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दीप मेरे जल अकम्पित, घुल अचंचल! सिन्धु का उच्छवास घन है, तड़ित, तम का विकल मन है, भीति क्या नभ है व्यथा का आँसुओं से सिक्त अंचल! स्वर-प्रकम्पित कर दिशायें, मीड़, सब भू की शिरायें, गा रहे आंधी-प्रलय तेरे लिये ही आज मंगल
मोह क्या निशि के वरों का, शलभ के झुलसे परों का साथ अक्षय ज्वाल का तू ले चला अनमोल सम्बल!
पथ न भूले, एक पग भी, घर न खोये, लघु विहग भी, स्निग्ध लौ की तूलिका से आँक सबकी छाँह उज्ज्वल
हो लिये सब साथ अपने, मृदुल आहटहीन सपने, तू इन्हें पाथेय बिन, चिर प्यास के मरु में न खो, चल!
धूम में अब बोलना क्या, क्षार में अब तोलना क्या! प्रात हंस रोकर गिनेगा, स्वर्ण कितने हो चुके पल! दीप रे तू गल अकम्पित, चल अंचल!
इति
The Poet
महादेवी वर्मा
Mahadevi Varma
1907 · 1987
Mahadevi Varma stands as the absolute pinnacle of lyrical mysticism in modern Hindi literature. Born in 1907 in Farrukhabad, she was a central pillar of the Chhayavaad romantic movement and is universally revered as the modern Meera for the intense spiritual devotion embedded in her verse. She lived a life of fierce intellectual independence. As the principal of the Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth, she revolutionized women's education in India, while her literary salon in Allahabad became the epicenter of Hindi letters. Her poetic masterworks, including Yama, Nihar, and Rashmi, are profound meditations on sorrow, the eternal soul, and the quiet strength of the natural world. She did not merely write about pain. She transformed it into a vehicle for spiritual liberation. Honored with the Jnanpith Award in 1982 and the Padma Vibhushan, she passed away in 1987. She remains an immortal figure whose words continue to offer solace to anyone who has ever felt the ache of existential longing.
Paired Painting
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This profound portrait captures the quiet intensity of the tiger, a creature revered in Indian mythology as the guardian of the forests and the mount of Goddess Durga. William Huggins, an artist renowned for his intimate observation of animals, presents the tiger not as a ferocious beast, but as a sentinel resting in the dappled shadows of its natural home. The gaze of the tiger is particularly stirring, as it invites the viewer to look into the soul of a wild spirit. It serves as a gentle reminder of the power and dignity inherent in the natural world, a sentiment deeply cherished in the artistic traditions of the East.
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