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| English: Vande Mataram | |
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| Bônde Matorom (Bengali pronunciation); Vande Mataram (Sanskrit or Hindi pronunciation) | |
| Lyrics | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay,Anandamath (1882) |
| Music | Jadunath Bhattacharya |
| Adopted | 24 January 1950 |
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A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735 (Rajasthan)
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| National anthem | Jana Gana Mana |
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Vande Mataram (Bengali script: বন্দে মাতরম্, Devanagari: वन्दे मातरम्) -Vande Mātaram - literally - "I praise thee, Mother" - is a poem from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1882 novel Anandamath.[1] It was written inBengali and Sanskrit.
It is a hymn to the Mother Land. It played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.[2]
In 1950 (after India's independence), the song's first two verses were given the official status of the "national song" of the Republic of India, distinct from the national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana.
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[hide]Lyrics[edit]
The two verses of Vande Mataram adopted as the "National song" read as follows:
| Bengali script[3] | Bengali phonemic transcription | Devnagari script | NLK transliteration[2][4] |
|---|---|---|---|
বন্দে মাতরম্৷
সুজলাং সুফলাং মলয়জশীতলাম্ শস্যশ্যামলাং মাতরম্! বন্দে মাতরম্৷. শুভ্র-জ্যোৎস্না পুলকিত-যামিনীম্ ফুল্লকুসুমিত দ্রুমদলশোভিনীম্, সুহাসিনীং সুমধুরভাষিণীম্ সুখদাং বরদাং মাতরম্৷৷ বন্দে মাতরম্৷ |
bônde matôrôm
sujôlang sufôlang môlôyôjôshitôlam shôsyô shyamôlang matôrôm bônde matôrôm shubhrô jyotsna pulôkitô jaminim fullô kusumitô drumôdôlôshobhinim suhasining sumôdhurôbhashinim sukhôdang bôrôdang matôrôm bônde matôrôm |
वन्दे मातरम्।
सुजलाम् सुफलाम् मलयज शीतलाम् शस्यश्यामलाम् मातरम्। वन्दे मातरम्। शुभ्रज्योत्स्ना पुलकितयामिनीम् फुल्लकुसुमित द्रुमदलशोभिनीम् सुहासिनीम् सुमधुर भाषिणीम् सुखदाम् वरदाम् मातरम्।। वन्दे मातरम्। |
vande mātaram
sujalāṃ suphalāṃ malayajaśītalām śasya śyāmalāṃ mātaram vande mātaram śubhra jyotsnā pulakita yāminīm phulla kusumita drumadalaśobhinīm suhāsinīṃ sumadhura bhāṣiṇīm sukhadāṃ varadāṃ mātaram vande mātaram |
The original lyrics[edit]
Here are the rest of the original lyrics from which the National Song of India came (continuing from the last section):[5]
| Bengali script | Devanagari script |
|---|---|
বন্দে মাতরম্৷ সুজলাং সুফলাং মলয়জশীতলাম্ শস্যশ্যামলাং মাতরম্! শুভ্র-জ্যোত্স্না-পুলকিত-যামিনীম্ ফুল্লকুসুমিত-দ্রুমদলশোভিনীম্, সুহাসিনীং সুমধুরভাষিণীম্ সুখদাং বরদাং মাতরম্৷৷ সপ্তকোটীকন্ঠ-কল-কল-নিনাদকরালে, দ্বিসপ্তকোটীভুজৈধৃতখরকরবালে, অবলা কেন মা এত বলে! বহুবলধারিণীং নমামি তরিণীং রিপুদলবারিণীং মাতরম্৷ তুমি বিদ্যা তুমি ধর্ম্ম তুমি হৃদি তুমি মর্ম্ম ত্বং হি প্রাণাঃ শরীরে৷ বাহুতে তুমি মা শক্তি, হৃদয়ে তুমি মা ভক্তি, তোমারই প্রতিমা গড়ি মন্দিরে মন্দিরে৷ ত্বং হি দুর্গা দশপ্রহরণধারিণী কমলা কমল-দলবিহারিণী বাণী বিদ্যাদায়িণী নমামি ত্বাং নমামি কমলাম্ অমলাং অতুলাম্, সুজলাং সুফলাং মাতরম্ বন্দে মাতরম্ শ্যামলাং সরলাং সুস্মিতাং ভূষিতাম্ ধরণীং ভরণীম্ মাতরম্৷ |
वन्दे मातरम्
सुजलां सुफलाम् मलयजशीतलाम् शस्यशामलाम् मातरम्। शुभ्रज्योत्स्नापुलकितयामिनीम् फुल्लकुसुमितद्रुमदलशोभिनीम् सुहासिनीं सुमधुर भाषिणीम् सुखदां वरदां मातरम्।। १।। वन्दे मातरम्। सप्त[5]-कोटि-कण्ठ-कल-कल-निनाद-कराले कोटि-कोटि-भुजैर्धृत-खरकरवाले, अबला केन मा एत बले। बहुबलधारिणीं नमामि तारिणीं रिपुदलवारिणीं मातरम्।। २।। वन्दे मातरम्। तुमि विद्या, तुमि धर्म तुमि हृदि, तुमि मर्म त्वम् हि प्राणा: शरीरे बाहुते तुमि मा शक्ति, हृदये तुमि मा भक्ति, तोमारई प्रतिमा गडि मन्दिरे-मन्दिरे त्वम् हि दुर्गा दशप्रहरणधारिणी कमला कमलदलविहारिणी वाणी विद्यादायिनी, नमामि त्वाम् नमामि कमलाम् अमलां अतुलाम् सुजलां सुफलाम् मातरम्।। ४।। वन्दे मातरम्। श्यामलाम् सरलाम् सुस्मिताम् भूषिताम् धरणीं भरणीं मातरम्।। ५।। वन्दे मातरम्।। |
Translation into English[edit]
