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{{Short description|1905 Bengali patriotic song by Dwijendra Lal Roy}}
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| name = Dhana Dhanya Pushpa Bhara
| cover = Dwijendra Lal Roy.jpg
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| type = ''[[Dwijendrageeti]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Experts |first=Arihant |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhrzDwAAQBAJ&dq=dwijendrageeti+500+songs&pg=PA184 |title=Know Your State West Bengal |date=22 August 2019 |publisher=Arihant Publications India limited |isbn=978-93-131-9801-7 |language=en}}</ref>
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| released = 1907
| recorded = 1905
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| genre = Patriotic
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| writer = Dwijendra Lal Roy
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"'''Dhana Dhanya Pushpa Bhara'''" ({{langx|bn|ধনধান্য পুষ্প ভরা||Lavished with a wealth of grains and flowers}}) is a [[Bengali language]] [[patriotism|patriotic]] song composed by the Indian litterateur [[Dwijendra Lal Roy]] in 1905. The song was composed in the context of the [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|First Partition of Bengal]] and the [[Swadeshi Movement]]. It is one of the most popular Bengali patriotic songs, both in [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]].

==Background==
{{Main|Partition of Bengal (1905)}}
The first partition of Bengal came to effect on 20 July 1905, where the British colonial government split the unified province of [[Bengal Presidency]] into two parts along [[Communalism (South Asia)|communal]] lines–[[East Bengal and Assam]] having a majority of [[Muslims]] and [[West Bengal]] having a majority of [[Hindus]]. The event triggered a [[Bengali nationalism|nationalist]] surge particularly among the [[Bengali Hindus]], who claimed this move as politically motivated. Along with a host of others, songs such as this were meant to rekindle the unified spirit of Bengal and to raise public consciousness against the communal political divide. Dwijendra Lal Roy wrote the song in Bengali language during this time in 1905. The song was later included on his play ''Shajahan'' in 1907. A transcription of the song in Sanskrit was made by his son Dilip Kumar Roy much later. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.301210/mode/1up|title=Sajahan|last=Ray|first=Dwijendralal Ed}}</ref>

==Popularity==
The song was one of the various songs that were used to encourage the [[Freedom fighter (Bangladesh)|Bangladeshi freedom fighters]] during the [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mallick|first=Sadya Afreen|date=19 July 2016|title=DL ROY Patriotism to the fore|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/dl-roy-patriotism-the-fore-1255669|website=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> During the drafting of the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] in 1972, two songs were proposed for the national anthem of the country, the "[[Amar Sonar Bangla]]" by [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and "Dhana Dhanya Pushpa Bhara". But at the end, Amar Sonar Bangla was selected.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ullah|first=Mahbub|date=12 September 2024|language=bn|title=শতফুল ফুটতে দাও: বিতর্কের উত্তেজনায় যাতে গণতন্ত্র হারিয়ে না যায়|url=https://www.jugantor.com/tp-ub-editorial/851278|access-date=31 October 2025|website=[[Daily Jugantor]]}}</ref>

The song ranked 10th in the list of the twenty greatest Bengali songs of all time in a 2006 survey conducted by ''[[BBC Bangla]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2006 |title=সর্বকালের সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ বাংলা গান |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/story/2006/05/060502_mbsheragaan |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=[[BBC Bangla]]}}</ref> The song became popular during the [[July Revolution (Bangladesh)|July Revolution of Bangladesh]] when thousands of protesters chorused the song on 3 August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Explained: How Bangladesh quota protests spiralled into Hasina's ouster|url=https://thefederal.com/category/explainers-2/explained-how-bangladesh-quota-protests-spiralled-into-hasinas-ouster-137231|website=The Federal|date=5 August 2025}}</ref>

==Lyrics==
{|class="wikitable"
!Bengali original<ref>{{cite web|date=19 July 2015|language=bn|title=ধনধান্য পুষ্প ভরা দেশের ডি এল রায়|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/opinion/news/bd/410549.details|access-date=29 July 2025|website=banglanews24.com}}</ref>
!English translation
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ধনধান্য পুষ্পভরা আমাদের এই বসুন্ধরা{{efn|Also sung: ধনধান্যে পুষ্পে ভরা<ref name=":0">{{cite web|language=bn|title='ধন ধান্য': ভুলে ভরা|url=https://www.prohor.in/index.php/robbaranda-shruti-goswami-shrutimodhur-1|access-date=29 July 2025|website=Prohor}}</ref>}}
তাহার মাঝে আছে দেশ এক–সকল দেশের সেরা;–
ও সে, স্বপ্ন দিয়ে তৈরি সে-দেশ, স্মৃতি দিয়ে ঘেরা;
এমন দেশটি কোথাও খুঁজে পাবে নাকো তুমি,
সকল দেশের রানি সে যে–আমার জন্মভূমি।

