Monday, December 25, 2017

yuga

Chief among Dharma’s well-known four limbs

  1. truth, 
  2. non-violence, 
  3. purity and 
  4. charity in this Kaliyuga, is charity. 
Giving generously, in whichever manner, conduces to good.
https://freeglobaluniversity.blogspot.in/search/label/Charity

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Madhusūdana Sarasvatī

Here, the wise men of Kashi did not see any other remedy, they asked Mahapradit, the name of Shri Madhusudan Saraswati, to look at the book and give his consent. Madhusudan Saraswati ji displayed great happiness after seeing him and wrote this comment on his behalf-
Anandakanane Yasminjungamtuliratru.
Kavitamanjari Bhati Ramabhramarbhuhshi.
Its meaning in Hindi is: "Tulsidas is a plant of Tulsi in the joyous forest of Kashi, and his poetry is very handsome, on which Sriram Rupi Bhanvar is always hovering."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhusūdana_Sarasvatī

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Ab lou nasani

Ab lou nasani ab na nasaiho
Ram kripa bhav nisha sirani jaage phir na dasaiho
Payo naam chaaru chintamani ur karte na khasaiho
Shyam roop suruchikar  kasauti chit kanchanhi kasaiho
Parbas jaanyo hasyo in indrin nij bas hwai na hasaiho


MAn madhupahi pran kari , Tulsi Raghupati pad basaiho

Meaning -

Tulsidas ji says till now I have destroyed myself but will not destroy anymore
By grace of lord Ram I have awoken from the night of this world , after awaking I wont sleep again .I have got a beautiful stone of the name "Ram" like chintamani ,that I will not remove from the space of my heart .On the test stone of dark colored beautiful morph ,I will test the gold of my mind .These senses of mine kept on laughing upon me knowing that I am controlled by others (by these senses ) but now getting control over myself  ,I will not let anyone laugh at me . Tulsidas ji says the bumble bee like mind capitulates that it will settle itself in the feet of raghupati .

https://www.youtube.com/results?q=Ab+lo+nasani

Bhajman

Lyrics -

Bhajman ram charan sukhdayi japo re ram charan sukhdayi

Jin charnan se nikasi sursari sankar jata samayi
jata shankari naam padyo hai tribhuvan taranhari

Jin charnan ki charan paduka bharat rahyo liv laayi
soyi charan kevat dhoyi linhi tab hari naav chadhayi

Dandakvan prabhu paavan kinhi rishiyan traas mitayi
soyi charan gautam rishi nari parsi param pad payi

Joyi charan santan jan sevat sada rahat sukhdayi
soyi prabhu trilok ke swami kanak mriga sang dhayi

Shiv sankadik aru bhrahmadik shesh sahas mukh gaayi Tulsidas marut sut (son of maruti : Hanuman ji ) ki prabhu nij mukh karat badhayi

Meaning -

O mind revere to the pleasing feet of shree Ram ,
enchant to the pleasing feet of shree Ram.

From which feet the river of the Gods (The Ganga) have arrived and has run through the tress of
Lord Shankara.Due to which he has been named as jatashankari who delivers freedom to all of the tree lokas (worlds) .

The footsteps of which feet bharat put on his head
that same feet the ferryman washed and then he let the lord to board on his boat

 The lord purified Dandakvan from the asuras and in this way he delivered the saints from sufferings .
the wife of the sage Gautam (=Ahilya ) touching the same feet got the supreme abode.

which feet is served by the saints and is always pleasant to them
that very Lord, the master of three world, runs with the golden deer .

Lord Shiva , the Shanakdik sages  and Brahma and others Shesh ji (the sheshnaag,the snake) sings his glory by thosands of mouths .Tulsidas ji says that very lord praises the son of Maruti means Hanuman ji from His own mouth .
 
O mind revere to the pleasing feet of shree Ram

https://www.google.com/search?q=Bhajman

Tu dayalu

tu dayalu deen haun
tu daani haun bhikhari
haun prasidhh pataki
tu paap punj haari

nath tu anath ko anaath kaun moso
mo samaan aarat nahi aartihar to so

brahma tu haun jeev tu hai thakur haun chero
taat maat guru sakha sab bidhi hitu mero

tohi mohi naate anek maaniye jo bhaavai
jyon jyon tulasi kripalu charan sharan aave


Meaning from Vinay Patrika :

You are merciful and I am destitute; You grant wishes and I am the seeker. I am a well-known fallen one and You absolve away the heap of sins. You protect the orphans, and there is no orphan like me [hence, protect me]. There is no pain-absolver like You and I am in immense pain [hence, absolve my pain].||1-2||


