English Poem - IF by Rudyard Kipling summary & analysis - Explanation in Hindi

Namaskar Friends, Welcome to Study IQ I'm Prashant Dhawan and in this video we are going to talk about Rudyard Kipling's poem If If is a beautiful poem This poem is a road map Life is full of challenges You all know this In some way or the other we will face different challenges But in front of those challenges the behavior you have the way you act the way you look at those challenges that is very important and from that a person becomes a better person and If this poem is very short it's name is If if you follow the guidelines given in this poem you will definitely become a better person This poem was written by Rudyard Kipling Nobel Prize winning author I will talk about him at the end of the video So first we will analyze this beautiful poem At the end of the poem I will tell you about Rudyard Kipling who is a shining star of English literature Let's start If you are preparing for any exam Study IQ is with you Various courses are available on studyiq.com SSC, Bang, UPSC You can purchase many courses from studyiq.com Recently we have launched SSC, CGL and CHSL test series Do enroll in this test series as well So let's start reading of this poem There are 4 stanzas Every stanza has some difficult words and some idioms which will help you improve your English Now let's read If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting too First of all the speaker of this poem I will not say poet I will say speaker Poet is talking to us through speaker speaker is talking to us and he is telling us some conditions that if you will see the first word of this poem that is the title of this poem If you can keep your head Keep your head means If you can be calm This is an idiom by the way Keep your head It means to be calm There are many problems in front of you People are blaming you that everything is happening because of you They are losing their own mind It is written here When all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you Sometimes there are such problems in life When people around you start panicking and panicking and blaming everyone At that time If you can be calm Next condition is If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting too Very beautiful lines Here speaker is saying If you can trust yourself when all people around you are doubting you It is not like if someone is stealing then people are doubting If there is some work you believe that you can do it but people around you are doubting you They don't think that you are capable that you can do that work even then if you can trust yourself But make allowance for their doubting too Now here Let's talk about one more thing If other people are doubting you then to take their doubting into consideration you should have space in your mind It should not be like if you have a problem in your leg and everyone is doubting that you can't run fast You should not trust them and start running You should see if they are doubting me then perhaps there is some reason behind it You should have space in your mind to keep their opinion But make allowance for their doubting too Keep their doubting in your mind but at the same time don't trust yourself This is a very balancing act It is written in Bhagya If you can wait and not be tired by waiting or being lied about Don't deal in lies or being hated Don't give way to hating and yet don't look too good nor talk too wise These are beautiful lines These conditions will make you a better person These are guidelines If you want to be a better person in this life If you want to pass on with dignity then you have to think about your personality So here in the 5th line it is written If you can wait and not be tired by waiting and because of waiting don't get upset Means you should have patience This is a very important condition Then it is written Being lied about Don't deal in lies This is very important If people are lying about you If I say He is being lied about Means he is being lied to If I want to say He is being lied to Then I will say He is being lied to For example Rahul is being lied to If I say Rahul is being lied about Rahul is being lied to So here when you live your life many times lies will be spread about you Even then don't lie Don't deal in lies Means don't lie about anyone Means you are being treated unjustly Lies are being spread about you But still you will support the truth This is the condition It is written And being hated Don't give way to hating Similar The line here If people hate you Even then You will not Don't give way to hating Means you will not hate yourself And the final line of this stanza And yet don't look too good Don't look too good Very important This is a very philosophical line Here the poet is saying When you are doing all this People are doubting you Have confidence People are lying about you Don't lie about them Support the truth When people are blaming you Stay calm While doing all this Don't look too good Don't talk too wise Means don't present yourself in front of people that you are better than them Because that is also harmful for you Very good advice Don't look too good Don't talk too wise When you bring all these qualities inside you Then obviously You start advising others And act that you are better than them This is stanza 1 Let's move to stanza 2 Remember this idiom Keep one's head Means remain calm You can make a sentence on this in the comment box I would like you to check each other's sentences You can make a sentence like Rahul was under a lot of pressure But he kept his head Here one's head Means we are talking about everyone Any person should remain calm But when we are talking about a particular person Then we will put his Depending on the gender So this is an example of a sentence You also experiment Make a good sentence on this idiom Then we talk about stanza 2 Again you will see stanza 2 Starts with if Condition is put If you can do all these things If you can dream And not make dreams your master If you can dream But don't become a slave of dreams This is a condition Means you envision That I have to crack UPSC I have to become a civil servant But this is a dream It's a good thing But don't work Just keep dreaming If you can think And not make thoughts your aim This is also on the same emotion That you think That I will do this I will make plans But don't waste your time in just thinking If you can meet with Triumph and disaster Triumph is Achievement, victory In life you will meet Both of them You will meet triumph You will win, you will be praised Everyone will like you Then you will meet disaster In disaster Everything is bad Everything can be ruined And you have to make everything again These two things have to happen From both You should meet with the same emotion Alright And it's written And treat those two