Facts about "Jana Gana Mana" - Just a thought for the National Anthem!

How well do you know about it?

I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya
vidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought might be Motherland
India! Our current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout
the country.
Did you know the following about our national anthem, I didn't.
To begin with, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka,
was written by Rabindranath Tagore in honour of King George V and the
Queen of England when they visited India in 1919.
To honour their visit Pandit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas
included, which are in praise of the King and Queen. (And most of us
think it is in the praise of our great motherland!!!)
In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under
British rule, i.e. Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Maratha etc. were mentioned.
None of the princely states were recognised which are integral parts
of India now Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the
Indian Ocean nor the Arabian Sea was included, since they were
directly under Portuguese rule at that time.
The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is the lord
of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of good
fortune".
Following is a translation of the five stanzas that glorify the King:
First stanza: (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and
ask for your blessings and they sing your glories. (Tava shubha
naame jaage; tava shubha aashish maage, gaaye tava jaya gaatha)
Second stanza: Around your throne people of all religions come and
give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.
Third stanza: Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for
leading the ancient travellers beyond misery.
Fourth stanza: Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering,
poverty-stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your eye and
your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.
Fifth stanza: In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat
(India) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to
Rajeshwara (the King).
This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but
depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom
are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem
does not indicate that.
It is time now to understand the original purpose and the
implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has been done the past
fifty
years.
Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram
because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play!!! It
was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and
they can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande
Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our dear
Motherland India.