Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Hanumant ko Giridhar kahay na koye

Chhoti baat badan ki - badi badaayi hoye
Jyon Raheem Hanumant ko Giridhar kahay na koye

There is another version of this Doha:

Badi baat chhotan karay to kahin badhaayi na hoye
Jyon Raheem Hanumant ko Giridhar kahay na koye

Meaning:
If an ordinary person says something good or even does some great work, people hesitate to praise him - No one wants to respect him.
When Lakshman was unconscious - Hanuman carried and brought a whole mountain - filled with medicinal plants to save him. But, no one calls him Giridhar.
Whereas, for doing a similar thing - for holding a mountain on his hand, Lord Krishna is known and worshiped everywhere as Giridhar or Giridhaari.

In this short couplet, Abdul Rahim has touched upon quite a profound but bitter truth so elegantly.
He says that no matter how good things an ordinary person may say or how good or important a work he may do, no one gives credit to him or mentions him. Nor do people give him any respect.
But on the other hand - even an ordinary thing or a small act done by a dignified - famous and influential person is viewed and regarded very big. It is shared and publicized all over the world with love and reverence by everyone.

Instead of focusing on the aphorisms or maxims - on directives or deeds - people only want to see who said it or who did it.
Usually, when an ordinary person says something nice, we do not pay attention to it.
But, then - if we are told that it was said by an eminent person - a person of high and respectable position, then our attitude changes immediately.
Even an ordinary talk coming from a higher person is viewed as noble - grand and majestic. 
But, if the same thing comes out of the mouth of an unknown person, then we do not even hesitate to criticize him.
The injunction or directive may be the same, but if the speaker changes, the reaction from the listeners also changes.
Right or wrong - but this is the precept and practice of this world.
Bitter and sad - but true!                      

4 comments:

  1. Very true...i guess the gem is the message or teaching regardless of the choice.

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  2. Deep one ☝️….

    If a rich or a an influential person decides to stop on eatery near road and eat some street food let’s say - Vada Paav then it’s his humility and if poor does the same thing then it’s his poverty.

    Ameer karein toh ameeri hain, gareeb karein toh majboori ๐Ÿ˜€

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  3. Wow , a Bitter Truth well said in a eloquent way ������‍♀️

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