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अध्यात्म फल (जब कड़ी मारें पड़ीं)
Adhyatma Phal (Jab Kadi Maarein Padeen)
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'6 verses · ~1 min
जब कड़ी मारें पड़ीं, दिल हिल गया पर न कर चूँ भी, कभी पाया यहाँ; मुक्ति की तब युक्ति से मिल खिल गया भाव, जिसका चाव है छाया यहाँ।
खेत में पड़ भाव की जड़ गड़ गयी, धीर ने दुख-नीर से सींचा सदा, सफलता की थी लता आशामयी, झूलते थे फूल-भावी सम्पदा।
दीन का तो हीन ही यह वक्त है, रंग करता भंग जो सुख-संग का भेद कर छेद पाता रक्त है राज के सुख-साज-सौरभ-अंग का।
काल की ही चाल से मुरझा गये फूल, हूले शूल जो दुख मूल में एक ही फल, किन्तु हम बल पा गये; प्राण है वह, त्राण सिन्धु अकूल में।
मिष्ट है, पर इष्ट उनका है नहीं शिष्ट पर न अभीष्ट जिनका नेक है, स्वाद का अपवाद कर भरते मही, पर सरस वह नीति - रस का एक है।
( कविता संग्रह, "परिमल" से )
इति
The Poet
सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी "निराला
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
1899 · 1961
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala lived in the permanent condition of the truly original. He was frequently misunderstood by the very world he transformed. Born in Bengal but claiming Hindi as the medium of his revolution, he dismantled the metrical structures of classical Sanskrit based verse. He introduced what he called mukta chhand, or free verse, into a tradition that had never encountered it and was not at first grateful. His life was a sustained encounter with catastrophe. The plague took his wife, daughter, and brother in the same brutal sweep. Poverty pressed against him without mercy, and critical misunderstanding sometimes shaded into deliberate cruelty. Yet from within this suffering, he produced verse of such concentrated and terrible beauty that it reads not as the product of a broken man, but as the testimony of a spirit that had gone through fire and returned with the fire still alive inside it. His epic Ram Ki Shakti Puja remains one of the supreme poems in the Hindi language. It is a profound meditation on doubt, divine abandonment, and the final trembling choice to go on fighting. Nirala was not a comfortable figure, nor was he praised sufficiently in his lifetime. But he was, in the most absolute sense, free. That freedom cost him everything and produced everything. He remains the patron saint of the uncompromising.
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Bhishma on the Bed of Arrows
This profound painting captures one of the most poignant and spiritually arresting moments from the ancient epic Mahabharata. Grandfather Bhishma, the embodiment of unwavering duty, supreme renunciation, and eternal wisdom, stands resolute on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Pierced by countless arrows, Bhishma transcends physical suffering, demonstrating the ultimate victory of the soul over the temporary material body. His majestic white beard and fierce yet compassionate gaze reflect a lifetime devoted to the supreme divine will. The surrounding imagery contrasts with the austere reality of his sacrifice, reminding all seekers of truth that righteous duty often demands the highest personal cost.
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