ROZ EK SHER and an announcement

मैं जिसके हाथ में इक फूल दे के आया था
उसी के हाथ का पत्थर मेरी तलाश में है
-कृष्णबिहारी नूर

main jiske haath mein ik phool de ke aayaa thaa
usii ke haath kaa patthar merii talaash mein hai
-Krishnabihari Nuur

She whom I had once gifted a flower
Is now looking for me with a stone in her hands

English adapatation by Manish Modi
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THE LOST ART OF HAPPINESS
By Prof. Arthur Dobrin
Published by Hindi Granth Karyalay, Mumbai
2006     245 x 185 mm     144 pp
978-81-88769-11-7     Softcover     Rs. 250
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This Sunday, Manish Modi will conducting his third lecture of
a series of lectures on Jainism, primarily based on the Jain scripture
ATTHAPAHUDA in Mumbai.

The lecture is scheduled at 10 am on 04/02/2007 at
VLN High School
2nd floor
Opposite Voltas Sagar
Chinchpokli East
Mumbai

All of you interested in the spiritual traditions of India are warmly
welcome.

ROZ EK SHER

कहीं ज़िक्रे-दुनिया कहीं ज़िक्रे-उक़्बा
कहाँ आ गये मयकदे से निकलकर
-अदम

kahiin zikre-duniyaa kahiin zikre-uqbaa
kahaan aa gaye maykade se nikalkar
-Adam

Some people discuss worldly affairs
While others dwell on the metaphysical
In a tavern at least they focus on the self

English adapatation by Manish Modi
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SAMANTAR KOSH
Hindi Thesaurus in 2 volumes
By Arvind Kumar & Kusum Kumar
2005     245 x 160 mm     1768 pp
978-81-237-1951-1     Hardcover     Rs. 600

ROZ EK SHER

अभी इस तरफ़ न निगाह कर मैं ग़ज़ल की पलकें सँवार लूँ
मेरा लफ़्ज़ हो आईना तुझे आईने में उतार लूँ
-बशीर बद्र

abhii is taraf na nigaah kar main ghazal kii palakein sanvaar luun
meraa lafz ho aaiinaa tujhe aaiine mein utaar luun
-Bashir Badr

Please do not look this way until I polish my ghazal
...so that my verses reflect your beauty like a mirror

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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HINDUSTANI SANGEET PADDHATI: KRAMIK PUSTAK MALIKA
In 6 Volumes (Hindi)
By Pandit Vishnunarayan Bhatkhande
Hindi tr. by Dr. Lakshminarayan Garg
2006     220 x 140 mm     3510 pp in 6 vols.
Hardcover     Rs. 1650

ROZ EK SHER

मुहब्बत की दुनिया में सब कुछ हसीं है
मुहब्बत नहीं है तो कुछ भी नहीं है
-अख़्तर शीरानी

muhabbat kii duniyaa mein sab kuchh hasiin hai
muhabbat nahiin hai to kucch bhii nahiin hai
-Akhtar Shirani

The world is beautiful when you are in love
The world is nothing without love

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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VYAVAHARA BHASYA PITHIKA
Text in Roman + English Translation + Extensive Notes in English
+ Glossary of Selected Words + Index Rerum
+ Detailed Bibliography + Glossary of Selected Words
+ Quotations
Edited, translated and annotated by Prof. Willem Bollée
Preface by Dr Piotr Balcerowicz
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 4
Published by Hindi Granth Karyalay, Mumbai
2006     292 x 206 mm     160 pp
978-81-88769-07-0     Softcover     Rs. 400

ROZ EK SHER

ये तीरगी तो बहरहाल छट ही जायेगी
न रास आयी हमें रोशनी तो क्या होगा?
-अहसान बिन दानिश

ye tiiragii to baharhaal cchat hii jaayegii
na raas aayii hamein roshanii to kyaa hogaa?
-Ahsan Bin Danish

This gloom is bound to go away
But what if we do not like the light?

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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THE STORY  OF  PAESI
Soul and Body in Ancient India: A Dialogue on Materialism in Ancient India
Text in Roman + English Translation + Extensive Notes in English
+ Glossary of Selected Words + Index Rerum
+ Quotations + Detailed Bibliography + Appendix containing
a section of Haribhadra's "Samaraiccakaha"
+ 72 - folio Facsimile of "Raiapaseniakaha", original Prakrit Pothi
Edited and translated by Prof. Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 2
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2005     245 x 160 mm     452 pp
978-81-88769-03-2     Hardcover     Rs. 795

ROZ EK SHER

शब वही शब हैं दिन वही दिन हैं
जो तेरी याद में गुज़र जायें
-हसरत मोहानी

shab vahii shab hain din vahii din hain
jo terii yaad mein guzar jaayen
-Hasrat Mohani

Only those nights and days are worthwhile
Which are spent dreaming about you

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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JADID URDU HINDI KOSH (LUGHAT)
Urdu word in Nastaliq & Devanagari + Hindi meaning
Compiled by Pandit Vinaykumar Avasthi
BVT
2004     250 x 185 mm     982 pp
Deluxe Hardcover     Rs. 400

ROZ EK SHER

ज़ाहिद शराब पीने दे मस्जिद में बैठकर
या वो जगह बता कि जहाँ पर ख़ुदा न हो
-ग़ालिब

zaahid sharaab piine de masjid mein baithkar
yaa vo jagah bataa ki jahaan par khudaa na ho
-Ghalib

O learned one, let me drink wine in the mosque
Else, show me a place not graced by the presence of god

English adaptation by Manish Modi

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URDU SHAAIRI MERI PASAND
A Collection of Choice Urdu Couplets
Compiled by Shreyans Prasad Jain
2006     220 x 145 mm     116 pp
Hardcover     Rs. 75