You are the Brahman and I am a [destitute] living-being; You are the Preceptor and I am a disciple. You are for my benefit in each way — as father, mother, preceptor, or friend. My relations with You are infinite [since You are present in everything], so assume the one You like. At least, this way, Tulsi will get refuge in Your dual-feet.||3-4||

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tu+dayalu

This is the song illustrating the scene just after Ram chandra ji won the battle and then returned to Ayodhya

Lyrics -

Rann jeeti Ram rau aayen
sanuj sakal sasiya aayen
Avadh anand manaye

Ram ji has come winning the battle.
He has come with his younger brother and with Sita
and is  celebrating with delight in Awadh .

Aripur jari ujari mari ripu
Bipul subhas basaye
dharni dhenu mahi dev sadhu
sab ke sab soch nasaayen

He has come by setting the city of his enemy on fire , devastating his state and killing his enemy.
He has entertained the city with an exquisite environment .
The earth , the cow , the soil , the gods and the sages
He has destroyed all of their grieves .

dayi lank sir thape vibhishan
bachan piyush piyayen
sudha sinchi kapi kripa nagar nar
nari nihari jiyayen

He has given the Lanka toVibhishan, enthroning him
and saying sweet words to him.
The monkies are irrigating the city with sweetness
 and Ram has made the man and women in the city to get alive by showing himself to them .

Ram raj kul kaaj sumangal
sabane sabe sukh paven
dehi ashish bhoomi sur pamudit
praja pramod badhayen

Now there is reign of Ram and all tasks are running delightfully
each and everyone is full of joy ans happiness
the earth is blessing and the gods are happy
He is enhancing the happiness of  his subject .

Kaam dhenu mahi bitap kaamtaru
bahu vidhi badhan lage
te tab ab tulsi kenu jinhit
sahit Ram gun gaayen

the earth has become the milch cow and  the trees have become the Kaamtaru(a tree that gives all desired fruits)
they have sarted growing variously
Tulsi das ji says now an then who so ever has been benefitted by Him
sung the glory of Ram together.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rann+jiti

this is a saying of Lord Ram chandra ji to laxman ji when he was sitting with laxman ji in panchavati waiting for the rainy season to pass so that they may start searching for Sita ji again in far regions of the South India

Lyrics-

Ghan ghamand nabh gartjat ghora ,piya heen darpat man mora
Damini damak rahat nabh mahi , khal ke preeti jatha thir nahi
Barasahi jalan bhoomi niyraaye , jatha nabhahin guni vidya paaye
Boond aghat sahayin giri aise , khal ke bachan sant saha jaise
Chhudra nadi bahi chali tyorayi , jas tyoreiun dal khal itrai
Sarita jal jal nidhi mahoon jaayi , hoohin achal jin jeev hari paayi .

One must should understand meaning of this song . It is really a milestone in defining nature of goodness in a person .

Meaning -

Sri Ram chandra ji says to Laxman ji :

The proudy clouds are roaring in the sky ,my mind is being afraid without my sweetheart(Sita ji).
The lightening is making the clouds bright in the same way as the love for one is not stable for a wicked .
The rainwater is falling down to flow on the land in the same way as the knowledge itself moves towards a skilled person .
The mountains are tolerating the impact of the rainwater drops in the same way as nobel person tolerate the abusing words from the wicked.
The little river after getting the rainwater flows inundating the areas being overwhelming in the same way as the group of the wicked gets overwhelming after getting little.
The streaming riverwaters are falling in the ocean and are getting calm like ocean in the same way as the disturbed soul(atma)or jeev becomes peaceful after mixing in the supersoul(paramatma)or Hari.

Rann jiti Ram rau aayen - This is the song illustrating the scene just after Ram chandra ji won the battle and then returned to Ayodhya

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ghan+ghamand

When Rama left Ayodhya for the jungle.Bharat came to know this and he said this

Lyrics-

Janani aey janani main na jiyun bin ram
ram lakhan siya van ko gaman kiye pita gayen sur dham
hot bhor hamhu vana jaibe avadh aaye kehi kaam
kapati kutil kubuddi abhagin kaun haryo tero gyan
sur nara muni sab dosh det hain nahi kiyo bhal kaam
tulsidas prabhu aas charan ke bhaye vidhata baam

Meaning -

This a song illustrating the state of mind of Bharat ji when he knew that Ramchandra ji with Sita ji and Laxman went on an exile just because of his mother Kaikayi .He says these words to his mother ...

