Tag Archives: Hindi Poems on Motherland

Jallianwala Bagh (जलियांवाला बाग़) is a public garden in Amritsar, and houses a memorial of national importance, established in 1951 by the Government of India, to commemorate the massacre of peaceful celebrators including unarmed women and children by British occupying forces, on the occasion of the Punjabi New Year (Baisakhi) on 13 April 1919 in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Colonial …

चल पड़े जिधर दो डग, मग में चल पड़े कोटि पग उसी ओर, पड़ गई जिधर भी एक दृष्टि पड़ गए कोटि दृग उसी ओर। जिसके शिर पर निज धरा हाथ उसके शिर-रक्षक कोटि हाथ, जिस पर निज मस्तक झुका दिया झुक गए उसी पर कोटि माथ॥ हे कोटिचरण, हे कोटिबाहु, हे कोटिरूप, हे कोटिनाम, तुम एकमूर्ति, प्रतिमूर्ति कोटि हे …

Albert Einstein said about him, “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood”. What a phenomenon our Father of the nation was! He took on an empire about which it was said that the “sun never sets on it”, and lead a whole subcontinent to freedom. That too while …

A lovely classic by Jai Shankar Prasad. Hindi is a bit difficult so I have provided the meanings of difficult words… अरुण यह मधुमय देश हमारा: जय शंकर प्रसाद अरुण यह मधुमय देश हमारा। जहां पहुंच अनजान क्षितिज को मिलता एक सहारा। सरस तामरस गर्भ विभा पर नाच रही तरुशिखा मनोहर छिटका जीवन हरियाली पर मंगल कुंकुम सारा। लघु सुरधनु …

Here is an old classic inspirational poem by Jay Shankar Prasad. हिमाद्रि तुंग शृंग से: जय शंकर प्रसाद हिमाद्रि तुंग शृंग से प्रबुद्ध शुद्ध भारती – स्वयं प्रभा समुज्ज्वला स्वतंत्रता पुकारती – ‘अमर्त्य वीर पुत्र हो, दृढ़- प्रतिज्ञ सोच लो, प्रशस्त पुण्य पंथ है, बढ़े चलो, बढ़े चलो!’ असंख्य कीर्ति-रश्मियाँ विकीर्ण दिव्यदाह-सी, सपूत मातृभूमि के – रुको न शूर साहसी! …

Here is a poem written by the famous poetess Subhadra Kumari Chauhan at the time of freedom struggle of India. It depicts the desire of a child to learn the use of sword to ward off policemen who come to arrest the freedom fighter ‘Kaka’. अभी अभी थी धूप, बरसने, लगा कहाँ से यह पानी। किसने फोड़ घड़े बादल के, …

Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907 – 1991) was an Indian poet. His epic Jauhar, depicting the self-sacrifice of Rani Padmini, a queen of Chittor, written in a folk style, became very popular in the decade of 1940-50. पंचदश सर्ग: सगपावस बीता पर्वत पर नीलम घासें लहराई। कासों की श्वेत ध्वजाएं किसने आकर फहराई? ॥१॥ नव पारिजात–कलिका का मारूत आलिंगन करता कम्पित–तन …

Here is another excerpt from “Haldighaati” the great Veer-Ras Maha-kavya penned by Shyam Narayan Pandey. Here is a description of a soldier fighting for the Motherland. वीर सिपाही: वीर रस कविता भारत-जननी का मान किया, बलिवेदी पर बलिदान किया अपना पूरा अरमान किया, अपने को भी कुर्बान किया रक्खी गर्दन तलवारों पर थे कूद पड़े अंगारों पर, उर ताने शर-बौछारों पर …

Here is excerpt from an old classic from Dinkar, exhorting Himalaya the great snow-covered king of mountains (Nagpati), that stands tall and eternally on the north of Indian subcontinent, to save India from its decline. The poem seems to have been written while India was under captivity of the English. मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल!: रामधारी सिंह दिनकर मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल! …

In view of the current crusade of Anna Hazare against corruption, this poem about the power of masses becomes a must read. Dinkar Ji wrote this beautiful poem when India became a Republic on January 26, 1950. India‘s population was 33 Crores that time. From now on, it would be the meek people of the land who would collectively rule this …