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Jai Shambhuk aur Sarvhara Shatak by Ramswaroop Verma

“Jai Shambhuk aur Sarvhara Shatak” is a One of India’s leading rational thinkers and humanitarian revolutionaries, written by Ramswaroop Verma, poetic and ideological text. The book fuses powerful poetic expression with a strong political message: there is a need to reconstruct historical injustice, eliminate caste harassment and establish a humanist, egalitarian society. This is not just literature – it is a revolutionary poem which is equipped with philosopher fire.

🔱 Jai Shambhuk – a slogan of rebellion

The “Jai Shambhuk” phrase is a radical revaluation of the story from the Ramayana, where Shamhuk, a Shudra ascetic, is killed by Rama for the courage to do penance. Traditionally, ignored or appropriate by the interpretations of the upper-caste, flip the Varma story and converts Shamahuk into a martyr of anti-caste resistance.

He reclaims Shambhuk as a symbol of:

Oppressed voices silenced by religious tyranny

Courage to break the boundaries set by Brahminical authority

A revolutionary figurehead, much like Eklavya, Kabir, and Phule

By saying “Jai Shambhuk,” Verma builds a counter-myth—where resistance, not obedience, is divine.

🛠️ Sarvhara Shatak – Voice of the Working Class

The second half of the book, titled Sarvhara Shatak, is a collection of one hundred verses (shataks) that sing the pain, struggle, and aspirations of the sarvahara—the proletariat or propertyless class. Verma’s poetic form is not ornamental. It’s ideological weaponry, aimed directly at feudal, casteist, and capitalist institutions.

Themes covered:

Exploitation of laborers and Dalits

Critique of divine justification for poverty

Rejection of Manusmriti, caste-rules, and priesthood

Demand for social, economic, and epistemic justice

Each verse is crafted like a bullet—short, sharp, and penetrating the illusions of religious and nationalist dogma.

🔥 Literary and Political Fusion

Verma does something very rare: he makes poetry militant. He merges:

Philosophy with pain

Emotion with logic

History with future vision

He doesn’t write for applause—he writes for awakening. The aesthetic value of his verses is inseparable from their political urgency.

🧠 Intellectual Grounding
Verma draws from:

Buddha’s rational humanism

Kabir’s rebellion against ritualism

Phule-Ambedkar’s annihilation of caste

Marxist emphasis on class struggle

But he makes it poetic—without losing clarity. That’s what makes Sarvhara Shatak powerful. You don’t need to be a scholar to understand it; you need to be ready to feel injustice and do something about it.

📌 Why This Book Matters Today

In a society still wrestling with systemic caste oppression, religious orthodoxy, and labor exploitation, Jai Shambhuk aur Sarvhara Shatak remains deeply relevant. It is not trapped in time. It is urgent literature, written for every generation that chooses to resist rather than obey.

This is not just a book—it is a call to arms for humanism.

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