4 verses · ~1 min
विफल प्रयत्न हुए सारे, मैं हारी, निष्ठुरता जीती। अरे न पूछो, कह न सकूँगी, तुमसे मैं अपनी बीती॥
नहीं मानते हो तो जा उन मुकुलित कलियों से पूछो। अथवा विरह विकल घायल सी भ्रमरावलियों से पूछो॥
जो माली के निठुर करों से असमय में दी गईं मरोड़। जिनका जर्जर हृदय विकल है, प्रेमी मधुप-वृंद को छोड़॥
सिंधु-प्रेयसी सरिता से तुम जाके पूछो मेरा हाल। जिसे मिलन-पथ पर रोका हो, कहीं किसी ने बाधा डाल॥
इति
Paired Painting
Shantanu and Ganga
This poignant scene depicts a heartrending moment from the Mahabharata, where the celestial river goddess Ganga returns to her divine origin. Bound by a vow to return her children to the waters to liberate them from a curse, she is captured in the act of casting their final child into the river. King Shantanu, her earthly husband, stands in the distance with his arm outstretched in a desperate, futile gesture of pleading. The artist captures the divine serenity of Ganga, whose face remains untroubled by human morality, contrasting sharply with the tragic anguish of the mortal King who realizes he has lost the heavenly being he once cherished.
Open the viewer →