Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
(Rendered from Sri Narayanprasad’s martial song in Hindi,
“Tuma to chale ho yuddhame jaya prapta karne-ko yahan”)
March to the battle-front and wrest a noble victory here and now,
In loyalty to God’s own call with soul’s irrevocable vow:
“For the Truth Supreme I count no cost and for His heights my life I stake
To Immortality through shipwreck and all for His Grace’s sake.”
When thou hast flung the gauntlet down to phalanxed hordes of inky hate,
Be thou a warrior for Love, behold, the hour is big with fate!
How shall he fight for the Lord of lustre whose heart is still the serf of sleep
With desires unburnt to ash how will he scale ascents so pure and steep?
Crusader! on the Way to Light awake thy fires and forge ahead
To the open, proud and panoplied with courage meet thy foemen dread.
If fain thou be of real laurels thou must to the King of kings belong,
And, helmeted with His authority, declare thy pledge and song:
“Let darkness swamp, abysses yawn, let mountains crumble lightning flash,
“Let deluge drown, flame-tongues outleap, black hell upsurge, blue heavens crash.
“I still must onward, undismayed, from the Goal of goals I cannot turn,
“Farewell to my Night o’erpassed ’tis for His young Sun of gold I yearn.
“Untrembling like the Everest, affianced to the hoary Faith,
“That God on high must move in those who move for Him through life and death.
Crusader! on the Way to Light awake thy fires and forge ahead
To the open, proud and panoplied with courage, meet thy foemen dread.