Janani (means mother ) O mother I wont live without Ram .
Ram Laxman and Sita ji went to the jungle and father (Dashrath ji ) went to the abode of Gods i.e heaven .
As the dawn brokes I will also go to the  forests what is the need to stay in Ayodhya .
You(Kaikayi) the Deceitful , cunning , wicked and unfortunate who has taken away your knowledge ?
The Gods , humans and the saints all are blaming that you havent done right ..
Tulsidas ji says that Bharat ji says now I only have the hope of the Feet of Lord because the creator has become left to me (means against me) .

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Janani+aey+janani+main

Bhaye Prakat Kripala - Shree Ram stuti when he was just born

Lyrics-

Bhaye prakat kripala deendayala kaushlya hitkari
harshit mahtari muni manhari adbhud roop vichari
Lochan abhirama tanu ghanshyama nij aayudh bhuj chari
bhushan banmala nayan bishala shobha sindhu kharari
Kah dui kar jori astuti tori kehi vidhi karhu ananta
maya gun gyanatit amana ved puran bhananta
karuna sukh sagar sab gun aagar jehi ganwahi shruti santa
brahmand nikaya nirmit maya rom rom prati ved kahe
Mam ur so basi yah uphasi sunat dheer mati thir na dhare
Upja jab gyana prabhu muskana charit bahut vidhi kinhi chahe
kahi katha sunayi matu bujhayi jehi prakar sut prem lahe
mata puni boli so mati doli tajahu taat yah roopa
kije shishu leela ati priya sheela yah sukh param anoopa
suni vachan sujana rodan thana hoyi balak sur bhoopa
yah charit je ganwahi hari pad panwahi te na pari bhava koopa

meaning-

bHAYE PRAKAT KRIPALA deendayala kaushlya hitkari
harshit mahtari muni manhari adbhud roop vichari

"The mercyful ,graceful,and the benefecial to Kaushalya , appeared .
Mother (kaushalya)is happy ,minds of sages have been stolen thinking of the amazing form of lord ."

Lochan abhirama tanu ghanshyama nij aayudh bhuj chari
bhushan banmala nayan bishala shobha sindhu kharari

"His eyes are spectacle (beautiful) body is black like clouds in his four arms he has his own armaments.
ornament is the "vanamala" , eyes are large. The Kharari (the Lord )is the ocean of beauty"

Kah dui kar jori astuti teri kehi vidhi karu ananta
maya gun gyanatit amana ved puran bhananta
"His mother joining both hands says Oh "Anant" (Infinite for the lord )how should I praise you?

you are above the maya (illusion) gun (properties of nature) and the knowledge even Vedas and Purans (epics)couldnt express you."

karuna sukh sagar sab gun aagar jehi ganwahi shruti santa
brahmand nikaya nirmit maya rom rom prati ved kahe

"the ocean of grace and happiness and all meritorious who is applauded by Vedas and the saints
who has made his illusion to spread upto the universe and his smallest parts are narrated by the vedas"

Mam ur so basi yah uphasi sunat dheer mati thir na dhare
Upja jab gyana prabhu muskana charit bahut vidhi kinhi chahe

"This happiness that is staying in my heart(kaushalya ji thinks) , listening to it no steady mind can be restful .

When such knowledge is produced to kaushlaya ji , the Lord smiles and wanted to to show different characters to her."

kahi katha sunayi matu bujhayi jehi prakar sut prem lahe
mata puni boli so mati doli tajahu taat yah roopa

"Then telling all the stories to his mother , he made her to understand Him in the way which may let her to bring a maternal love for her child.the mother again said this all is wandering my mind .Oh dear son , leave this attire ."

kije shishu leela ati priya sheela yah sukh param anoopa
suni vachan sujana rodan thana hoyi balak sur bhoopa

"perform like a Kid that is very lovey and polite , this happiness is very beautiful.
Listening the kind word (of kaushalya ji ,the lord started crying and the king of Gods took the form of a kid ."

yah charit je ganwahi hari pad panwahi te na pari bhava koopa

"One who sings this character of Lord , reaches to the feet of the lord .He never falls into the well of this world . "

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bhaye

jaake priya

"jaake piya na ram baidehi
so chadiye koti bairi sam yadyapi param sanehi
Tajyo pita prahlad vibhihan bandhu bharat mahtari
bali guru tyajo kant brij bani tani bhaya mud mangalkari
naate neh ram se maniyat subhag susebya jahanlo
anjan kahan wa aankh jehi phute bahutak kaho kahanlo
tulsi so sab bhanti paramhit pujya pran te pyaro
jaso hoya saneha ram pada aito mato hamaro "

