
कौन धौं सीखि ’रहीम’ इहाँ
Kaun Dhau Seekhi Rahim Ihan
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
1 verse · ~5 lines · 1 min
№ MMXXVI
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Shringara
Putari Aturin Kahun Mili Kai
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan1 verses · ~1 min
पुतरी अतुरीन कहूँ मिलि कै लगि लागि गयो कहुँ काहु करैटो। हिरदै दहिबे सहिबे ही को है, कहिबे को कहा कछु है गहि फेटो॥ सूधै चितै तन हा हा करें हू ’रहीम’ इतो दुख जात क्यों मेटो। ऐसे कठोर सों औ चितचोर सों कौन सी हाय घरी भई भेंटो॥
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Paired Painting
A Nobleman and a Maiden in a Palace Interior
In this deeply expressive canvas, the master painter Mahadev Visvanath Dhurandhar invites us into the hushed, dramatic intimacy of a palatial chamber. The air is thick with unspoken tension as a noble figure, adorned in traditional finery and bearing the subtle readiness of a sword at his side, turns toward a delicate maiden. She clings to him with a mix of earnest devotion and anxious hesitation, her dark garments and luminous pearls contrasting against the warm glow of the interior. Dhurandhar bridges academic realism with Indian narrative depth, capturing not merely a scene of courtly life, but the heartbeat of human emotion suspended in time. Every fold of fabric and shadowed archway whispers of a story left to our imagination, evoking the timeless dance of love, duty, and quiet drama within the princely halls of India.
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Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Putari Aturin Kahun Mili Kai carries.