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[Note: This poetry is a copyrighted work & author’s permission is necessary before any kind of reproduction of it.]

Song – Nenje Ezhu
Music & Singer – A.R. Rahman
Film – Maryan

“अंतर्द्वंद्वकी राहोंमें,
अथाह, कराल प्रवाहोंमें,
अग्निग्रसित दिशाएँ हो,
कण्टकस्तंभ धराएँ हो,
सूर्यभी यदि शर उगले,
तुझे तबभी चलना हैं..
उत्तिष्ठत (६),
जाग्रत, प्राप्य-वरान्निबोधत!!

मार्गरोधी चट्टानोंको,
कर दे परास्त आह्वानोंको!
“नैनं छिन्दति शस्त्राणि”
भय कैसा फिर प्राणोंको?
इस गीतार्थको प्राशन कर,
तुझे आगे बढना हैं..
उत्तिष्ठत (६),
जाग्रत, प्राप्य-वरान्निबोधत!!

जो सहता वोही जाने होती हैं कैसी वेदना,
पर यारा, जीवन तो अस्तोंसे उभरी चेतना!
तू वंशज दधिचीका, हैं वज्र अस्थियोंमें,
बस लड जा, तू फल का क्यूँ सोचे?
उत्तिष्ठत (६),
जाग्रत, प्राप्य-वरान्निबोधत!!

अंतर्द्वंद्वकी राहोंमें,
अथाह, कराल प्रवाहोंमें,
वेलाभी जो दिखाई न पडें,
तुझे तब भी चलना हैं..
उत्तिष्ठत (६),
जाग्रत, प्राप्य-वरान्निबोधत!!”

– © विक्रम.

[For those who have problem understanding such a hard, Sanskrit-alike Hindi, here is a line by line translation for you –

“In the paths of inner-dilemma,
In the endless, fierce streams,
When there is nothing but fire in all the directions,
When there are nothing but spikes on the roads,
When even the sun shoots you with the arrows of heat,
You still have to walk..
Awake, Arise.. & stop not till the goal is achieved!!

To every rock that is hurdle for you,
& destroy each & every challenge in front of you,
‘No weapon can kill the Aatman’
Then what is the fear to your soul?
Grasping this moral of Bhagawad-Geeta,
You have to go ahead & ahead..
Awake, Arise.. & stop not till the goal is achieved!!

He who suffers, only knows how it pains,
But O dear friend, this is life & it rises from where it sets only!
O mighty warrior, you are the descendent of Sage Dadhichi & have the Thunderbolt in your bones like him,
Go & just fight your battle, why should you think about its consequences?
Awake, Arise.. & stop not till the goal is achieved!!

In the paths of inner-dilemma,
In the endless, fierce streams,
Where you cannot see the shore too,
You still have to walk..
Awake, Arise.. & stop not till the goal is achieved!!”

– © Vikram.]