Here is the translation in prose of the above two stanzas rendered by Aurobindo Ghose. This has also been adopted by the Government of India's national portal[2] The original Vande Mataram consists of six stanzas and the translation inprose for the complete poem by Shri Aurobindoappeared in Karmayogin, 20 November 1909.[6]
Apart from the above prose translation, Sri Aurobindo also translated Vande Mataram into a verse form known asMother, I Salute to Thee.[7]
Sri Aurobindo commented thus on his English translation of the poem:[8]
Sri Aurobindo commented thus on his English translation of the poem:[8]
| “ | It is difficult to translate the National Song of India into verse in another language owing to its unique union of sweetness, simple directness and high poetic force. | ” |
History and significance[edit]
Composition[edit]
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of the earliest graduates of the newly established Calcutta University. After his BA, he joined the British Indian government as a civil servant, becoming a District Magistrate and later a District Collector. Chatterjee was very interested in recent events in Indian and Bengali history, particularly the Revolt of 1857and the previous century's Sannyasi Rebellion.[9] Around the same time, the administration was trying to promote God Save the Queen as the anthem for Indian subjects, which Indian nationalists disliked. It is generally believed that the concept of Vande Mataram came to Bankim Chandra Chatterjee when he was still a government official, around 1876.[10]
Chatterjee wrote the poem in a spontaneous session using words from Sanskrit and Bengali. The poem was published in Chatterjee's book Anandamatha (pronounced Anondomôţh in Bengali) in 1882, which is set in the events of the Sannyasi Rebellion.[9][10] Jadunath Bhattacharya was asked to set a tune for this poem just after it was written.[10]
Indian independence movement[edit]
"Vande Mataram" was the national cry for freedom [from British rule] during theIndian independence movement. Large rallies, fermenting initially in Bengal, in the major metropolis of Calcutta, would work themselves up into a patriotic fervour by shouting the slogan "Vande Mataram", or "Hail to the Mother(land)!" The British, fearful of the potential danger of an incited Indian populace, at one point banned the utterance of the motto in public forums, and imprisoned manyfreedom fighters for disobeying the proscription. Rabindranath Tagore sangVande Mataram in 1896 at the Calcutta Congress Session held at Beadon Square. Dakhina Charan Sen sang it five years later in 1901 at another session of the Congress at Calcutta. Poet Sarala Devi Chaudurani sang the song in theBenares Congress Session in 1905. Lala Lajpat Rai started a journal called Vande Mataram from Lahore.[10] Hiralal Senmade India's first political film in 1905 which ended with the chant. Matangini Hazra's last words as she was shot to death by the Crown police were Vande Mataram[11]
In 1907, Bhikaiji Cama (1861–1936) created the first version of India's national flag (the Tiranga) in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907. It had Vande Mataram written on it in the middle band.[12]
A book titled Kranti Geetanjali published by Arya Printing Press Lahore and Bharatiya Press Dehradun in 1929 contains first two stanzas of this lyric on page 11[13] as Matra Vandana and a ghazal (Vande Mataram) composed by Bismil was also given on its back i.e. page 12.[14] The book written by the famous martyr of Kakori Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil was proscribed by the then British government of India.
Adoption as "national song"[edit]
Tagore's Jana Gana Mana was chosen as the National Anthem of the 1947 Republic of India. Vande Mataram was rejected[citation needed] on the grounds that Muslims, Christians, Parsis, Sikhs and others who opposed idol worship felt offended by its depiction of the nation as "Mother Durga", a Hindu goddess. Muslims also felt that its origin was part ofAnandamatha, a novel they felt had an anti-Muslim message.
