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can any body post me the meaning of the Indian national anthem.?

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    Here it goes...it is adressed to the Indian flag...

    You are the ruler of the minds of all people,

    dispenser of India's destiny.

    Your name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat

    & Maratha, of Dravida, Orissa and Bengal.

    It echoes in the hills of Vindhya and Himalaya,

    Mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganga,

    and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.

    They pray for your blessing and sing your praises.

    The safety of all people waits in your hands.

    You are the dispenser of India's destiny.

    Vivtory, Victory, Victory to you.

  • 2 decades ago

    Following is a translation of the five stanzas which glorify the King:

    as this anthem was written during English rule its referred to king

    but king now a days means the ruler of leader of the country

    1st stanza - (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and ask for your blessings and they sing your glories.

    2nd stanza - around your throne people of all religions come and give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.

    3rd stanza - Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading the ancient travelers beyond misery.

    4th stanza - Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty stricken,unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.

    5th stanza - in your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India)will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to Rajeshwara (the King). This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem does not indicate that. It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly sing as

    has been done the past fifty years.

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