Saturday, 17 December 2016

The Holy Beacons

The Holy Beacons
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Q. : No time for the Holy Beacons?
A. : In Feb.1984, I visited this place (Tiruvannamalai) for the first time. Then in 1996, 2002. I translated into Hindi a few works of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sri J.Krishnamurti besides some other such 'Holy Beacons' .
I 'studied' 'Thus spake Zarathustra' of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, which is in my view like 'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran. Again these 2 texts seem to me as if were inspired by Moses's Gospel. Again The Sermon on the Mount too looks similar.
But that is my opinion only.
I don't claim I am correct.
There is a parallel (in fact 2) in "Viveka-ChuDamaNi" of Sri ShankarAchArya, : stanza 340, which beautifully explains this 'phenomenon'. But can't say how far this appeals to people of a different orientation of mind other than 'oriental' / Vedantika.
For me now I AM my Holy Beacon and I AM the pilgrim.
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Self-Realization / आत्म-साक्षात्कार

Self-Realization / आत्म-साक्षात्कार 
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"सर्वसहमति से अज्ञातप्राय हो जाना ही एकमात्र आत्म-साक्षात्कार है ।
क्योंकि सृष्टा, जो कि सृजन है, -जो कि सृष्टि है, अस्तित्व को इसी प्रकार से जानता है !"
  -अज्ञात
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Thursday, 15 December 2016

विवेकचूडामणि / vivekacūḍāmaṇi -380

विवेकचूडामणि / vivekacūḍāmaṇi -380
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एष स्वयंज्योतिरशेषसाक्षी
विज्ञानकोशो विलसति अजस्रम् ।
लक्ष्यं विधायैनमसद्विलक्षण-
मखण्डवृत्त्याऽऽत्मतयाऽनुभावय ॥
(विवेकचूडामणि ३८०)
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अर्थ :
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मनुष्य के हृदय में स्वयंज्योति-अशेषसाक्षी, विज्ञानमय अजस्र कोश (बुद्धि) में नित्य विलासरत है । इसे असत् से विलक्षण लक्ष्य (सत्) पर स्थिर करते हुए इस अखण्डित (सतत) वृत्ति के माध्यम से, उस लक्ष्य (सत्) को अपनी आत्मा के रूप में जानो ।
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eṣa svayaṃjyotiraśeṣasākṣī
vijñānakośo vilasati ajasram |
lakṣyaṃ vidhāyainamasadvilakṣaṇa-
makhaṇḍavṛttyā:':'tmatayā:'nubhāvaya ||
(vivekacūḍāmaṇi, 380)
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Meaning :
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In the very heart of man, shines eternally the  आत्मन् / ātman, the Self-effulgent Witness of everything, which has the बुद्धि / buddhi,for Its seat. Making this आत्मन् / ātman  which is distinct from the unreal,meditate on It as thy own Self, excluding all other thought.
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Thursday, 8 December 2016

