Who Is

Saint?

A man has to rise from the practiral to the spiritual by steady progress. This cannot hre done ali at once. Steel is to
be obtained from iron by exertion patien',ly earried on. Devotion is essertial as.the foundation rvith strong faith. It is the divinity that stirs within us. I(now yourse'lf, therefore, as the pride of Earth's creatures. There is a part of God Himself in us. Be faithful to the divine spark, which is within You. Man is told often that ihe absolute and unrelated cannot at once be intelligible to him, for it requires the most abstract conternplation and elevation of thought, which is beyond the ordinary powers ol his intellect to accomplish" Till that stage of inteiiectual and spiritual attainment is reached, he must contain himself with contemplation and rvorshipping, as God, the Supreme Essence as differentiated entity in its matrilestations in its works throughout the Uliverse, taking any of such manifestations as a symbol, through which to reach it in a proper, moral end religious attitude.

Nothing can be more instructive or interesting than the company of these persoos, who have devoted their lives and energies to the search of the highest truth and who want nothing except an ordinary meal oncs in a day and ordinary clothes, required for tbe human body. T'hese rtiel are, generally, the ascetics, the saBe8, the yatees and the munees. They are the wortily exarnples and living advice to mankind.
The practical, the ethical, the spiritual inspiration enjoined

in Sbri tlhagawadgita, is found to an emincnt degree in the life and career of such saintly personages as Shri Dnyaneshwar, Eknath, Ramcias, Surdas, Tulsidas and Tukaram of the past times and Vivekanand, Ramkrishha, R.amteertho, Kalee Mai,
Tartebaba, Shri Sai Baba of -rhirdi Shri Guru Nana Tarenakat ancl

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Godawari Mataji of our times. These saints serve a most usefur purpose by a wakening the hurnan thought arid elirecting it to a nobrer purpose. Such great and peaceful persons rive regenerating the world like the coming of spring; and after having crossed the ocean of embodied existence, hel"p try to do the same thing without personal motives. those, who

It is the innate character of these great saints to remove the sufferings of others, as it is the character of the allay the pains of those, who are suffering from moon to the intense heat ofl the sun.
Such men seem still to grow beyond the end, which hides them from our eyes. The great man or the Saint in his life-time stands before his contemporaries as an external image of excellence, which may indeed awaken a new spirit in those, who are able even partially to appreciare it; but when the outward presence is removed, tlre awakened spirit ,.produ.., ,;.;;;;;; of fact in an idealised vision, which is truer than ,rrinl*-'r*, with tbe eyes of sense...,.,and this new idealised visioo in-turo reacts in further developments of the same spiritual energy, which produced it.

The person, who has reached this degree of enlightenment, feels and answers everything and, just because he desires nothing for himself, is able to give everything to all......He asks nothing save to be a channel with wider and wider bed arong which "h" the great life mry flciv, anc rris onry rvish is that .uy become a ,arger vessel with less of obstacle in himserf tolrrioc". the outward pouring of the life workin3 f.rr n; thing ,ou. ,o be of service.

Such a great mar or saint has been well described by Lord Krishna in Bhagawadgita. .,That which is the oi*t, of all beings, for the disciplined man is the time of waki.rg; when other beings are waking, then is the night io. tfr" ,ug" who seeth " (2,,69)

WHO IS A SAINTq

JJ

Most prominent is the plaes of our coqntry among the nations of the world. The followiog extrad from prof. Max Muller will make it clear.
'6Whatever sphere of the human mind you may sclect for your special study, wbether it be language, or religion, or mythology or philosophy, rvhether it be laws or oustoms, or prioitive art and primitive science, everywhere you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in tndia and in India only". (No greater tribute there could be than given here to our country Uy t"tax Muller -',Iodia"t what can it teach us?)

another ertract by Olonel Tod : .,Where can we like those, whose systems of philosophy were the prototypes of those of Greece to whose works plato, Thales and Pythagoras were disciples? Where shall we find astronomers, whose knowlege of the platretary system yet excites wonders io Europe as well as the architects and , sculptors, whose works claim our admiration, and the musicians, who could make the mind oscillate from joy to Eorrow, from tears to smiles, with the change of modes and varied intonation?i
Here

is

look for

sages

Man
measure

is made in the image of God, but man is not thc of God, according to the philosophy, propounded in

tbe ultimate goal is,a complete unification with the Almighty, when the veil of Maya (nesoience) is fully remoyed.
Bhagawadgita,

Mere critical acumen, intellectual dodges and wordy warfare, unaccompanied by AqI and qft (faith and devotion) are, . more

or

less, as useless

The limited intollect of the finite being cannot penetrate into the province of the knowledgc of the infinite, Omnipotent, Omuipresent, and Omniscient, until and unless the grace of the Almighty has removed the veil of

gita as blows given to water.

in the direction of the study of the

Bhagawad-

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SIJRI SAI LEELA JULY'IgEI

from the human intetrlect. , How are. we'to get the grape of the Almighty? It is through the sincere and unswerving bhakti and the company of worthy saints that the Anubhava of the soul would arise. And what is this type of Anubhava (experience) 'of that state, in which there is an inseparable identification with the Para-Brahma,? Intrinsically, it means and how it is capable of realization. Even the Shrutis' say ,'efs ifr." "Not this, not this". Shri Krishna tells'Arjun"that -. the devotee himself, perfected by union (with the Brahma) knows that in the due course of time. Such aie'the saists who understand dffi?t frqeft.q : sritq6qft fuqft tyttZt
limit-edness

There is a great difference between kuowledgd, in which object and,' subject are distinct from each other. and Anubhava where subject and object coincide in the same. He who by Anubhava comes to the great intelligence:-

Obtains a state called "Samadhan". This state is reached by all the saints in oqr coutrtry- These are real saints. Saints .sr Gods Ahl G;atrnate God) eventually and ultimately leading the finite to tbe infinite and fulfllling tbe highest goal of human energy and human destiny wbich has been taught by the saints. They have accomplished satisfaction resulting therefrom. Even today, occasionaly, such Mahatmas, can be seen and talked to, it there be a will-real will and desire.

That there is something beyond the worldly comforts and that every person ,must, devote at least some time every day to the service and contemplation of the higher self remains yet to be fully realized. This is everlasting bliss. Let us try to cnter into:this highest bliss, which all the sages' and: saints of India have preached and advised from time to time. Such are the
trU'e Saints.
:t,*

Vaman H. Pandit 17, Khatipura Road, :Indore City (M. P.)

@*E;l; thought prevalent o{ ;'ellgious

tref*re
{}ne rvas l{n{-rfi/n as htlahanta'bhsuzas *.:rd, the other lvas
krro:';'Y. as of &lathas; the former,

*):ie days

of

Dnyandeo"

t*ore o:: -l-ess toole deLight in

tirr,s y:-rirely Yergie. The Mahas*"ibl.ravr$ wer'e persons

literer:y activiiies and the latter

geii;eei.

s+eial alnd religions bac!<ground r:esl:way! lired.

of contype. Such was the

ra'here Dnya-

*f the piaee then

h,is chilCr*n tc Nasik. 0nee it : r q&!Fc.-ire'-{ that *rri'len lhe tathcr along nrith .his sons. and tia.:l.qhter l{'e!:e El} t}reir usual

\rithai.pant, thr:it' father, took

holy r*uzrds in a nearhy dense :Pt::est a ttger ju-mped x-lpon th*m and. the,e" ai.L !:aR e.way. t.a tlie r-retree l{il'rittnath nvas l,,rsri br.rit tire rest ef the farnily
i:eiurned safe,
3net a

it is said.* S$i.vrittrrath gseat sape in a eave at }].:'.,i:nr:;,:i. v .rr' initiated him irr iiiie r':yslic tri:re e.nd after a iew ij;:r:: :'etur:ned liOme. J:Ie
Later,
,

r:

r:r thus ]:eearne l:is Guru. s** '{'H:r social perseeution went

r.;1;"=:ed l.ris

i:rOiher DnyandeO

'

rrLr linabated. so these four

--n@'ptainedguerdh;lP-u-G

;h!IEren 6c*tio"l fron: the Brahmins of Paithana whieh was then an *"thoaoo eentre of south India' Snyandeo 1lerformed many nriiactres Es h; u."es rqLlired to .io s,l U, ',ire assemhlc{ Brahnrns wh+ ll.'anted 1q.' lg51: hirrl.
learning and intelligence

The Erahmins of Faithana'were astohished at the great spiritual

ihern t]:e of purifica* "uq"ii*e'eertifieite is supposed r,ion. T.trls incideni to i:.eve happened in 128? ,.4'D. I MJ, storY 'would i:e far too nond ,n ere- I to mention all the splendid sPiritual aneedotes whieh Dnyandes did hefore writing his greet work. .Atter *btaining the nrueh n.eeded
iherefore" ttrey
I

rlayed b]' these bcys gave

<lis*

a1d,

ISnyandeo returned along witlz

Sris

nertificaie of

Purification

tris br*thers and- sistet' B"nd went to Nevase w'llere !t is re*

ported that LlnYandeo "oY l'tis I spiriiual p6\rrer saved Saeerrid=- | nanda Eaba fronr a dangerous t ,fio*r*. This kind turn mcved i the Eaha with a sense of d+cp i graiixude ar:d ire 1rc-'nih 1I vellr ryilling umanuensis toc I the rrrrrting of D'nyancieo's itr'I

etnrtal work
(1290 A,tr.r

Dr,ltsan.esl:wari

WH"AT is Dnyaneshwarr? !t is a_ commentary in simple Marathi on the Bhagavadgita. A pillar still stands to this day where this writing took place
and where Dnyandeo completed the leetures before a temple of

tord Shiva at I'Ievase. Ttadition has it that Nivrittinath was sitting to hear the dis-

course and Dnyandeo was xpounding the divine discourse to an assembly of learned men and saints. Later, it is said, that Niwitiinath*his Guruasked him to write s1 indePendent treatise known as 'Am.::i-

\J[fIiAf is ttre Philosophi' of ' ' Dnyaot shwari'i Tb.e -ncrl1' to Dnyaneshrvar is sirnply a eomplex of the t'arious elements. The soul is as differ-

Dnyandeo emPloYs a verseform known as 'Ovit to recite his discourse. He was, in fact the originator of 'ovi'" It is a poem with three lines and balf, of which the first three go on rhyming. It is a simPle verse and Marathi literaiure has been enriched by it. With DnYandeo, the Ovi trips, it ga1lops" lt dances. it whirls, it ambles, it trots. it runs, it ta.kes long Ieaps or short jurnPs, 'i.t halts
or sweeps along, evolves a hundred and oRe graees of movernent at the master's esmmand,' so remarks Prof. R, B. Ranade in his book fiistory of Indian
Philosophy'.

tanubhava'"

his eentral point of his mystical theology, namely. devotion to God. 'I arn the sole refuge of the supplicants. The sun sends his image in an oeean as well as in the pond, ilrespective ol their greatrress e'r smallness. Verily thus am I mir:rored in

ent from the body as the east from the west. The soul ls ruirored in the body as the sun in a lake. The bod-.,' is subject to the infruence of Karma and rolls on the :rheels oI death and birth" It lirres for as short a span of iime as the fi;r takes for lifting its wings. And further he introduces

that he is the agent cf actions. The true Karma-Ycgin, rrrllSt teaeh the gospel of action to others, even though his heart may have resied in the sabbath (Continued on P. 4)

all things.

1,1[an

vainly

sa_yg

never took the Pride and ererl'.r

af the faet that the work he 'was writing 'was destined ts becorne a elass:'e, and yet he

Dnyaneshwar was eonselous

of its composition. He saYs, he was merely a chataka bird eatching a few drops of tliat gracious rain, vrhieh were being presented in the form of this commentar5r on Bhagavadgita.