The designation as "national song" predates independence, dating to 1937. At this date, the Indian National Congress discussed at length the status of the song. It was pointed out then that though the first two stanzas began with an unexceptionable evocation of the beauty of the motherland, in later stanzas there are references where the motherland is likened to the Hindu goddess Durga. Therefore, INC decided to adopt only the first two stanzas as the national song.
The controversy becomes more complex in the light of ]]'s rejection of the song as one that would unite all communities in India. In his letter to Subhas Chandra Bose (1937), Tagore wrote:
In a postscript to this same letter, Tagore says:
Rajendra Prasad, who was presiding the Constituent Assembly on 24 January 1950, made the following statement which was also adopted as the final decision on the issue:
| “ | ...The composition consisting of words and music known as Jana Gana Mana is the National Anthem of India, subject to such alterations as the Government may authorise as occasion arises, and the song Vande Mataram, which has played a historic part in the struggle for Indian freedom, shall be honored equally with Jana Gana Mana and shall have equal status with it. (Applause) I hope this will satisfy members. (Constituent Assembly of India, Vol. XII, 24-1-1950) | ” |
Public response[edit]
Muslim view[edit]
Many Muslim organisations in India have declared fatwas against singing Vande Mataram, due to the song giving a notion of worshipping Mother India, which they consider to be shirk (polytheism).[16] Muslim institutions in general, seeVande Mataram in bad light. Though a number of Muslim organisations and individuals have opposed Vande Matarambeing used as a "national song" of India, citing many religious reasons, some Muslim personalities have admired and even praised it as the "National Song of India". Arif Mohammed Khan, a former Union Minister in the Rajiv Gandhigovernment, wrote an Urdu translation of the song which starts as Tasleemat, maan tasleemat.[17]
All India Sunni Ulema Board on 6 Sep 2006, issued a fatwa that the Muslims can sing the first two verses of the song. The Board president Moulana Mufti Syed Shah Badruddin Qadri Aljeelani said that "If you bow at the feet of your mother with respect, it is not shirk but only respect."[18] Shia scholar and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice-president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq stated on 5 Sep 2006 that scholars need to examine the term vande. He asked, "Does it mean salutation or worship?"[19]
In 2013, a Muslim MP, Shafiqur Rahman Burq walked out of the Lok Sabha while the song was being played stating that as a Muslim he cannot show respect towards it.[20]
Sikh view[edit]
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the paramount representative body in the Sikh Panth, requested that the Sikhs not sing "Vande Mataram" in the schools and institutions on its centenary on 7 Sep 2006.[21] SGPC head, Avtar Singh Makkar, expressed concern that "imposing a song that reflected just one religion was bound to hurt the sentiments of religious minorities. The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has called singing of "Vande Mataram" against Sikh tenets[22] as the Sikhs sought "sarbat da bhala" (universal welfare) and did not believe in "devi and devta".[22] DSGMC head H. S. Sarna also added that the song had been rejected long before by well known freedom fighter Sikhs like Baba Kharak Singh and Master Tara Singh.[22]
Christian view[edit]
Fr. Cyprian Kullu from Jharkhand stated in an interview with AsiaNews: "The song is a part of our history and national festivity and religion should not be dragged into such mundane things. The Vande Mataram is simply a national song without any connotation that could violate the tenets of any religion."[23][dead link] However, some Christian institutions such as Our Lady of Fatima Convent School in Patiala did not sing the song on its 100th anniversary as mandated by the state.[24][dead link] Christians make a distinction between "veneration" and "worship," and even though the song falls into neither of these categories, some Christians may have declined to sing the national song because of their understanding of its intention and content.[citation needed]
2006 controversy[edit]
On 22 August 2006, there was a row in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament over whether singing of Vande Mataramin schools should be made mandatory. The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition and Opposition members debated the Government's stance that singing the national song Vande Mataram on 7 September 2006, to mark the 125th year celebration of its creation should be voluntary. This led to the House's being adjourned twice. Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh noted that it was not binding on citizens to sing the song. Arjun Singh had earlier asked all state governments to ensure that the first two stanzas of the song were sung in all schools on that day.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Deputy Leader V. K. Malhotra wanted the Government to clarify whether singing the national song on 7 September in schools was mandatory or not. On 28 August, targeting the BJP, Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said that in 1998 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the BJP was the Prime Minister, the BJP supported a similar circular issued by the Uttar Pradesh government to make the recitation compulsory. But Vajpayee had then clarified that it was not necessary to make it compulsory.[25]