চন্দ্র সূর্য গ্রহ তারা, কোথায় উজল এমন ধারা।
কোথায় এমন খেলে তড়িৎ এমন কালো মেঘে!
তার পাখির ডাকে ঘুমিয়ে উঠি, পাখির ডাকে জেগে;{{efn|Also sung: তারা পাখির ডাকে ঘুমিয়ে পড়ে, পাখির ডাকে জেগে, or তারা পাখির ডাকে ঘুমিয়ে ওঠে, পাখির ডাকে জেগে<ref name=":0" />}}
এমন দেশটি কোথাও খুঁজে পাবে নাকো তুমি,
সকল দেশের রানি সে যে–আমার জন্মভূমি।

এত স্নিগ্ধ নদী কাহার, কোথায় এমন ধূম্র পাহাড়!
কোথায় এমন হরিৎক্ষেত্র আকাশতলে মিশে!
এমন ধানের উপর ঢেউ খেলে যায় বাতাস কাহার দেশে!
এমন দেশটি কোথাও খুঁজে পাবে নাকো তুমি,
সকল দেশের রানি সে যে–আমার জন্মভূমি।

পুষ্পে পুষ্পে ভরা শাখী; কুঞ্জে কুঞ্জে গাহে পাখি;
গুঞ্জরিয়া আসে অলি পুঞ্জে পুঞ্জে ধেয়ে–
তারা, ফুলের উপর ঘুমিয়ে পড়ে ফুলের মধু খেয়ে;
এমন দেশটি কোথাও খুঁজে পাবে নাকো তুমি,
সকল দেশের রানি সে যে–আমার জন্মভূমি।

ভায়ের মায়ের এত স্নেহ কোথায় গেলে পাবে কেহ!–
ও মা তোমার চরণ দুটি বক্ষে আমার ধরি,
আমার এই দেশেতে জন্ম–যেন এই দেশেতে মরি–
এমন দেশটি কোথাও খুঁজে পাবে নাকো তুমি,
সকল দেশের রানি সে যে–আমার জন্মভূমি।
</poem>}}
|{{centre|<poem>
Lavished with a wealth of grains and flowers is our [[Earth|Mother Earth]].
In the midst of this is a land, more splendid than all other lands.
She is created by dreams, she is surrounded by memories.
Nowhere will you discover such a land as this.
O she is the queen of all lands, she is my motherland.

Moon and sun, planets and stars. Is there a similar surge of brilliance anywhere?
Where does the lightning play quite like this, among such black clouds?
After the call of her birds put me to sleep, I am awakened by the birdsongs again.
Nowhere will you discover such a land as this.
O she is the queen of all lands, she is my motherland.

Whose rivers are so gentle? Do such massive mountains exist anywhere?
Where do such green acres meet like this, under the skies?
In whose land does the wind dance like waves on paddy?
Nowhere will you discover such a land as this.
O she is the queen of all lands, she is my motherland.

The trees are covered with flowers, birds sing in every haunt,
Buzzing, the bees arrive and chase each other in great clusters.
They fall asleep on the flowers after drinking their nectar.
Nowhere will you discover such a land as this.
O she is the queen of all lands, she is my motherland.

Where can one go to attain so much affection, from a mother or brother?
I hold both your feet, O [[Bangamata|Mother]], close to my breast,
I was born in this very land, let me die here, as well.
Nowhere will you discover such a land as this.
O she is the queen of all lands, she is my motherland.
</poem>}}
|}

==See also==
*"[[Amar Sonar Bangla]]", the [[national anthem]] of Bangladesh by [[Rabindranath Tagore]], also written in the context of the First Partition of Bengal
*[[Dwijendrageeti]]

==Citations==
===Notes===
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===References===
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[[Category:Songs in Bengali]]
[[Category:Indian patriotic songs]]
[[Category:Bengali nationalism]]
[[Category:1907 songs]]

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DamienLorenz695 at 15:08, 18 April 2026