The song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji , was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggle for freedom. It has an equal status with Jana-gana-mana. The first political occasion when it was sung was the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
National SongThe following is the text of its first stanza
Vande
Mataram!
Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam,
Shasyashyamalam, Mataram!
Shubhrajyothsna pulakitayaminim,
Phullakusumita drumadala shobhinim,
Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,
Sukhadam varadam, Mataram!
The English
translation of the stanza rendered by Sri Aurobindo n prose 1 is :
I bow to thee, Mother, richly-watered, richly-fruited, cool with the winds
of the south, dark with the crops of the harvests, The Mother! Her nights
rejoicing in the glory of the moonlight, her lands clothed beautifully with
her trees in flowering bloom, sweet of laughter, sweet of speech, The Mother,
giver of boons, giver of bliss.
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