:'if;;qfrffieg LtE{
DNYANDqq

NAMADEYAIhe
*hn
GoD is n
wor-t1d

has rlepicled

1n ailoltrer of hjs songs

hrs

he

henrl-rend-

jerlou.. r.;11'l :- trr TEG rnear,." h" ''epi;i;"t y:l I"!1"'i:1..:l- ',Y"1';'^?r,"1 ls"r*rrt, Ia-tt - not ;r1lo I;,rf;:,il] il!,-i."p,i;l{.i,i:'!!,:'ili'd:;,:,: -11'l't .nt]ll, l'l::},11:""';, Love to be :rlcrr 1rr rt:-r' othet l Earl:. jn r.hildhoor'1. it is told l school anci the inleliectual :ind mes, {)l ,"1'3 r('nriacratiori or t;,i.ii'i'i,l tuo",?.i" -;;;--;;; fi;;l 1,,!, ,,,- anl ,',"3;;; ii iil'";;;I.il'|" nat,- :;Tffff;o,lA:.''ii";?,i:ii?tii'J|" , I"Jii'fr"rr.,,. Be i he *r. ,oi'' | ,.ituri tile hel'.r,e rrr* puijr',-"of 3n-".i1i.' -!aas it"?,1.] lLr:*'nll; i no'.soini ti, llie boltom of -cumins .4 llre. ior',r- ll tlL' ruvc-- I .o_nt\, lil(i. " -HlS Ialneilw35 Y,'aIK CI ilre: io\'ilv,,aik cr""1:i""irri true love--I p-htv larl. IIis father wus.a Maharashtra. i tiir"'" _r'.ir et an,l cumlng up ho r'li"l'- oii,t geiiulr-ie love--- llure loye'- j iaiior knoNn as Darnaseta of Kirtans again. lJnlr:ss Thor-t. C Cloud lo-l idr::its 'hnJ Rrahmin ..ui'i"anoihing except the .l Nar.inepul and a cast 4itl 1ris Kirtrns r:avert the *rr-ll:, A{ql:,i.ll:l 1" ji' strccour' belove,l. ir," *tiioi rr,v iitr:r'reatlr rvill depart ;;-,;r;I'hrrroli The saint= or Incria all .,ri I il;l';::;#";;,l"tJiiiie'-iirrt't.l ror the regener.arion 'Ir ' '.jii,,e- nrii-n" 'xutui ,iir i'h"l I.nn1 " in.pir rtt ni:",nt. I ,';-ii-6; i-'**ii lrlni them were .-l 'n* I i;'.oo(l oter' I in ttre, beginning. of his I people t,rlgo{ the trrrr tl n,e.t- | CIOSg Affiffity fire. Sorrre iirnes, in m)-ltttnu) wil,\ \\frtr sul (at'eet'. tilp historians ;o'-. I ulgs agfllnsl lhe lvlltslrrlt []-l ln m)' mind, wh,i wPre sc j (aleer. tha flrsLUrrdrrr sar.. I ipgs aljain."t Tne Mr.rr'lirrr irr- | --"-.'.]:c t"as maraucler *.iti; .ii.ti'b,,,'n irr Indin I I i[;i mart.)i saints brrr'n itt Ind in ? | that he \\'as a rnarauder and I rt ias. ahc.y rvere nrarle to re- | Anrong al,l '.i:c 'aints antl iuia.. tt,".v And'the itlrs\\'el J g.cl 1s thill a iva]'la:er. tho nnee rlpon a l alise that that \^'as a delibe- lsaints oI lrttJiu. \ 'e lilld ;l close itre penpt" hur'. tci'h arlri :'('s- ; lirne ki]leri eightl tortt' horse- I iri" afii,nt io their nalional I riiini{r' lI rn.irlcrrce orr i}re pei.t'for" tlrerr:, \o 'rthet' soil ;ri i nren, ir.L(l \,\'hen he hat'l gone tol Alirii::. ArrC 1he saint* of 1\1:r-lsigr.ilii'arr('e P.n{l effacl' oI thc AIlrt amorr: lcnrl)le ct Liotl, lrve lN:rru ol the wor'l(1 j .:o ierille Tniln l vibir ihe wor'l(l lj ..o ler iile thrtr I visir the lcnrt)le cf God, as I Illlori.stttrh kept the fire live lN:rr.re of Go.l. Artri . amqt)i lrirasirtra liept ths irrsi-teci ou-r.s, Irr,rn rlher'e rhe_-kinr{'l) l v,,as his Lrsual rtrstotn. he ,.q};I IO.u tfrcrr Kiyians. So the per,-lth,.sr- Ncrnrleva oiri iilhr frl,- shcne for'th. The pro- I , iun*rn scolding her chilcl I rri" i.,',ula no{ an,l jih not'se1} ]strorrvlv ,.tpon the Nanrea Ces-rru- rva. ih:. .,ri1ctar,(litlg gospei. ejss is i:eirr'3 repeated fr,:nr I which ua.s cr]'ind ilccause he I ih.Ir n,"*oties rr ruicie. lLr irilh ir( | 1r-,l a:e 11-,1 sg,: nc'thinq i I nact nc'thinc to eat: etrd u'hen I tic 1r r ar,.t ,rr-1:ui'1: thern irith Ilir("ll \1r'ncic(l rLr and rlicie._. J iic'i:rnni i)r llui]' -it ,lan not. mttst not antl I he errqrtired. sho told him tlrat I coffrins. I t'er'e to lenve neclitamust it can | I II ,,r. rvere 1cr leave rned:ta-anr-l h6 er,irrrile.l'. she {olri hjm ihat j t'off,ins. 'fh! l'cc1 tor an;'where I she rlade ruitlo\'. and fhele rvas lot of llre\\'oo,lItror: rl,ill will not stop. Go an)where| :he rvas rllede a tviclorv. rn(i i 'fhe|e $'as a ]c,t or firervoocl I tion or-r 'lh3' feet even for a from the north to the solrth i the chilrl rn orohltr. oti a,'- i slaketl irr the (,ounlr.\' irro i u hile," sa-. s Nantrleva. "ml' and uuu rvitt Itarrllr finrl a I eorint. ui her hrisl:anrl being I Nr,mcieli, 1r,rrr'hed e n'rarch to lil'c-brealh rvili yanish instatrlvillase or 1r;wn uhilh js n,,1 I i,ili(]ri iy1 tire general massacre I the I teht '>uo1. il. keui thcir' I lr. 'l here i:: neiiher time noI' . .:g;1.1,11 tor thr' rteditation ot' c11111 Thi , ls ihe eisht.t-rout' horse- priti., bli-ght

ve,

lT[pf,ff,*"

tli

11

Uiejr-6v a lo,'ai tt*- rrnique r1ua.lil.'. r,I the

.:Gn.t

g}f;,.l,i;,3il,"1,,iL:.",,!,,'n,,]il.i|m;*ll]::"!,Ii:.i.:l.=-'1:...;,;}]."..J.ii.ii....iiliiii:l,,,],,,i;o-u*lT-,*:,o|i neaiT n-tPIc(r'

bolh irrrrrili(.rr't! ;rrrri

1:e,l'

I smorrg I men 61' a cettai;r n'a)'-lcir.

htl :l:.i auri i[6 | I oer,pl,,, 1161.. L.rrrlr.re,,irxale i i G,., i Tlrere i. Iteith,cr ,,q_I,^*

lale llli in ir" This t]'pe rrf failh ls llnH welrt tn-:rlc the letrrole irt :'' the e'.-es ot ihe lleoole. N,-.,- lcD(: ...\\'31i r.i:r;:r'e Jpon the inl ,nf:Iii,iil. IHc r.1,,) ' the t ,ne 'r\'-"',,".;'1,',{'.;::' ,tin lll:; Hl";,-51;fi'',',io*"1??li,;! ", ." ril,l,",tl."l-li] #"[""'oi-i,-',?l]';,1.'no nshtins I, l;'',1," eishtee, pu.anas fil: ;t*",:,',9',',"#,i;";.i"tT [ [ii,.li. ""i1." ., i:..1t: j:i .1",i:,lili::!e?ir'i;:'. lli,"i;;lll: ,iri.;:iJ'xT.s. "{niiui \vn}-I ,,,f,:11 :1"0"iils"' :",11. :-ir"i"i.iriula "icrve Thee lrdm life tn reasr.rrl i"il I Ithat;-qas'of Na,-rderji. '''3i:i anr{ e\-er} I burCer:r o{ the song lan6l rr:;ke,.l -lim the thor.;- | he t'as rioirLg it. 'I arn sinrr'].r".. I :;i .,^,, .on .60 rha -i,-r,1ir,jr. I jio', Sn t:e*,itrhiirp. :lra tfiese line i:: r-'epeated by the

'=rnatters. ierri a Folt anrl t,ions liie. ."ii", ol..' ^,rhc ot.j:::i I .------ - TUfnetI Saint I n\nrntai,, strear.. SonietiriiI ilas it fl'ni,,'' aiio .""1C]' pur.pose iixe st.eht..of his Arri,i"!i.-. :onss -or Abhrr:sas was *",'.'-^.,1 I it t.'i"ia'iriiu"neen'i;;i"?Al"r pelionatro. the deva. So popular ha\e beeomeir Siffffef ^"^"'.llopulllr nave oe( ullre lr "_,"".. devotion. I ie | il i. tolC har e been included I oi Lrelsotral ,ievoti-,n. ..tte '";i-ii,;l.ry,'':t,i the:, these song. that. pt,siihle it t,rs u sinrer turrredl

at Parrdhar].lt,r'

sirrsirrs

Criirriru.ui,i,b 1l:--,?i'i ""' I f"i irim f sec the'Go-d while the li}:s- ol ever-\'bo'l)' knorvrttg lt intn :airrt br. the lears ot a | 6itf,.. " " Marathi. u,oma_n t'hom in his larvlesr-l Sair-,t Nanrcieva's songs cjes-[r'alrling or, thc dtrties oI the i, The choristers so on-t]l:l:gl'ness hr harl rnatle -a.u,irlorv. l clibe rhe;iiinner "r,oil "f.,l. lhr;use-iior,icr.. tho s;-eat Suka anct rlancirts a-n(l ,tq,n"ilgIFiuqt*ntts he visile_ri th-e tcm-l i,"rrr parrts tor ioct. Firs i'..-[i"l,iir,r'no, frrt:*:n,ie to io.est roLrnd ar:r] rouncl wilh the r.lle ,tf Vi.,thaI at Parrdh.arpur I ,,o.;o."^ ir, rhr atta;nmint rouncl ar)d. round -w-rln -tne I rrlo ',1{ \ziilhal at Parrriharpur | l,eriencc ir thn cli";.*-^.-^r-"f It" init- co:;." 'T6en' reain. hc I to scek Goi." Then eeain.
ThLrs

i. rf,"

i1 had"bcen

name

o[ Vilthal and Namtlev. ,n,i used to fall r:ros{ratp be-l lris crrei :stre.-, deiir; w;;"J.ri,ilter], ii rnar our one goal i1,tl with Tai and {r-\nlba,ls., jsiI role (iocl. Aftel somc..vcars of i Dark Niehr nf the So,ii.. u.:lshorrltl he lhc lision oI God. hancls, Ma,'vellous sieht^it ,'-riii" i.,to-mu --?o'iestuii, '',,;iir """"rnr" -in to l^eholcl ancl for u :"!pldl Elegtg11tg__11g_!Sy9!'!L_r"l """,*iinsot hii .i,)nss *y_ii.,.1i.lai,iil;;.-;",i;i ttreir h" .r;.'.",f 1-t. -r::j:-;--- i | li nno on is stirred to one's yar*an

;;:,:t:3;,i:,1t" arldi\\.ef1)I1.ne)lltI('nacl()Ieul-_|l,l.rrver.'oraSath.mighttake|1he..rope..l I arldi\\.ef1)I1.ne)lltI('nacl()Ieul-_|l,l.rrver.'oraSath.mighttake|1he..rope..

