Just a thought for the National Anthem!

How well do u know about it?
I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak"
and "bharat bhagya vidhata", whose praise we are
singing.I thought may be God! Our current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana"
is sung throughout the country.Did you know the following about our national

anthem,i didn't.
To begin with, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was
written by Rabindranath Tagore
in honor of King George V and the Queen of England
when they visited India in 1919. To honor their visit Pundit Motilal Nehru
had the five stanzas included,which are in praise of the King and Queen.
And most of us think it is in the praise of our great motherland!!!
In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under British
rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat,Maratha .. etc. were mentioned.
None of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of
India now - Kashmir,Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian
ocean nor the Arabian Sea were included, since they were directly under
Portuguese rule at that time. The Jana Gana Mana adhinayaka implies that
King George V is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the
bestower of good fortune".
Following is a translation of the five stanzas which glorify the King:

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. Nehru chose the present national anthem as
opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the
band to play. It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have
advanced and they can very well play any music. So they can as well play
Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our dear
Motherland -India. Wake up, it's high time! Vande Mataram should be our
National Anthem.


The following is Tagore's English rendering of the anthem: Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of India's destiny. Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind, Gujarat and Maratha, of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal; It echoes in the hills of the Vindyas and Himalayas, mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea. They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise. The saving of all people waits in thy hand, thou dispenser of India's destiny. Victory, victory, victory to thee.

this is wat meaning i get from the site of central government .
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