National Song
| National
Song |
The song Vande
Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra
Chatterji , was a source of inspiration to
the people in their struggle for freedom. It has
an equal status with Jana-gana-mana. The first
political occasion when it was sung was the 1896
session of the Indian National Congress.
 The
following is the text of its first stanza
Vande Mataram!
Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam,
Shasyashyamalam, Mataram!
Shubhrajyothsna pulakitayaminim,
Phullakusumita drumadala shobhinim,
Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,
Sukhadam varadam, Mataram!
The English translation of the stanza rendered
by Sri Aurobindo n prose 1 is :
I bow to thee, Mother, richly-watered, richly-fruited, cool
with the winds of the south, dark with the crops
of the harvests, The Mother! Her nights rejoicing
in the glory of the moonlight, her lands clothed
beautifully with her trees in flowering bloom, sweet
of laughter, sweet of speech, The Mother, giver
of boons, giver of bliss. |
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