ह्रदय यहाँ सपाट हैं,
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[People with big hearts]
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होंसले विराट हैं।
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[Its a land of the audacious]
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प्रवेश द्वार सात हैं,
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[7 ways to enter world -Hindu, Sikh,
Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jain or atheist]
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निकास अस्सी घाट हैं।
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[to die there are special Ganga
ghats in Banaras]
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जल सूर्य-अर्पित है,
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[here the sun is offered water]
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तिरंगिणी पे लाट है।
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[while small lamps in flower boats
float on Ganga]
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सवंचलित पृणाली है,
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[It is a self propagating system]
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न एक की जंजाली है।
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[There is no need or problem of
following only one path]
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देव, रक्ष मुग्ध हैं,
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[Here, both the Godly and the
ungodly are equally enchanted]
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स्वयं-जयंत बुद्ध है।
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[But the one who is victorious over
himself is the Buddha]
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यहाँ भ्रम धर्म चरम है,
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[Skepticism and seeking truth is the
pinnacle of 'right-way' of life]
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और चरम धर्म कर्म है,
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[Pinnacle of 'right-way' of life is
to act]
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भ्रम एक कर्म है,
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[One of the few places, where
seeking is a bonafide act of life]
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और कर्म एक भ्रम है।
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[Action too is a mirage, as results
are not always in consonance with action]
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निश्चय द्रढ़, स्वर नरम हैं,
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[Our resolves are undaunted, though
we don't make noise about them]
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विवाद गरम गरम हैं।
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[And concurrently we are very hotly
argumentative]
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यहाँ सत्य भी असत्य है,
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['Fact' is not always truth. Facts
are ignored, if compassion merits it]
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और असत्य-सत्य सत्य है।
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[Factually untrue but compassionate
truth is considered higher truth]
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यहाँ गुमे हुए को मिल गया,
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[Those, who are lost in their
devotion to seek, find enlightenment]
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गया गया जो, खिल गया,
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[He, who went to Gaya (Buddha) got
radiant]
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मिला हुआ गुमा सा है,
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[He, who is enlightened seems to all
others as a lost soul]
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गुमे हुए की दिव्य लेह।
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[While, he who is enlightened &
seeming lost to others has divinity in him]
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जो मिल गया वह है नहीं,
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[We find enlightenment in
nothingness]
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जो है नहीं वह मिल गया,
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[Which does not exist in reality, is
treated like a God]
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यह वृक्ष, पशु का जाल है,
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[It is a network of flora and fauna]
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भारतकोश कुसुम से लाल है,
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[India is blood-red with saffron
(colour of sacrifice)]
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यहाँ युद्ध है, फिर बुद्ध है,
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[Ashok won the fierce Kalinga
battle, but surrendered to Buddhism]
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कलिंग ह्रदय में वास है।
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[Similarly the battle of right and
wrong is fought in one's own heart]
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न जीत ही की तृष्णा है,
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[There is no thirst for victory,
treating it transitory like loss]
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न भू की कोई प्यास है,
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[Similarly there is no yearn to
capture lands]
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यह शिवाजी-शिकोह की धरती है
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[This is the land of Warrior Shivaji
as well as Dara Shikoh]
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तेग-गोबिन्द ने सुर्ख़ करदी है।
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[Ordained by the sacrifices of Guru
Gobind & Teg Bahadur]
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यहाँ नानक की सूफी छाप है,
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[Guru Nanaks Sufism has left an impact
on this nation]
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प्रयोगकर्ता राष्ट्राबाप है।
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[While father of Nation M.K. Gandhi
was a great experimenter]
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झाँसी यहाँ की रानी है,
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[The Queen of Jhansi fought the
first war (1857) of freedom]
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नाना-पाण्डे की कहानी है,
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[So are Nana Saheb and Mangal Pandey
the heroes of 1857]
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भगत राजगुरु सुखदेव सुभाष
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[Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, and
Subhash sacrificed their lives]
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चाचा ने खोज सुनानि है।
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[Pt. Nehru narrated India's story in
his book 'Discovery of India']
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यहाँ सोच, ज्ञान कोष है,
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[Thinking and knowledge are
paramount]
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रामनुजन भट्ट रमण बोसे हैं।
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[Hence, great scientists -
Ramanujan, Aryabhatt, Raman, and Bose]
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यहाँ वसिष्ठ चरक सुश्रुत मत,
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[Similarly, Vashisth, Charak and
Sushrut were lights of our nation]
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गोरख, मत्स्येंद्र नाथ हैं।
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[We had great philosophers like
Gorakhnath & Matsyandranath]
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बसर जहाँ दोनों जहां
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["Both heaven & hell exist
on earth, in this land", Indian Philosophy]
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मध्यमार्ग के यहाँ वहाँ।
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[People here subscribe to middle
path of Mahatma Buddh & others]
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यह विशव हृदय सम्राट है,
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[India is the king of global hearts]
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यहाँ जन राजपाट है।
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[People here are rulers]
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हज़ारों साल की गर्द हैं,
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[There are thousands of years of
history]
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कहानियों की परत है।
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[There are layers and layers of
fables & stories of this land]
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बला है यह बयांँ परे,
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[It is beyond rational explanation
& understanding]
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यहाँ मरके भी न कोई मरे,
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[Death too has no finality about
itself here]
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यह मेरा हिन्दोस्तान है,
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[This is the story of our nation -
India]
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माँ है, मेरी जान है।
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[Which is my mother and my life]
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We have two lives. Second starts on realization that there is only one.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Hindi poem titled "Hindustan meri jaan" (हिंदुस्तान मेरी जान). It's a poem about the eclecticism (co-existence of contradictions) in India.
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