मनुस्मृति / manusmṛtiḥ -4/138


Aphorisms of Manu :
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Q.: 01001011 01101111 01100111 01101001 01101100 01100001 01110110 01100001 01101110 01101001
Who can decode this?
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सत्यं ब्रूयात् प्रियं ब्रूयात् न ब्रूयात् सत्यं अप्रियम् ।
प्रियं च न अनृतं ब्रूयात् एष धर्म सनातनः ॥
(मनुस्मृति )
satyaṃ brūyāt priyaṃ brūyāt na brūyāt satyaṃ apriyaṃ |
priyaṃ ca na anṛtaṃ brūyāt eṣa dharma sanātanaḥ ||
(manusmṛtiḥ)
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Meaning : One should speak the truth, one should speak the truth that people would love to hear, one should not speak the truth that is unpleasant. Again, though one should speak the truth that is pleasant, one should never speak untruth just because sounds sweet to the ears of the listeners.
This is the very core of  सनातन-धर्म / sanātanaḥ-dharma.
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Thus taught :
मनुस्मृति  (manusmṛtiḥ).
अध्याय ४ -१३८ Chapter 4 -138.
A.: This is Jio's algorithm. In binary coding this has 8 bytes, each could be decoded in terms of a single-digit integer. I too can. Let me explain 00000000 00000001 00000010 00000011 00000100 0000011 00000100 00000101 00000100 00000110 00000111 ... are respectively equivalent to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11... Either calculate manually or invent a formula and decode the 10 numbers in terms of Real Numbers...
Q.: ... Wow.... excellent sir!
The '0' and '1' are the basis of साङ्ख्य / sāṅkhya. As this presupposes the concept of '1' and then defines '0' also, this is the foundation of Vedika Mathematics.
आचार्य कपिल / ācārya kapila discovered and developed this सिद्धान्त / siddhānta, though धर्म सनातनः is prevails over this सिद्धान्त / siddhānta timelessly. साङ्ख्य / sāṅkhya. also elaborates Time and Space as are described and deducted by means of intellectual discussion take one not near the 'Reality' or  ब्रह्मन् / brahman, which is though inexpressible in words and through intellect, could be attained by Intelligence ज्ञानं / jñānaṃ alone. 
Q.: ... duality is, what I see here.I have never heard about Vedika-system.
A.:'Duality' is based upon the concept of '1' . Likewise '0' is also conceptual entity (and not a 'quantity') only. When mind is free of concept it is just pure existence, unnameable but one is never different from this. 
That is शिव  śiva and / or शक्ति śakti.
Q.: Amazing insight...!
A.: Thanks, this insight is just because of my वेद-पाठं / veda-pāṭhaṃ .
Q.: I take a bow (vow?) वेद-पाठं / veda-pāṭhaṃ ...!
A.: If I may suggest, Before beginning वेद-पाठं / veda-pāṭhaṃ, I had to go through स्तोत्र-पाठं / 'stotra-pāṭhaṃ' for a very long time. Then only one can start . Because as long as one 'sees' duality, one needs to 'bow' before the Almighty in whatever name and form one would like to devote to. That is Ganesha, Shiva, Krishna, Kali, Durga, Ayyappa, or Hanuman, who-so-ever appeals according to one's temperament. Chanting of a stotraṃ gradually enables one to grow and mature 'spiritually' and there is enough time if one is sincere, interested and has devotion, at least in the feelings. _/\_
Q.: Absolutely true! ....
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Remark : I followed The above dictum in order to not let her know that वेद-पाठं / veda-pāṭhaṃ is prohibited for woman. Because she (like intellectuals of our times) might have not grasped my point.
I remember How Lord Buddha also declined the request of Gautami, His own maternal aunt for permission for women to join 'सङ्घ' / 'sangha', प्रव्रज्या / pravrajyā . 
The doctrines of सनातन-धर्म / sanātana-dharma whether  ब्राह्मण-धर्म / brāhmaṇa-dharma or the धर्म / dharma of Lord Buddha clearly point-out that practice and learning of 'Self-Realization' is not for woman or those who could not walk the way of 'deduction', 'discrimination' and ' dispassion' विवेक, विवेचन, वैराग्य / viveka, vivecana, vairāgya respectively.
Because woman / female principle is basically of  प्रकृति / prakṛti kind, where-as man / male principle is of पुरुष / puruṣa kind.
This is not only symbolic, but a core-truth also.
And there are other far more natural and easier ways for woman and non-brāhmaṇa, अब्राह्मण or abrāhmaṇa, to attain the Supreme, according to their temperaments.
Here we see how अब्राह्मण-धर्म or abrāhmaṇa-dharma, which like  ब्राह्मण-धर्म / brāhmaṇa-dharma, is another aspect of सनातन-धर्म / sanātana-dharma only, helps all in selecting for the individual right path of attaining मोक्ष / mokṣa, deliverance, Liberation.
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Incidentally  अब्रह्म / abrahma is also a term which finds place in Vedika Literature.
अहं ब्रह्माब्रह्मणी वेदितव्ये / ahaṃ brahmābrahmaṇī veditavye .
अब्राह्मण-धर्म or abrāhmaṇa-dharma is though origin of Abraham (and the religion that started with Abraham) also but  to talk about that is strictly forbidden for me so better I keep silent to avoid disputes.
And also because as Manu teaches : One should not utter truth(s) unpleasant.
That ends the meaningful dialogue, and leaves us in the zone of dry intellectual talks and agony and misery limitless.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Love and Being Loved.

Q.: Isn’t everything we do in #Life A way to be #Loved little more?

