It is interesting to see how people look at things in different ways.
Lately, there have been some hail storms in Punjab and Delhi.
While children might be running around and playing with the icy hails,
old people are complaining about how cold it is.
And intellectuals are talking about the global change in the weather.
However, a Kavi, a shayar or poet looks at everything from a philosophical angle.
Seeing the drops of rain or hail rushing to touch the ground, an emotional Shayar (poet) says:
चाहत कुछ तो रही होगी इन बूंदों की भी वरना
कौन छूता है ज़मीन - आसमां पे पहुंच कर
Chaahat kuchh to rahi hogi in boondon ki bhi warnaa
Kaun chhootaa hai zameen - aasman pay pahunch kar
' Rajan Sachdeva '
Lately, there have been some hail storms in Punjab and Delhi.
While children might be running around and playing with the icy hails,
old people are complaining about how cold it is.
And intellectuals are talking about the global change in the weather.
However, a Kavi, a shayar or poet looks at everything from a philosophical angle.
Seeing the drops of rain or hail rushing to touch the ground, an emotional Shayar (poet) says:
कौन छूता है ज़मीन - आसमां पे पहुंच कर
Chaahat kuchh to rahi hogi in boondon ki bhi warnaa
Kaun chhootaa hai zameen - aasman pay pahunch kar
' Rajan Sachdeva '
Bahut khoob
ReplyDeleteलिखने वाले के ख्याल बहुत सुन्दर है........
ReplyDeleteBut scientifically, may the writer is not aware of the “Law of Gravity”
Also a phrase- “Whatever goes up comes down”
बूँद हो, धूल हो, या हो आदमी, ऊंचाई पर पहुँच कर, घमंड से जब भी इतराया,
कुदरत ने, किस्मत ने, अल्लाह ताला ने, प्रभु ने उसे हमेशा नीचे जमीन पर ही पलटाया .....
Airplane also fly high, goes to sky, but can’t reach the destination without touching the ground...and without having connection with the ground....
मिटा दो अपनी हस्ती को अगर कुछ मरतबा चाहो
के दाना खाक में मिलकर गले गुलज़ार बनता है ....
That’s the diff. between a philosopher and a scientist’s way of looking at things...as it was mentioned in the opening sentence. Gravity of emotion versus Law of gravity! :-)
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Thank you for your beautiful comments.
As I mentioned in the beginning, people look at the same thing from different angles - different perspectives - such as children or elders or intellectuals. The Shayar however, is a different breed altogether - and I am saying this with great regards for them. It's not a question of if they know about the law of gravity or not. These days, almost everyone has a basic knowledge of physics and how things work. Yet, the poets look at things from another emotional angle also. It's amazing to see how a shayar looks at small, common everyday incidences in such a different way - at such a deeper level. A normal person does not pay any special attention to a common phenomenon such as rain. So, when I read that sher, I was amazed at how he related the drops of rain coming down to touch the ground because they must have some unfulfilled desires left. At the same time, he beautifully pointed out to a deep psychological tendency that after reaching to certain heights, no one wants to come down to the ground level to mingle with so-called ordinary people.
I admired the hidden depth behind this couplet, so I wanted to share it with everyone.
What you said next, is absolutely true.
“Whatever goes up, comes down” is undoubtedly another law of nature. A fact which Shayars, Kavi, Poets keep presenting in their own different ways - with different analogies. You mentioned one very famous sher with a similar example:
मिटा दे अपनी हस्ती को अगर कुछ मरतबा चाहे
कि दाना ख़ाक़ में मिलकर गुल-ओ-गुलज़ार होता है...
Mitaa day apni hasti ko agar kuchh martabaa chaahay
Ki daana khaaq me mil kar gulo-o-gulzaar hota hai
Meaning:
kill your ego - all desires and ambitions if you want to achieve some status (in the spiritual realm).
A seed only blooms into a flower and a garden after it is buried deep in the ground.
But then again, there is another way of looking at the same thing - a different approach to achieve the same goal:
ख़ुदी को कर बुलंद इतना कि हर तक़दीर से पहले
ख़ुदा बंदे से खुद पूछे - बता तेरी रज़ा क्या है
Khudi ko kar buland itnaa ki har taqdeer say pehlay
Khuada banday say khud poochhay bataa teri razaa kya hai?
Raise your self (your thoughts and actions) to such a high level that even God Himself would come to ask you what your desire is.
So, from which angle to look at certain things or incidence may really depend upon the mood of the Shayar at the time.
I thank you again for taking the time to post your comments and please continue to share your thoughts here.
Rajan
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ReplyDeleteWahhhhh Kya baat hai.... Beautiful thought!
ReplyDeleteWonderful.
ReplyDeleteVery well said, there are really different approaches to deal with worldly things, problems, situations, assignments and even to get the Devine knowledge.