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दाढ़ी के रखैयन की दाढ़ी सी रहत छाती

Dadhi Ke Rakhaiyan Ki Dadhi Si Rahat Chhati

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दाढ़ी के रखैयन की दाढ़ी सी रहत छाती बाढ़ी मरजाद जसहद्द हिंदुवाने की कढ़ी गईं रैयत के मन की कसक सब मिटि गईं ठसक तमाम तुकराने की भूषण भनत दिल्लीपति दिल धक धक सुनि सुनि धाक सिवराज मरदाने की मोटी भई चंडी,बिन चोटी के चबाये सीस खोटी भई अकल चकत्ता के घराने की

इति

Rasa: Veera
Stanzas: 1
Lines: 8
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Kavitta
Metre: kavitta
Rhyme: AABACADA

The atmosphere is one of fierce, martial intensity and triumphant defiance, radiating the raw power of a hero dismantling an empire’s arrogance. A painting would depict a chaotic, shadow-drenched Mughal court where the bearded figures of the aristocracy are frozen in tremors of genuine terror, contrasting sharply with the radiant, unstoppable silhouette of Shivaji Maharaj who looms as a symbol of restored Hindu honor. The imagery captures a visceral shift in power: the emperor’s heart palpitates with dread while the personified goddess Chandi descends, hungry and vengeful, to strike down the pride of the Chaghatai dynasty. The tone is uncompromisingly heroic and volatile, translating the dissolution of imperial vanity into a scene of divine retribution and the reclamation of sovereignty.

दाढ़ी के रखैयन की दाढ़ी सी रहत छाती (Dadhi Ke Rakhaiyan Ki Dadhi Si Rahat Chhati), by Kavi Bhushan runs to 8 lines, set as Eight-line Kavitta stanza. Its governing rasa is Veera, shaded by Bhayanaka and Raudra. The metre is kavitta. Rhyme falls as AABACADA.

औरंगज़ेब के चगताई (चकत्ता) मुगल घराने के विरुद्ध शिवाजी के सैन्य अभियानों का वीरगाथात्मक वर्णन।

Read it for शिवाजी के भय से मुगल शासकों की व्याकुलता and हिंदू धर्म और मर्यादा की पुनर्स्थापना. 3 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Shivaji Maharaj at Agra: This dramatic oil painting evokes an atmosphere of tense, watchful repose and profound strategic resolve, capturing a soul-stirring moment of defiance during Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s historic visit to the Mughal…

Words worth pausing on

रैयत: प्रजा या जनता
तुकराने: तुर्कों या मुगलों का शासन
चकत्ता: चगताई वंश (मुगल वंश)

The Poet

भूषण

Kavi Bhushan

1613 · 1715

Kavi Bhushan stands as a monumental figure in classical Hindi literature who fundamentally redirected the trajectory of courtly poetry. Born in 1613, he chose not to write conventional verses of romantic indulgence. Instead, he dedicated his pen to Veer Rasa (heroic poetry) during a highly turbulent period in Indian history. Bhushan served as an honored poet in the courts of the Maratha king Shivaji and the Bundeli king Chhatrasal. His most celebrated works, such as 'Shiva Bavani' and 'Chhatrasal Dashak', are electric chronicles of martial valor and political resistance. Writing in a robust form of Brajbhasha interspersed with Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian, he commanded a mastery over complex poetic meters and figures of speech like Shlesh Alankar. Bhushan did not merely flatter his patrons; he immortalized them as defenders of cultural dignity, making his verses echo like war drums across the centuries.