(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 poem “~ The Mental Bondage…/ज़ेहनी ग़ुलामी~”. 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.)
☆ श्री रविंद्रनाथ टागोर यांची “गीतांजली”… भाग – ३० ☆ श्री मंजिरी येडूरकर ☆
श्री रविंद्रनाथ टागोर
गीतांजलीतील कविता वाचत असताना कवी आणि देव यांच्या भावनिक नात्यांतील वैविध्यतेचे पदर जसजसे उलगडत जातात तसतसा एक प्रश्न वाचकांच्या मनात रुंजी घालू लागतो; तो म्हणजे या दोघांचं नातं तरी कोणतं आहे? आणि आश्चर्य म्हणजे हाच प्रश्न टागोरांना देखील पडतो. गीत क्र. ७७ मधे ते देवाला म्हणतात, “तू माझा कोण आहेस? पिता आहेस? बंधू आहेस? सखा आहेस? तू आहेस तरी कोण? समजा मी तुला पिता मानलं तर या नात्यातला जो आदर आहे तो मला तुझ्यापासून लांब ठेवेल. मग मी तुझ्याजवळ कसा येऊ? तुझा हात कसा धरू? तुला जर सखा मानलं तर मी कायमचा तुझ्याजवळ राहू शकणार नाही. तुला जर बंधू मानलं तर माझं जे संचित आहे त्यात तुला वाटणी द्यावी लागेल. ती कशी देऊ? शेवटी कवी म्हणतो मी तुला सरळ माझं जीवन समर्पित करतो. म्हणजे या नात्याचा प्रश्नच निर्माण होणार नाही कारण मग मी तुझ्याशी एकरूप होऊन जाईन. ”
देव पिता म्हणून:-
ते देवाला पिता मानून प्रार्थना करतात की जिथे मनात भीती नसेल, मान ताठ असेल, जिथे ज्ञान मुक्त असेल, अशा स्वातंत्र्याच्या स्वर्गात मला घेऊन चल. तिथे सत्य, शांती, प्रेम, अहिंसा यांचेच राज्य असेल. (गीत ३५)
देव माता म्हणून:-
ते देवाला माता मानतात. त्यांना मातेला काहीतरी अर्पण करण्याची इच्छा होते. पण त्यांच्या लक्षात येतं की, सुख, आनंद, कीर्ती, संपत्ती या गोष्टी तर तिनेच दिल्या आहेत. त्याच तिला कशा परत द्यायच्या. त्यामुळे ते म्हणतात, माझ्या दुःखावर फक्त माझी सत्ता आहे. म्हणून त्या दुःखाश्रूंची माळच मी तुला वाहीन. ती तुझ्या वक्षावर रूळत राहील आणि तुझ्या हृदयाशी हितगुज करेल. (गीत ८३)
देव बालक म्हणून:-
त्यांना कधी कधी देव हा बालकाच्या रूपातही दिसतो. कवीने सागर किनारी वाळूत खेळणाऱ्या बालकांना वैश्विकरूप दिले आहे. त्या बालकांच्या निरागसपणात कवीला देव दिसतो. बालकांच्या हास्यात, नृत्यात, गोबऱ्या गालात त्यांना देवाची किमया दिसते, निसर्ग दिसतो आणि तो सर्व व्यापी परमेश्वर भेटतो. (गीत ६०, ६१)
देव पती म्हणून:-
मधुरा भक्ती ही आपल्या अध्यात्मात महत्त्वाची मानली जाते. त्याचे उत्तम उदाहरण म्हणजे चैतन्य महाप्रभू! या भक्तीमध्ये देव प्रियकर म्हणजे जोडीदार असतो. कवी स्वतः पत्नीच्या भूमिकेत जाऊन प्रियकराच्या रूपात देवाला पाहतो. या कवितेत (गीत ५२) कवीला म्हणजे पत्नीला वाटतं प्रियकराच्या गळ्यात असणारा हार खूप सुंदर आहे. पण त्याला विचारायचं कसं, देतोस कां म्हणून? पण सकाळ झाल्यावर तिला वाटतं तो आपल्यासाठी काहीतरी आठवण म्हणून नक्की ठेवून जाईल. तो जाता क्षणी ती धावत शेजेकडे येते. निदान एखादं फूल, निदान फुलाची पाकळी ठेवून जाईल. प्रत्यक्ष पाहते तो एक तळपणारी तलवार ठेवलेली असते. प्रेयसी/पत्नी (म्हणजे कवी) खूप घाबरते. पण तिच्या लक्षात येतं की ज्याअर्थी प्रियकराने दिलेली वस्तू आहे त्या अर्थी त्यामागे काहीतरी त्याचा उद्देश असेल. या तलवारीने आता आपल्याला पाश तोडण्याची भीती वाटणार नाही आणि एकदा पाश तोडले की आपण आपलं सगळं आयुष्य त्याच्यावर ओवाळून टाकू शकतो. तोपर्यंत ही तलवार जपून ठेवायला हवी.
(अपूर्ण, पुढील भागात)
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☆ गीत : ८८ ☆
DEITY of the ruined temple! The broken strings of Vina sing no more your praise. The
bells in the evening proclaim not your time of worship. The air is still and silent about you.
