
एक हरा जंगल
Ek Hara Jangal
Kunwar Narayan
2 verses · ~7 lines · 1 min
№ MMXXVI
RACHNA · A LIVING ARCHIVE
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तुम तुंग - हिमालय - श्रृंग और मैं चंचल-गति सुर-सरिता। तुम विमल हृदय उच्छवास और मैं कांत-कामिनी-कविता। तुम प्रेम और मैं शान्ति, तुम सुरा - पान - घन अन्धकार, मैं हूँ मतवाली भ्रान्ति। तुम दिनकर के खर किरण-जाल, मैं सरसिज की मुस्कान, तुम वर्षों के बीते वियोग, मैं हूँ पिछली पहचान। तुम योग और मैं सिद्धि, तुम हो रागानुग के निश्छल तप, मैं शुचिता सरल समृद्धि। तुम मृदु मानस के भाव और मैं मनोरंजिनी भाषा, तुम नन्दन - वन - घन विटप और मैं सुख -शीतल-तल शाखा। तुम प्राण और मैं काया, तुम शुद्ध सच्चिदानन्द ब्रह्म मैं मनोमोहिनी माया। तुम प्रेममयी के कण्ठहार, मैं वेणी काल-नागिनी, तुम कर-पल्लव-झंकृत सितार, मैं व्याकुल विरह - रागिनी। तुम पथ हो, मैं हूँ रेणु, तुम हो राधा के मनमोहन, मैं उन अधरों की वेणु। तुम पथिक दूर के श्रान्त और मैं बाट - जोहती आशा, तुम भवसागर दुस्तर पार जाने की मैं अभिलाषा। तुम नभ हो, मैं नीलिमा, तुम शरत - काल के बाल-इन्दु मैं हूँ निशीथ - मधुरिमा। तुम गन्ध-कुसुम-कोमल पराग, मैं मृदुगति मलय-समीर, तुम स्वेच्छाचारी मुक्त पुरुष, मैं प्रकृति, प्रेम - जंजीर। तुम शिव हो, मैं हूँ शक्ति, तुम रघुकुल - गौरव रामचन्द्र, मैं सीता अचला भक्ति। तुम आशा के मधुमास, और मैं पिक-कल-कूजन तान, तुम मदन - पंच - शर - हस्त और मैं हूँ मुग्धा अनजान! तुम अम्बर, मैं दिग्वसना, तुम चित्रकार, घन-पटल-श्याम, मैं तड़ित् तूलिका रचना। तुम रण-ताण्डव-उन्माद नृत्य मैं मुखर मधुर नूपुर-ध्वनि, तुम नाद - वेद ओंकार - सार, मैं कवि - श्रृंगार शिरोमणि। तुम यश हो, मैं हूँ प्राप्ति, तुम कुन्द - इन्दु - अरविन्द-शुभ्र तो मैं हूँ निर्मल व्याप्ति।
इति
The Poet
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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Shiva and Parvati Seated on a Terrace
In this sublime vision of the divine, we witness the eternal union of Shiva and Parvati as they share a moment of intimate tranquility upon a terrace. The deep, dark sky serves as a velvety backdrop to their luminescence, symbolizing the infinite cosmos over which they preside. Shiva, whose skin bears the serene hue of the vast heavens, is adorned with a garland of skulls, a profound memento mori that reminds the faithful of the cycle of existence and the transcendence beyond physical decay. Parvati, radiant and graceful, gazes upon her lord with boundless love, their presence embodying the harmony of the universe. The delicate details of the foliage and the stylized landscape reflect the refined aesthetic sensibilities of the Kangra school, where every brushstroke is an act of prayer and an invitation to contemplate the sacred mystery of the cosmic couple.
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