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RACHNA · A LIVING ARCHIVE

Rachna by M.

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Ekalavya Practicing Before the Statue of Dronacharya

Shanta

मोरी लागी लटक गुरु चरणकी

Mori Lagi Latak Guru Charanki

Mirabai
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मोरी लागी लटक गुरु चरणकी॥ध्रु०॥ चरन बिना मुज कछु नही भावे। झूंठ माया सब सपनकी॥१॥ भवसागर सब सुख गयी है। फिकीर नही मुज तरुणोनकी॥२॥ मीरा कहे प्रभु गिरिधर नागर। उलट भयी मोरे नयननकी॥३॥

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Mirabai

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Mirabai

Ekalavya Practicing Before the Statue of Dronacharya

Paired Painting

Ekalavya Practicing Before the Statue of Dronacharya

This profound painting immortalizes the sacred dedication of Ekalavya, the young prince of the Nishadha tribes whose unwavering reverence for his chosen guru transcended physical rejection. Denied formal tutelage by Dronacharya alongside the royal Kuru princes, Ekalavya sculpted a humble image of the master out of clay in the silent depths of the forest. Treating this earthen idol as his living preceptor, he devoted his days and nights to mastering archery with breathtaking skill. Nandalal Bose captures this poignant moment of solitary devotion, where art, nature, and supreme spiritual surrender merge under the quiet shelter of a tree.

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If this held you

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Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Mori Lagi Latak Guru Charanki carries.