गजानन माधव मुक्तिबोध की कविता

Summary

The text is a Hindi poem titled "Madhav" from Jain Bharati, August 2009. It describes a twilight scene where dusk descends with sadness over mountains and lakes, turning the sky a deep blue. The speaker walks on a field path as a dark, misty atmosphere fills with a sense of futility. A church spire merges into the blue darkness, and the speaker feels absorbed into the gloom, becoming dense with sorrow—not pure consciousness or bliss. Stars twinkle like unsolvable mathematical problems, while blurred lines of hills, waves, and horizons affect the speaker, pulling them away from inner stability. A grove of tamarind trees stands detached yet firm. The speaker vows not to lie under this sky and darkness. They question why they should open all the painful knots of life and sit in bushes to think. The directions cause pain, and serious souls surround them, making it impossible to reach everyone. Sensations spread through every vein, making countless demands that the speaker cannot hear. The heart's torment, ideals, and human values weigh the speaker down, making them destitute and preventing joy from entering. The speaker wonders whose fault it is—the intellect can measure land and build roads through effort, but sensitivity demands immediate fulfillment of all needs. The speaker reflects that if they die, nothing dies except these sensitivities, yet they have not become like rocks, hills, darkness, or empty trees—self-absorbed and independent. The speaker wishes they could become bigger and harder than themselves.