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नीली, पीली औ’ चटकीली पंखों की प्रिय पँखड़ियाँ खोल, प्रिय तिली! फूल-सी ही फूली तुम किस सुख में हो रही डोल? चाँदी-सा फैला है प्रकाश, चंचल अंचल-सा मलयानिल, है दमक रही दोपहरी में गिरि-घाटी सौ रंगों में खिल! तुम मधु की कुसुमित अप्सरि-सी उड़-उड़ फूलों को बरसाती, शत इन्द्र चाप रच-रच प्रतिपल किस मधुर गीति-लय में जाती? तुमने यह कुसुम-विहग लिवास क्या अपने सुख से स्वयं बुना? छाया-प्रकाश से या जग के रेशमी परों का रंग चुना? क्या बाहर से आया, रंगिणि! उर का यह आतप, यह हुलास? या फूलों से ली अनिल-कुसुम! तुमने मन के मधु की मिठास? चाँदी का चमकीला आतप, हिम-परिमल चंचल मलयानिल, है दमक रही गिरि की घाटी शत रत्न-छाय रंगों में खिल! --चित्रिणि! इस सुख का स्रोत कहाँ जो करता निज सौन्दर्य-सृजन? ’वह स्वर्ग छिपा उर के भीतर’-- क्या कहती यही, सुमन-चेतन?
रचनाकाल: मई’१९३५
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
Mohini on a Swing
In this breathtaking creation by Raja Ravi Varma, the mythical enchantress Mohini ascends into the golden sky on a rustic swing suspended from a sheltering banyan tree. The artist captures a fleeting moment of divine grace and earthly joy, portraying Mohini with cascading raven hair and a billowing white sari edged in gold. As she soars above a sweeping landscape of ancient hills and valleys, her posture exudes a sense of serene liberation. Ravi Varma masterfully employs European oil techniques to render the interplay of light and shadow across her graceful form, breathing profound life into a timeless vision of feminine beauty and spiritual allure.
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