Sketches of Raj: August 2006

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
TO ALL MY FRIENDS.

जनगणमन
जनगणमन अधिनायक जय हे, भारतभाग्यविधाता !
पंजाब सिंधु गुजरात मराठा द्राविड़ उत्कल बंग,
विंध्य हिमाचल यमुना गंगा उच्छलजलधितरंग,
तव शुभ नामे जागे, तव शुभ आशिश मागे,
गाहे तव जयगाथा ।
जनगणमंगलदायक जय हे, भारत भाग्य विधाता !
जय हे, जय हे, जय हे, जय जय जय, जय हे !
जनगणमन अधिनायक जय हे, भारतभाग्यविधाता ॥

Janagaṇamana
Janagaṇamana adhināyaka, jaya he, Bhāratabhāgyavidhāta!
Paṃjāba Siṃdhu Gujarāta Marāṭha Drāviṛa Utkala Baṃga,
Viṃdhya Himāchala Yamunā Gaṃgā uchchhalajaladhitaraṃga,
Tava subha nāme jāge, tava subha āśisa māge,
Gāhe tava jayagāthā.
Janagaṇamaṃgaladāyaka, jaya he, Bhāratabhāgyavidhāta!
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he, jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!
Janagaṇamana adhināyaka, jaya he, Bhāratabhāgyavidhāta!

English Translatin
The Minds of All People Thou art the/??? ruler of the minds of all people,
dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country,
in the Dravida country, Utkala (Orissa) and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
it mingles in the rhapsodies of the pure waters Jamuna and the Ganges.
They chant only thy name,
they seek only thy blessings,
They sing only thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.

- Rabindranath Tagore