MOTHER ,TELL ME A STORY TONIGHT..

                                         

"MAA KEH EK KAHAANI " 

To this photo, i add some lines from Hindi poem "Yashodhara " by Maithali Sharan Gupt. This is my favourite poem. From this long poem, I have selected some lines wherein child Rahul ( Gautam Buddha's son ) is requesting his mother Yashodhara to tell him a bedtime story. Rahul feels lonely as his father has left the palace and renounced the material world to attain Buddhahood . 

'Yashodhara’ is the story of Lord Buddha, who came out on the path of nirvana and initiated the expansion of Buddhism, while renouncing the happiness and prosperity of Raj Bhavan, luxurious life, his wife- Yashodhara and an only son- Rahul. Maithili Sharan Gupta has presented the story of Lord Buddha in the form of poetry

Maithili Sharan Gupt (3rd August, 1886 - 12th December, 1964) was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He was considered one among the pioneers of ‘Khadi Boli’ poetry and wrote in Khari Boli dialect, at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of Braj Bhasha dialect. He was a recipient of the third highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Bhushan (1954).

Rahul: 

Maa keh ek kahaani

Yashodhara:

" beta samajh liya kya tum ne 

Mujh ko apni naani " 

Rahul:

" Kehtii thhi Mujh se yeh Chaiti 

Tu Meri Naani Ki Beti 

keh Maa keh Laiti hi Laiti

Raja Thha Ya Raani .

Maa keh Eik kahaani"

Yashodhara :

" Tu hai hathi maan-dhan meray

Suun upvan mein bahut saveray

Taat braman kartay thay teray

Jahaan surabhi munmaani"

Rahul:

"Jahaan surabhi munmaani? 

Haan maa yahi kahaani ' 

( Avtar Mota )

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