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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{one source|date=April 2015}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Hunkar&#039;&#039;&#039; is an epic poem by [[Ramdhari Singh &#039;Dinkar&#039;|Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh &#039;Dinkar&#039;]]. &#039;&#039;[[Himalaya]]&#039;&#039; is from the collection &#039;&#039;Hunkar&#039;&#039; (A Roar) which has been described by a critic as &#039;&#039;burning coals in the shade of playful rainbow&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=&quot;George ed. 1992&quot;&gt;{{cite book<br /> | first = K.M.<br /> | last = George (ed.)<br /> | title = Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology <br /> | publisher = [[Sahitya Akademi]]<br /> | year = 1992<br /> | isbn = 978-81-7201-324-0 <br /> }}&lt;/ref&gt; In this poem, the loftiness of the [[Himalayas]] reflects metaphorically the [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma]], whom he invokes to rise to action, leaving the path of the mystical meditation of the ascetic.&lt;ref name=&quot;George ed. 1992&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> Few stanzas in translation are:&lt;ref name=&quot;George ed. 1992&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;My king of mountains! My magnificent one!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Radiant embodiment of great glory!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Flame of fierce, accumulated prowess!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Snowy diadem of my motherland!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Effulgent brow of my Bharat!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;My king of mountains! My magnificent one!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Unvanquished, unfettered, free through the ages,&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Sacred, righteously proud and great through the ages,&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;What glory have you been radiating&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Through the ages in the limitless sky?&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;How unbroken is your eternal meditation!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Sages of sages! How unending your concentration!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Pouring into infinite space, what intricate problems&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Do you seek to solve?&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;What intractable web of perplexities?&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;My king of mountains! My magnificent one!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;O sage engrossed in silent &#039;&#039;tapasya&#039;&#039;!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Open your eyes at least for a moment!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Our country is burning, in flames&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Writhing restlessly at your feet!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;The blessed [[Indus]], the five rivers, [[Brahmaputra]]&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;[[Ganges|Ganga]] and [[Yamuna]] - the nectar-swept streams&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;That flow to the blessed land&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Are abundant with your melting compassion.&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;At the gates of that land,&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;You, the guardian of its borders,&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Have challenged, &#039;You must cut off my head&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Before you can trample over this land.&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;O pious sage, a great misfortune has fallen today&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;On that same land of piety!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Afflicted, the children are writhing&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;Bitten by countless snakes from four directions.&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> &#039;&#039;My king of mountains! My magnificent one!&lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hindi poetry]]<br /> [[Category:Epic poems in Hindi]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-lit-stub}}<br /> {{en-Wikipedia}}</div>

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