A.: This is the core Truth. Happiness alone is the cause of love. Irrespective of their form, shape and size, all beings by very nature itself, love happiness. Want to be and stay happy. And one who makes us happy seems to give us love in a direct or indirect way. But when we begin to 'expect' the same love / happiness and try to 'possess' the person or things that seem to give us love / happiness, we, because of our folly become prey to sorrow. Usually everyone falls in this trap. So doing a thing to be #Loved a little more is though not bad, sometimes this makes us possessive. And this possessiveness itself even if does not destroys our natural and spontaneous happiness, at least limits it. 
In the very first place, We love ourselves the most. This love is basically of our body and the world where-in this body has its life. But sooner or later we tend to think that we are this body only that lives in a ‘world’ that is ‘outside’ this body. This erroneous thought gets so strong, and this thought gets so deep-rooted in our mind that we fail to see that this body and the world and all other living / non-living beings too are made of the same core elements that #Life / #Existence is.
To make oneself ‘happy’, to gain apparent happiness  we torture our own body in many ways, or we even over-indulge in the pleasures that we could enjoy only because the body is the ‘medium’. Body, neither suffers nor enjoys the consequences, but ‘we’ undoubtedly fall in the grip of such indulgences. Who ‘we’?
A wise though understands the limits of the body and senses that are but the instruments, very obedient servants of the body and medium also, does not follow them blindly but rather follows one’s insight and understands what is real #Love towards one and all.
Between, could one see that ‘intellect’ is also such a sense only, and the awareness of this fact is Intelligence; that is not a thought-form or conclusion. It is not necessary to name this movement that takes place in mind / consciousness , but understanding and discovering is far more important. And one who seeks true happiness can’t escape the urge. 
Such a man is truly always happy even when the body is weak, diseased and the senses are unable to function properly. Because with passing of age they too get tired, exhausted and ultimately almost finished till death arrives.
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Monday, 28 November 2016

अध्यास / अहसास

अहसास!
यह जो 'अहसास' है, यह उसी तत्व की परोक्ष 'प्रचीति' है जो हर एक 'अहसास' से पहले, दौरान और उस अहसास के चले जाने बाद भी अखण्डित होता है, हमारा ध्यान 'अहसास', विचार, और अनुभव में अटक और भटक जाने से वह 'व्यक्ति' (पर्सन) और उस व्यक्ति (पर्सन) का एक आभासी संसार दृष्टिगत होने लगता है, जो हमें (?) आभासी अस्तित्व देता प्रतीत होता है । वस्तुतः तो वह एक तत्व ही फ़लक ( स्क्रीन ) और उस पर उभरते विलीन होते चित्रों का एकमेव दृष्टा है, और फ़िर फ़लक (स्क्रीन ) और चित्र भी उसके अभाव में नहीं हो सकते । इसलिए वही एक परब्रह्म सर्वत्र और सर्व है ।
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(टिप्पणी : अधि -आस > अध्यास वह जो अभी प्रतीत हो रहा है, इससे पूर्व भी था, सदा है ..  )
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विवेकचूडामणि / vivekacūḍāmaṇi 20

विवेकचूडामणि / vivekacūḍāmaṇi 20
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ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्येत्येवंरूपो विनिश्चयः ।
सोऽयं नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकः समुदाहृतः ॥
(विवेकचूडामणि 20)
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अर्थ :
ब्रह्म सत्य है (सत्य ही ब्रह्म / सत्ता है), जगत् मिथ्या (भासमान-मात्र) है इस प्रकार का सम्यक् निश्चय होना, इसे ही नित्य वस्तु और अनित्य वस्तु के बीच के भेद का विवेचन / विवेक होना कहा गया है ।
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विवेकचूडामणि / vivekacūḍāmaṇi 20  
--
brahma satyaṃ jaganmithyetyevaṃrūpo viniścayaḥ |
so:'yaṃ nityānityavastuvivekaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ ||
(vivekacūḍāmaṇi 20)
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Meaning :
What is Real / lasting for ever is the only Truth , what is fleeting is unreal, - such a firm understanding and conviction is designated (by the wise) as discrimination.
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Compassion and Non-violence / करुणा और अहिंसा

