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आओ, अपने मन को टोवें! व्यर्थ देह के सँग मन की भी निर्धनता का बोझ न ढोवें।
जाति पाँतियों में बहु बट कर सामाजिक जीवन संकट वर, स्वार्थ लिप्त रह, सर्व श्रेय के पथ में हम मत काँटे बोवें!
उजड़ गया घर द्वार अचानक रहा भाग्य का खेल भयानक बीत गयी जो बीत गयी, हम उसके लिये नहीं अब रोवें!
परिवर्तन ही जग का जीवन यहाँ विकास ह्रास संग विघटन, हम हों अपनें भाग्य विधाता यों मन का धीरज मत खोवें!
साहस, दृढ संकल्प, शक्ति, श्रम नवयुग जीवन का रच उपक्रम, नव आशा से नव आस्था से नए भविष्यत स्वप्न सजोवें!
नया क्षितिज अब खुलता मन में नवोन्मेष जन-भू जीवन में, राग द्वेष के, प्रकृति विकृति के युग युग के घावों को धोवें!
इति
The Poet
सुमित्रानंदन पंत
Sumitranandan Pant
1900 · 1977
Sumitranandan Pant was the absolute master of lyrical aestheticism in modern Hindi literature. Born in 1900 in the lush Kumaon hills of Uttarakhand, he drew his earliest and most profound inspiration from the pristine beauty of the Himalayas. He became one of the four foundational pillars of Chhayavaad, the Hindi neo romantic movement. However, his literary journey did not stagnate in romantic nature worship. Over a career spanning more than five decades, his poetry evolved through distinct phases, absorbing progressive ideologies and eventually culminating in the deep philosophical spiritualism of Sri Aurobindo. Works like Pallav showcased his unmatched ability to weave delicate, musical imagery, while his later masterpiece Chidambara earned him the Jnanpith Award in 1968, the very first time this prestigious honor was given to a Hindi writer. Pant was also recognized with the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Bhushan. He passed away in 1977, leaving behind a poetic vocabulary that taught the Hindi language how to capture the exact softness of falling dew and the quiet grandeur of the mountains.
Paired Painting
Sujata Offering Milk Rice to Siddhartha
This poignant scene captures a foundational moment in spiritual history, depicting the transition of Siddhartha Gautama from a period of extreme asceticism to the discovery of the Middle Way. Having fasted until his body was frail, Siddhartha realized that enlightenment could not be reached through the total neglect of the physical form. At this critical juncture, a village woman named Sujata appeared, moved by a divine impulse to offer him a golden bowl of milk rice. In this painting, her gaze is filled with a gentle, maternal reverence, while Siddhartha sits in a state of quiet grace, his head encircled by a soft, luminous halo. This act of compassion provided him the strength required to reach the final threshold of his awakening under the Bodhi tree. The artist masterfully blends the sacred and the mundane, suggesting that the path to the divine is often paved by the simplest acts of human kindness.
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