HARVEST HYMN

THE HARVEST HYMN

PresentaTION

WE WILL EXPLAIN A STANZA

THE NIGHTANGLE OF INDIA !

SAROJINI NAIDU

• HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHY IS SAROJINI NAIDU KNOWN AS THE NIGHTANGLE OF INDIA ? WELL LET ME LESSEN YOUR CURIOSITY AS FOR NOW ! SHE EARNED HERSELF THIS NAME BECAUSE OF HER CONTRIBUTION IN POETRY .
• HER WORKS ARE RICH IN EMOTIONS , IMAGERY AND HAS COVERED MANY THEMES , MOST OF HER POEMS HAVE LINES REPEATED ACROSS THE STANZAS .

STANZA

THIS IS THE 3RD STANZA

QUEEN OF GOURD FLOWER , QUEEN OF HARVEST ,SWEET AND OMNIPOTENT MOTHER , O EARTH ! THINE IS THE PLENTIFUL BLOSSOM THAT FEED US , THINE IS WOMB WHERE OUR RICHES HAVE BIRTH WE BRING THEE OUR LOVE AND OUR GARLANDS FOR TRIBUTE, WITH GIFTS OF THY OPULENT GIVING WE COME OH SOURCE OF OUR MANIFOLD GLADNESS , WE HAIL THEE WE PRAISE THEE PRIVI WITH CYMBAL AND DRUM

STANZA EXPLAINATION

LETS GO !

EXPLAINATION

• THIS POEM DEALS WITH THE FACT THAT GOD IS ALMIGHTY AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYTHING .
• THE POETESS PRAISES THE GOD FOR HIS GENERORISTY AND KINDNESS .
• IN THIS POEM PEOPLE SING HYMNS OF PRITHVI , VARUNA , BRAHMA AND LORD SURYA .

LORD PRITHVI

THE EARTH GODESS

IN HINDIUSIM PRITHVI OR EARTH IS ONE OF THE PANCHBHUTAS BELIEF AND GODESS PRITHVI IS A PERSONIFICATION OF EARTH

PRITHVI IS THE EARTH DEVI SHE IS ALSO KNOWN AS "VAST ONE" IN SANSKRIT .

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STANZA 3

EXPLAINATION

• THE WOMEN PRAISE THE PRITHVI , THE MOTHER EARTH FOR BEING SO KIND AND MODEST WITH SEEDS . THEY PRAISE PRITHVI FOR THE SHELTER AND NOURISHMENT IT PROVIDES TO THE CROPS

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THE EARTH DOES NOT BELONG TO US .WE BELONG TO THE EARTH !

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THANKS!

DONE BY AURA AND ARSHIKA