In your desolate dwelling comes the vagrant spring breeze. It brings the tidings of
flowers ⎯ the flowers that for your worship are offered no more.
Your worshipper of old wanders ever longing for favour still refused. In the eventide, when fires and shadows mingle with the gloom of dust, he wearily comes back to the ruined temple with hunger in his heart.
Many a festival day comes to you in silence, deity of the ruined temple. Many a night of worship goes away with lamp unlit.
Many new images are built by masters of cunning art and carried to the holy stream of
oblivion when their time is come.
Only the deity of the ruined temple remains unworshipped in deathless neglect.
ON the day when death will knock at thy door what wilt thou offer to him?
Oh, I will set before my guest the full vessel of my life ⎯ I will never let him go with empty hands.
All the sweet vintage of all my autumn days and summer nights, all the earnings and gleanings of my busy life will I place before him at the close of my days when death will knock at my door.
(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 poem “~ From a Drop to an Ocean…~”. 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.)
(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 poem “~ The Lapwing’s Vow…~”. 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.)
(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 poem “~ The Ethereal Enchantress…~”. 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.)
(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 poem “~ Freed You…~”. 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.)
(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’.
It was a deeply memorable literary moment when Capt. Pravin Raghuvanshi ji’s amazing poem “लावण्यपूर्ण रात्रि-अभिसारिका” was recited during the Bicentenary Celebration dedicated to the legendary Romantic poet Lord Byron in London, United Kingdom. This poem is based on Lord Byron’s legendary poem She Walks in Beauty.
~ “Lavanyapoorn Ratri-Abhisarika” ~
An Indian Poetic Tribute at the Bicentenary Celebration of Lord Byron, London
It was a deeply memorable literary moment when Capt. Pravin Raghuvanshi ji’s amazing poem “लावण्यपूर्ण रात्रि-अभिसारिका” was recited during the Bicentenary Celebration dedicated to the legendary Romantic poet Lord Byron in London, United Kingdom.
The poem drew its emotional inspiration from Byron’s timeless masterpiece “She Walks in Beauty” — a work celebrated across centuries for its sublime portrayal of feminine grace, inner purity, and the perfect harmony between light and darkness.
Byron immortalized beauty through the unforgettable imagery of “cloudless climes and starry skies,” where external elegance reflected an inward serenity and innocence. Deeply moved by that poetic vision, I attempted to reinterpret a similar celestial aura through the sensibilities of Indian literature, classical Hindi expression, and Sanskritised poetic aesthetics.
Thus emerged “लावण्यपूर्ण रात्रि-अभिसारिका” — a poem that seeks to portray not merely physical beauty, but a divine feminine presence illuminated equally by grace, tranquility, compassion, and spiritual luminosity.
The poem consciously embraces the classical Indian tradition of aesthetic contemplation, where beauty is not confined to appearance alone but becomes an expression of inner harmony and elevated consciousness. Moonlit imagery, divine metaphors, contemplative stillness, and emotional purity form the essence of the composition.
What made the occasion especially meaningful was the warm appreciation the poem received from poets, scholars, literary admirers, and members of the international audience present during the celebration. Many listeners observed that while the emotional spirit of Byron’s Romanticism resonated throughout the poem, its voice remained profoundly Indian in imagery, diction, and philosophical undertones.
For me, the recitation became more than a literary presentation.
It became a symbolic dialogue between two poetic civilizations — the Romantic imagination of the West and the introspective aesthetic tradition of India.
Poetry ultimately transcends geography, language, and time.
Its truest identity lies in its ability to awaken beauty within the human soul.
~ Pravin Raghuvanshi ‘Aftab’
We present the Original English Poem by Lord Byron “~ She Walks in Beauty ~” and Capt. Pravin Raghuvanshi ji’s Hindi version “~ “लावण्यपूर्ण रात्रि-अभिसारिका… ~”.
Original English Poem by Lord Byron
~ She Walks in Beauty ~
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She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
*
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
*
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
– Lord Byron
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लार्ड बायरन की मूल कविता का कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी द्वारा हिंदी अनुवाद
(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 poem “~ The Priceless Silence…~”. 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.)
~ The Priceless Silence… ~
(ई-अभिव्यक्ति में 23 मई को प्रकाशित संजय जी की रचना – चुप्पियाँ से प्रेरित कविता (इंग्लिश और हिंदी वर्जन))
☆
Your silence
is exquisitely rare
The more you
keep your lips sealed,
the more
its worth keeps rising
I often wonder
what price
your silence commands now…
Will it
rise even further…?
And once again,
I wrapped myself
in a long silence…!
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~ अनमोल ख़ामोशी… ~
तुम्हारी ख़ामोशी
बहुत नायाब है
जितना तुम
लब सिले रहते हो
उतना ही
उसका मोल बढ़ता जाता है
हैरत होती है
कि तुम्हारी ख़ामोशी की क़ीमत अब
कितनी होगी
क्या ये अभी
और बढ़ेगी…?
मैंने एक बार फिर
लंबी ख़ामोशी
ओढ़ ली…!
(Inspired by Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj Ji’s poem चुप्पियाँ )
(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 poem “~ The Vanishing Steps…~”. 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.)
(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 poem “~ I Will Deny It All…~”. 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.)
~ The Mental Bondage… ~ 
इंद्रधनुष्य 
