मानुष हौं तो वही रसखानि, बसौं ब्रज गोकुल गाँव के ग्वारन।जो पसु हौं तो कहा बस मेरो, चरौं नित नंद की धेनु मँझारन॥
पाहन हौं तो वही गिरि को, जो धर्यो कर छत्र पुरंदर धारन।जो खग हौं तो बसेरो करौं, मिलि कालिंदी कूल कदंब की डारन॥
In English
If I am born human, let me live among the cowherds of Gokul. If a beast, let me graze among Nanda’s cows. If a stone, let me be of that hill lifted as an umbrella against Indra. If a bird, let me nest on the kadamba branches by the Yamuna.
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MLA 9
Raskhan. “मानुष हौं तो वही रसखानि.” Mansarovar Sahitya, https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-manush-hon/. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago 17
Raskhan. “मानुष हौं तो वही रसखानि.” Mansarovar Sahitya. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-manush-hon/.
Reference
रसखान। «मानुष हौं तो वही रसखानि»। Mansarovar Sahitya, https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-manush-hon/।
