4 verses · ~1 min
मरने के बाद शुरू होता है मुर्दों का अमर जीवन
दोस्त आएँ या दुश्मन वे ठंडे पड़े रहते हैं
लेकिन अगर आपने देर कर दी तो फिर उन्हें अकडऩे से कोई नहीं रोक सकता
मज़े ही मज़े होते हैं मुर्दों के बस इसके लिए एक बार मरना पड़ता है ।
इति
The Poet
नरेश सक्सेना
Naresh Saxena
1939 · 2001
Naresh Saxena holds a singular and fascinating position in contemporary Hindi literature as a man who brought the exactitude of science into the heart of poetry. Born in 1939 in Gwalior and trained as an engineer, he did not publish his first poetry collection, Samudra Par Ho Rahi Hai Baarish, until he was sixty one years old. Yet, his literary presence had already been firmly established through decades of publication in prestigious journals. Saxena writes with a unique physiological and environmental awareness. He constructs his poems not out of abstract romanticism, but from the physical mechanics of the natural world and the complex realities of modern survival. His language is spare, precise, and completely devoid of unnecessary ornamentation. Alongside his poetry, he is an acclaimed playwright whose drama Aadmi Ka Aa has been staged thousands of times, and a filmmaker who won a National Film Award for his directorial work. He demonstrates that a poet does not need to abandon the rational world to understand the human soul.
Paired Painting
Savitri, emblematic of ideal womanhood
This profound chromolithograph captures one of the most poignant tales of love, devotion, and triumph over mortality from the Mahabharata. Princess Savitri sits in deep anguish upon the forest floor, cradling the lifeless body of her beloved husband Satyavan. Standing before her with towering dignity is Yama, the lord of justice and death, draped in radiant crimson and crowned with celestial majesty, holding his formidable mace. His attendants peer from the shadowy thicket behind him, witnessing an extraordinary confrontation where mortal fidelity challenges the absolute laws of destiny. Savitri refuses to yield to despair, and through her unwavering wisdom, eloquence, and absolute devotion, she ultimately compels Yama to restore her husband to life. Created in association with the pioneering Calcutta Art Studio, this work represents a pivotal moment in Indian visual culture, where sacred mythology was made accessible to the public through advanced printmaking, fostering a deeply resonant sense of national heritage and spiritual endurance.
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