Tag Archives: Motivational Hindi Poems

Here is an old classic poem by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, who also wrote the evergreen poem – Jhansi Ki Rani. Her writing career unfortunately came to an early end as she died at the age of 42, in a road accident. That happened before the country attained freedom. That explains the last stanza of this poem where she says that …

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 …

He who died unsung, unheard, for the Motherland, who was he? Countless people gave their lives for the freedom of the country India. We only know about a handful. Others contributed their lives and faded away unsung and forgotten. Here is a touching poem by Hanskumar Tiwari. वह कौन है: हंस कुमार तिवारी मिट्टी वतन की पूछती वह कौन है‚ …

Life is a temporary phase. We come into this world and leave one day. In between, many get too pre-occupied with hording wealth and name. Indian thought has always considered this tendency madness. Detachment with material things and love for humanity has always been the saintly advice in India. Here is reinforcement of this thought by Neeraj. हम तो मस्त …

A life ends, just like millions of lives end. Nothing very important from a wider perspective. One can analyze all one wants, but the basic fact remains that one life ended just as millions do. A lovely poem by Neeraj. जीवन कट गया: गोपाल दास नीरज जीवन कटना था, कट गया अच्छा कटा, बुरा कटा यह तुम जानो मैं तो यह …

Here is an excerpt from a poem expressing the wishes of a poor poet for his love on her birthday. आज है तेरा जनम दिन, तेरी फुलबगिया में फूल एक और खिल गया है किसी माली का आज की रात तेरी उम्र के कच्चे घर में दीप एक और जलेगा किसी दिवाली का। आज वह दिन है किसी चौक पुरे …

A very powerful poem indeed. When we are young, we have dreams and aspirations. Most of these are never realized. Life passes on and suddenly one day we find ourselves exhausted, past our primes even as our dreams lay shattered. This sentiment is so beautifully captured by Gopal Das Neeraj in this classic poem. The poem was also adopted as …

In this poem, Neeraj exhorts us to keep making efforts and not lose hope. These lines are very similar to what Lord Krishna told Arjuna in Kurukshetra (Geeta Chapter 2, shlokas 35, 36 and 37) खग उड़ते रहना जीवन भर: गोपाल दास नीरज खग! उड़ते रहना जीवन भर! भूल गया है तू अपना पथ‚ और नहीं पंखों में भी गति‚ किंतु …

For a thinking man, there are moments and phases when he realizes that his apprehensions of non-fulfillment of his desires are the cause of his constant prostration. Here is a rebellion from the well known poet Neeraj. अब तुम रूठो, रूठे सब संसार, मुझे परवाह नहीं है। दीप, स्वयं बन गया शलभ अब जलते जलते, मंजिल ही बन गया मुसाफिर …

This poem is quite in contrast to the previous one “Kaarvan Gujar Gaya” by Gopal Das Neeraj, even its answer in a way. Here is a more optimistic view on life. It exhorts us to take things in stride and carry on even if life brings onto us some nasty surprises. Another beautiful poem of Neeraj… छिप छिप अश्रु बहाने वालों, …