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Albert Einstein said about him, “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood”. What a phenomenon our Father of the nation was! He took on an empire about which it was said that the “sun never sets on it”, and lead a whole subcontinent to freedom. That too while shunning violence and keeping the moral high ground. He had mesmerized the nation. People looked to him to get cues for what to do. This is beautifully depicted in a classical poem by Sohanlal Dwivedi. An abridged version of this poem venerating Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi is here for you to relish.
खड़ा हिमालय बता रहा है: सोहनलाल द्विवेदी
देखो कैसा खड़ा हिमालय,
डिगता कभी न अपने प्रण से
रहता प्रण पर अड़ा हिमालय।
जो जो भी बाधायें आईं
उन सब से ही लड़ा हिमालय,
इसीलिए तो दुनिया भर में
हुआ सभी से बड़ा हिमालय।
अगर न करता काम कभी कुछ
रहता हरदम पड़ा हिमालय,
तो भारत के शीश चमकता
नहीं मुकुट–सा जड़ा हिमालय।
खड़ा हिमालय बता रहा है
डरो न आँधी पानी में,
खड़े रहो अपने पथ पर
सब कठिनाई तूफानी में।
डिगो न अपने प्रण से, तो तुम
सब कुछ पा सकते हो प्यारे,
तुम भी ऊँचे हो सकते हो
छू सकते नभ के तारे।
अचल रहा जो अपने पथ पर
लाख मुसीबत आने में,
मिली सफलता जग में उसको
जीने में मर जाने में।
∼ सोहनलाल द्विवेदी
Sohan Lal Dwivedi (1906–1988) was an Indian poet, Gandhian and freedom fighter, known for his patriotic poems such as Tumhe Naman, a poem on Mahatma Gandhi, Ali Racho Chand, Khadi Geet, Giriraj, Nayanon ki Resham Dori se, Mathrubhumi, Prakriti Sandesh, Jay Rashtra Nishan, Re Man, Vandana and Himalaya. Born on 22 February 1906 at Bindki, a small village in Fatehpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he secured a master’s degree (MA) in Hindi and did higher studies in Sanskrit. He published several anthologies like Bhairavi, Pooja Geet, Prabhati, Yugadhar, Kunal, Chetna and Basuri. Hum Balveer and Andheri Raath are two of his other notable works.
Dwivedi died on 1 March 1988 at the age of 82. Considered as a national poet, he was honored by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Presently his daughter Ms. Akanksha Dwivedi working to promote his literature through social media and kavi sammelan.
Nice poem!