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शृंगार· Shringara
01मैं सबसे छोटी होऊँ
Main Sabase Choti Houn
Sumitranandan Pant
1 verse · ~10 lines · 1 min
2 verses · ~2 min
तुम्हारी यह दंतुरित मुस्कान मृतक में भी डाल देगी जान धूली-धूसर तुम्हारे ये गात... छोड़कर तालाब मेरी झोंपड़ी में खिल रहे जलजात परस पाकर तुम्हारी ही प्राण, पिघलकर जल बन गया होगा कठिन पाषाण छू गया तुमसे कि झरने लग पड़े शेफालिका के फूल बाँस था कि बबूल? तुम मुझे पाए नहीं पहचान? देखते ही रहोगे अनिमेष! थक गए हो? आँख लूँ मैं फेर? क्या हुआ यदि हो सके परिचित न पहली बार? यदि तुम्हारी माँ न माध्यम बनी होगी आज मैं न सकता देख मैं न पाता जान तुम्हारी यह दंतुरित मुस्कान
धन्य तुम, माँ भी तुम्हारी धन्य! चिर प्रवासी मैं इतर, मैं अन्य! इस अतिथि से प्रिय क्या रहा तम्हारा संपर्क उँगलियाँ माँ की कराती रही मधुपर्क देखते तुम इधर कनखी मार और होतीं जब कि आँखे चार तब तुम्हारी दंतुरित मुस्कान लगती बड़ी ही छविमान!
इति
The Poet
नागार्जुन
Nagarjun
1911 · 1998
Vaidyanath Mishra, universally known as Nagarjun, was a literary force of nature who absolutely refused to bow before power. Born in 1911 in the Darbhanga district of Bihar, he earned the title of Janakavi or the poet of the people through decades of unyielding progressive writing. He wrote in both Hindi and Maithili, winning the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Maithili collection Patrahin Nagna Gachh. Nagarjun was a restless traveler and a committed activist who actively participated in peasant movements and went to prison several times. His poetry is stripped of all artificial elegance. It speaks directly with the raw, biting anger of the hungry, the marginalized, and the exploited. Whether he was exposing political corruption or writing tenderly about the first rains on parched village earth, his words carried the undeniable scent of the soil. He died in 1998, but he remains the ultimate benchmark for resistance poetry in India. He proved that true poetry does not reside in the palaces of kings, but in the sweat and struggle of the common folk.
Paired Painting
King Shantanu Meets Ganga and Devavrata
This touching artwork captures a pivotal, tender moment from the Mahabharata along the sacred banks of the Ganges. King Shantanu stands on the dry earth, gesturing with deep reverence and wonder as he encounters the celestial river goddess Ganga, who rises gracefully from the water with cascading hair and luxurious garments. Standing between them is their extraordinary son Devavrata, later known as the venerable Bhishma, clad in armor and bearing a bow, embodying both divine grace and heroic martial destiny. The artist masterfully translates this legendary familial reunion into a visual language of profound devotion, blending academic realism with the emotional warmth of traditional Indian storytelling.
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If this held you
Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Yah Danturit Muskan carries.
