№ MMXXVI

RACHNA · A LIVING ARCHIVE

Rachna by M.

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MM · XXVI

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Untitled (Radha Learning to Play the Flute)

Shringara

राधे देवो बांसरी मोरी

Radhe Devo Bansari Mori

Mirabai
1 min read 1 versesबांसरीfluteराधा

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राधे देवो बांसरी मोरी। मुरली हमारी॥ध्रु०॥ पान पात सब ब्रिंदावन धुंडयो। कुंजगलीनमों सब हेरी॥१॥ बांसरी बिन मोहे कल न परहे। पया लागत तोरी॥२॥ काहेसुं गावूं काहेंसुं बजाऊं। काहेसुं लाऊं गवा घहेरी॥३॥ मीरा कहे प्रभु गिरिधर नागर। चरणकी मैं तो चित्त चोरी॥४॥

इति

Mirabai

The Poet

मीराबाई

Mirabai

Untitled (Radha Learning to Play the Flute)

Paired Painting

Untitled (Radha Learning to Play the Flute)

In this tender depiction, the master Nandalal Bose captures a moment of sublime intimacy between the divine lovers. Radha and Krishna stand within a delicately framed archway, their bodies swaying in a gentle dance of devotion. As Krishna guides her hands upon the flute, he is not merely teaching a melody, he is sharing the very breath of existence with his beloved. The work draws heavily upon the rich legacy of Indian miniature traditions, yet it breathes with the modernist soul of the Bengal School. It reminds us that spiritual union is a dialogue, a shared pursuit of beauty that transcends the mundane world.

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Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Radhe Devo Bansari Mori carries.