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उर तिमिरमय घर तिमिरमय चल सजनि दीपक बार ले!
राह में रो रो गये हैं रात और विहान तेरे काँच से टूटे पड़े यह स्वप्न, भूलें, मान तेरे; फूलप्रिय पथ शूलमय पलकें बिछा सुकुमार ले!
तृषित जीवन में घिर घन- बन; उड़े जो श्वास उर से; पलक-सीपी में हुए मुक्ता सुकोमल और बरसे; मिट रहे नित धूलि में तू गूँथ इनका हार ले!
मिलन वेला में अलस तू सो गयी कुछ जाग कर जब, फिर गया वह, स्वप्न में मुस्कान अपनी आँक कर तब। आ रही प्रतिध्वनि वही फिर नींद का उपहार ले! चल सजनि दीपक बार ले!
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
Woman Holding a Fan
Painted by the visionary master Raja Ravi Varma, this exquisite work captures a serene moment of quiet introspection. The artist bridges traditional Indian aesthetics with European academic realism, immortalizing the grace and dignity of Indian womanhood. Bathed in the soft, warm glow of a fading twilight, the subject embodies a tranquil elegance, holding a delicate fan while gazing outward with profound gentleness. Ravi Varma revolutionized Indian art by bringing mythological and everyday figures to vivid, breathing life, honoring the cultural soul of the subcontinent.
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