where Sour V jtthal r: lhere I Nlnr,.tcta nolir'ctl that the I -:* rtill }our heart.be also. be.in.e haralsetl I cc,rrr',tr''; 'I raees oI .i\lanonreLlan rllva- I ily trre -iva.5 Traces flahonretlan inva*ibS the ]Ioharrt,rlan lnvaoers ]\lonaITleaJall irrtadersl I founr1 in the sc*rgs I anrl -the was in:possible so sio.ns are lreece or gbhangas of Nat-ucleva rvhol lorr" fhp carn:sp r,otrtinued ,bhansas who I long carnaqe c'ontinuecl v,'ss born in 1270 A.D. It tvasr, and peace can only rest secure period oI unrest in the I upon an enlightcned and cona coLrntr). Ihe Sultans t'uled at i vinled pul:lic ouirriot, so he I Delhr anrl tire kings freqitenl: l; trrrned tc preauhing and tea-l 1;' r'aideri 'he Der:can, I ,,hrns by' perforrnitrg Kirtans.l "ru&t''ii:;;fi;;;i " ir.i';b;;il " Durins, rhis cenlur"r pulli- [ cularlv the ilrvasiori of Al- [i Namrteva ls this lhat he was iaucidin Khil.ii left, a sar'l and ii probably the greatcs! of the i
-an.I
I

It. Panriir lll,l::i jil'lr=..:i:_.ti,jillilil"#'1,'{l-'i,.i";l'l'"fi.'; a."i.rrr..'\bhariqas.,.i}ii:1l@lfi"ll,'1i5l;-,,:,?;}.:rt,Jft:]'I",;y,11];!,!#[,I.i+fr3jq,J mv;.'il'.',iti:l;lji,_,}l{ilmrrr.alise,,.lfi;ii;;:,l*jl,iijr;Ittft:iiI;;;y,11];!,!#[,I.i+;3..,li ' -"'::-an irrexpl:, l-.b.e harm an irrexpl:,r-.b.e ,,ltarm an.ll rretrrre ot Cod. . ol Cod

,llit:Jy*l
I

81,

-.-"

vctec ]<een.. ,irluXu- ;i,- beif-l lllrrrninaiir,l. ihe.o is neither sleep nor. <lream. The ver) ' anci Sun anC the Moon sel: before set before that ilh-rminatiop.'l tei us illui1h-rminatiop.'l minate our countr countrl, with the
i

songs

cf

Namdeva.

N( ,_I
n

the minds oI 'the .lvlal'athas Iar't. he was u I,i,.-rneer jn lili"ii:i:''e1 ':i,iI-'U},"'lH::liii:l:r5';:1"f.,:i"";i,ti'i; thrs and hence it is no small won- Jl re.pect. He qave the ]iirtan der that the sa:nls r,r'ht> lived ll f a popular. mer]iunr of expres-l 1!31 jri their tl_ _1.1,"..* inte- ll sion in urose and, u*..:,1_-?l tales '::f*.Ilgf ] sr:ngs to ",?:lyl li stvte arrrl grace and a methr:d grals the whole eountr)'ll rvhi<,h ls still Iollowed bv his against these unwanteci .lootei's I successors. anti lollers.
11

^ ,nfil ilS ldS

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Tukaraftl-The Saint
il-ll61
trie Poet-saint oX blrarat awakened this anlient
eci when
. By: Prof. Vaman

0i Dehu
him. TheY rvho bear weapotls onry for r"he sake of bodilY ' maintenance, are mere mercenaries. 'Ihe Lrue soldier alone stands the test of criti' cal occasions." --ffo* dicl the saint o1 Dehu achieve the national soiidar.ity i and helPcd iu the formatron of the Maratha Empire? It is
'
1

II. Pandit

Several ceniurj.es have !ass-

Tukararns[ Appeal
It is to put an end to these national and international bickerings 1,/e must turn our minds to the works of Tuxaram in right earnest. co sustain and sooth our cotrfounded feelinls dazzled bY the current scientific and technical riiscoveries which are leading the whole humanity towards an abysmal abyss of destruction,. That we shor.rld save ourselves and the world is the paramount need of today and one cau find solace in the writings of a PeoPle's poet-Tukaram. !'or his iYrics cr 6'Abhangas" deal with soldierY and heroism. In one of his couPlets he tel1s us tirat a hero ig a hero both in woricliY as weli as in sPiritual matters. "Wiihout heroism, miserY cannot disappear. Soldiers must become reckiess of their 1ives, and then God takes iu:r their burden. He who bravelY faces volleys of arrows and shote and defends his master or the motherland, can alone reap eternal haPPiness. He alone, who rs a soldier, knows a soldier, and has resPect for

antl uevotitlnal l;'rics w:ose luslre iras noi beeu diminsnect lry trrne but has gr?wn and is growiqg more and ilole upo'rr the minds of neru
Vuorl1D.

suio-conLmenr

by their

saieet

lVhat is the reason

and chilqren.

lhat

a stJpendous achievement Ior a Sudra grain-seller born in iooa tt Dehu, a village about
his line nad been devout

I i

The bear iy ot his poetry hes in his appeat to trle heart and in the subjective truth oI the exp(:rrelces felt by him in corrmon : with all merr, whose att;rtude towaros life rs religious. Why shoulo wc turn our ar,tention in this space-age to the lyrics of Tukaram? :.Ano wliaL benerit wiII we gain in the post-inocpendence pcriothese media.,

ti,eir works are strll surviring with renewecl zeaL? The iterary revival of these saints,extends fro'm thirteenth to tne seventeenth century ancr had rts roots in tne reltgioLrs i\\'akening. They were all pa1mists for their works cc;rSisteci of shorl lYrical uttr:rances-ca]led "Ai:hangas" an; the great poer salnr '1ru' iiaal is a master-writer of. lhese Iyrics for he express I his .lrfe's experiencg tl 'ougir

eighteen miles north-rn"est ol F*t". Seveu geneiations ol

'

Goa Vitt oUu who still dwells in the sacreci Pilgrim town oI Pandharpur. And it rvas but natural that Tukararrr inheri-L ted 'great interest in this Supreme Gocl. It rvas the service of seven generations that ' fuily flowered through his
person.

,"g,rf*,

worshiPPers

of

and the

Shivaji's

He was a conlemporarY the Great Shivali Manaraithe lounder ol thc Oowerful lViaratha tr)mprre in India' Tu- | karam wieidecl a tremerrdous I inlluence in bringing tqgether ny tris short religrous lYrics all classes r';f the communitY
I

ContemPorarY of

|
I

and unitecl them'into a strong

of our land? Never was thert' so much Deed to stuciY the worlrs oi il'ukaram than it is at present, partly because the newly won freedom shtruld last tong anr-1 with it our democratic way' of life and PartIy because we are ali becoming more and. more u'ild in our mutual cjealings betw:en nations and nations and indr'
viduals.

bond of enthusiasm which then resisted su-ccessfullY the rnight of the Mogul Pmlire' It is this integration o a runited feeiing which we need tcday the basis of which is
needs

religion. But this concePt a little alteration under the scientific civilization to accomPllsh the emotiorial integralion and national solida-

rity of our iiberated land' Essential it is to foous our attention on these lYrics of savants when resPect for huI iinan dignity and divinity is
trei-ng clebauckred bY the new instruments of mass-Produc-

tion thougiri ProPaganda' As in the Pasi tne Poetry of the ,saints Provecl elf ective to
point out the waY of salvation

for tossing hurha"nity in the ocean of conforu:nded Politics so prevailing unsatisfactori-.

ness

needs

an anchor of strong faith-faith in the creator of I this universe, Iike 'lukaram I who. says:
I

of our mociern civilization

Grant to me Vithal that

Thy blessed feet bcside; Ah, rgtve rlre this,

And I am satisfiecy. By reading and studying 'Tukaram's poetry or .Abhan'gas', one is sure to climb high , out of the welter of confusad ithinking Sorng 61 tn world : and feel himself ne+rer the omnipotent pel'sonality-the mightiest Lord, one will obtain a most refreshing anrl 'rare experience. He tells us,: As a brids looks back to her ntothcr's lto.;se. And goes, but with
ciragging feet;

The deare,st, best

'

His Abhangas or lyncs gush resL in God, He tells us; \ out frorn scme tnrvard expeYea, .tr11is 1, Tuka, testlfy, vivid withi i No Ionge1 now is r*"r.t-: 6i1 irience , Te
,emotion. 1lC sirtgs: He. A beggar at thy rioor,
ruJ

AbhanEas

ture .and triumph rising higher and higher with His love and grace. These sorrgs .tinci trieir

it is

Sublime stage

So'my soul looks up Pleading I srancl; unto Thee ancl longs, Give me an atrns, O Goci, That 'Ihou and I r.IaJ rnerl Love lrorn thy loving hand. He sings a simple rav, in | | His lines are cries oI to*ea pe.opie's tong;ue, .^ t^h01ro l-'i. ta++^--dr.^^^* r^--^ the nannlo'c so his Ii ]l;-^*^ ing, utterarrces of love and iyrics are on the tongue-tips | | aJ*t*.. it ur" endeavotrs "y people of miilions of people who |i |I to understanri and 'explain life chant theur at a]1 trmes and i I and destrny. They are psalms one should not forget though i I io be sung and it enimplicit in life, as truth is im- I -means to soar high and ables one plicit in beauty. carry the message in tne iisThe eariy seventeenth cen, tener's heart. Ttrier 'melantury was the worst period in choty music is very touehing the history oI our countrY. A fact, it is a cry without. terrible .famine visiteci this --in a language. This cry or freiand. It brorrght in its train, quently expressed desire may poverty, shanre and sorrow reAg.h- and rest upon ther Tukaram had two wives and i l?east of God. He cries: An, Tuks 5sy5, I one passeci lway rn this fa- i mine and nur dying cry was [ ftour knowest aj.[. I Prostrate before I Food, Fooo artci food This I brokc his ireart and he l. thy feet I fall. | "u"nt ,o himself with com- I Sav" I I And he nas expressecl this piel.e oevoticn tur the service r 1onging by means of a rich I I I ot Lord Pa.nourang. In this I variety of similies ancl rheisad mooci tre sings: q I taphors. Hi; words lldVE a rr1,, have d UdYltUIb. WUtun -{ Sleep is no ionger sweet c I feeling of fellowship with to me; , l.Coa. .Ihere is instinctive rapI care noi for my bed; !-orgottcn are my house )r and hohle, Ail thirsc and hunger IIed. But his stuvrving wife was ,iikg 3 Zantippe, compiained n brttcrly against' him for his chantirlg religious songs. She , saw in him a rnail possessing I rr+rch unworlclly charm of I character. His chilciren practiI caliy starve,d. for lheir. father; tivecl at the temple. It is said' of hinr that when serving at a farm, hc alloweci the birds to have their will of the Braiu in the corn field which was in his charge. In this I'espect, i I think, hc co'mes nearer to St. Francis of Assisi.
L l
r

the quality ol comlcttrng the shivers and terrors o1 life and death. It has a spleneour oI its own, His iYrics are absolute proof of the existence of Go'd. If anY, rt is a first rate cxperience. Tukaram was a Poet-Bhakta true and sincere -a Lord Pandurang clevotee and as oi such had his seasons of warmth and exaltatron when the supreme biiss is to have' fellowship u'ith the 'God oJ his devotion and to be conscicus of his lgve, r,t'hile at other times, in colder mood, he was content to follow the philosophic path that leads to ('Nirvana" 'and to nothing-

It is a

pure -'pq.etry.

