Tag Archives: Path Poems for Children

‘Guru Nanak Dev Ji’ was born on 15 April 1469 at Rāi Bhoi Kī Talvaṇḍī, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan. He was the son of Kalyan Chand Das Bedi and Mata Tripta. His father was a patwari (accountant) for crop revenue in the village of Talwandi. Guru Nanak Dev was married to Mata Sulakkhani. Guru Nanak Dev Ji …

कबीरदास भारत के महानतम कवी थे, इन्होने जीवन और उसके भीतर भावनाओ को अहम् बताया और मनुष्य को मार्गदर्शन दिया। इनके काव्य में कहीं भी धर्म का विषय नहीं था, ये सिकन्दर लोदी के समय के समाज सुधारक थे। कबीर के दोहे जीवन को राह देते हैं। Name Kabir Das / कबीर दास Born लगभग (1398 या 1440) लहरतारा, निकट …

साधो ये मुर्दों का गाँव: Here is a famous composition of Saint Kabir Das, a nirguni saint of 15th century, who lived in Varanasi. In the present composition Kabir points out how fleeting the life is. Be it a prophet, a King, divine personalities, common people, doctor and patients, all eventually die. This is indeed a world of dead people. …

A very powerful poem indeed. When we are young, we have dreams and aspirations. Most of these are never realized. Life passes on and suddenly one day we find ourselves exhausted, past our primes even as our dreams lay shattered. This sentiment is so beautifully captured by Gopal Das Neeraj in this classic poem. The poem was also adopted as …

Here is another famous poem by Mahadevi Ji. I love the first lines “clouds are the breath of ocean and lightening the restless thoughts of darkness”. दीप मेरे जल अकम्पित, घुल अचंचल। सिन्धु का उच्छवास घन है, तड़ित, तम का विकल मन है, भीति क्या नभ है व्यथा का आँसुओं से सिक्त अंचल। स्वर-प्रकम्पित कर दिशायें, मीड़, सब भू की …