Received a nice comment for a previous post and I thought I would post my reply over here for everyone.
You can read the comments of Dr. BM in the comment section.
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. However, the poets look at things from another emotional angle also. It's amazing to see how a shayar looks at small - common incidences in different ways - at a deeper level. Normally, we do 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. This is a fact which Shayars, Kavi, Poets keep presenting in their own different ways - with different analogies. You have mentioned a 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 daanaa 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 - before creating the destiny - would ask the man what his desire is.
So, from which angle a Shayar looks 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.
'Rajan Sachdeva'
You can read the comments of Dr. BM in the comment section.
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. However, the poets look at things from another emotional angle also. It's amazing to see how a shayar looks at small - common incidences in different ways - at a deeper level. Normally, we do 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. This is a fact which Shayars, Kavi, Poets keep presenting in their own different ways - with different analogies. You have mentioned a 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 daanaa 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 - before creating the destiny - would ask the man what his desire is.
So, from which angle a Shayar looks 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.
'Rajan Sachdeva'
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