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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Devotional song by Surdas}}<br />
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'''Main Naahin Maakhan Khaayo''' is a popular Indian [[bhajan]], a Hindu devotional song written by 15th-century mystic-poet, [[Surdas]] set to Raga [[Ramkali]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Usha Ramdas |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/article179476.ece |title=Arts : Imaginative concepts |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2010-03-05 |accessdate=2012-01-03 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-03/news-interviews/28121255_1_duggu-hrithik-barbara-mori |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708045756/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-03/news-interviews/28121255_1_duggu-hrithik-barbara-mori |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-08 |title=Bollywood's firang fascination - |date= 2010-04-03|work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-01-03}}</ref> It is written in [[Braj Bhasha]], a dialect of [[Hindi]] native to [[Braja]], and epitomizes Vātsalya (Parental Love) ''[[Rasa (aesthetics)|Rasa]]'' describing an episode from the [[lilas of Krishna]].<br />
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== Popular culture ==<br />
The bhajan was popularised by singers like [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Anup Jalota]] and [[Kundan Lal Saigal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tribute: King of pain |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050116/spectrum/main3.htm |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=16 January 2005}}</ref> Song was also included in [[B.R. Chopra]]'s popular television series [[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]] and it was performed by [[Nitin Mukesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-02|title=जानिए, महाभारत के प्रसिद्ध गीतों को किन-किन गायकों ने दी थी आवाज|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/zee-hindustan/glamour-gadgets/know-which-singers-gave-voice-to-famous-songs-of-mahabharata/690035|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Zee Hindustan}}</ref><br />
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==Context==<br />
Lord Krishna says to his mother that he did not steal the butter. A very popular bhajan, the naughty child [[Krishna]] was caught with<br />
freshly churned butter by his mother [[Yashoda]], with some still on his face. He claims:<br />
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:''O Mother mine, believe me, I have not eaten the butter''<br />
:''These friends of mine, out of sheer spite, spread some butter on my face''{{fact|date=June 2022}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Lata Mangeshkar}}<br />
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[[Category:Hindi songs]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi poetry]]<br />
[[Category:15th-century poems]]<br />
[[Category:Bhakti movement]]<br />
[[Category:Krishna]]<br />
[[Category:Lata Mangeshkar songs]]</div>ImportMaster