You will feel strange to know that these all words are written by that man who had been once chided upon by his own wife . Yes , though Tulsidas ji was brilliant since his childhood but he was not involved in deep devotion of Lord Rama since childhood .He loved his wife very much but once Tulsidas ji made a lot attempts to meet her while she was far from him , when tulsidas ji reached her she told him that if you did all this endaevours for Lord Rama you would have crossed  "bhavasagar" .So dont long for me but this longing should be for the Lord .This changed his life.

https://www.youtube.com/results?q=jaake+priya

This song is a rendition to the devotees

Lyrics -

Jab janaki nath sahaya kare tab kaun bigad kare nar tero
suraj mangal som brigu sut bandhu aru guru vardayak tero
rahu ketu ki nahi gamyata sang sanischar hot uchero
dust duhshashan vimal draupadi chir utar kumantar phero
jaki sahaya kari karunanidhi badh gaye chir ke  maar ghaneri
garbha mein rakhyo parikshit raja aswasthama jab ashtra phero
bhasrat mein maruhi ke anda ta par gaj ka ghanta gero
jaki sahaya kari karunanidhi take jagat mein bhag badhero
raghuvanshi santan sukhdayi tulsidas charanan ko chero

Meaning -

  1. When the master of Janki (Janki =the daughter of janak ji = Sita ji ) means Ram ji is favourable to you , who will harm you . 
  2. The astrological planets like Sun ,Mars , Moon ,Venus the son of Bhrigu become your brotherly and the Jupitar becomes boon giver to you .  The Rahu and ketu cant reach you and together with them the sanischar too disappears .
  3. The wicked Duhshashan and humble Draupadi : He tried to make draupadi naked and said vulgar words to her , for saving her the Lord "ocean of mercy" helped her by densly wrapping her in the cloth .
  4. The Lord saved Parikshit in the womb from ashwasthama when he tried to kill parkshit (the son of Abhimanyu from Uttara )by arms .
  5. Whom so ever the  "treasure of mercy " helps ,he /she have a huge fate(strong fate) in this world .
  6. The Lord belonging from Raghu Clan , is pleasant to the saints ,Tulsidas is the servant of  his feet .

https://www.youtube.com/results?q=Jab+janki

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Udyan Garden

A beautiful garden is dedicated to Goswami Tulsidas. He is also called as Mahatma Tulsidas, Santh Tulsidas, Rambhaktha Tulsidas and other sacred names. Then who was this Tulsidas well known as Valmiki in Hindi literature?

Tulsidas was popularly known as Goswami Tulsidas. He was a poet and author of “Ramachariths Manas”, “Hanuman chalis”, “Parvati Mangal” and many other religious scripts based on epic episodes. He was a saint, reformer and philosopher renowned for his devotion to Lord Sri Rama. He was acclaimed as a reincarnation of sage Valmiki, the author of first and the original Ramayana in Sanskrit. At the end of his life he suffered from very painful boils, which resulted in causing disability to his arms and at that juncture he composed Hanuman Bahuk, praising the strength, glory and virtue of Lord Hanuman, and got rid of the disability.

The most popular episode in the life story of Tulsidas is that he was very lucky to have darshan of Lord Sri Rama. The incident goes thus:
Tulsidas used to pour water to a banyan tree after his morning ablutions. Because of his service the spirit that was dwelling on the tree due to certain curse was cured and relieved of its curse. It appeared before Tulsidas to express gratitude to him and asked what he wished from that spirit. He expressed his desire to have holy darshan of Lord Sri Rama. The spirit informed him a secret as well as a fact that Hanuman was attending his (Tulsidas) discourses on Ramayana every day. Hanuman would come first and goes at the end when all the audience left the auditorium and that Hanuman could help him to see Sri Ram. The next day Tulsidas observed the old man in the audience sitting at the corner end of the hall. Soon after the discourse when the old man left the place Tulsidas followed him and fell at the feet of old man. No doubt he was Hanuman. Old man assuming his real form asked Tulsidas to go to Chitrakut, where his desire would be fulfilled. Accordingly he went to Chitrakut. There he prepared sandal paste and offered it to the devotees who visited him. Fortune followed Tulsidas. One day when he was preparing sandal paste Lord Sri Ram appeared before him and asked for some sandal paste. On seeing the most virtuous Lord of Lords Sri Rama Tulsidas was overwhelmed and went into Samadhi. Then Sri Ram pasted sandal paste on the forehead of Tulsidas in His own hand. Tulsidas said to have remained in Samadhi continuously for three days as that was the first time he experienced Samadhi and had the darshan of his revered Lord Sri Rama.

