6 verses · ~2 min
मधुरिमा के, मधु के अवतार सुधा से, सुषमा से, छविमान, आंसुओं में सहमे अभिराम तारकों से हे मूक अजान! सीख कर मुस्काने की बान कहां आऎ हो कोमल प्राण!
स्निग्ध रजनी से लेकर हास रूप से भर कर सारे अंग, नये पल्लव का घूंघट डाल अछूता ले अपना मकरंद, ढूढं पाया कैसे यह देश? स्वर्ग के हे मोहक संदेश!
रजत किरणों से नैन पखार अनोखा ले सौरभ का भार, छ्लकता लेकर मधु का कोष चले आऎ एकाकी पार; कहो क्या आऎ हो पथ भूल? मंजु छोटे मुस्काते फूल!
उषा के छू आरक्त कपोल किलक पडता तेरा उन्माद, देख तारों के बुझते प्राण न जाने क्या आ जाता याद? हेरती है सौरभ की हाट कहो किस निर्मोही की बाट?
चांदनी का श्रृंगार समेट अधखुली आंखों की यह कोर, लुटा अपना यौवन अनमोल ताकती किस अतीत की ओर? जानते हो यह अभिनव प्यार किसी दिन होगा कारगार?
कौन है वह सम्मोहन राग खींच लाया तुमको सुकुमार? तुम्हें भेजा जिसने इस देश कौन वह है निष्ठुर करतार? हंसो पहनो कांटों के हार मधुर भोलेपन का संसार!
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
The Flower Girl
In the quiet brilliance of this canvas, C. Raja Raja Varma invites us into a moment of profound stillness. While his brother Ravi Varma often sought the theatrical and the divine, Raja Raja Varma found his muse in the gentle reality of the Indian landscape and its people. Here, a young woman is draped in the pristine white garments typical of Kerala, her form leaning against the ancient, textured bark of a forest tree. There is a deep, reverent humanity in her gaze: a soft reflection of a life lived in rhythm with nature. The basket of red flowers she cradles serves as a vibrant heartbeat against the muted greens and browns of the woods. This painting is a sacred dialogue between the artist and the earth, capturing the fleeting grace of a common girl with the dignity of a queen.
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