It

has

nate feelings are dissoived and ail d-tfferences are harmonised 'in a world pervaded by an- impersonal, unmoratr spirit. Tukaram believed in the ultimate identity of the individual soul and the S,upreme soul but he pref,erred "the bliss of duaiity."
came to in'rite hi'm, he oid not think it proper to live any longer in the world. I{e bade

dinary mind where aII

of perfection inco[rprehens:.b1e to orp.a55ie-

And wherr Gocl

Himsell

good-bye to the people in, the followin,g words:

"I lo, to heaven. Compassion be on me from all . of you. Tender my suDplications to all. God Pandurang is standing up for a long timet and is calling me to heaven. A.t the lastr moment cf 'my life, God has come to taire me

It is a highlY emotir.rnal and mystic state of life w-hich

ness.

away, arrd Tuka

dis-

has the pou er of turrring its drowsy eyes'towards the darvn of eternal bliss and on a certain day God came in Pcrson to take him to heaven.

These were his last words and tl:e last psalm whieh he sang before the multituCe. 'The oniy rneaning that .n/e can make cut of it is that iris very physieal existence Ladbecome divirre by virtue ot his God-vision in the pro.e=s oI meditation and so was set I i, free before death.' I
1

appears r.r,ith his body."

[hur,s

& buuuma\truRu
By: Vaman H. Pandit
samarth Eamilas Week was celebrated all over Maharashtra and. other parts cluring the secoud week of March. Ilence. the article's toPical interest.
l
:

Samarth Ramdas r Poet Of Cu1tural Revival

'Iu'the rosary of Bharatiya Saiats and Savarts,, the name

of
a

of unity and national solidarity and restored the' faitlr which was dyiug.
gospel

whea people's belief in spiritual and religious values vyasi wanihg, this Saiut from Maba-i .rashtra gave th.e people tbet

LTt}r century of

Samarth Eamdas occupies promineht place. IIn . the

unrest

Dynamic Concept
More thaa any other saint. Ramdas gave a erew nationat etbics to ttre iu-, habitants of . this 1and. It wasi a- dyramic concept empioyed! to safeguard th,e homes. a,iod; heartfts-of .the suffering U"-l mauity. tte gave us. a com-[ plete id.ea oI what it was;l

of Bharat.,

itl

SamartJr Ramdas was borh

1680.

Early in life be ini-,

trated his own sampradaya or1 cult of cJ:nbal. Alt*rougfr thist great philosopher saint out-'

wardly appeared calm andi placid, but below th,e stormy!

what

it is; and what it oughtl to he. Ir is hardly poss.lbie[ lor me 10 evaluate the pro-l

life.
litico;religious edifiee.," said
whieh. Rlamdas reared his po-

found signilicance of fris tea-i ehing which ruru like a gol-l deu thread through the ertLel tapestry of Bharatjya cultural[

Justice }la.nad.e. Uado'abtedly he, Wa,s the fast saint of Bha-

of a man doesl aot consist ia acquiriag outerl possessions but rn sacrificiug I

Greatness

rat to realise the paramoimt need of elevatihg ttrre national consciousness. Hegel too, the

tratioh-and ultimately ln tel serviee of men or world atl J.arge. This waa tbe Sosnei oll
ttre g.real,est evangelist,,

his self to a cause ciearer tban I oneseU-in tJre servtce of tlrel

said: '.We want both knowledge and works as we warrii botb religion aud national
t-reat8es.',

Samarth Ramdas, tJre segel and seer. I Never before we in ourl atornic age felt the need ofl .t!is gospel of Saint Ra,mdas
so much thaa today.

meanl

lacking

national conscious-l aess and if we ttrorougihly im-i bibs hir teachihgs, I am coa-l fldent., that they wili go tol serve as an efficacious anti-i
ctote

in

We *ul

sqlall measure to our spritual and literary heritage !a versel aad prose which las tecomel

EIe

to

tJr.rs

m{or evil.

d.id contribute

irx

,o

i
I

cynosure

of all

intelligent

mended bY

ol the

kers of

the world. It is onei

of this earth to tJreir
sa.ints

ratioaalist thin'i

coi:id keep doctrine

hqil tJre

woaders

oi

Bharat

ratioua-

lisuu wbile aPPlauding dre

of Bbakti,

Arxd the literature . dasr, in this resPect,

is a rictr legacy worttr coveting and

oI Iiam-

i in rri-msett and between maa and man; between East allci r West. Arnongst his various writings, the Dasbotlh is most important. lt is b sovereign volume. It is prose both in style anil sentiment. It deals with worldly a,ffaits. It shows the rigorrous logie of his
intelleet.
Ramtlas.

studying in these d.ays lsFen mankind is standing oh the verge of collapse-losing faittj

they are suxe to succeed,Besides Dasboth, Ramdasi has writteh Pathetic Versesi
:

(Karupashataka) whrich showi highest devotion and emollon'i IIis verses atldressed to the'

that

iris

'heart was

fuIl

oJ;

mind (Manactre Shloka) are; also very trenchant 'boxsi mots'-frrll of observations ofl tJle world alrdr fuIl also of the, highest spiritual advice of do'si

short, it is a spiritual autobiography of

In

IIe Presents us in this book a true cosmological argument ior the existence of God. eil Gorf', says .rwho iS the
'"IIe indeed, may be caUBamdas,
sUBreme

By far his marveltous "i'l sion is to be tound irr tfsl body of verses called' "Anand.-l ,ui Bho.rut'' or the negionl

and

don't's.

agent. The true God is'indeed, he who liw- befdre creating, iust as a Pdtter liveel hefore the Pot. He

who ereates the worlil must uecessarilY exist before the worlil. IIe is changeless.

IIe

1g

immaculate.

death and ls ilifrerent from either of them." What uiraculous words are f,hqss, as if: they are rotating lihe a Planet in.
the Practrcal, social Philosophy in Dasbodtrr. Amongst other topics in this'volume he has viRamdas exPgunds

God protlueeat

birth

auil

To Ramclas goes the crediti of turning the corner of ourl history towards emancination ahd that too uElder unsur-F mountable obstacles. Under,\' instability and unrest; in daYsi of anxiety and chahge. It was ttris great saint who rightlY, inittated the men a.rrd. $romen of our beloved motlrerlanci in nationalism. His was a, rnostl
I
I

ments.

lree vent to his Politica.l senti-l

i

of Bliss ih which he

Cive.l

realistic approaeh tiren to thei natioaal problems. To rejuve-' nate the countrl was his Ufe

missiolr.

.,'

the space unseen save the. souatt of worils audible.

lsroyledge is, what knowledge is ngt; tJre Power of uritruth; tle relation of;podY ahd SouI and God;. Power. & khowledge; mystiq realitY as a solace ol saurtsl tife.'aJxd Iife'alxd the dlrties of sai:rts and gurus etc. Dasbodh i"s al ; persBicacious stream of know-1 ltedge.

vidly

to-u.ched

upon,r

what

Deningi,, irr his book "Reli-' grous Life of India''', says:' iEttics of pamdas and Etrr-icsi of Jesus were absolutelY 'o1! par., for like Ramdas, Jesus' spoke of purity, unselfishness,i truthfulness., symnathY; Pa-l

tiehce, humility, the forgivingl spirit and other motives ofl

wtrlPt{ l$de] actuatly Pssonified in his own lite" Irli fact ;both the proPhets Practlearts-tPits
Hamttas., Jesus

Striking Feature
The most characteristic feature of his teacling is acti-

tise{ the virtues theY Preachedi a'nd preached them onlY atter'! they had Practised them'- i I.P.$,1
i

visrn-that is to be active. tr'irstly he tells men to believe in God; secondlY he teils] therr to do t,h ir duty to themslves and., la;t1Y, he tel1s them to do their duty to
the nation. A.bove all he tells
theml tbat wlre-n their efforts

are backed, up:bY alevotion'

tahqairq
Ya.maa

Non-Viole:nce (By
The sixth centnry B C was a period of revolt against the , then prer"ailing religious inI fluences in India, rNorthern India ' at least, in Some tu,o

- Apo,
panitit)

If

-L"l\|6

I li,.o vardhamana ri e rhe l;lt=".1;t1 ",Iiilh i*il"d "If i.urr, io"g.a--,"-i.#',r'ir'i;;l u ,, said that rrrsara ollncreasing). "

I . l. T.lre parents of the ciriid : Ano ner rhe chier or one the-ce. \1a-ra crear *" last alream was of lehose the namg of l\tahavira ;qffil-d;,,ffi1#Hi,rJ"i,"l:ii"";J:::";::: rrior cians named SiddharthjU"ttu", *lt-or" uu""tir,,i n i:llil*u in the wornh of Tris_ armoJ S,:i""#i?"?.r,i,1,::1.:,**:l:: ,T,*ud ; .-1" ..*"r,lli", ,n" ramily,s treasurc or I rh. iJ,L:' Jffi [.'i,, ii I iili,,ti,i;li;",,,::?ili"J: "-g; ^r.;r,r -"^ *".-io b;;;;;;i;l;r,;"3":::,;,i:i,r., of this State. a pious and he- crriiJ ruu ---^ln: rvhite-soledieis, pearls, shelLs, precious state, oeautiful girl 'or the warrior ,,,,*i"""r;"";:,;# ;;';1:iihlX!i";] Iautirul girl of the warrior , illumine the univ:rso U., ii.. I ;;:-^,^_^ rL ^ __:_ - -,fl::.:r""X: #Tl;...,1;;,1'"otf

Vaisali.

thousand five hundred and sixtysix years ago in Bcsalh, i near modern Patna in Bjhar in the warrior clags 6f V2!;lai, a man w-as born, vtho rvas to be the great hero among I the trading classcs. I{e na.ie one of the strongest protests auspicious oceasiorr GREAT EVENT the worid has ever known against acco.unting luxury given to alr the mothers wealth or comfort. the main the great "rl,"lr*".n:":1.rJ:" #t'j-t*,]$i Jalna saints to seeIa"ri"ir"., things in iife. Almost parad- them. r witl quo'e ";;;;;;;;*;";;irr_l here rhe:;;t;;;'r.j"eao_ ' oxical, it seems, that .,he ,var_ first and the tast dream I Wh;; -i-ir""-.rrila was threel rior caste should produce the rvhich has a bearing on Lordla"rr-"fa."'ii greatest apostie of ahimsa or Mahavirais :turJ, lc,,- and -*^ H^:hoI" :l: sun .-,{' --iri, non-violence or non-klJi-ng -'':'* "'' D stor;1--'' First the happy princess ll.i"irr-a-r" the moon oh the _ il*rirr" "u="""I and of peace and lcr,.e and Trisala dreamed qt a mightyl"a ir.," ,"riil;r-;;;,;.,.r;;, truth. He ia-as later cn known elephant from his erpioits as Maha- whiter whose c:lour ,waslbatheJ o" ifr. tenth day, and than a cloud, ,rira great hero- but his of pearts, -a heap [3n tfr. i".uirtfr, af ier the us_ I the -the earlist naryte he derived from or rr,.oonbeams,spray of rvater,i.-*r i"".,lr-i"L;"'^il;- ;; and the sound I *", ,r"*"a o.iit Ji- .;; 'his birthp:ace, being known *' ' '--voice was tike thun- ana cirumsd.;=. as Vaisaliya ihe man of lt"*n*u f |
I ,

2566tb Birth AnniverAt Iast in year bg9 B C sary of Loril Maharira is. , of Christianthe era, or to'",rards f being celebrated aII over the end of the Dusam' Suthe c,.gp11, on April 22, I lsaara period, as'ih.e Jai ra re1967. Hu wus the frst time, on the thirteenth greatest aposfls of non_ lckon of the bright half of the violence. iruth, Iove and iday in the month moon of Chaipeace in this worlrl. It is .!ra, the time when Trihoperl this story rvilt be herself perfecfly healread with great interest saiagave birth-to a perfecily thy by our readers on this healthy child.

