Here is another very funny poem by Kaka Hathrasi on modern spirituality! Enjoy. Rajiv Krishna Saxena काका के उपदेश आइये प्रिय भक्तगण उपदेश कुछ सुन लीजिये पढ़ चुके हैं बहुत पोथी आज कुछा गुन लीजिये हाथ में हो गोमुखी माला सदा हिलती रहे नम्र ऊपर से बनें भीतर छुरी चलती …
Read More »जीवन का दाँव – राजेंद्र त्रिपाठी
Life passes with a break-neck speed. As it passes, we are bewildered as to whether we did a good job or we failed in living a good life. What are the measures of success after all? In this confusion, the time to exit comes. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जीवन का दाँव …
Read More »जीवन दर्शन – काका हाथरसी
Here is a point of view that evokes laughter. If we believe in re-births and cycles of lives and births, and that human birth comes after one lac eighty four thousand life cycles, why waste it in fasting? Kaka would rather eat more on the days of fasting! Rajiv Krishna …
Read More »जसोदा हरि पालने झुलावे – सूरदास
On the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami, here are two short poems of Surdas on baby Krishna. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जसोदा हरि पालनैं झुलावै जसोदा हरि पालनैं झुलावै। हलरावै, दुलराइ मल्हावै, जोइ-जोइ कछु गावै॥ मेरे लाल कौं आउ निंदरिया, काहैं न आनि सुवावै। तू काहैं नहिं बेगहिं आवै, तोकौं कान्ह बुलावै॥ …
Read More »जरूरत क्या थी? – हुल्लड़ मुरादाबादी
Things are sometimes done that have real bad repercussions. One then wonders – was there a real need to do such things in the first place? Rajiv Krishna Saxena जरूरत क्या थी आइना उनको दिखाने कि ज़रूरत क्या थी वो हैं बंदर ये बताने कि ज़रूरत क्या थी? दो के …
Read More »जनम दिन – गोपाल दास नीरज
Here is an excerpt from a poem expressing the wishes of a poor poet for his love on her birthday. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जनम दिन आज है तेरा जनम दिन, तेरी फुलबगिया में फूल एक और खिल गया है किसी माली का आज की रात तेरी उम्र के कच्चे घर …
Read More »जब नींद नहीं आती होगी – रामेश्वर शुक्ल अंचल
Trying to suppress memories of lost love, while trying to adopt to a new pattern of life, should be very difficult. This poem describes the feeling. The internal turmoil simply would not let the sleep to take over. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जब नींद नहीं आती होगी क्या तुम भी सुधि …
Read More »संग तुम्हारे – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना
After all the initial trials and tribulations of love and adjustments, a real grace emerges in mature couples who could endure. They have gone through good and bad times together and have attained a kind of resilience that sees them through and provides strength to keep marching hand-in-hand – Rajiv …
Read More »हम तो मस्त फ़क़ीर – गोपाल दास नीरज
Life is a temporary phase. We come into this world and leave one day. In between, many get too pre-occupied with hording wealth and name. Indian thought has always considered this tendency madness. Detachment with material things and love for humanity has always been the saintly advice in India. Here …
Read More »हम को मन की शक्ति देना – गुलज़ार
Here is a lovely composition by Gulzar, written for the movie “Guddi” in 1971. A very simple and moving prayer that school children sing in that movie. Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम को मन की शक्ति देना हम को मन की शक्ति देना मन विजय करें, दूसरों की जय से पहले …
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