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jit hi jit hun mat hi mat hun
main tere ikhtiyar se aage ki baat hun

“I am victory itself, I am defeat itself — I am the thing that lies beyond the reach of your control.”

Romanहिन्दीPoet unknown

जीत ही जीत हूँ मात ही मात हूँ
मैं तेरे इख़्तियार से आगे की बात हूँ

The verse in Devanagari — it carries the authenticity of the original, and every Hindi reader can read it.

♪ Hear the couplet

A recitation in a synthesized voice.

The Interpretation

A single couplet of startling poise. To say 'I am victory and defeat alike' is to refuse the game that both of them offer — and the second line names why: the speaker stands past the reach of the other's power to grant or to withhold. It is freedom stated plainly, as a fact.

For You, Today

Real autonomy begins where someone else's approval — and their disapproval — both stop mattering. If you are genuinely 'beyond their control', then their win and their loss are equally not yours to fear.

We could not trace this couplet to any named poet on a recognised source. We keep it, honestly, as a poet-unknown verse — its self-possession earns the place.

Themes:The SelfDefiance

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