Madhushala - Rubaiya 24

बिना पिये जो मधुशाला को
bina piye jo madhushaalaa ko
बुरा कहे वह मतवाला,
bura kahe weh matwaalaa
पी लेने पर तो उसके मुँह
pee lene par to uske munh
पर पड़ जाएगा ताला;
par pad jaayegaa taalaa;
दास-द्रोहियों दोनों में है
daas-drohiyon dono mein hai
जीत सुरा की, प्याले की,
jeet sura kee, pyaale kee,
विश्वविजयिनी बनकर जग में
vishwavijayini bankar jag mein
आई मेरी मधुशाला
aaee meri mdhushaalaa


This is an important verse. Bachchan says that the world will always call the realist "deluded"; but it is the ideology of men that is delusional. Reality is truth, and it does not care about ideas. Truth simply is: it does not conform to a pattern: to force it into a pattern is to make a mockery of it; and it will be a dead thing at that point.


Once you experience reality, you become speechless: you realize there is nothing to say.


In the battle between ideas and reality, reality always wins: the universe is the truth, and it has already triumphed over man-made ideas and beliefs.