Madhya Pradesh Rajya Shiksha Kendra Bhopal

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The mighty Himvant is ours -
there’s no equal anywhere on earth.
The generous Ganga is ours -
which other river can match her grace ?
The sacred Upanishads are ours -
what scriptures else to name with them ?
This sunny golden land is ours -
she’s peerless, let’s praise her !
Gallant warriors have lived here,
many a sage has sanctified this land.
The divinest music has been heard here,
and here all auspicious things are found.
Here Brahma-knowledge has taken root,
and the Buddha preached his dhamma here.
Of hoary antiquity is Bharat,
she’s peerless, let’s praise her !
Danger shall not scare us any longer,
and poverty shall not sear our souls.
Self-interest shan’t drive us to meanness,
and cowardly indiff'rence shall cease for ever.
Here our land o’erflows with milk and honey,
and perennial is the supply of fruit and corn.
Ours is the famed Aryan land of Bharat :
she’s peerless, let’s praise her !
- Subramania Bharati
Brahma-knowledge : Knowledge or experience of Brahma, the supreme,
reality according to Hindu philosophy.
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Bharat our Land
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