;;; i ;*i,,";.q
-"'

C lo s in

| ln his tours, it is sairl, he |never stayed for l"rnger ihan singie night in a village or ,f tur more than flr'e nighls in
its trunk, and rnountiy,,ll rl3.".ffi; on it, escaped being -la Mahavira, like -tlaagn ;";;-;;;n by its feet by ridrng on its,iir""""'.,.,is'"'qrent "ir:"xJ;_fft'Jffi, foll.wers, back' l*"a" IIIAHAYIRA'S INITIATION four months at thc same pla"-J...tr." of remalning The thought ot Mahavira, 1ce, lest he shoulC inlure iny as he grey,' up, turned young life that spr:ngs pars-lso suddenty and abundanrty urally to the or.ier of *nat-lot'the vantha-an aseetic who had being, once t}.e monscon lived soms two hundrecl and lrnro urrd th" rains on which ]oursts fifty years before him beca- I rr,Oi",, prosperity depends, use he belonged to liayafnegin toial]. All alcng these elan-a body of rncnks -who I cweive years he rneiitated on followed the teaching3 of paon the Atnra, and rsavanath. At Vaisali ,his birth lnrmself, sinless and crrci:ms_ I walked place - these monks lived in lpect in thought, rvard. and the centre of a park rvhereloeed grew one of those evergreen aOout a year after gaining Asoka or 'sorrorvless' trees, I umniscience rVlahavira becaI cihose leaves are suppcsed i -e a Tirthankara, one ol uever to kncn either grief or Chose who shcw ti:e true vray I pain. Mahavira sat under thel"cros the troublccl ocean r:f

Ithey were doing.

feet and drove nails into his I without the saint beingf ,ears, jm the least aware of rvhat

cut in deep mcdjta_[ot.it, asunder the ties uI o1*io.e a virtage rvrrenl;;;rJ;' "lJ""S. anc] deatn.__or l!1on lsome -herdsmen, in rorrgh I sport, lit a firc between hrs I
lwas sitting
J

lr"in, l:l

instance, one

g Scen e-Of-tTfeday-. he

and

shade of one of them analUte. took the vow of renunciltion I fVe come now to the clo_ and entered upon ascetic iife, lsrng scene of Mahavira,s life. whos-e- austerities rver.e to a.ylu"-Al.a in his seventy scconci up ajl the fcunts of Ki.rmalr"u", .o-. flfty years before jand free<iom frorn the cyctel;;;ahr, ;is tast rarny sea_ ,of,rebirth. lson was spcnt in papa, the tales.are told of I\[a-f modern pavapuri, a smatj .^YiiI navtra's absolute absorption village in the patna district in meditation anci of his un- fI wfricf, is still held sacreC by consciousness of orrtward cirlthe Jaina. Sitting in the Sam_ cumstances during the trvclvelOarVank position, years of iris countrywide jo-led the fifty-five he dliiver_ lectures that urneys. Not only was this lexplain the results of Karma great ascetic unconscioL:s ofland recited the thirty-six un_ the whereabouts of his earquestions anrl having thlJr, possessions, he was also lasked lnrrirfr.a t ir- sruut absolutely indifferent tolularudeva he oied]ecture on ail al.ne,

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Ri:1rrg .tr-, tribiirrre , :eal.i;e Hilr iu 11,. t'llougLr people "#u "Ji r:ai;' rnan f;nd them riiftilult loi lir.igrrl [rc. s:rrt lil,: jir<] r,l jo]lorr'. Thc sty.e is elllpiir.al rr:.1 : r, lr:.rr. !,. urca:rr. '':-t.''.ti,t lr.ld Lr=' ;'i trrtki:rg rhi: Itterrl]r1- ilave "- '- - * c.,iirr;i,o'i,iJ'iuni-",, ir,u iii"?r:iT , easy rLr'--irioi'aiiiatioii. ;i;Ti,irjL: order to undelstand tl:r:se ijhoorJ oi religiorrs.. TJe .;,:ig t:io it#l],13;i"T'i.3iij'.'l',r',IjfiIt r31 I ji.i.-s antl eacl: eruality i'r-'ii.Ti" sones olre must be acqr:raiitted i (iospel oil Lo',:. .iIe culteii nrel iii.r.'j;[ia: iJ; iis-Udurrr.r. ui+h -cii$erent sy.steni: rf ihought. i ltar:i io r,,,or=Li,.i f-incl a: 'l'Lrrilr. i ilar e l-iteu .li'i:rg ot.i His lte, and difTer'ent rt:ligjotr'. Uur :rrurl "'lrr *.lru Li,;lirrrr rrz''., he-:aici. "i. , ..-", :incc .1e i:,.uritt bc,-gr!,, g,iItg ,1;11 do ihis i:efore t-.r1e can unrier- l tire 'i'r'ue cie su .lrr bor'c, r.lt- j iiii'rio#"i -tjruijul"'br:"'.ty good star:d the, logic ot Gur:u lianait's I r:r:s. toi'thr, g'rat -ii*a, tha', tt:e I i',11io,f -i,i., o,,r- irrijt p-oslesses thc 1i;.. arAument x'ith ryhiclr bruslies I 'I rLi'Llr. e ic; nci lrciii).,'' i; I lg,ret oi ete'rir],. on "'* jieelillg aside tho soDjtistries arr iorljc: u{ r l), jurLrraair,-lrr..rJ r,: c,rsrr-l;(- c'.u- i "*ii."""Y.1 ,ll'),liil',,,Y^' the "'i.,'-i,.--r-i.ii i.iiroi',.'. ir. ,,,",*"i,*.,r n'iji.'ito,i,iI.l *:l;:il',YjriH,",l..!1,,,,e fi;{ i:ril":t'r";? ft;: ,r.,ci.,. rhe tauglrt Inrlians_. to^ l:ave dirrcl l1l, pirr(:ti,r;rl' ,eligirn-a' I'eligiou, Cri" i";r'i'f.;t"ii;;"i,lor,]r ",.#: .c"9'=,].,i,'1i9]].11]I]"-.c9.q".19-,.,,,t1!!..ijof--!Ur.iiice-alrd'io.-c.. q'.i",at tlteir ria'Li1e Iiirtguage u'3i. 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Itrr,.i-*, . ,r:- ,i L',]jg" i-trs 1 p""p6,-i.riiaii ";il;"& el.owd I cere: mere rvords dci not possr:islpr'lises'ancl cjerotiou .,,,or:1tl belirot'Uec;rusL CJA'ni*---ippririi.E -I--]Lr'roilJ*'i.'orlJ sanciitv"i.,I''J-to,'Lti ,na I-Iis repr.eseotative, Iti:: .,-..,. ..The Guru {ouglli agai:Lst ilre I corrre. lirele is no crthei r,ta" -,:i ii iii,r, asbut because the.,, irar:e ei""r, m.eciranjca! repebitiorr ot tire test- i i..ilninq itii ir,re. f..-e ceniiot s6ili"oi.Lea"ifr"niJi.lj"uo"iiirtr"tii ot Japlr. rn tllls proce:is,.aitert-lor tU)---His like ;,, inr;ri:s._ of Japji. ln this proce:is attefltlol'] ilrr,r His'iiko ur inr;.rpo* l";-.;-,;.^;i;i---jir^*l,-,*^ .-,^^"rirater;lat-iuOitui"me is diverte<i irorn outward .forms | 'Vjlr"r: ihe Cut u it.i.;u 19epfq isame,"-o.n", pJ,.rpti'-iroui:cl ct"ran.lu ttrern. to lnner meaning. \lftat is the I ar tl:e u,orr,Je,.-rro.."xin3 r. itt -o1 I iua trrr. s,:qr-r;-ccJ .o",r..irnOin'3 use o! coryPleting frftyone read" i ti,,: iiro. irl-lutiisa'?eeii; oi I ie"qor,r'iti*c ,t'jrov ;;;"'H;iti completing frftvone read"itirr. 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,and thg Det*5

a sre!"iijired suinl named 3!5it4 xhe6 he $a$ pfaying heel:ath a FffPlc tree in his herndtag,e. Hi:

Il) .. l*. al) gr:ds and rrren {1t r ltis grea{. birlh, hen*forth art Srsqrn tr"rc saered tar ftrr* w0e; and lile is rlrae. theref*re ln teve[ tia.1'* palniesq :hnu shalt a{lain L}rc cltxe oi pein,'.
The prnoplrely proved irue.

(Scatd" Fr*m Fage

a; thg r.?rld

th* Budril:a'l birth -* ol the Iniightent;t.

l,.''crc eelebratl*g

{or on ijtc sevenlh dav euttn l$nys smiling $lep1 aird lr,aa{ad no mor* 8ut lor rtr* ts*be the King fq':rtd a i.ster-nu::i{r,
Fr*rcexg &dairapr*japari

breast nourklred

nrill

comfort for cenlurip. io cr:n:e,

f,:r rtr:turi*s pait and rvill

llp* har6 rr)trllori*d tlre

t-he

lips s1 Hinr

with

* lr
rr hgse
rr,-u:.ld

lrcbl

ProfileOf f;u
on a prophe,tic career.? We
What made Jesus to enter. uph:rve

o p het s Pr H, PANDIT 6fN dz sr BY.: VAMAN

eTF

and rvithout exact chronology.

Je:;us

the history oI the period rvhen thc grcat prophet livecl is rather obscure, of scatterecl narratives

no clear answer on this grint for

of Nazareth "is rvitlrur you.' Arrd hcrc is une vlew of how Jesus found that Kingdom within, 'fhe u,ritJesus

King<lom oI

Go<|, saici

his [riencls, "ire lrdro cloes thc rvill o[ rnv father, he is mY brothcr ancl sister." The sirnple pconot understirnd the mirtter thus, ancl one cltry a woman Pirssing noar him cried out, "Blessed is the rvourb barg thec, and PaPs
p1e dicl

rr.rother

and brothern," .said he to

er's viervs nlay contlrct wrtrl

It i.s in a holl*v opening broaJly at the surnrnit of the group of rrrorrntains wlrir'h clost, thc plain ,rf E'dlar Ion on thc north. Tht, l lirllce wus sunounrlt,d wilh vincs

was born itt Nazareth, a sniall clclightful tou'n in Calilce.

accepted versiorrs an<I doctrincs, but no lnalice is meant aud the writer's revcrencre

o a
\ =

and fig trees ancl its garclcns were frcsh anci grccn. It has a healthyclirnate with sharp cold wintcr. I\lost churrrrirrg \\.(,re tlrc environs of this tou,n an<l no placc in rvorld rvas.srr vvcll adapatt:cl for <lrt'unr. oI p,.rfcct h,rppin,,ss. Norv this lx:tutjfrrl country is in lrrins unrl sacl ancl gloorny. tr4arch anrl
forrrr.s

ed, is not Iess but [rore. Christmas will be celebrated all over the world lhis week.
ra!ar_raaattrtaralaraatat_aataiattatataaatmat

zareth with festival of Christmas is link-

for the ltophet of

Nar.vhose biith the

pou,er of love centred uPon that u'hich he regarcled as his ceiestial vocntion. tle had exclr:sive devo-

ri'hich gave thee' suckl" But he replicd, "Yel, rather blcssed are thcy that hear the *'ord of Cod anci ket'p it." Jesrts nevt'r rnutriecl. Al1 his

tion fol

hi-s rnission.

