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रतन-सौं जनम गँवायौ हरि बिनु कोऊ काम न आयौ। इहि माया झूठी प्रपंच लगि, रतन-सौं जनम गँवायौ॥ कंचन कलस, बिचित्र चित्र करि, रचि-पचि भवन बनायौ। तामैं तैं ततछन ही काढ़यौ, पल भर रहन न पायौ॥ हौं तब संग जरौंगी, यौं कहि, तिया धूति धन खायौ। चलत रही चित चोरि, मोरि मुख, एक न पग पहुँचायौ॥ बोलि-बेलि सुत-स्वजन-मित्रजन, लीन्यौ सुजस सुहायौ। पर्यौ जु काज अंत की बिरियाँ, तिनहुँ न आनि छुड़ायौ॥ आसा करि-करि जननी जायौ, कोटिक लाड़ लड़ायौ। तोरि लयौ कटिहू कौ डोरा, तापर बदन जरायौ॥ पतित-उधारन, गनिका-तारन, सौ मैं सठ बिसरायौ। लियौ न नाम कबहुँ धोखैं हूँ, सूरदास पछितायौ॥
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.
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