પ્રાર્થના સભા


Poem Recital:

Meaning

The poem is satirical, truthful, and deeply cultural. It reflects how rituals and social behavior often overshadow the real spiritual and emotional purpose of prayer gatherings. It’s a poetic call to introspect – that life, status, and noise mean little in the end when divine surrender is the only truth.

This version feels like a satirical elegy – it respects the cultural ritual while questioning the mechanics of social behavior that often overshadow true remembrance and surrender.

It’s a layered piece – funny, biting, sad, and spiritual all at once.

The poem continues to revolve around the rituals and behaviors around death – specifically a prayer meeting – but there’s more philosophical depth and cultural critique. Each stanza has its focus on different layers of the event:

Material life before death (stanza 1) The logistics and absurdities of the event (stanzas 2–3) The spiritual and performative contrast in devotion (stanzas 4–5) The actual symbols of death and remembrance (stanza 6) The final layer: noise over meaning, talk over silence (stanza 7)


Transliteration:

var, ghar, laaḍi, gāḍi, baṅgla, ḍhagla, career, beer,
jindagī kharchī, have ame homāṇa,
saune Jay Shri Krishna Apāṇa…(1)

hall, bol, setī, petī, tablā, roṭlā,
keṭlā rahyā sutā ane keṭlā jagānā,
saune Jay Shri Krishna Apāṇa…(2)

parivār, dostār, āgaḷ, pachāḷ, pehlī sīṭ, chellī sīṭ,
nathī samjātū kyāṁ kyāṁ chhe ṭhekānā,
saune Jay Shri Krishna Apāṇa…(3)

bhajanik, teknik, kalākār, sambhālnār, rokṇār, ṭokṇār,
keṭlā jānītā bhajanō gāvāṇā,
saune Jay Shri Krishna Apāṇa…(4)

gharvālā, bāharvālā, lān, ṭoḷuṁ, chhoruṁ, kachhoruṁ,
dekhay mānush thī mānush bhaṅgānā,
saune Jay Shri Krishna Apāṇa…(5)

Śvet, pret, phōṭō, lōṭō, jīvō, divō, maraṇō, smaraṇō,
gayā Golokvās sagā nā phalānā,
saune Jay Shri Krishna Apāṇa…(6)

sāmaiyā, gvaīyā, hāsy, bhāṣya, śōr, bakōr,
dīrghast kahe, māṅgī śānti paṇ kyān ṭhokānā!
saune Jay Shri Krishna Apāṇa…(7)





Responses

    1. BHAViN shUkla Avatar

      Thank you so much Verma ji. Sorry for the delayed response.
      I love writing, but haven’t been getting much time recently. Need to get back to it. Thanks so much for constantly motivating beginners like me.

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