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गगन पर दो सितारे: एक तुम हो, धरा पर दो चरण हैं: एक तुम हो, ‘त्रिवेणी’ दो नदी हैं! एक तुम हो, हिमालय दो शिखर है: एक तुम हो, रहे साक्षी लहरता सिंधु मेरा, कि भारत हो धरा का बिंदु मेरा ।
कला के जोड़-सी जग-गुत्थियाँ ये, हृदय के होड़-सी दृढ वृत्तियाँ ये, तिरंगे की तरंगों पर चढ़ाते, कि शत-शत ज्वार तेरे पास आते ।
तुझे सौगंध है घनश्याम की आ, तुझे सौगंध भारत-धाम की आ, तुझे सौगंध सेवा-ग्राम की आ, कि आ, आकर उजड़तों को बचा, आ । तुम्हारी यातनाएँ और अणिमा, तुम्हारी कल्पनाएँ और लघिमा, तुम्हारी गगन-भेदी गूँज, गरिमा, तुम्हारे बोल! भू की दिव्य महिमा तुम्हारी जीभ के पैंरो महावर, तुम्हारी अस्ति पर दो युग निछावर । रहे मन-भेद तेरा और मेरा, अमर हो देश का कल का सबेरा, कि वह कश्मीर, वह नेपाल; गोवा; कि साक्षी वह जवाहर, यह विनोबा, प्रलय की आह युग है, वाह तुम हो, जरा-से किंतु लापरवाह तुम हो।
रचनाकाल: खण्डवा-१९४०
इति
The Poet
माखनलाल चतुर्वेदी
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
1889 · 1968
There is a poem that lives at the absolute center of the Indian literary imagination of sacrifice a poem in which a flower, offered for worship, instead asks to be pressed into the wreath of a martyr, to fall upon a brave man's chest as he marches into the cannon's mouth. That poem is Pushp Ki Abhilasha The Flower's Longing and its author, Makhanlal Chaturvedi, composed it with the hand of a man who had already offered himself in exactly the same spirit. He was imprisoned multiple times by British colonial authorities for his journalism and his poetry. He was the editor of Prabha, one of the luminous literary political journals of the independence era. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi's very first prize in 1955, and the Padma Bhushan followed. But what no institutional recognition can fully capture is the texture of his moral life the extraordinary combination of burning patriotic fire and absolute personal humility, a man who wrote about martyrdom while quietly being available for it himself. Born in Babai in 1889, he lived to see the independence he had helped dream into existence, and then he wrote on for two decades more, finding in a free India new obligations for the literary conscience. He is the poet of pure sacrifice not sacrifice celebrated from a distance, but sacrifice inhabited, practiced, and offered without expectation of return.
Paired Painting
Portrait of Maharana Pratap
Maharana Pratap remains an enduring symbol of Rajput valor, independence, and unwavering resolve. As the ruler of Mewar, he famously refused to submit to the expanding Mughal Empire, choosing instead to live in the rugged Aravalli wilderness to preserve the dignity of his people. This portrait captures that indomitable spirit, depicting the king as a stoic warrior who stood firm against overwhelming odds. His presence in this painting is not just one of historical record, but of spiritual defiance, serving as a reminder of the sacrifices made in the pursuit of liberty. The landscape behind him reflects the harsh yet beautiful terrain of Rajasthan, which became both his sanctuary and his battlefield.
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