imposters Just the same Imposter is So here they have told Triumph and defeat Both have been called imposters And both have been told To meet with the same emotion When you win, you are dancing When you lose, you are sad You should deal with both With the same emotion It's written If Condition If You can hear the truth And you can speak the truth But you are speaking the truth Your truth can be twisted By the knaves Knaves are dishonest people Who don't have any pride Who don't have any Dignity So here it's written If The truth you have spoken Will be distorted Your truth will be distorted You will be targeted Even then You will have to deal with it You will have to go through it And it's written The things you gave your life to broken And it's written If for a long time You took so much time to make something It will break You will see this in your life If it's a project or something else In which you took a lot of time Or you were very passionate about it Everything breaks And then Stoop means sitting down Because the truth is When you were building something, it broke So you have to sit down again and make it again And stoop and build them up with worn out tools Now you have to sit down again And whatever you were making Has broken You have to make it again And with what will you make it? With worn out tools Worn out means old They don't have strength They don't have power Worn out tools If I say That saw That saw is worn out It doesn't have strength The work that was made to perform it You can't do it They are saying You will face problems in life That you have to rebuild And when you are rebuilding You won't have the resources That you had before The word triumph They used it like a noun Triumph means A big win An achievement But if you want to use this word As an adjective Then triumph will become triumphant Alright If you want to say that he was a winner He won Then you will say He was triumphant Because now you are using it as an adjective Triumphant or triumph But make a sentence in the comment box That it will be a good practice Here is a sentence for example Also remember this word Knaves Knaves means dishonest people You can ask this in any exam Then comes stanza 3 Only one stanza is left Here again If If you can make One heap of all your winnings And risk it On one turn of pitch and toss And start again At your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss Here It is often misinterpreted People don't understand Here speaker is saying First of all All your victories Or whatever you have achieved in the world Make a heap of it I mean put it in a bundle Alright Risk it And then this game of pitch and toss In England There is a game of coins Who's coin goes far Basically here If you are ready to take a risk It is important to take a risk Here it is not about gambling But here of course You just have to be secure I mean you should have some adventurism But since you will do adventurism Then there is a possibility of losing And after that Here the next lines are about losing That when If you do a new venture If you open a new business If you enter a new line of work If you go to a new country You are taking a risk There is a scope of loss So how will you deal with the loss It is written Lose and start at your beginnings After losing You should have the power to start again You should have the capacity After losing Start again And don't just start Don't tell anyone about your loss And never breathe a word About your loss Don't tell anyone Don't tell yourself I took a risk I have to start again Many people lament on this They regret But here The poet says If you want to move forward If you want to become something Then you should not Talk about your loss Then comes stanza 4 If you can talk with crowds And keep your virtue Or walk with kings Nor lose the common touch If neither foes nor loving friends Can hurt you If all men can count on you But none too much If you can talk with the crowds And keep your virtue Virtue is ethics Being good When this poem was written It was believed that ethics Are only with aristocrats Or kings Or noble people Common people Don't have virtues They are not virtuous That's why it is said If you are talking with an average Normal person Virtues in you Should be alive If you are talking with common people Keep your virtue alive But if you are walking with kings If you are in such a mood That you get in touch With powerful people Then don't lose your common touch The simplicity Should not be lost If neither foes What is foes? Foes means Enemies What is the opposite of foes? A friend And a foe If neither foes Nor loving friends can hurt you We are not talking about physical hurt We are talking about emotional hurt Pain That your enemies Or your friends Can't hurt you You should have such a constitution You should be such a person If all men can count with you But none too much It means everyone Can trust you They consider you as their own But still you don't get along with them If you can fill the unforgiving minute With 60 seconds Worth of distance, run We are talking about Effort You can count every second And give your best Yours is the earth And everything that's in it And which is more You'll be a man, my son All the conditions we read If you can do this If you can't Lose your common touch If you can't Leave your common touch We discussed a lot If you have all these things What will you get Here speaker says This earth is yours And whatever is in this earth Is yours And beyond all this If I become a king That is the ultimate victory But no Which is more You'll be a man, my son You'll be a good, genuine person So this was the whole poem Now let's talk about Rudyard Kipling The British poet Rudyard Kipling was an English poet He was born in Bombay India In 1865 30th December 1865 And he has a lot of famous short stories He has a collection of short stories Some of them are famous Just so stories and The Jungle Book is an all time classic He was awarded the Nobel Prize In Literature In 1907 I would like to tell you about his son His son's name was John Kipling He was his only son He had daughters but His only son was John Kipling He died at the age of 18 In the First World War And in his memory He wrote a poem My Boy Jack A play has been written on it It is quite famous If we talk about Rudyard Kipling The major controversy in his life Or you can say Even after his death The controversy is still alive He wrote a poem The White Man's Burden In which it was told How to carry forward civilization The burden is on a white Caucasian race It is considered a racist poem In which it is said that The rest of the races of the world Blacks, Asians, Indians Have not contributed much So that poem is a Controversial issue Apart from that Rudyard Kipling Is a respected poet And his poems and short stories Are still famous around the world