ROZ EK SHER

ज़ाहिद तुझे मालूम नहीं अन्दाज़े-अक़ीदत
सर ख़ुद ब ख़ुद झुकता है झुकाया नहीं जाता
-नासिख़

zaahid tujhe maaluum nahiin andaaze-aqiidat
sar khud ba khud jhuktaa hai jhukaayaa nahiin jaataa
-Nasikh

O learned one, you know nothing of devotion
It has to come from within, not forced from without

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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ADVANCED URDU HINDI ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Urdu word in Nastaliq & Devanagari + Hindi meaning + English meaning
Compiled by SD Sharma and M Khan AP
2007     220 x 145 mm     960 pp
Hardcover     Rs. 300

ROZ EK SHER

For all those who wish to attain Samyaktva (Rational Perception)

न हों क़ुबूल तो क़िस्मत हमारे सिज्दों की
मगर यह सर नहीं औरों के संगे-दर के लिये
-अर्श मल्सियानी

na hon qubuul to qismat hamaare sijdon kii
magar yah sar nahiin auron ke sange-dar ke liye
-Arsh Malsiyani

If my prayers are not answered, then so be it
But I shall not bow my head before another deity

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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PARAMATMAPRAKASHA
By Acarya Joindu
Original Apabhramsha text with Hindi translation
Hindi Tr by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 9
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2007     215 x 140 mm     72 pp
978-81-88769-09-4     Softcover     Rs. 60

ROZ EK SHER

Happy birthday Sanju!

मुहब्बत के लिये कुछ ख़ास दिल मख़्सूस होते हैं
ये वो नग़्मा है जो हर साज़ पर गाया नहीं जाता
-जिगर मुरादाबादी

muhabbat ke liye kuch khaas dil makhsuus hote hain
ye vo naghmaa hai jo har saaz par gaayaa nahiin jaataa
-Jigar Muradabadi

Only a few souls are destined for love, for love
is a song that cannot be played on every instrument

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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HINDI GRANTH KARYALAY
Publishers Since 1912
9 Hirabaug C P Tank Mumbai 400004 INDIA
Phones: + 91 (0)22 2382 6739, 2035 6659

ROZ EK SHER

तेरी सूरत से नहीं मिलती किसी की सूरत
हम जहाँ में तेरी तस्वीर लिये फिरते हैं
-शेफ़्ता

terii suurat se nahiin miltii kisii kii suurat
hum jahaan mein terii tasviir liye phirte hain
--Shefta

No one in the world looks like you!
I carry your photo in my heart wherever I go

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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HINDI GRANTH KARYALAY
Publishers Since 1912
9 Hirabaug C P Tank Mumbai 400004 INDIA
Phones: + 91 (0)22 2382 6739, 2035 6659

ROZ EK SHER and an announcement

ख़ुद यक़ीं होता नहीं जिनको अपनी मंज़िल का
उनको राह के पत्थर कभी रास्ता देते नहीं
-गोपाल मित्तल

khud yaqiin hotaa nahiin jinko apnii manzil kaa
unko raah ke patthar kabhii raastaa dete nahiin
--Gopal Mittal

Those who are not convinced about their destination
Will find themselves unable to clear impediments

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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From this Sunday, Manish Modi will be conducting a series of
lectures on Jainism, primarily based on the Jain scriptures
ATTHAPAHUDA, SAMADHITANTRA, PARAMATMAPRAKASHA
and YOGASARA, in Mumbai.

The first lecture is scheduled at 10 am on 21/01/2007 at
VLN High School
2nd floor
Opposite Voltas Sagar
Chinchpokli East
Mumbai

All of you interested in the spiritual traditions of India are invited.

ROZ EK SHER

दुनिया मेरी निगाह में तारीक हो गयी
तुमने तो एक चिराग़ जला कर बुझा दिया
-आनन्द नारायण मुल्ला

duniyaa merii nigaah mein taariik ho gayii
tumne to ek chiraagh jalaa kar bujhaa diyaa
--Anand Narayan Mulla

You lit a lamp and then extinguished it
For me, the world is now shrouded in darkness

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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HINDI GRANTH KARYALAY
Publishers Since 1912
9 Hirabaug C P Tank Mumbai 400004 INDIA
Phones: + 91 (0)22 2382 6739, 2035 6659
Email: manishymodi@gmail.com

ROZ EK SHER

तमाम ज़ादे-सफ़र रास्ते में लुट जाता
ख़ुदा ने ख़ैर किया कोई रहनुमा न मिला
-राज़ इलाहाबादी

tamaam zaade-safar raaste mein luT jaataa
khudaa ne khair kiyaa koii rehnumaa na milaa
--Raz Allahabadi

I could have been robbed on life's journey
But God's grace kept me safe from "gurus" and guides

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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HINDI GRANTH KARYALAY
Publishers Since 1912
9 Hirabaug C P Tank Mumbai 400004 INDIA
Phones: + 91 (0)22 2382 6739, 2035 6659
Email: manishymodi@gmail.com

ROZ EK SHER

एक हंगामे पे मौक़ूफ़ है घर की रौनक
नौहा-ए-ग़म ही सही नग़मा-ए-शादी ही सही
-ग़ालिब

ek hungaame pe mauquuf hai ghar kii raunak
nauhaa-e-gham hii sahii, naghmaa-e-shaadii na sahii
-Ghalib

It is all the same to the house whether
there is wailing at a funeral or
joyous song at a wedding


Sher contributed by Sushant Agarwal
English adaptation by Prof Dr Gabor Korvin
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HINDI GRANTH KARYALAY
Publishers Since 1912
9 Hirabaug C P Tank Mumbai 400004 INDIA
Phones: + 91 (0)22 2382 6739, 2062 2600
Email: manishymodi@gmail.com