Hindi poet raskhan biography
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Raskhan ( born 1548 ) was a Hindi poet who, although a Muslim, wrote passionate songs about his devotion to Lord Krishna
Sur and Mira also wrote poetry about Lord Krishna ( as did the Tamil poetess Andal ), but Raskhan's devotion to Krishna was much more fervent and intense, as revealed in his poetry.
When I visited his mazaar near Gokul ( during one of my several visits to Mathura ), I found a stanza from one of his well known poems inscribed there :
" मानुस हौं तो वही रसखान, बसौं मिलि गोकुल गाँव के ग्वारन।
जो पसु हौं तो कहा बस मेरो, चरौं नित नंद की धेनु मँझारन॥
पाहन हौं तो वही गिरि को, जो धर्यो कर छत्र पुरंदर धारन।
जो खग हौं तो बसेरो करौं मिलि कालिंदीकूल कदम्ब की डारन॥ "
Translation
If I were to be a human, I would like to live in Gokul among the cowherds
If an animal, I would like to be a cow of Nand ( foster father of Krishna )
If a stone, I would like to be like Govardhan hill ( which protected the cowherds from the wrath of Indra, the rain god )
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Taj Bibi and Raskhan
- IASbaba
- October 29, 2022
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History and Art and Culture
Context: U.P. promotes tombs of Muslim devotees of Krishna for tourism
About Taj Bibi:
- She was born in the 17th century.
- Taj Bibi’s father’s name was Padna Khan.
- Taj Bibi, also known as the ‘Mughal Mirabai’, was the daughter of a Muslim nobleman, appointed by the Mughals to protect the Gokul area.
- Taj Bibi was married to Emperor Akbar.
- Emperor Akbar had great reverence for Gusain Shri Vitthalnath Ji and he used to komma to Govardhan from time to time to have darshan of Gusain Ji.
- Once Taj Bibi came to Govardhan to see Gusain Ji with permission from Akbar.
- Taj Bibi returned to Delhi after a few days as per Akbar’s orders.
About Raskhan:
- Syed Ibrahim Khan (1548-1628) was an Indian Sufi Muslim poet who became a devotee of the Hindu deity Krishna.
- Raskhan was his takhallus (pen name) in Hindi.
- He accepted Krishna as the supreme god (Svayam Bhagavan) and
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प्रेम-प्रेम सब कोउ कहत, प्रेम न जानत कोय। जो जन जानै प्रेम तो, मरै जगत क्यौं रोय।। ‘Everybody says: "Love! Love!" but nobody knows Love’, If a person knows Love, why would the world weep?’While growing up, I was really fond of a specific part of school curriculum, the one that focussed on importance of literature. English and Hindi literature have been a huge part of my school life as I doted over the literary pieces in both these languages. But today, when I am writing this article in English, it really pains me to say that somewhere on the path of this life, the bias of world towards English took over my love for Hindi literature and it was left behind. However, there is a comfort in knowing that some literary works that I read a long time ago had made a lasting impact on me and I can’t ever forget them even if I tried, the lines written above is among one of them. These lines are a part of the poem known as Prem Vatika which was written by a sixteenth century poet who has been g