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The Death of Jatayu

Karuna

बैठे हैं दो टीलें

Baithe Hain Do Tile

Naresh Saxena
1 min read 4 versesटीलेउदासीशाम

4 verses · ~1 min

तनिक देर और आसपास रहें चुप रहें, उदास रहें, जाने फिर कैसी हो जाए यह शाम।

एक-एक कर पीले पत्तों का टूटते चले जाना, इतने चुपचाप, और तुम्हारा पलकें झपकाकर प्रश्नों को लौटा लेना अपने आप।

दूर-दूर सड़क के किनारे पर सूखे पत्तो के धुंधुआते से ढेर, एक तरफ़ बैठे हैं दो टीले गुमसुम-से पीठ फेर-फेर,

डूब रहा सभी कुछ अन्धेरे में चुप्पी के घेरे में पेड़ों पर चिड़ियों ने डाला कुहराम।

इति

Naresh Saxena

The Poet

नरेश सक्सेना

Naresh Saxena

The Death of Jatayu

Paired Painting

The Death of Jatayu

This profound work captures one of the most heartrending moments from the Ramayana, where the noble vulture king Jatayu lies fallen after a valiant, selfless battle against Ravana to protect Mother Sita. The artist, A.H. Muller, imbues the scene with a heavy, somber dignity. We see the final moments of a hero who gave his life for dharma, while Sita, in her grief, kneels to comfort the dying bird king. Ravana stands as a towering, imposing shadow behind them, representing the darkness that sought to prevail. It is a poignant meditation on sacrifice, loyalty, and the eternal struggle between light and shadow, rendered with the emotive realism that defined Muller's approach to our sacred epics.

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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 Baithe Hain Do Tile carries.