He

treated

va
a(

Ho * t\ U

o I\ t\ o

s 0(
{

Ap:.il thc country a vcritable carpe t of tlcr rvcrs of irn incornparable vrrricty of colours rvherc the extrcrnr:ly gcntlc and dclicttc rvild life q,ith all to i1!s rnl,r'iacl tongucs r:chocs ancl lingcr arvhilc nn the coruss r;f rccchoes in tht: rvilicrncss. flre human aflairs. Nitture has fre 'l>y Iively turtlc, doves, 'blut: birds so rlut:ntly takcn surprisc all lifc irnd inanirnatc. Iight than tht:y rcst on a lrladc -aninratc What rvere the domestic ancl of gra.ss without bcnciing it, crea.stet] larks venture to grcet social surroundings in the devctht, visitors, littlc rivcr tortoiscs lopnr<:nt of tht: curt,er of Je.sus? rvith rnild ancl livcly t,yes wcl- Fir.st cornt,s thc Mothr:r in ordcr come any onc smilingly, storks of merit, for, it is saicl, that thr_, u'ith grave and mo<lest mien hand that r<.rcks thc cradle rules rvithout timidity allow human be- the world. ings to come neilr them and the IIis fathcr ]o.seph and his rnomagic the mountains is still invi- ther Maly were very humblc tingly alluring. people. They u,cre artisans living hy their labour, neither in ease THE CLIITE 'flre high mountains, in all nor in pt.rverity. Joslrred q,as thr: agcs aud climos, have inspircd cradle name given to him and ncn to higher througirts and Jesus is an alteration of it. Hc Jesus hacl a pcculiar love for hacl brotlir:rs and sisters brrt he them. NIost significant thoughts st:ems to have been the eldr:st. of divinc origin have thcir source Nearly all his historians have oftt:n on the heights, clo.se stated that his family u,as little against the. .sky, like the rnight- inclinccl tolvards him. Ilis fami'ly icst rivcrs. Ancl frorn thcnce t}re were strongly oppo*rd to him gifted man scans l;encath him and plainly rcfuserl to believe in rrnlollecl thc plain.s from the his mission. rnount of *'isclom, the procession The Nazarenes u'ished, it i.s of sullering humanity passing by, said, to kill him by throwin.; rrm imrlersed in error, .sin and tvoe, from a ster:p rock, J"sus abtly

During thtr two months of

young rnind t_rf Jesus tlie drcarns thr. rvonrcn as his sisters but they whosc ccntre was Nazarcth and lovccl hirn more thnn the work' IIe rvas no <loulrt, more boloved raclius infinite, so granrl, than l,oving, It is the case with cotrntless.l Such lvas the splen<lid liori- elevate cl nature.s that they aro zon of Jesus the craclle of the giftcd with rrnivcrsal charm. The province of Calilec had -a Kirrgtlorrr of God. For yclrs this rvus lris rr"orkl. Much it inJlucrr- mixccl population thcn consistirrg t'etl Irirrr rrtlrling lry dt.grur.s to of Phoenicians, SYrians, Arabs lris clevclopnrt:rrt. Fitlcst p)acu arrd Grr:t:ks ancl nrany tverc not rvas this; not only for philoso- l, rr-s. II i. difHtrrlt to [:nt,' g'hrtt blood llorvcd in his veins w'ho phcrs to .speculate but for
.sr_r

has contri'lntt:cl so much to cfiac-e thc distinctions of blood in hr.r-

manity. Thc prt'cise date of his birth is not kno*,n. It took .place, as the Litest historical investigations revcitl, under the reign of Arrgustus, about the Roman yeat 750, plobal>ly somc years btrfore thc yciir 1 of that era on rvhich

hc u'as

lrorn.

Joseph, his father, died l>r'fore his son grorv to nranhood and to be a rvell knorvn thilrker. Mary, his rnothcr', in a mann':r remain. t:d the hcad of the family and people frcclrrently c,rlltd him the "son of \farv" in orcler to distinguish him frorn .,"' '-s. The real mother tongue of llrstttt."n.s

tht' Swian ,,'u]"., t i*"i]

"::lh

Ilcbtow. rvhich was snoken then in Prrlt'siine. IIe follo'"ved the

tradc of his father, rvhich tvas that of a carpenter. It means
these rlomestic ancl socinl .surrounrlings helpecl little in rnoulcling his career.

It

comrrtunion u,ith ancient prophcts anrl it rvas there that his disciples u'itnessecl his transflguration. And flom this mount he surveyed

pir:d rvhers he held silent

rvas lhere that J,'srrs rvas in,-

rer.narkr:d

the fate
applied

the wonderous world fille<i rvith divine glow. Thus the external nahrre tended to imprint on tle the bond of thought. "Behold my

to himself flre proverbs, "No one is a prophet in his own counhy." He dicl not like the memlx,,rs of his family and the m,,rnl)rs ol thc fnmily tlid not like him. tle only recognisecl

of all

that this hcatment was

great men, and

Who taught hirir? It is, indeed, a mystery, We do not.know.any-

---iBp

thing from his story about

edupatlon,

thrown by the writers of his iifb as to:who were his teachers.'Did he join any school? In fact, t\ere was no school in the town where he lived as an infant. Some say that Johanan or John, about Se year 28 of Christian era, a young ascetic full of zeal and enthusiasm, lived and must have influenced the cateer of:Jesus. But the career of this young prophet was soon cut short and tLere is vety littls evidence that John hed giverr him lessons. It is highly
doubtful.

No light has

his

boen

liir--

(Contd. Flom Pago 4)

SUMMtrT

oI the mountai4 of
untrqubled

O{ten Jesus sat on the surnrnit

Nazareth,

by a doubt, Free that sources trorn. seltishness of our troubles which makes us
lseek

mankind? How knorv

speechP

in himself. FIow l<now the prophetP What is his mark who has come to elevate .
directly

The only edueation he ,know that God exists, for he felt him

with eagerness a reward lox rre uiltue beyond ttre tomb thought only of his work, of his

we

race, aod

this - and equabilitv is Yog, is piety it is peace.

good or evil

Iife was action and he lived up to it till the end equatrlo in

Na-

Jesds was essentially a man of action. His whole

vre

.his

rnountains, that 'sea; that azure sky,. thoso high Plains in the ho-

of humarritY.

Those

rizon, wete for him uot the metancholony vision oI a'soul which qucstions Nature upon her fate, Dut the certain sYmbol, the transparent shadow 'ot ao invisible world and o{ a new heeven.

trrre. It was his heaven. It was for him' the highest seat .of bliss and there on the peaks of rnorrnts

Hs always sought refuge in

ly he moved. He

Did he travel

m,treh?

No, rar.visited solr':

he sat ffxed
contemplation.

in

calrns

in his purpose.

He was

of

loi,tv

ste.qdfgit

villages near by within tne.r;,' Jius of some 30 to 40 miles. -itr wen! annually to the feas[ i., Jclusi.ricl]l .along rvith. his parent'. tlis teaching.were all oral. IIe

It was certain thai he had' no visions but God was in I t i*. U" felt himself with Gn{and he drr'w from his heart all ; he saicl of his Fattrer Nevgr |re ' said thnt he was God. IIt' believed himself to hc the Son of God. I , He regarded his relationship wi$
_ -.,nanity.
t

Divinity ancl it was the of his careers as n great teacher of

_ He had a hieh couception of 'souro,e

t.luil,t'd irls docEi:ru t-n

i
,

cotrcise

aphorisms, at tjrnes enigmaticai arici trtmgc. lle preachcd all dre ! rrtucs ul huur;Liil', lur'lli, ('nLss) chariiy, ubnegatiun and self-deriirLl. llhose wcre thi 'iilst .sayings ui jc.sus as a youllg propire."

\\',:rlt more c4n I say, an rxLluisite syrnpathy with natu'e fur'-

uished hun
(

each

moment witil
tlru

i God as

his father. This was a beautiful theo-

that of a son with

\prEssive inrmages. Arrri

logy of love,

Quite an original
siipreme

worlcl has prociaimed tl1rr,r.rg6 u,1 .he ages that among Lhe suns ut

idea.

He proelaimecl the
consolation

ruen there is qone born rvno i: greatur than Jesus.

Father

of Gorl.- which
his heart.

and the hue Kingdom,,

eaeh one bears in
consciousness

the recourse to the

The highest
God which

existed in tfue bosom of humanity was that of, Jems. Thus he helongs to the g3laxy of enlightened ones of the

has

9f

hue

son.s

of

God.

Contd. on Page 2)

SHRI GOSWAMI TI"'LSIPA5

Poet Devotee \trho Created The Epic Of $"f aynna.* .--,

Iliudus owe a debt ol gratrtuae to the memory ot Srur Goswa,mi I'ulsid,as. Younger generatron iD Not l.rerrr inuru rs alwaYs aurseri 'on the urelody of 'Iui'sidas. rlii ls a great mind lvarclr Produces cxuaordbary effects uPon the woud of readers.

Indians

hy , vnEaA,'.l H. PAtdDtT and ParticularlY ?army i)ays Ot flinO

--

tor i:us sprrllual PoeuY w'ir.c,'l rs turt 9r uu,lver)al sJulPatrlr'i aoq noral PurrLY. rlts ex!'res-l srou ul sr-mple coupiet lolnll capr,ivatgs our heart and we s'er t& fly olr etltereal wings atrq lroat ovel' lrle lrcavtjllJ
lrrowpaecs aud r,ohas. Tnere d lIOt a SUlgrC uOUSe Willuir li Bot ecltolDg trre laruous rllles

lle ls Illore 116119113661 than, any Poet ro llurul rilerauule

ttc ursllras r1v e(r \tl!'[ts ^ Paln\Y udys oi rll-ra sleJo&trl'e. I'lIe SUiteelruJ celrlu-J wab a Pcuo\r ur.Ylugllc. sLrc lElrqallrJ aIlU frrtudl' .irarl(l rruglrSl-rQJ-co i,,t l)erdi, Aehce OUI POeI WaS -a souLenlpOIaIY oI Ule furen ljriBrrter uronai'clr oI Asha w1ru rvss a patron of arts anlJ letters, aIIu

gron.

two men broxe into tire rent-,

Oqe nigbt what haPPened

trades rn raprur-e ano woltliea aS We XeaLr !.IS lrnpel'rsrt.,()1c

or hrs ptarraYana. 1'se Sreau puet wl'ote ior l1Llllseu 4urt ui u.orng )u lvlulq lOI !u.e au efefLa.t !tle!ic. Eir worcrs ,ale just ulie .salr to a pal.clleo larrlr. 1.'o(fay lve Lreeu oarrty !.is rue-Brvrrig PodilY wnerr tue worro ls sianci$r8, uJ ttre verge or u[!el cuUause uestr)rte ure Illarvellous wonl:}eis 4'ru aovances of an atorar\] aB,e wtrrcJa Eas rnaqe liie cUeerIess.

Iro proor is requrre* a() sho\v as to how be rnust nave b.e.l lecelve\r anu. hououle., oy t,el lumperor. rt was a go^de'r aoel oI ltter'al,ure all over' tuc wt,r,*l &nct ArrDar wuo was so tee-l 1og Iearaed assellodes ruqr.l aave extelrded oi.e leslject alrui honour to hls great Poel. I i caDnot resrst the lemplation ot repeaung tqe mosl iamilia.r story about this Poet oI} his birto &nurversary uEtY. 'tu some, perhalr5 the story mignr appear as a legend but ir rs a

ple to steal tlre vesse,s anui <lesired, thetu to earrY awaY' 'r'rre ui.ieves saw two liverc' rlunkres standurg ot lhe uoor' by wluch uirey lrad enlereu aud, wanted to exlt' i)Y trle same. !-rour door to door LileY tied to get out but theY saw at each qoor tne 1,wo iotrtts oI
bows i]f, banci. 'I'rembiilg, wrut

ed Rama anq i,aksi:'mao rvith

tear tbe thteves ieft the vessers and tried to go lvrtiiout the spoi.I. Still outside everY

road. So tJreY had to Pass the

sidas passed through the tem-

whole lrrgi.Ii rn trle tlrl;lie. Next morning 'at dawn 1'u1-

ple on his way to the river

Once Tulsidas went 'about ths streets ol Benares or Va' ranasi beggiag for lunds to build a temPle for Lord Ranr' chandra. SwiftIY and slowlY ,. the money came in tiil at last id there was enough for the teEl-

tact proved historicallY.

ing from him' He called out to tJrem, the thieves eaffre and feII prostrate at his feet a'ndl told him all that had haPPened the previous night.

