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I am stunned.
I am overwhelmed.
I am numb.
I am speechless.
I don't think I'll ever find the words to describe what I felt while and after reading this.
रामधारी सिंह दिनकर को कोटी कोटी प्रणाम।
I am overwhelmed.
I am numb.
I am speechless.
I don't think I'll ever find the words to describe what I felt while and after reading this.
रामधारी सिंह दिनकर को कोटी कोटी प्रणाम।
It was such an enticing book; the use of words, the way it was written. I was aware of the story beforehand but it still took my breath away. My deepest regards to late Shri Dinkar for this masterpiece.
Whatever you are doing right now, stop, buy this book and read it as early as possible - A one line summary of what this महाकाव्य is and deserves. Many of us have read a small section from this as a part of recommended school reading, the most memorable line being -
जब नाश मनुज पर छाता है
पहले विवेक मर जाता है।
(When the end of a man is nigh,
His common sense is the first to die.)
Composed by one of the greatest Hindi language poets of all times, it is about the most controversial and powerful character of Mahabharata - Karna. Composed in वीर रस (Heroic Subgenre), it starts with Duryodhana befriending Karna and ends with Krishna praising Karna after he dies on the battlefield.
While this poem turned my perception of Karna upside down, making him the most heroic, honest and mightiest character of the story, it also moved me deeply in some of the sections, bringing me on the brink of shedding tears, especially in two scenes - When Kunti meets Karna a day before the war and when he faces Arjuna's arrows, knowing he was to die unfairly. You have to read it to know what I mean. Apart from the story, Dinkar, throughout, comments on some of the burning issues of today's world - class difference, casteism, war and the idea of victory among many more. For example, following is a stanza in which the poet comments on the impulses of humanity to indulge in wars and compares the current state to the ones of cavemen and species before -
झर गयी पूँछ, रोमांत झरे
पशुता का झरना बाक़ी है;
बाहर-बाहर तन सँवर चुका,
मन अभी संवरना बाक़ी है।
Strongly recommended!
जब नाश मनुज पर छाता है
पहले विवेक मर जाता है।
(When the end of a man is nigh,
His common sense is the first to die.)
Composed by one of the greatest Hindi language poets of all times, it is about the most controversial and powerful character of Mahabharata - Karna. Composed in वीर रस (Heroic Subgenre), it starts with Duryodhana befriending Karna and ends with Krishna praising Karna after he dies on the battlefield.
While this poem turned my perception of Karna upside down, making him the most heroic, honest and mightiest character of the story, it also moved me deeply in some of the sections, bringing me on the brink of shedding tears, especially in two scenes - When Kunti meets Karna a day before the war and when he faces Arjuna's arrows, knowing he was to die unfairly. You have to read it to know what I mean. Apart from the story, Dinkar, throughout, comments on some of the burning issues of today's world - class difference, casteism, war and the idea of victory among many more. For example, following is a stanza in which the poet comments on the impulses of humanity to indulge in wars and compares the current state to the ones of cavemen and species before -
झर गयी पूँछ, रोमांत झरे
पशुता का झरना बाक़ी है;
बाहर-बाहर तन सँवर चुका,
मन अभी संवरना बाक़ी है।
Strongly recommended!