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दारा की न दौर यह,रार नहीं खजुबे की

Dara Ki Na Daur Yah, Rar Nahin Khajube Ki

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दारा की न दौर यह, रार नहीं खजुबे की, बाँधिबो नहीं है कैंधो मीर सहवाल को. मठ विश्वनाथ को, न बास ग्राम गोकुल को, देवी को न देहरा, न मंदिर गोपाल को. गाढ़े गढ़ लीन्हें अरु बैरी कतलाम कीन्हें, ठौर ठौर हासिल उगाहत हैं साल को. बूड़ति है दिल्ली सो सँभारे क्यों न दिल्लीपति, धक्का आनि लाग्यौ सिवराज महाकाल को.

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

The poem exudes a formidable and urgent veera (heroic) atmosphere, charging the air with the impending force of divine retribution against a crumbling empire. A painting inspired by this scene would depict the crumbling grandeur of a Mughal fort silhouetted against a darkening, chaotic sky, juxtaposed with the singular, terrifying silhouette of Shivaji Maharaj advancing like the inexorable figure of Mahakal, the god of time and destruction. The narrative implies a shift from the petty, domestic squabbles of the Mughal succession—represented by the fading echoes of Dara and the battle of Khajwa—to an existential confrontation where history itself is being rewritten through conquest. The artistic tone is stern, martial, and ominous, emphasizing the gravity of a cosmic reckoning that renders traditional political power and historical legacy utterly futile.

दारा की न दौर यह,रार नहीं खजुबे की (Dara Ki Na Daur Yah, Rar Nahin Khajube Ki), by Kavi Bhushan runs to 8 lines, set as Eight-line Kavitta stanza. Its governing rasa is Veera, shaded by Raudra. The metre is kavitta. Rhyme falls as AABACADA.

भूषण औरंगज़ेब को चेतावनी देते हैं कि शिवाजी का सामना करना घरेलू मुगल गृहयुद्धों जैसा आसान नहीं है; यह महाकाल का प्रहार है।

Read it for शिवाजी के आक्रमण की भयंकरता और मुगलों की लाचारी and धार्मिक स्थलों की रक्षा और मुगलों को चुनौती. 3 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Shivaji and Subedar's Daughter: Bathed in a warm, respectful emotional atmosphere, the scene captures a moment of profound moral gravity and chivalric grace within a Maratha military camp. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is seated inside a tent, gesturing…

Words worth pausing on

रार: झगड़ा या युद्ध
देहरा: मंदिर
उगाहत: वसूल करना (टैक्स/चौथ)

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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.