Rudyard Kipling's PANIPAT⚔️
"Thrice thirty thousand men were We before the mists had cleared,
The low white mists of morning heard the war-conch scream & bray;
We called upon Bhavani & We gripped them by the beard,
We rolled upon them like a flood & washed their ranks away!"
"Thrice thirty thousand men were We before the mists had cleared,
The low white mists of morning heard the war-conch scream & bray;
We called upon Bhavani & We gripped them by the beard,
We rolled upon them like a flood & washed their ranks away!"
"The children of the hills of Khost before Our lances ran,
We drove the black Rohillas back as cattle to the pen;
It was then We needed Mulhar Rao to end what We began,
A thousand men had saved the charge; he fled the field with ten!"
We drove the black Rohillas back as cattle to the pen;
It was then We needed Mulhar Rao to end what We began,
A thousand men had saved the charge; he fled the field with ten!"
"There was no room to clear a sword—no power to strike a blow,
For foot to foot, ay, breast to breast, the battle held us fast—
Save where the naked hill-men ran, and stabbing from below
Brought down the horse and rider and We trampled them and passed!"
For foot to foot, ay, breast to breast, the battle held us fast—
Save where the naked hill-men ran, and stabbing from below
Brought down the horse and rider and We trampled them and passed!"
"To left the roar of musketry rang like a falling flood—
To right the sunshine rippled red from redder lance and blade—
Above the dark Apsaras flew, beneath us splashed the blood,
And, bellying black against the dust, the Bhagwa Jhanda swayed"
To right the sunshine rippled red from redder lance and blade—
Above the dark Apsaras flew, beneath us splashed the blood,
And, bellying black against the dust, the Bhagwa Jhanda swayed"
Description of Panipat taken from Rudyard Kipling's "With Scindia to Delhi".
The poem was based on the oral records of a veteran Maratha on the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) fought between Durrani-Rohilla Pashtun invaders & the Hindu Maratha Empire.
kiplingsociety.co.uk
The poem was based on the oral records of a veteran Maratha on the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) fought between Durrani-Rohilla Pashtun invaders & the Hindu Maratha Empire.
kiplingsociety.co.uk
We have so many random poems and books of westerners force-fed to our younger generations in the name of English Literature.
Shouldn't this fabulous poem & those books of Michael Macmillan, etc. on our OWN Indian Marathas be taught within the English Subject syllabus in Schools?
Shouldn't this fabulous poem & those books of Michael Macmillan, etc. on our OWN Indian Marathas be taught within the English Subject syllabus in Schools?
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