RABINDRANATH TAGORE-ATHMATHRAN

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism as laid down in the Upanishads. He was educated at home; and although at seventeen he was sent to England for formal schooling, he did not finish his studies there. In his mature years, in addition to his many-sided literary activities, he managed the family estates, a project which brought him into close touch with common humanity and increased his interest in social reforms. He also started an experimental school at Shantiniketan where he tried his Upanishadic ideals of education. From time to time he participated in the Indian nationalist movement, though in his own non-sentimental and visionary way; and Gandhi, the political father of modern India, was his devoted friend. Tagore was knighted by the ruling British Government in 1915, but within a few years he resigned the honour as a protest against British policies in India.

Tagore had early success as a writer in his native Bengal. With his translations of some of his poems he became rapidly known in the West. In fact his fame attained a luminous height, taking him across continents on lecture tours and tours of friendship. For the world he became the voice of India's spiritual heritage; and for India, especially for Bengal, he became a great living institution.

Although Tagore wrote successfully in all literary genres, he was first of all a poet. Among his fifty and odd volumes of poetry are Manasi (1890) [The Ideal One], Sonar Tari (1894) [The Golden Boat], Gitanjali (1910) [Song Offerings], Gitimalya (1914) [Wreath of Songs], andBalaka (1916) [The Flight of Cranes]. The English renderings of his poetry, which include The Gardener (1913), Fruit-Gathering (1916), and The Fugitive (1921), do not generally correspond to particular volumes in the original Bengali; and in spite of its title, Gitanjali: Song Offerings(1912), the most acclaimed of them, contains poems from other works besides its namesake. Tagore's major plays are Raja (1910) [The King of the Dark Chamber], Dakghar (1912) [The Post Office], Achalayatan (1912) [The Immovable], Muktadhara (1922) [The Waterfall], andRaktakaravi (1926) [Red Oleanders]. He is the author of several volumes of short stories and a number of novels, among them Gora (1910), Ghare-Baire (1916) [The Home and the World], and Yogayog (1929) [Crosscurrents]. Besides these, he wrote musical dramas, dance dramas, essays of all types, travel diaries, and two autobiographies, one in his middle years and the other shortly before his death in 1941. Tagore also left numerous drawings and paintings, and songs for which he wrote the music himself.

Athmathran one of the famous poem written by Rabindranath Tagore,This poem originally written in Bengali then later it was translated in to Hindi.

In This poem the poet requests to the almighty lord to give him the physical and mental power.The poet does not request or want god to help him or do good things to him rather he wants god to provide him sakthi or the power with which he would be able to face and fight all the difficult problems in his way to life.

He prays to god he does not want god to protect him from difficulties in his life.But he asks him or requests the lord that let him be able to face all the difficulties without any fear and also let him fill his heart with courage and bravery so that he would be able to fight for his life. He says oh merciful lord if you do not give me peace for my sad heart of my sadness in my life it is not a great problem but I request you to provide me power so that I would be able to win against my sadness if in life any sadness comes and none to help so that time oh lord almighty please provide me the power to retain my self confidence and strength till my life ends.He further makes a request to lord to provide him with blessing so that he would be able to sail the sea of his life.

He tells lord that if the lord can't reduce the sadness in his life then let provide him the power to bear the sufferings and problems of his life.Finally the poet says that when he is in the night of sadness let the lord give him the courage and also when the whole world betrays him he will never doubt his unshakable trust in god.He wants to remain the same earnest and polite to god even in the days of his sorrow as well as in his happy bubbling days.

He is making confirmation that what ever the condition maybe he is always going to be earnest and polite to his lord.He makes the promise that his belief in god is going to remain unshakable and he only has an earnest request to the lord to give him the blessing and power only to able to lead his life peacefully.