English Literature – Short Story ☆ ~ Setting Sun and the Earthen Lamp… ~ / अस्ताचल का सूर्य और मिट्टी का दीपक (भावानुवाद) ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ☆

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

We present Capt. Pravin Raghuvanshi ji’s amazing Short Story “~ Setting Sun and the Earthen Lamp… ~”.  We extend our heartiest thanks to the learned author Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji (who is very well conversant with Hindi, Sanskrit, English and Urdu languages) and his artwork.) 

Short Story ~ Setting Sun and the Earthen Lamp… ~ 

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As the setting sun, draped in fiery splendour, whispered to the world,

‘Who shall now inherit my radiant duty?’

A reverent hush fell upon the universe— mountains bowed in respect, oceans stilled their tides, and even the winds held their breath…

Then, from a solitary threshold, a tremulous voice arose— the gentle flame of a humble diya, an earthen lamp, its glow quivering yet resolute:

‘I shall, my Lord… as much as this small heart can bear!’

And in that moment, the setting sun bestowed a warm smile upon the earth, knowing that light is eternal, merely passing from one beacon to another!

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~Pravin Raghuvanshi

~ अस्ताचल का सूर्य और मिट्टी का दीपक… ~ 

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जब अस्ताचल का सूर्य अरुणिमा ओढ़े गगन से बोला — “अब मेरे प्रकाश का उत्तराधिकारी कौन होगा?”

क्षण भर को थम गई सारी सृष्टि — पहाड़ झुक गए, सागर शांत हो गए, यहाँ तक कि पवन भी थम गई श्रद्धा में।

तभी किसी दहलीज़ से एक कोमल स्वर उठा — मिट्टी के छोटे से दीपक ने, थरथराती लौ में विनम्रता भरकर कहा — “मैं करूँगा, प्रभु… जितना मुझसे संभव होगा।”

और उस क्षण, डूबते सूर्य ने मुस्कराकर भूमि पर निहारा — जानता था, प्रकाश शाश्वत है, वह तो बस हस्तांतरित होता है…!

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 ~प्रवीन रघुवंशी ‘आफ़ताब’

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 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM