Chapter – 4
Introduction
Radha loves Lord Krishna very deeply:
Radha is deeply hurt, as she has not seen Krishna for several days.
She weeps so much that her tears 'carve' a river.
She does not give proper answer to any question.
She has grown thinner than the thinnest moon .
Radha's friends are worried on her condition:
The pang of separation from Lord Krishna is unbearable for Radha.
Her health declines when she does not see him for some days.
The anonymous friend runs to Lord Krishna to report this.
From The Lesson
Her tears carved a river
And she broods on its bank
Hurt and confused.
उसके आंसुओं ने नदी का रूप धारण कर लिया है,
और उसके किनारे वह चिंतित बैंठी है,
चोट खाई और घबराई हुई,
You ask her one thing,
She speaks of another.
Her friends believe
That joy may come again
At times they banish hope and cease to case.
यदि आप उससे एक चीज पूछो तो
वह कुछ दूसरा ही बोलती है,
उसके दोस्तों को विश्वास है,
कि वह खुशी दुबारा आयेगी,
समय के साथ वह आशा गायब हो जाती हैं और मामला खत्म हो जाता हैं।
O Madhava,
I have run to call you:
Radha each day grows thinner
Thinner than the crescent in the sky.
Thinner Than a Crescent
हे माधव!
मैं दौड़ कर आपको बुलाने आई हूं,
राधा प्रतिदिन दुबली पतली होती जा रही है,
आसमान में उपस्थित दूज के चांद से भी पतली,
दूज के चांद से भी ज्यादा पतली,
About the poet
Vidyapati is a great poet of Maithili. He is known as 'Maithil Kokil' . This poem is an English translation of a Maithili poem by him.
विद्यापति मैथिली के महान कवि हैं। उन्हें 'मैथिल कोकिल' के नाम से जाना जाता है। यह कविता उनकी एक मैथिली कविता का अंग्रेजी अनुवाद है।
Born in the village of Bisapi in Madhubani, on the eastern side of north Bihar. उत्तर बिहार के पूर्वी हिस्से में मधुबनी के बिसापी गांव में पैदा हुए। Vidyapati is well known for depicting the pangs of separation in the well-known tradition of Jayadeva.विद्यापति जयदेव की सुप्रसिद्ध परम्परा में वियोग की पीड़ा का चित्रण करने के लिए विख्यात हैं। His love-songs re-create and reveal the world of Radha and Krishna, the major love figures of Indian mythology and literature. उनके प्रेम-गीत राधा और कृष्ण की दुनिया को फिर से बनाते और प्रकट करते हैं, भारतीय पौराणिक कथाओं और साहित्य के प्रमुख प्रेम आंकड़े। However, while Jayadeva's poem celebrates Krishna's love and pays comparatively little attention to Radha the woman, Vidyapati is primarily concerned with the intense passion of Radha's love. हालाँकि, जबकि जयदेव की कविता कृष्ण के प्रेम का जश्न मनाती है और राधा महिला पर तुलनात्मक रूप से कम ध्यान देती है, विद्यापति मुख्य रूप से राधा के प्रेम के तीव्र जुनून से चिंतित हैं। At once sensuous and sensual, descriptive and dramatic, Vidyapati's songs range beyond the mythological only to find their place in the heart of a human lover whose dreams and desires never die, whose sighs and cries never end.एक साथ कामुक और कामुक, वर्णनात्मक और नाटकीय, विद्यापति के गीत केवल पौराणिक कथाओं से परे एक मानव प्रेमी के दिल में अपनी जगह पाने के लिए हैं, जिनके सपने और इच्छाएं कभी नहीं मरतीं, जिनकी आह और रोना कभी खत्म नहीं होता। The present poem is in the form of a report from a friend of Radha to Lord Krishna प्रस्तुत कविता राधा की एक मित्र द्वारा भगवान कृष्ण को दी गई रिपोर्ट के रूप में है। The Lord has had no occasion to meet Radha for sometime.भगवान को कुछ समय के लिए राधा से मिलने का कोई अवसर नहीं मिला है। The young girl took this to heart.युवती ने इस बात को अपने दिल में ले लिया। Consequently, her health began to fail.नतीजतन, उसका स्वास्थ्य विफल होने लगा। Greatly concerned over this condition of Radha, the anonymous friend runs to Lord Krishna to report this. राधा की इस हालत से बहुत चिंतित, बेनाम मित्र भगवान कृष्ण को इसकी सूचना देने के लिए दौड़ती है।
Word Meaning:
Eastern: पूर्वी, Well known: प्रसिद्ध, Depicting: चित्रण, Pangs: दुःख, Seperation: जुदाई, Tradition: रीति, Reveal: उजागर करता है, Major: मुख्य, Figure: चित्र, Mythology: पौराणिक, literature: साहित्य, Celebrate: मानना, Comparatively: तुलनात्मक रूप से, Attention: ध्यान, Primarily: प्राथमिक रूप से, Concern: चिंता, Intense: इरादा, passion: शानदार, शौक, At once: तुरंत, Sensuous: Sensual: कामुक, Descriptive: संक्षिप्त, Dramatic: नाटकीय, Range: सीमा, Mythological: heart, desire, lover, dream, sighs, report, occasion, meet, consequently: परिणाम स्वरूप, health, fail, conditon, Anonymous: गुमनाम, greatly.
Presentation/ style
The poem is metaphoric.
The image of crescent (दूज का चांद) has been used to suggest Radha's declining health.
The poem is in a report form:
Radha's friend reports Radha's condition to Krishna.
The language is simple.
Radha's falling health
Radha is deeply hurt, as she has not seen Krishna for several days. She weeps so much that her tears 'carve' a river.
She does not give proper answer to any question.
Radha's friends are worried for her condition:
She has grown thinner than the thinnest moon .
Conclusion
The image of 'crescent in the sky' suggests the urgency of the situation. Radha's condition is fast declining. If Krishna delays further, Radha may disappear, as the moon disappears in the sky.
THINNER THAN A CRESCENT Objective Type Questions
1. Vidyapati's poems are about Radha and …..
(a) Ram (b) Sita (c) Krishna (d) Vishnu
2. Lord Krishna had not met for some time.
(a) Radha (b) Sudama (c) Vidyapati (d) Yashoda
3. Radha's friends were ...... about her.
(a) angry (b) worried (c) happy (d) ecstatic/concerned
4. Radha's friend says that Radha has .... weight.
(a) gained (b) added (c) put (d) lost
5. Radha is growing ....... than the crescent.
(a) larger (c) thinner (b) stronger (d) weaker
6. Who is crying?
(a) Radha (b) Lord Krishna (e) The Poet (d) None of these
7. Who wrote the underwritten lines?
"Her tears carved a river,
And she broods, on its bank
Hart and confused."
(a) Puran Singh (b) Vidyapati (c) Durga Prasad Panda (d) Nirad C. Choudhary
8. Radha's tears have carved a
(a) river (b) statue (c) sea (d) hole
9. What do her friends do at last ?
(a) Drop the hope of Radha to meet Krishna
(b) Continued the hope of Radha to meet Krishna
(c) Gave consolation to Radha
(d) None of these
10. Who is Madhava?
a) Lord Krishna's friend
(b) The other name of Lord Krishna
(c) Lord krishna's enemy
(d) a follower of Lord Krishna Vidyapati is a poet:
11. Vidyapati is a …. Poet.
(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Maithili
(d) Bhojpuri talked about
12. Whose problems are in the poem "Thinner than a Crescent' ?
(a) Radha's
(b) Radha's friends
(c) Lord Krishna's
(d) Village folk's
13. Radha's tears in the poem "Thinner than a Crescent has created:
(a) a pool
(b) a sea
(c) a river
(d) a lake
14. "Thinner than a Crescent', has been composed by:
(a) Vidyadhar Pandit
(b) Kalidas
(d) Tulsidas
(e) Vidyapati
15. To whom does the friend make a report in the poem "Thinner than a Crescent' ?
(a) Lord Siddhartha
(b) Lord Krishna
(c) Lord Mahaveer
(d) None of these
16. Vidyapati was born in :
(a) Bhagalpur
(e) Darbhanga
(b) Motihari
(d) Bisapi, Madhubani
17. Her tears carved a river'-whose tears is the poet referring to?
(a) Radha
(b) Radha's friend
(c) Radha's sister
(d) Radha's mother
18. O Madhava,/I have run to call you.'-is from:
(a) Ode on Solitude
(b) The Empty Heart
(c) Thinner Than a Crescent
(d) Koel
19. Why is Radha hurt in 'Thinner Than a Crescent"?
(a) Due to the presence of Lord Krishna
(b) Due to the absence of Lord Krishna
(c) Due to the ignorance of Lord Krishna
(d) Due to the anger of Lord Krishna
20. Vidyapati is known for depicting the ...... of separation.
(a) society
(c) culture
(b) history
(d) pangs
21. How does Radha look like?
(a) Wider than the crescent
(b) Thinner than the crescent
(c) Fatter than the crescent
(d) Sharper than the crescent
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