6 verses · ~1 min
मैं नीर भरी दुख की बदली!
स्पन्दन में चिर निस्पन्द बसा क्रन्दन में आहत विश्व हँसा नयनों में दीपक से जलते, पलकों में निर्झारिणी मचली!
मेरा पग-पग संगीत भरा श्वासों से स्वप्न-पराग झरा नभ के नव रंग बुनते दुकूल छाया में मलय-बयार पली।
मैं क्षितिज-भृकुटि पर घिर धूमिल चिन्ता का भार बनी अविरल रज-कण पर जल-कण हो बरसी, नव जीवन-अंकुर बन निकली!
पथ को न मलिन करता आना पथ-चिह्न न दे जाता जाना; सुधि मेरे आगन की जग में सुख की सिहरन हो अन्त खिली!
विस्तृत नभ का कोई कोना मेरा न कभी अपना होना, परिचय इतना, इतिहास यही- उमड़ी कल थी, मिट आज चली!
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
Mountain Landscape
This serene painting captures the solemn grandeur of rolling hills under an atmospheric sky, reflecting a quiet communion with nature. The artist employs subtle tonal gradations and earthy hues to evoke the shifting moods of the terrain, inviting the viewer into a space of meditative stillness and timeless reverence.
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