भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History by Veer Savarkar
स्वातंत्र्यवीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर द्वारा
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पृष्ठ 366, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 366
- As soon as the reports of the final victories of the Hindus over the
Muslims in this millennial Hindu-Muslim war reached Maharashtra, the
Charans, the Bhats, the Gondhalees, who were the chief exponents of the
poignant national feelings of the people at large, began to surcharge the
atmosphere of every village in Maharashtra with triumphant joy, by means
of their heroic poems and ballads, imbued with the most warlike ‘spirit’.
There was not to be found any self-respecting Maratha who was not
enthralled and inspired to hear these deeds of his own army. Since it is only
in the imaginative vein, that a true picture of the romantic mood of the
Maharashtra of that day can be drawn. I have tried to express it in my poem
‘Gomantak’ through the mouth of Maharashtrabhat, a typical representative
of the Bhats, Charans and Gondhalees! A few couplets from the same poem
are translated into English from the original in Marathi and cited here for
the perusal of the reader. - A Panegyric
By Maharashtrabhat
Here, O Hindus, hear you all
Comes the news of our victory in War,
Wrongs of a thousand years aveng’d
Down is the victor vanquish’d again’
Celebrate the day with feastings and dancing
Yours is the right by martyrdom seal’d
But mind, th’task is not yet done!
Only the ramparts so far’re won;
The rock’s to be clim’d, the fort’s to be storm’d
The wish’d for summit is safely to be made!
Dawn’d today is the moment auspicious
For Hindu-padshahi happy and glorious!
Still the solemnities aren’t over
Impending dangers overhead hover.
Like Starters of Eras have we won this glory
Like Starters of Eras must we hold it grimly
Once again o’th banks of the Indus
Proudly carrying the crest of gold
Stands the horse of a Hindu warrior
To quench his thirst of a thousand years!
Come with the seas, ye, Gangamaiyya,