Harpreet grewal asked 8 years ago
What does the phrase “tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection” mean in Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’?
In this line from the poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ the poet emphasizes the need for developing a work culture which is necessary for the progress of a nation. If people are lazy and wasting time by gossiping, mere political freedom won’t make any difference for them.
So, Tagore says that we should strive tirelessly to achieve perfection in the longer run. To make it easy, we should work hard and not get tired by working. Our aim should be to attain perfection in whatever we do.
The poet says that his countrymen should reach perfection by doing their work properly. And they should not be lazy at any time. Rather they should work hard so that they could achieve their goal.
The poet wants to convey to us that we should not feel satisfied and work on to get excellence in something. We should not be lazy and dull. We should not feel that we are a failure if we fail once, twice or thrice but keep up trying to get the best results in the long run.
We should strive for perfection through reason and knowledge. The significance of tireless striving is the hidden worth of trying endlessly to achieve something guided by reason. If one tries one’s best, one would definitely achieve perfection.
The poet wants the people of the country to strive and work hard without getting tired to reach perfection leaving behind prejudices and old traditions.
The poet Rabindranath Tagore wishes that the citizens of his country, India, should not be lazy or procrastinators, instead they should strive tirelessly to achieve their goals. Just achievement should not satisfy them but they should strive to attain perfection. He feels that if his fellow citizens do not want to strive tirelessly to attain perfection in whatever they did, big or small, then mere political freedom holds no value.
People should not be lazy and ignoring/avoiding their work. They should work hard till they achieve success and in the long run to reach perfection.