Ganges and saw two men hid-

ple to build. Ia this lsmple Tulsicias aiways sat singing beautitul songs about tJrs Greai' God. Most devoutly he sang and, the men ,and women lloeredl round him and honoured him' Silver a'nd gold floweti in the temple which was turned into vessels for worshiPPing the, Great One-who is both a to-i cus and focus bf Hindu reli-l

?ernpXe

Thrown Open
, retells the story o-[ Ranra ancl jn a ve.rse {orm an: in a I Srta

?o

xAX

'"Yp* have been grea.Lrl' biessr.r' *ut.>id.as )aro, ' ruqr eyes nave seen lrre ufeai ililler' 1LO quit uhrs g1i';e alrai live 111 }Jsilcu" I e11] riOOu!rf/ lu P.r.lrl--. . 'J r, rviicrl tr^rs LJf ea! lrLaIdC
,,is ,u. .r.
ts

.riab UjcSSLiJ yUU \vtt.r ! e> llc;c*.

saarr." rlince Utat tlme uie

LU SeI'\ e r LUir-

oil';> and irom furat day Lnc uurri > iJI ti-c L^ftll)itr We.'u tiirolvI1 ol,eli i,0 all, uay aiju iugrrt. ijrif, lLo one car-ie rl] -LJre -Eu}g.e lO sLedl. uperr r,ri+e. opeu wicie 'trre Llooi;i oI ,i.cqr
1,!J^!.rc lul
Lel1o.|,tr

suited rul poetical wolks. -rc Itas a slee! intonation, a c!ejigntiul r:telodyn pleasing ro , ,iire ear and easy to cjunt u,.itil. f tuut tlie ar,1 of any musical instrumeEt,

Intost fasci[ating lauguage ' itilown ar -rl alLii-tr. '-.u1s .i41rI gua!;e is .tus! hke }{lerrctr Ij1or:e

tuffiT
iihe tiirs
Lne pa'].t

1i4s4,v411

Liltr

ure)Suq

srI{lJ.J

]run.

j'igrliLrle+ jaiUu Lu irp;reCtOtu! W.tlrl ucutdtrrll,Jr OLil.Oo.' U. J-e.l DeaUlJ tt li Or'teri.a]. . L i5 .. I c^r;-.*^.1 ;rrG IeurrlrA UO.I-{I,at}t-l Iy UcVeI!!r.,"S, r-I LrrG t,r'c" u.i I lnE 5a.l]]1i ur .bua,l'irL e]ro trlel I flave 'i,-ovei] triis clrarml$gi

trutrl the Stol'y deprcis ioo uilrcult for an eu-lj-auveu(}u$

irig at'eas oi tite eou:rtrJ. It is the on" book \r-iticn LrslJirtrs thi; n:r-.iutr> J.t-] &h L,teII >v-.I IOI,VS an'!r .roys II1 Ehal-at, Ttle ] Writel ul Lrrt j ar tie ltr usLel-trJ I aauy au suarise tne verses I tronr this irooi; being. ch,anteby a sadhu an,l at ur-nes Jurred him ln recitrng non-slop f,Akhaad Pattr) ot the whore
volutne.

sacled book. Jt is a BibLe oi the u:asses irr ille HindJ speak-

of

Tulsidas

is

-\iLqel IovL. wa. i.i.rtrias, I His tlJ" is Iuil oi thriiiing t romarreu. dc was ne&o over ])cei-i 1r: -{,ve '* 1!r1 ntr tJ[ro i wirr: Eud.qoir,-d-i1. Drle rri.i noi
I
i

jl

asslollate lc ve

eln

of --er

r-L.sba.icl a",('

onc day severeiy rePlimancle.l Iirm. j.-r is a lr'equency Ll tire ljves al rnanY a Paet else their
.hves rn'oulo be unpoetr.c and ciuil rniihot-ii" any urnel. coil-

flicts. to

Vrsiorr of

sensual

bearity leads one to Prlgi':mage

rreaveE"

veil oI Satr Sita--nrole pewitchiirg Loiili trre veii ol *U.raerva.

Tursidas 'riras a tsrahmhSharyupa,ri. IIis motiier's nanre wa.s iii;lsi. "Had tirere 5g6n ns Huisi; there woulit ll.oL have uce-l I u-ist' is a ,ari.:cus rjoha ir1 :Iinoi. He was liorn in 1659 at RaJapur in tile Uttar .Pradesb, According to

l-Ims 1iK* mos[ oI the Laslexn poets w.bich g:oe$ !o pr"opel anLr

was a mystie poet. "ulsidas Ilis worus have got a divure urge. His phiiosoph;u is sr_rb-

T0 Tulsidas everytning is illusion q1 Mala. We at'e on

tiic generai traclitioi:L r:i tire i:.djaa poels a lrig web or

lip-taies iras been woven rounrl the persora of this poci-writer a:id controversies have r:anger-l

<late. Historiarts of Bnarat have task ahead to dial

,the

over his birth clate and death

monumeatal and i:naortal work of art and religion. FIe

e rrurrlbers accurately. His masterpiecs is Ramcharit hanas or Ramay,an, &

lncessAllt endeavour to unlock r-.ou's rllyslertei anct woitLtcrs,

sei.. It rs belonJ irre poiver or words to teli whar ir isl u-rrdoublecljy ari his vJririnBs are

out sf the gloerm. The coirStanf lsaqulg oi tne tlamaYan ts iike .a magnetic neecije ever pointrng to the Pole Star of !-aitie ur Hi!l. It is to be expeuenceci and tested by oiit:

prerne i3eing" His Ines have got the power to show tne way

couplets are ultense,y re_Ligious and, belong to Bhakru cuit. It rs a oerriuatiori 01 oire,s own seil at .he leet of the "Su-

ieeet tne entue Hindu irre.

tlls

ihis interesting plaaei Jor a snort time; everS'thir:g is onIY Jcr a time-IiIe is oniy 1or a shsrt tin:e, Tilis ennobling phrlosophy develcPeil in him relatively quicF.ry towards the patti of renuncratiotr-the $'aY uitimaie. He uved a l.ife o! a rrue poet J:ke thE lotus or a rainy season rvrlich lles sub'
merge{ in waier. 'lBeauty is ln the eye of ttre beholder; likewisq faith is in the heart of a
devotee," he said.

caualcade
'*^.1 ,r1 *,,' *.-,.-,-:'.]iv,qucsttorlaDly tne unquestronably the immortal , ,
fu].

of

ldeat fferoes
to remain behind, 11J,,,,,*u tu njoy the preasures lof the puiu"r, whrt*'f,er.-bAouea i.il"ft#',.,X"; 3;'";i: I -Ii. remotc I and prir"u""r: lrr

and for centuries pasr cenruries nasf.

I sacred hare-upon the domian or l*#*f"*j;JJtf-**:}=l

he. heohas.been

;l,J;l;"T}ffif ;:JJ,#[J I 1r"&r",r,1* g;,b;*i;; "ffi'; rature, It is a vision af fo^,,Ir_l ^---^r^r,_- .over -lhe.*!rrt y, .fi,,H!: lH h:"ffi;',f-:l}I I i'ffi;1', J, .*,* b: staged in "r,
* it I nr"." * , l,ll ha,i.- ^_ ,ri,.
.

During Dussera week ^^_-Durinc T)r,cooo^ ,,,^^r- com, uadutifurness

iii:

rhe The theme of rhe great or the o,o.r

poet,s -^^+,_

[r: | ;";;;; I |

-;j*"-r^:+rffi.1tr ll"q"-:"T"^s-.&JJlil
_article about

,."'""iLoT
&e

llt*.*ffi:"i:r*o1rt: ;:T"I

lX'",*r,.*-,*-raw c,r kings, brought

I

'""tot' lt.,,"n"ra". J -----.-,:,: ;ffil1#y:",#".1.j,{,j"-",1 |l ;;il;,i'io",li."t""LT:il[ I i,lTlf}i#:iJ."i3, 1H::1,i,1.; -o* ""*" "u*r* ilu:,]"f,*..:?:1? jT:.$,,H: ","o_ HX ,fH:*::lS th;-'...i";*;#I l| ,l" preterence to remaining in go on til the end *",oo to remainins inl till r1,jji* lgri", of humanity, l:i,* TI'":, previous vutueslrn r,"t*r",,". .oe sometimes seemingly "-"a^"r-+::.:'::"6aame ollDasharatha's residetrce berelt oli i, lil;?#;"odiog or her arost deari :T"f:"'J"":r^F:,j.,lt: ,;,I['-rh;T;. devoted Huo,,*,o[il,l""o*nu", vitarr ur,li,r*' *1",".lln",ilill*li :ll":*,*:i :l^*1,:I.: I ,fl lDEAr. LADY and spiritualty results

tween gsod and evil; it is a pheil::",Lff ffi.:LT,iT.",.,-*_ I| _:,,

,;ffi"T}:"T; nousehold"[fr':::i,fr ,r"l *;'": u* *"a J,n-1,"i*i.*." l;l;,*: -*'_:' Sita' the idol sita," rhe idor of

I ttre soft mLst aUons

ffi:,TE:-'iliT ii*]ji?ro'"],-i: '-of

,h.r"

-*

*i

in

&";t".1fr;;;i'".:,::_".11r"]:i1r1

,*"tiri*" ^, ^ ["* ;:;";,..# ;,ffi,"T";,*._,::f / ::::..*- _^"I=d..y inq earthry cousiderarion$ tq i,te,tiil;;r*;_#1TlJd: :rJ.:*fl,i ::":,r:It^+:.1
brother and set

for

cXuarcTrin".iff"ii'ifltrr l:::li:"^,u:].i_s111 invr ;G il;l;;r. Rererenee is tuequentry 'made hilhrityl'made by our congress rulers to And. Bhaiata, stoutly and per-l;il';";;;;F"'.' And Bharata, ruLers o". li#"i'^,.?.:::F"ttt . and hilhritrf lamerMationsf tnir,tyn. of Ram Rajya and t]e sistently dechnine, a";pra" the ex-lissuins ,"^- f-l]i' $,'i,?::i'J:":i'-",f 1u::H:hTH,?#:"ifl ,?*H#:f ii*:#,lif t,*,:rL'iff woods[]ana kingdom durirrg Rarnat absenee|rnr $n,,.+^^- --1"u ttg the woodsfiraoa must be given io Mahatma kingdom ilil given to R;";" abs"nc"l;"";^;^::":j1to tt9 I ::#",i"r1".',?" i;n'i:"lI:T;"r":#.,"Ji:H J .",:f1';,,[T* ffi'1:1#:! :l: "il: ,T'txlr*; irjr "'tiiJ,'j' '"*-:1T"nance sandals, are personiffcation of ," iI" "'Ljr"'^]it '" consonance withll:eople and not that individual that individuall "" '"". Iruf, come lLcrossf .Ravana is remernbcred consummate and perfect ideals of ;. "^, "^--" '^t'-.i,,". \'orld of_ Jite- in consequence of the nolonly i:H,-"iIl"":,';"ix:I,1".::,::t I *"n1"_i,;:;.,,,:,;fr;:{#:1.-i!,Tif iJ,:ffii:::rEi.ffi 'i'r'i:. their kind, ,.rn,,.' | rit-o-i"""t The righteous Bibhishana, *to '*'i-.i .:;.1: :1" o.t iis oYn krnd. lpart he plays in th" Ra*ay"r", ro aDout

uo :l#: ,1' .l'"-H,,"--1ffi."1tI: -bursts "..f inl of administrati""'p..r."uo*-tu" watch and *"rd o""r-Rama andjthe midst *ti"*:l his spouse in the hermitage. l;;;";;;""'r;:-#*T],.",t$ng. arrd{jdeal ruler or 'the ldeal of mon-

souadiaglsi"e; all of them spirit. of good and riglteousnessl;ffi ;:'1T"'^1'^t^-Ttannonnce-, the,an spar( end have a Promethat is rarity in this riorld. occupy most unI ;":; ;^""'p:_t"',t -psitions Lakshmana, ,ir" ,o*lll, o*-1.1!Ll ,ln: *""riJrl -^:'1X',,.1'o',"hot-a,ireettabte ot,,bliss sursins;lworld of Rarn Rajya-bror,ght into' ther of Rama shuns ;h" ';L;;;lili'"r-I,,]-t11 un- au sides' De. lbeing bv a highly gifted, intellecan-d pomp of the princelr ru", toi;;r';;;T" move abour. arrd l tual wizard *hor. }u*r is vatfollow hii beloved aa"" u*ir'"" 1 ;::::!" '::1 q.s ']ov. uluur ule rcr\ - I ---o- and-'talk under ,rr"-""*ill .,1*r, . into the forest, cl,oo.r,,,,,: Il:.r.l"jltzugh roresr cheerfull; Dashratha and Kausalyrl. rhere a u,n,l.r ^r _*^,,. ^lroT_Ilnelof

to deriver bumanity rrom ther are bumanitv iflse ^-yTJ:.r.rq::,"h:r1.,: chastising and repressing influen| dru-ml *r; ; otner mu-iportrraved ces typiffng ia his own rl.r... rh"l-j^^r :,--r - navas and other nnu-f Portr,ayed by Valmiki to tbe fullvalmiki person ttrel;;'",;";:,,"j:."_'" T"

multitude atf bcome the whom this pr"o"i-*trirrever tre-t*h^ --^.*^-.'oi nama.s eorana- | of purity,idol of Hiodo women -.- | ru! srurpccr or t" chastity and wifely hold, He was bora wht and injustice *"," ."*rX,ll-HII:#;-:-":i:,:: lo*:*q' L"|ra"utv.

