रौद्र· Raudra
01तुम कभी थे सूर्य
Tum Kabhi The Surya
Chandrasen Virat
8 verses · ~16 lines · 1 min
5 verses · ~1 min
ऊर्जा से भरे लेकिन अक्ल से लाचार, अपने भुवन भास्कर इंच भर भी हिल नहीं पाते कि सुलगा दें किसी का सर्द चूल्हा
ठेल उढ़का हुआ दरवाज़ा चाय भर की ऊष्मा औ रोशनी भर दें किसी बीमार की अन्धी कुठरिया में
सुना सम्पाती उड़ा था इसी जगमग ज्योति को छूने झुलस कर देह जिसकी गिरी धरती पर धुआँ बन पंख जिसके उड़ गए आकाश में
अपरिमित इस ऊर्जा के स्रोत कोई देवता हो अगर सचमुच सूर्य तुम तो क्रूर क्यों हो इस कदर
तुम्हारी यह अलौकिक विकलांगता भयभीत करती 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
Kunti and Surya
In the quiet innocence of her youth, princess Kunti received a sacred mantra from Sage Durvasa, a profound boon that would grant her the divine grace of invoking any deity. Driven by youthful curiosity and a heart overflowing with wonder, she turned her gaze toward the sky and chanted the sacred syllables to invoke Surya, the radiant Sun God. As the golden celestial light enveloped her majestic palace balcony, awe and trembling apprehension intertwined within her young soul. Bound by the mantra's immortal power, Surya appeared before her, bestowing upon her a child possessing divine golden armor and earrings, who would grow up to be the tragic hero Karna. This magnificent masterpiece captures that singular moment of innocent contemplation and sacred vulnerability, where human youth meets cosmic majesty under the brilliant light of the morning sun.
Open the viewer →
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 Surya carries.
