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Shantanu and Ganga

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करेह धार

Kareh Dhar

Buddhinath Mishra
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गाम अनचिन्हार भेल, लोक अनचिन्हार चिनहै अछि मुदा आइ धरि करेह-धार ।।

वैह तप्पत बाउल आर वैह कंचन पानि डेगे-डेगे लैए गोड़ दुनू छानि चिरै-चुनमुनी आइयॊ दैत अछि हकार ।

कुशल-छेम पूछै अछि बूढ़ बड़क गाछ पूछै अछि 'कोना रहै छी' मखान-माछ ठकमूरी लागल अछि, फूटै अछि नहि बकार ।

डोमबा गाछीक आम पूछै अछि हमर नाम पूछै अछि जाति-पाँजि अपने रोपल लताम तामसे न बाजै अछि हमरा सँ घरक चार ।

नगरक देखादेखी गाम क‌‍‌' रहल विकास पानि बिकायत एत्तहु, सुनि कें कोसी उदास बिला गेलै टोल आर भाथल गामक इनार ।

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Buddhinath Mishra

The Poet

बुद्धिनाथ मिश्र

Buddhinath Mishra

Shantanu and Ganga

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Shantanu and Ganga

This profound canvas brings to life a haunting moment from the Mahabharata, where the celestial river goddess Ganga walks into the rushing waters with her newborn infant, fulfilling an ancient divine curse. King Shantanu, desperate and bewildered, chases helplessly along the rocky riverbank, his outstretched hand pleading for mercy as the boundary between mortal grief and cosmic destiny shatters before our eyes. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully captures the complex emotional landscape of the scene, contrasting the serene, otherworldly detachment of Ganga with the frantic anguish of the mortal king, all rendered under a turbulent twilight sky.

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