Compassion and Non-violence / करुणा और अहिंसा 
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(... and suffering / और क्लेश)
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From India Buddha's teachings spread over in Eastern countries Like Burma, Tibet, China, Thailand, Korea, Even in the west in Afghanistan in the south Ceylon, At all these places, owing to climate, geography or tradition people were non-vegetarian. And they had no 'dharma' to follow. Buddha's followers taught them 'compassion' / करुणा and not 'ahimsa' (non-violence). Because 'ahimsa' / अहिंसा  (non-violence) was simply absurd could not be followed in those conditions. 'Compassion' / करुणा however could be the alternative. Ahimsa / अहिंसा (non-violence) is simply an impotent / negative term. Doesn't tell 'what to do' in affirmative tones. One has then to chalk-out / form rules /  concept because some may object : "trees and plants are also living beings. So, shall one die of hunger?" But the idea / teaching of 'Compassion' / करुणा teaches us to 'feel' and consider the 'suffering' / क्लेश of all beings. And thus to stop / avoid inflicting 'suffering' / क्लेश upon all beings. Again death is never a calamity but an essential part of life and in nature also one living being feeds on another. That is not cruelty but natural order of Life. 'Death' is not to be feared, because ultimately every one has to die some-day. But the killing for entertainment or in a fit of rage is not natural but just absurd and cruelty also. Humans need to be taught this simple distinction between 'Compassion' / करुणा  and 'Ahimsa' अहिंसा / (non-violence).
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Sunday, 27 November 2016

To The Beloved.


To The Beloved!
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Seeking you desperately for an eternity, 
When I was fully convinced,
You were there but only in my dream, 
When I finally and ultimately,
Succeeded somehow,
In forgetting you totally, 
You suddenly, quite unexpectedly,
Appeared before my eyes,
In the distance -Far away, 
Like the Evening star, 
I could though watch and behold,
Couldn't believe my eyes !
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-Affectionate Regards & Love...!
( More than just a poetry, 
this 'Note' is rather about : 
how I would like to describe my spiritual status.  )

Friday, 25 November 2016

विकल्पवाद / Alternative approach / What if?

विकल्पवाद 
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’मैं’ / ’हम’ शब्दों का प्रयोग बन्द किए जाने के संस्कृति, समाज और संसार पर अंततः क्या परिणाम होंगे?
(स्पष्ट है कि जिस नाम से एक-दूसरे को संबोधित किया जाता है, वही ’मैं’ / ’हम’ का विकल्प होगा ।)
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Alternative approach / What if?

What will be the ultimate impact on the society, culture and the humanity if the terms 'I' / 'we' are no more in use?

Instead, if needed, the name will be used as the alternative terms.
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Thursday, 24 November 2016

प्रपञ्च-सार-तन्त्र

प्रपञ्च-सार-तन्त्र
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घट-घट घटता घटना-प्रपञ्च
घटी-घटी पल-पल भरती बून्दें
अंतर्बहि बहिरंतर बहती बून्दें,
झट-पट बनता मिटता प्रपञ्च ।
हर घट में भीतर-बाहर जल,
हर घट में घटी-घटी पल-पल,
कितना प्रपञ्च कैसा ये छल?
किसको मोहित करता प्रपञ्च?
यह जल जो अस्थिर चञ्चल है,
यह घट जो अस्थिर भंगुर है,
यह जीव जो रहता भीतर-बाहर,
कितना विमोहक है यह प्रपञ्च !
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(पूज्य भगवत्पाद आदि-शङ्कराचार्य से क्षमा-याचना सहित)
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विवेकचूडामणि श्लोक / vivekacūḍāmaṇi śloka - 8, 574

