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देख देख एक बाला जोगी द्वारे मेरे आया हो ॥ध्रु०॥ पीतपीतांबर गंगा बिराजे अंग बिभूती लगाया हो । तीन नेत्र अरु तिलक चंद्रमा जोगी जटा बनाया हो ॥१॥ भिछा ले निकसी नंदरानी मोतीयन थाल भराया हो । ल्यो जोगी जाओ आसनपर मेरा लाल दराया हो ॥२॥ ना चईये तेरी माया हो अपनो गोपाल बताव नंदरानी । हम दरशनकु आया हो ॥३॥ बालकले निकसी नंदरानी जोगीयन दरसन पाया हो । दरसन पाया प्रेम बस नाचे मन मंगल दरसाया हो ॥४॥ देत आसीस चले आसनपर चिरंजीव तेरा जाया हो । सूरदास प्रभु सखा बिराजे आनंद मंगल गाया हो ॥५॥
इति
The Poet
सूरदास
Surdas
c. 1478 · c. 1583
Surdas represents the absolute zenith of the Bhakti movement in North India. Born in the late fifteenth century and believed to have been blind from birth, he did not need physical sight to observe the intricate beauty of the divine. He became the foremost poet of the Ashtachhap, a group of eight mystic poets dedicated to Lord Krishna. Composing entirely in Brajbhasha, Surdas authored the monumental Sur Sagar, a collection of thousands of devotional songs that remain deeply ingrained in the cultural memory of India. He wrote with an unparalleled understanding of child psychology, capturing the innocent mischief of the infant Krishna with a tenderness that no other poet has ever matched. His verses are not merely literature. They are the musical foundation of Vaishnava devotion. Five centuries later, his words continue to echo in temples and classical music concerts, offering eternal comfort to the human soul.
Paired Painting
Yogamaya Escaping from Kamsa
In the deep shadows of a prison cell in Mathura, the divine drama of liberation unfolds with breathtaking urgency. The tyrant Kamsa, consumed by dread and arrogance, lunges backward in sheer terror as the celestial goddess Yogamaya slips from his grasp. Bathed in a radiant, heavenly halo, the divine feminine ascends into the night sky, her multi armed form a symbol of cosmic illusion and ultimate truth. Below, Vasudeva and Devaki stand with hands joined in reverent prayer, their faces illuminated by the soft, ethereal glow of grace amidst captivity. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully captures this pivotal mythological threshold, where mortal tyranny shatters against the luminous expanse of the divine.
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