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फ़सादे दुनिया मिटा चुके हैं हुसूले हस्ती उठा चुके हैं

Fasade Duniya Mita Chuke Hain Husule Hasti Utha Chuke Hain

Bharatendu Harishchandra

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1 verses · ~1 min

फ़सादे दुनिया मिटा चुके हैं हुसूले हस्ती उठा चुके हैं । खुदाई अपने में पा चुके हैं मुझे गले यह लगा चुके हैं ।।

इति

Rasa: Shanta
Stanzas: 1
Lines: 2
Reading time: ~1 min
Form: Ghazal
Metre: ghazal
Rhyme: AA

The poem radiates a profound sense of shanta rasa, evoking an atmosphere of absolute stillness and the cessation of all internal and external friction. A visual representation would depict a lone figure seated in a vast, ethereal void, shedding the heavy, armor-like shell of their ego to reveal a luminous, infinite presence merging seamlessly into the cosmic backdrop. This imagery symbolizes the transition from the chaotic fragmentation of worldly existence to a state of liberated non-duality, where the boundaries between the self and the divine dissolve entirely. The tone is one of serene, transcendental triumph, capturing the quietude of a soul that has finally transcended the strife of life to embrace the totality of the absolute.

फ़सादे दुनिया मिटा चुके हैं हुसूले हस्ती उठा चुके हैं (Fasade Duniya Mita Chuke Hain Husule Hasti Utha Chuke Hain), by Bharatendu Harishchandra runs to 2 lines, set as Single couplet (Sher). Its governing rasa is Shanta, shaded by Adbhuta. The metre is ghazal. Rhyme falls as AA.

It belongs to the 1850 · 1885 span of Bharatendu Harishchandra's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for सांसारिक प्रपंचों से मुक्ति and स्वयं में ही परमात्मा का साक्षात्कार. 3 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Sheshashayi Laxminarayan: Bathed in a warm, serene atmosphere of profound spiritual devotion, the painting depicts the primordial cosmic scene of Lord Vishnu reclining upon the multi-headed serpent Ananta Shesha, anchored in the infinite expanse…

Words worth pausing on

फ़सादे दुनिया: दुनिया के झगड़े-झंझट
हुसूले हस्ती: अस्तित्व की प्राप्ति या अहंकार
खुदाई: ईश्वरत्व

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The Poet

भारतेंदु हरिश्चंद्र

Bharatendu Harishchandra

1850 · 1885

Bharatendu Harishchandra stands at the exact crossroads where classical Indian tradition met the fierce urgency of modern national consciousness. Born in Varanasi in 1850 and living a brief but meteorically impactful life until 1885, he is universally acknowledged as the father of modern Hindi literature. Before Harishchandra, Hindi poetry was largely confined to the courtly and devotional aesthetics of Braj Bhasha. He bravely shifted the literary medium to Khari Boli, standardizing the language and making it a powerful vehicle for public discourse, social reform, and anticolonial resistance. Through literary journals like Kavi Vachan Sudha and groundbreaking plays like Andher Nagari, he documented the economic exploitation of India under British rule while simultaneously critiquing orthodoxies within his own society. He wrote with sharp satirical wit, deep patriotism, and an unwavering commitment to cultural awakening. To read his work is to witness the exact moment when the Hindi language found its modern voice.