विवेकचूडामणि श्लोक / vivekacūḍāmaṇi śloka - 8,  
अतो विमुक्त्यै प्रयतेत विद्वान्
संन्यस्तबाह्यार्थसुखस्पृहः सन् ।
सन्तं महान्तं समुपेत्य देशिकं
तेनोपदिष्टार्थसमाहितात्मा ॥
(विवेकचूडामणि : श्लोक 8)
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ato vimuktyai prayateta vidvān
saṃnyastabāhyārthasukhaspṛhaḥ san |
santaṃ mahāntaṃ samupetya deśikaṃ
tenopadiṣṭārthasamāhitātmā ||
(vivekacūḍāmaṇi : śloka 8)
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Meaning :
Therefore the man of learning should strive his best for liberation, having renounced his desire for pleasures from external objects, duly approaching a good and generous preceptor, and fixing his mind on the truth inculcated by Him.
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अर्थ : अतः मनुष्य को चाहिए कि मुक्ति के लिए बाह्य-विषयों में सुख की स्पृहा को विवेकपूर्वक त्यागकर महान् आचार्य की शरण ले और उनसे उपदेश ग्रहण कर आत्म-शान्ति का साक्षात्कार करे ।
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विवेकचूडामणि श्लोक / vivekacūḍāmaṇi śloka - 574 
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न निरोधो न चोत्पत्तिर्न बद्धो न च साधकः ।
न मुमुक्ष्रुर्न वै मुक्त इत्येषा परमार्थता ॥
(विवेकचूडामणि : श्लोक 574)
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na nirodho na cotpattirna baddho na sādhakaḥ |
na mumukṣurna vai mukta ityeṣā paramārthatā ||
(vivekacūḍāmaṇi : śloka 574)
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Meaning :
There is neither death nor birth, neither a bound nor a struggling soul, neither a seeker after liberation nor a liberated one - this is the ultimate truth.
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अर्थ :
न तो मनो-निरोध है, न उत्पत्ति, न कोई बद्ध है, न कोई साधक ।
न कोई मुमुक्षु है, और न कोई मुक्त, ... यही परमार्थता अर्थात् परम सत्य है ।
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From / vivekacūḍāmaṇi of
श्री शङ्कराचार्य / śrī śaṅkarācārya by swāmī mādhavānanda ,
advaita āśrama, kolakātā
स्वामी माधवानन्द,
अद्वैत आश्रम,
कोलकाता कृत विवेकचूडामणि
(अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद)
से उद्धृत ,
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Monday, 21 November 2016

एक सवाल सीधा सादा सा ...

बस एक सवाल सीधा सादा सा ...
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क्या पता सच है या ये है कोरी अफ़वाह,
दुनिया बस शै है, यादों में बसा करती है ।
याद होती है तो पहचान बना करती है,
और पहचान ही से याद बनी रहती है ।
दोनों इक दूजे के सहारे से जिया करते हैं,
एक खो जाए तो दूजा भी कहाँ होता है?
इसी तरह से दुनिया है और चलती है,
कौन होता है जो दुनिया से अलग होता है?
जिसमें कई लोग, दुनियाएँ कई होती हैं,
और हर दुनिया में शख़्स कोई जीता है ।
बस ख़याल भर है कि दुनिया है कोई,
बस ख़याल भर कि ये दुनिया मेरी है ।
बस ख़याल भर है कि यहाँ आया हूँ,
बस ख़याल भर यहाँ से लौट जाऊँगा ।
ख़याल खुद भी तो आता है चला जाता है,
कौन होता है जिसका ख़याल होता है?
कहीं से दुनिया में खुद के आने का ख़याल,
खुद के दुनिया से कहीं जाने का ख़याल,
क्या ख़यालों के बिना ज़िन्दगी नहीं होती?
किसी भी दुनिया के ख़यालों के बिना?
ख़याल दिल या तसव्वुर में उठा करते हैं,
ख़याल यादों में बसते हैं लक़ीरों की तरह,
ख़याल बनते हैं मिटते हैं फिर बनते हैं,
क़ोरे काग़ज़ पे बनी मिटती तहरीरों की तरह,
वो क़ोरा काग़ज़ जिस पे कि बनती है तस्वीर,
कोई ख़याल नहीं शख़्स या दुनिया नहीं,
जो न आता है कहीं से या जाता है कहीं,
वो काग़ज़ जिस पे लक़ीर टिकती नहीं,
क्या वो काग़ज़ कहीं से या जाता है कहीं?
क्या पता सच है या ये है कोरी अफ़वाह,
दुनिया वो शै है, बस यादों में बसा करती है ।
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Sunday, 20 November 2016

A poem for this day.

Till some-one told me,
I didn't know, I was born,
Neither I knew, I was unborn.
Till some-one loved me,
I didn't know I was alive.
Neither I knew Life.
The one who told me,
The one who loved me,
Was though not me,
Was also not some-one,
Other than me.
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Love, Gratitude and Regards,