It is well known that Lord Hanuman would always be present in disguise wherever and whenever the name ‘Ram’ is being uttered and especially Ramayana story is narrated, sung, played on stage.

It is most deserving to name a garden in his name at Ayodhya as it has all relevance to the place as well as the saint, an ardent devotee of lord Sri Rama. The garden is located on the National Highway of Faizabad. Earlier, it was named after Queen Victoria as ‘Victoria Park’ and there was a statue of Queen Victoria in the centre of the park. That was made only to please the British bosses during the slave period prior to independence. Many years after independence the sanity downed on our elected representatives and named this park and dedicated to Santh (saint) Tulsidas in 1960. I wish this example must be followed by all the governments in the country and remove those statues and names of the British rulers and officers who exploited us for centuries and replace them with Indian names and leaders as has been don e by the state government in Uttar Pradesh. I think the credit goes to the state government of Uttar Pradesh for setting up an example in this direction and adopting changes matching the trend of the present days.
The garden is beautiful and one can spend some useful time while relaxing here.

Ayodhya and Faizabad are twin cities and well connected with Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Allahabad. The nearest airports are those of Lucknow (135 km) and Varanasi (200 km). Ayodhya is 6 km (4 mi) from Faizabad. It has good road connectivity with Lucknow (135 km), Varanasi (200 km), Allahabad (165 km) and Gorakhpur (175 km). The Railway network connects Ayodhya directly with Lucknow (three hours) and Varanasi (four hours). Bangalore is at about 2350kms from Ayodhya. In summer (March to July) the temperatures would range from 35 to 45 degrees Celsius and in winters (November to January) from 6 to 25 degrees Celsius. Rainy season is during monsoon of July to September.


Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Route

Parrot

In the year of 1607, once when Tulsidas was making Chandan (sandalwood), two young princes came to him and asked for Chandan. Lord Hanuman came in the form of a parrot and spoke:
  || Chitrakoot Ke Ghaat Par, Bhai Santan Ke  Bheer
   Tulseedaas Chandan Ghisen, Tilak Det Raghubeer ||
Translation:
“…Amidst the large crowd of holy men in Chitrakut, while Tulsidas grinds the sandalwood to turn it into paste, Raghubeer (Lord Ram) appeared before him asking the paste to be smeared on his forehead…”

Speaking

Ghost

Every morning Tulsidas would go to river Ganga for morning ablutions and on return he would pour the leftover water of his pot on a nearby tree. A ghost was living on the tree. He was very much satisfied with the water offerings from Tulsidas. Once he presented himself before Tulsidas.

 “I am very much pleased with you. I will grant you a boon. Ask whatever you want.”, the Ghost said.
“I have not been able to see Lord Rama. Please arrange my meeting (darshana) with the Lord.”, Tulsidas prayed with folded hands.

“Tulsidasji, I am small-time ghost living in a minor tree. If I had access to Lord Rama, do you think I would be living here as a Ghost and waiting for the ablution-leftover water from you? It is not within my powers to arrange a meeting with Lord Rama. But I can show a way. Look at that big tree north of this place where Ramayana is being read every evening. The diseased old man who comes first, sits alone at a distance, hears Ramayana attentively and leaves the last is none other than Hanuman. You pray to him. He can arrange your meeting with the Lord.”, the Ghost advised.

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Krishna to Rama

Tulsidas once went to Brindavan. He visited a temple. He saw the image of Lord Krishna. He said, "How shall I describe Thy beauty, O Lord! But Tulsi will bow his head only when You take up bow and arrow in Your hands". The Lord revealed Himself before Tulsidas in the form of Lord Rama with bow and arrows

Song Composed

'krishn gitavali' men kul 61 pad hain, jo nimn prakar se vyavasthit hain-
  1. balalila - 20 pad
  2. roop-saundary - 3 pad
  3. virah - 9 pad
  4. uddhav-gopika-snvad ya 'bhramaragit' - 27 pad
  5. draupadi-lajja-rakshan - 2 pad

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=krishna+gitavali
http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=krishna+gitavali

Also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnacharitmanas
https://www.youtube.com/results?q=Krishna+Charit+Manas
http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Krishna+Charit+Manas

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