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Veera
वरदान माँगूँगा नहीं
Vardan Mangunga Nahi
Shivamangal Singh 'Suman' 1 min read 5 versesस्वाभिमानself-respectसंघर्ष
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यह हार एक विराम है जीवन महासंग्राम है तिल-तिल मिटूँगा पर दया की भीख मैं लूँगा नहीं। वरदान माँगूँगा नहीं।।
स्मृति सुखद प्रहरों के लिए अपने खंडहरों के लिए यह जान लो मैं विश्व की संपत्ति चाहूँगा नहीं। वरदान माँगूँगा नहीं।।
क्या हार में क्या जीत में किंचित नहीं भयभीत मैं संधर्ष पथ पर जो मिले यह भी सही वह भी सही। वरदान माँगूँगा नहीं।।
लघुता न अब मेरी छुओ तुम हो महान बने रहो अपने हृदय की वेदना मैं व्यर्थ त्यागूँगा नहीं। वरदान माँगूँगा नहीं।।
चाहे हृदय को ताप दो चाहे मुझे अभिशाप दो कुछ भी करो कर्तव्य पथ से किंतु भागूँगा नहीं। वरदान माँगूँगा नहीं।।
इति
The Poet
शिवमंगल सिंह ‘सुमन’
Shivamangal Singh 'Suman'
1915 · 2002
There is a particular form of literary courage that has nothing to do with defiance or rebellion the courage of choosing to remain human when circumstances press hard toward despair. Shivamangal Singh Suman possessed this courage in extraordinary measure. He wrote across the full breadth of the progressive literary movement in Hindi, and his work bears the mark of a mind that refused to choose between aesthetic beauty and social conscience, insisting with deep patience that both are necessary if poetry is to perform its highest function. His verses walk the razor's edge between lyric grace and the weight of lived suffering never collapsing into sentimentality, never hardening into polemic. Born in Unnao in 1915, Suman rose to lead Vikram University as its Vice Chancellor, becoming one of the rare figures who moved between the world of intellectual administration and the world of pure creative fire without losing his substance in either. He received the Padma Bhushan and Sahitya Akademi recognition, but his true monument is the quality of sustenance his verses have provided across generations of readers who found in him a poet who understood that the will to go on is, in itself, a form of sacred defiance.
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Maharana Pratap Singh: The Defiant Rajput Warrior King
This profound portrait captures Maharana Pratap, the indomitable king of Mewar who stood tall as a bastion of freedom against the vast might of the Mughal Empire. He chose the harsh, unforgiving paths of the Aravalli hills over subjugation, enduring immense hardship rather than compromising his sovereign dignity. His life remains an eternal testament to unyielding courage, personal sacrifice, and profound love for the motherland. When we gaze upon his stalwart figure, we witness the spirit of Mewar itself, fierce, resilient, and eternally proud.
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Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Vardan Mangunga Nahi carries.
