Here is a poem by the well-known poetess Mahadevi Varma, showing her deep devotion and appreciation of the motherland. मैं कम्पन हूँ तू करुण राग मैं आँसू हूँ तू है विषाद मैं मदिरा तू उसका खुमार मैं छाया तू उसका अधार मेरे भारत मेरे विशाल मुझको कह लेने दो उदार फिर एक बार, बस एक बार कहता है जिसका व्यथित …

Here is excerpt from a famous poem of Mahadevi Verma. Love takes root in the heart and suddenly the world looks so different! कौन मेरी कसक में नित मधुरता भरता अलक्षित? कौन प्यासे लोचनों में घुमड़ घिर झरता अपरिचित? स्वर्ण सपनों का चितेरा नींद के सूने निलय में! कौन तुम मेरे हृदय में? अनुसरण निःश्वास मेरे कर रहे किसका निरंतर? …

महादेवी वर्मा का जन्म फर्रुखाबाद में हुआ। प्रयाग विश्वविद्यालय से संस्कृत में एम.ए. किया तथा प्रयाग महिला विद्यापीठ की प्रधानाचार्या बनीं और आजीवन वहीं रहीं। महादेवी वेदना की गीतकार हैं, जिसकी अभिव्यक्ति छायावादी शैली में प्रकृति के माध्यम से हुई है। काव्य संकलन “यामा” के लिए ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार, 1979 में साहित्य अकादमी फेलोशिप, 1956 में पद्म भूषण और 1988 में …

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 …

Those who strive to tirelessly work for others may perish, but here Mahadevi Verma states that she would rather prefer that suffering than become immortal by the grace of God. Be careful to pause at commas to get the true meanings of lines. वे मुस्काते फूल, नही जिनको आता है मुरझाना, वे तारों के दीप, नही जिनको भाता ह बुझ …

Mahayana Buddhism Quiz – Madhyamaka and Yogacara Buddhist doctrine and doxography from the Indian Subcontinent. Mahayana Buddhism one of the two major traditions of Buddhism, now practiced especially in China, Tibet, Japan, and Korea. The tradition emerged around the 1st century AD and is typically concerned with personal spiritual practice and the ideal of the bodhisattva.

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