet
Rhyme: ABCB

The poem exudes a deeply romantic and devotional shringara mood, shifting from a tenderly intoxicated wonder to an all-consuming, rapturous surrender of the heart. A visual painting of this verse would contrast static, stony elements of nature with sudden, flowing vitality—depicting a blossoming bud drinking in intoxication, a wild river singing in a trance, and stony eyes suddenly weeping tears of joy beneath a rain-swept canopy of ancient woods. This imagery symbolizes the radical awakening of a dormant, hardened human soul through the intoxicating grace of love, wherein the coldness of isolation yields to the warm, resonant rhythm of existence. The overall artistic tone is one of blissful, ecstatic vulnerability, where the speaker reels with the divine madness of total emotional and physical surrender.

मानव (Manav), by Bhagwati Charan Verma runs to 16 lines across 4 stanzas, set as Four-line stanzas (quatrains). Its governing rasa is Shringara, shaded by Shanta. The metre is geet. Rhyme falls as ABCB.

It belongs to the 1903 · 1981 span of Bhagwati Charan Verma's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for मानव हृदय में प्रेम और समर्पण की अदम्य भावना and प्रकृति के तत्वों के साथ मानवीय संवेदना का जुड़ाव. 4 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Shantanu Meets Goddess Ganga: Bathed in a warm, dreamlike atmosphere of sublime wonder, this delicate watercolor captures a moment of reverent awe as the mortal King Shantanu encounters the celestial Goddess Ganga manifesting amidst lotus flowers on…

Words worth pausing on

कलिका: कली
भ्रमरों: भौरों
उच्छवासों: गहरी साँसों
तन्मयता: एकाग्रता, लीनता

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The Poet

भगवतीचरण वर्मा

Bhagwati Charan Verma

1903 · 1981

Bhagwati Charan Verma stands as a giant in modern Hindi literature, possessing a rare ability to blend philosophical inquiry with compelling storytelling. Born in 1903 in Safipur, Uttar Pradesh, he initially practiced law before dedicating his life entirely to letters. His 1934 novel Chitralekha remains a landmark achievement, framing the eternal debate between sin and virtue through a highly sophisticated historical narrative that completely captivated readers and filmmakers alike. However, his poetic contributions were equally vital to the Hindi literary renaissance. Verma wrote verse that was deeply reflective and grounded in the shifting socio-economic realities of his time. He was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for his epic work Bhoole Bisre Chitra and received the Padma Bhushan in 1971. He even served as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. Verma died in 1981, leaving a legacy of literature that elegantly mapped the moral ambiguities of the human heart while maintaining absolute narrative clarity.