Inspirational Poems

Borders between nations are man-made. Nature however has no regards for these borders. Dinker Ji puts is very well in this poem. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पक्षी और बादल पक्षी और बादल ये भगवान के डाकिये हैं, जो एक महादेश से दूसरे महादेश को जाते हैं। हम तो समझ नहीं पाते …

This famous poem by Narottam Das (AD 1550-1605) describes the story of Sudama who was a close friend of Lord Krishna. Sudama lived in poverty and his wife always prodded Sudama to visit Lord Krishna in Dwarka for some financial help. Sudama felt reluctant to ask money from a friend …

I had read this poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi in childrens school Hindi text book. It left a deep impression. It may moisten eyes of some readers, especially those who feel special affinity for India. And that is why this is such a special poem – Rajiv K. Saxena देश …

Here is an old classic, the desire of a flower by Makhanlal Chaturvedi Ji – Rajiv Krishna Saxena पुष्प की अभिलाषा चाह नहीं मैं सुरबाला के गहनों में गूँथा जाऊँ चाह नहीं, प्रेमी-माला में बिंध प्यारी को ललचाऊँ चाह नहीं, सम्राटों के शव पर हे हरि, डाला जाऊँ चाह नहीं, …

Geeta-Kavita has become very popular amongst school children and their parents who find on this site poems to recite in class, or for home-work. It is therefore important that poems well entrenched in public memory should be available on this site. This famous poem of desh prem should be of …

Rashmirathi is quite a phenomenon in the world of Hindi poetry. Here is another excerpt from third chapter. Lord Krishna had failed to convince Duryodhana to avoid the war. Duryodhana had refused to give any thing back to Pandavas and Krishna had left after declaring that a war in now …

Giridhar Kavirai, the famous medieval Hindi poet wrote kundaliyan that contained common wisdom . Here is a sample. Rajiv Krishna Saxena गिरिधर की कुंडलियाँ लाठी में गुण बहुत हैं, सदा राखिये संग गहरी नदी, नारा जहाँ, तहाँ बचावै अंग तहाँ बचावै अंग, झपटि कुत्ता को मारै दुशमन दावागीर, होय तिनहूँ …

Most of us have heard this story of Siddharta and the swan wounded by a hunter. The story has a moral that the savior is far bigger a person than the killer. Here when Siddhartas son Rahul insists on hearing a bedtime story from his mother, she tells him his …

Here is a lovely poem most of us may have read in school days. Unity in diversity is emphasized here. Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम सब सुमन एक उपवन के हम सब सुमन एक उपवन के एक हमारी धरती सबकी, जिसकी मिट्टी में जन्मे हम। मिली एक ही धूप हमें है, सींचे गए …

मंजिल दूर नहीं है वह प्रदीप जो दीख रहा है झिलमिल, दूर नहीं है थककर बैठ गये क्या भाई! मंजिल दूर नहीं है चिनगारी बन गयी लहू की बूंद गिरी जो पग से, चमक रहे, पीछे मुड़ देखो, चरण चिन्ह जगमग से। शुरू हुई आराध्य भूमि यह, क्लांत नहीं रे …