On 7 September 2006, the nation celebrated the national song. Television channels showed school children singing the song at the notified time.[26] Some Muslim groups had discouraged parents from sending their wards to school because of the issue, after the BJP had repeatedly insisted that the national song must be sung. However, many Muslims did participate in the celebrations.[26] Kerala school forced to drop India's National song Vande Mataram on 15 Aug 2014 as it would hurt religious sentiments [27]
Performances and interpretations[edit]
The poem has been set to a large number of tunes. The oldest surviving audio recordings date to 1907, and there have been more than a hundred different versions recorded throughout the 20th century. Many of these versions have employed traditional South Asian classical ragas. Versions of the song have been visualised on celluloid in a number of films, including Leader, Amar Asha, and Anand Math. It is widely believed that the tune set for All India Radio station version was composed by Ravi Shankar.[10] In 1997, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Independence of India, a musical album composed by A. R. Rahman, titled Vande Mataram, was released. The version of the song played in it has become its popular interpretation in recent years. In 2002, BBC World Service conducted an international poll to choose ten most famous songs of all time. Around 7000 songs were selected from all over the world. Vande Mataram, from the movie Anand Math, was ranked second.[28] All India Radio's version, as well as A.R. Rahman's version, are inDesh raga.[29]
See also[edit]
- Translation in Hindi (on Hindi [[Wikisource)]
Vande Mataram. Trans. Aurobindo Ghose. Wikisource. 1909.Vande Mataram- All stanzas in Bengali script with English translation by Sri Aurobindo Ghose- वन्दे मातरम्. Wikisource. 1882.Vande Matarm- All stanzas in Devanagri script
- Anandmath- The novel from which Vande Mataram gained popularity
- Indian National Anthem
- Saare Jahan Se Achcha
- Bharat Mata
- Vande Mataram (album)
- National Pledge (India)
References[edit]
- ^ "Vande Mataram: a musical message to the sons of India". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "National Song of India". Government of India. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- ^ Vande Mataram in Bengali script
- ^ Vande Mataram in Romanized Sanskrit
- ^ a b "Vande Mataram - Wikisource". Wikisource.org. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Sri Aurobindo's PROSE translation of Vande Mataram
- ^ Sri Aurobindo's VERSE translation of Vande Mataram
- ^ Bhabatosh Chatterjee (ed.), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: Essays in Perspective, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 1994, p. 601.
- ^ a b Julius, Lipner (2005). Anandamath. Oxford, UK: OUP. pp. 27–59. ISBN 978-0-19-517858-6.
- ^ a b c d e Suresh Chandvankar, Vande Mataram (2003) at Musical Traditions (mustrad.org.uk)
- ^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (1997). Local Politics and Indian Nationalism: Midnapur (1919-1944). New Delhi: Manohar. p. 167.
- ^ p2
- ^ Kranti Geetanjali (Poems of Pt. Ram Prasad 'Bismil'), ISBN 81-7783-128-3.
- ^ *Kranti Geetanjali ISBN 81-7783-128-3.
- ^ (Letter #314, Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore, edited by K. Datta and A. Robinson, Cambridge University Press)
- ^ [1] "Fatwa against Vande Mataram"
- ^ Outlook Magazine
- ^ Basith, Md A (7 September 2006). "Now, a fatwa to sing Vande Mataram". The Times of India.
- ^ Muslims will sing, but omit Vande
- ^ MP not sorry for walking out of LS while Vande Mataram was being played
- ^ "Sikhs will not sing Vande Mataram". Rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Delhi and neighbourhood". The Tribune. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ INDIA India: fatwa against national song celebrating motherland - Asia News
- ^ PunjabNewsline.com - Sikhs and christians in Punjab stayed away from 'Vande Matram'
- ^ "BJP vs Congress: It’s Vande vs Kandahar". Asian Age. 28 August 2006.
- ^ a b "Indians celebrate national song". BBC News. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ "Kerala: School forced to drop 'Vande Mataram' from Independence day eve fete".
- ^ The Worlds Top Ten — BBC World Service
- ^ Des: Tunes from the Countryside
- Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Vande mataram, the biography of a song, Penguin Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-14-303055-3.
A publication to be added is The Home and the World by Sir Rabindranath Tagore, vol. 4558Collection of British Authors, Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1921. Bande (with a B rather than a V) Mataram plays a great part in this story of a Bengali family. Elizabeth Cuéllar.
External links[edit]
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- Vande Mataram Sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Anand Math
- Vande Mataram Sung by Hemant Kumar Mukhopadhaya in Anand Math
- "National Song" section on the Official Portal of the Indian Government, where a simple and elegant version of Vande Mataram is provided.
- Vande Mataram against Sikh tenets
- "How Secular is Vande Mataram?" AG Noorani on the controversy
- Boycott threat over Indian song - BBC
- 1937 Congress Resolution on validity of Muslim objection to this song
- "Vande Mataram and Muslims" - Islamic Voice
- Vande Matram is back as a handle to beat Muslims with
- Historical perspective from Islamic Voice
- Keyboard Notes for playing this song
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