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सकल सुख के कारन भजि मन नंद नंदन चरन। परम पंकज अति मनोहर सकल सुख के करन॥ सनक संकर ध्यान धारत निगम आगम बरन। सेस सारद रिषय नारद संत चिंतन सरन॥ पद-पराग प्रताप दुर्लभ रमा कौ हित करन। परसि गंगा भई पावन तिहूं पुर धन घरन॥ चित्त चिंतन करत जग अघ हरत तारन तरन। गए तरि लै नाम केते पतित हरि-पुर धरन॥ जासु पद रज परस गौतम नारि गति उद्धरन। जासु महिमा प्रगति केवट धोइ पग सिर धरन॥ कृष्न पद मकरंद पावन और नहिं सरबरन। सूर भजि चरनार बिंदनि मिटै जीवन मरन॥
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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Gajalakshmi
This profound chromolithograph captures Goddess Lakshmi in her form as Gajalakshmi, the divine harbinger of wealth, abundance, and royal grace. Standing serenely upon a blossoming pink lotus amidst a gentle river, she holds blossoming lotuses in her upper hands while bestowing fearlessness and charity with her lower arms. A magnificent white elephant emerges from the crystalline waters to worship her, holding a garland of flowers in its trunk. Raja Ravi Varma revolutionized Indian spirituality by bringing celestial deities into the realm of tangible human emotion and classical realism, allowing devotees to experience a deeply personal connection with the divine through these widespread oleographs.
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