Sakhi ve mujhse keh kar jaate by Maithali sharan gupt

Introduction

In the beginning of 20th century the most popular bhasha (language) used in Hindi lierature was braj and second awadhi. Khari boli (spoken hindi) was not used in hindi poetry. Maithali sharan gupt is considered among the pioneers of khari boli. He was a student of Mahavir Prasad dvivedi, an Indian literary writer and editor. Maithali sharan was a receiver of Padma bhushan award.
Sakhi ve mujhse keh kar jaate is one of his very well known poems.

My point of view
Sakhi ve mujhse keh kar jaate ( friend, I wish he had told me before going). I think the title very well explains the concept of the poem. Not very complicated as it was one of the starting write ups in Khari boli as mentioned before.
Its a narrative by Yashodhra(wife of Gautam Buddh) as she speaks to a friend about the pain she felt when Buddha left for his journey of enlightenment  without even informing her about his departure.
She wonders if he thought that she would have been an obstacle. She wonders if he ever really completely understood her, when she understood even his unsaid words. (That actually contradicts the poem cause then she should have understood that he wants to leave). She talks about how women in those time would keep control on their emotions and send their spouses for fighting in the wars from where they might never return.(basically highlighting their sacrificing behavior). Her eyes call him unkind but her tears and heart say the contradictory, maybe he should have just told her,she says,in an act of pity. She wonders whom to even taunt about it since he was gone and doesn't want him to be upset due to her in any way. She hopes and believes that when he returns he will get something beautiful and new to the world. But then also what would she be singing, she thinks, that he could have just told her and gone.
I do not quite know how to review this piece of literature.
Its acceptable(to an extent) and good and talks about emotions that really matter to someone but the whole idea of the situation seems a bit absurd to me. I understand the generation gap problem but there is something more to it. I mean. Buddha went to spread love. His definition of love however clearly didn't support his wife's definition of love. His love was for the people, for the world etc. Which is not wrong. That was his thought and its totally fine to me. But if there were such problems they shouldn't have married. And if they married and then the problem came up later they should have separated? Don't take me wrong it's not even about being modern. Its about being a victim. Its funny how people fail to notice how the woman has been victimised in the name of loyalty and love. Its plain stupid to self pity and lament this way. There might have been limitations in those times. But that just further proves how royalty and loyalty was inhumanly confused with mental and emotional victimization of women. I am not criticizing or going against your opinion but I personally don't find any greatness in this whole act. Its filled with pain which could be avoided. If not communication (which won't happen cause women must not complain) separation could have been a good enough solution to deal with the issue. Anyway its past or fiction and I hope we learn something good out of it. That surely would be enlightment then.
And yeah I think it's totally human to fall in love with another human and expect and wish and COMPLAIN.
PS: I don't know much about lord Buddha but this is my interpretation of the poem.

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