heroes

gent lumrnaries ff," i*3,f:j;,.:,^*:_ .{,:10"""'ii"'i'ilJil,*nlij *J?r?oHi I,*,,Xi:H:J"j"*T,*n"ff:,,":, "*o"c1t, tr,.i"r ar"Ji,;;;"#';#"rffi-;ffiIiiriiffi?!;r#li"rrm:
of the wortd the titie

il:,*il.Ti;::*T# "iii l*::i:,f.,"T.:riTi flfTi,,::l _"*,;,,t1,ilX%tX1li:"i:T j1 and nnar con.l::#;n*Ti:i:,il'";::T:l[::iffi:;: ,i:,,f,H1ffi1,,,,"11 yu..or v. BUvu. iliJT?;:tory and loftiest.conception ; *l*"otuu_;",eru;J;i, shri Rama' the hero u tn" lest ."* lr-irtr.lJ;;;;;", that it is ;;;;lirL *iru sacri6cial fi;;H;inspirafire of lf._,.:.:.:c,belongstoalong""alrrr"Jl"Jiir,".u*". lri^-_ ^ goddess in all her mani*^AA*,^ j- ^rr L^_ _^-: illustrious ancestry ot ,or".Iieor '";:";ffi:,:1::*Y:'
I

!ign--a

"tl,h"'j;;ili."r.'r"irlT,fil:#:1ln

df;::

i.,; ;;l ;ffil,"?Jff,[ii,Xlr$"i]:_Tl *yffi.::u"T,T:f'r# *"j; ;;;;'6';,ffir:o]i":ff"ffl

Il.

"

:"x!:i

"ir*:fli#nlr*l*

f,*i$i,H,tl":

"-t:

Rama's snke forsook his

royal tnr],^i by the,rha ,^t.

the heroinePl but also on accourt of his famoui -i._ ra"r,, forth clad inf advice to Rama :**,*aiut.fv

ffi._r,r..S;Jl**',,,fto;f*.":l H#:B,shourdi

f+

|
I

.*

Jifl..I3. CflTIONTCT,E

yana are the cosmo-

Valmihi And
Ramayana
(Contd From PaSe 4)

be deferred, but that good

ones

gony and theogomy and the gene. alogies of kinds and princes--of human and extra-human beings; folklote and anecdoptes and legeads and storles haU.mythical and half-historical; descniption of' cities existing at a period long anteriot to the age of Troy and Mernphis,

should be promptly executed-a very sage couneel doubtless, answering partially to Macbeth's sbservation on hearing of Macduffls
escapel

and the chronicles of kings tlat reigned before Priam and Basirie

-alltothese atrd others'too numerous note he,re have been woven

into the splendid web and woof of the magic &apery composed

".........From this moment The very fustlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand......" Valmiki's Ramayan is a grand exhibition of various characters. They are the perennial fountains of joy and soirow,.never sufiering the good and the beautiful to
degenerate

by the marvellous poedc art

Valmiki-the most sumlime

of

poet
has

a MAHAKAVI. -inded Subsequently, Ramayana

become

all along a

Reserve Bank

of Literafurer upon which writers have &awn valuable cheques.

Kalidasa, Bhabhuti-

into cant and common place in ow minds. It is only his genius that could call

and

Tulsi.

das have ,.dipped their pens in

forth those superhuman men, women and animals. It may be said that these characters wield a: tre.
mendous influence on the ttroirghts and senliments of people. It is a

Valmikis foeasrire. The great boqk is a repositery of wisdom and learr.ring; tle manners and customs of ancient Bharat are clearly mimered. It has been translated. into all the regional languages honoured by our present constitntion"

most beautiful,privilege and rarity

of a creative genius wherein all aspects of humanity are reflected

and its vision and sentiments still operate within an -unlimited radirrs, It is hurnanity magnifie{ obviously Ramayan .has rbecome

I know no'other force for integrating and unifying our country than the intensive study of

the classic seed-bed of our Bharatiya culture. volume of Hindu society. Its words pass current expression in
Cinsequently, the Ramayana has become ari omnibus household

our epics. lt is a living culfure possessing extra-ordinary edueational value. That whieh exists is one. You may call it by vari-

ous names. It is this iEfinite teaching and the renunciation of

daily chanting oJ all ranks of the people. The book exercise immense influence upon the prole-

'epics have illumiaed the path of

the interest of the self are the oying needs of the hour. Our
many

a lives in the past and I

ages and climes. Tte rhemories and lncideats celebrated in the epie poem i5 alike

tariats in all to the

surpassing and matchless excellence both in its dramatic and lyric eharacter, hence, it atpeasant, mahatmas

mined the path ,of many a lives in the past aud I hope they have the power of illuminating our fufur too. Let us sfudy those in-

hope thev have the power of illu"

tracts high and low, prince and

tendvely by inclrtding them tnto our school and univergity curiaulu&,

and men

of lettesl

and

diplomats

Such abso-

lute and all-cemmanding and comprehensive sway and influence of literature is perhaps unknown in

the world.

A,

ffiaye Bashmi
&ay featture

L1h0 \at

Feople of this mortal earth lived orl serpents. How, then, can as there were forces of in constani fear of ihis mighty fear ai all afflict us proceed- and evil in the world peace ' I?.akshasa, His form l,nit l"g from the king's son Rama was impossible. There can be no lasting peaee -- between the ' shape rvas gigantic and he traO is a mortal being?' -and ten head,s ano zo irana" was-who 'O Frahasta, what you speak God and the Devil He thought i the , known in the wortd as the .Ten- shall not prove true,' Vibhi- mentway_ of peaceful settleand negotiations was out '. necked One'. shana replied, 'Rama, DashaAt that time Rama, the eldest ratha's son. is a mighty car- of guqsliop - with the migfty on of King Dashrattra of A3zq6fr- warrior and of a iompetent lord of Rakshasas, and. in order' ya, waq wand.ering in the iorest chara.cter in action, righteous- to rescue Sita*war was the " fulfiliing the mandate of his late ness is his principal quality only way. father. of 14, yelf:' exile. with hirn and v/eapon.gn! gven.!he gods fhe g,reat gmeourrter were his rvife Sita and brother become sioiid before the cove-

ous and wicked Rakshasa r.*s ;,i-d ;;;;"..^ff?"#l3 :f;l.J':f'd;"PflX",T K f;r; #i,i"tfj"*,S,*tt%"HflTi3l: a very symbol of unright- il;k-;. rJr, ** none in *ir ponaelet fi"""-tt",li"ition for eousness and terror. against wild animals or birds iome time. He thought so long goocl

o{:,!Jffi&Uq!,"-l'^i:

forN,

Vaxatan m.

pamdit

in the midst of darksome forest him:_ 'Why. are you, 0 uncle, R;;;" {frrouel,, his spies, and brought her tc Lanka. Il,ama speaking these useless words *lro* tfr" nakihasa king -had eame to know of the rx,hereabouis like one teirified? Why are yo" i.i,lii.*'6;;r{;i; ihe-exaet of sita through his fa,ithful ser- afraid of Rama sinee any. o"" rt"""gili of Rama,s [65iiio" vant Hanuman*the mighty mon- of our ftal<shasas is capable of ir*V i1r"r--,On tfri morning of ""a key-god. After many adventures slaying those two prin-ces- the morrow' behold the citf of -and. he rnarched towards the istand'ny human beings as they are? Am ia"ti *lif, tur walls crossing the occan and tanded I not gifted excellent pro- g"G; ,r *itf ,i tt e hosts of -with himself on the norther"o shores r /ess, capable of killing. -Rama :rrth the powerful army of mon- and takshman_very ordinary frakiilaias, destroyed by me with mv ihafts., z key-s. mortais as they are?' . when Ravana learnt the new.s The spies returned to Lanka that two lnortal beings *R.ama Ravana, on his part, enra.ged and warned Ravana of Rama's and Lakshman-with their mon- by - Viblishana's plea-dings, strenith, fut ttre Rakshasa king key hosts. hart besieged his king- spoke in harsh _accenis: 'It -is made a wicked laugh r dom his lvrath knelr no bounds better to live with open enemies fhundered: ,Wha{ foe 6f mirr" "rd and he immediately summoned his or angry serpents than those is tlrere.who can eorrquer me pos-e as friends but are in in war? Even if the godi attaek *part -war cabinet..One by one tlre s2,1 urhoIords came Prahast, the Com- reality- foes. Our own kinsmen me, Sita will I not with mander-inhief Kumbhakarna, have become hypocrites and fioin fear of death,'jn - _-- - - -- - _ Indrajit anci Vibhishana. rfley s1j enernies. Th.ey take delight promised their lord of sueeess and one another's calarnity. -As an Ravan? d-eeided his entire l the hand of Vaidehi-Sita, the elephant after being - bathed, course of aetion in consultation daughter o! King Janak, exeept covers its body with*dust again with his- expert_ advisers and Vibhishana who opposed tfr" prL and again, so"is the friendihip then ad-dressinghiswar cabinet' posid of war and addressed 'ttre of unworthv persons. Fie upoii sai4: .Iffe _are strong- We are well armed. We shall kilI the war council, -urging Ravana: You.' --to-11!p 'o King, I{aving failed in his mission whole wo-rld. Beat t}1e {ryms, rvriiiiii1i "etu"" husband_Dasharatha,s ion R.a,ma.' of peace Vibhishana reached 4ry-alge the army on the battleThe other war.lords eenouncee the northern shore where 33*[ ffeld.' And the terribie war began his speesh a,s. timid nut fi.- urdt aiong with Lakshman -a"*. gt on pLeadipg for peaee ana t: rna\e first *,.here sorne eir*.rior, ffiri_#f.r"5i5-rfl*1 :H"S* 1# "^,as rcounless golden sates and :ilffi#*f;liflJ?f-'.Rama,s ina i",,i"i";-{ffi; ;d;_;&:

i,1T,HT,.,',"i.,:i:.{"iffi';)#$ 1-i?,1":f,,:i'll't};;.1 ot, "tr.re RY*,#i"*}" "*';P.u* ffi Sita from the thaiched hermitage $g*orE, promptly retorted _to o".r, and sent a word to -_

$,#s:lj*e;f'*irp*,"']#:,",H'J-;:,t.H-q;1le$",_FiX#:;r;#*it**,fur#j;
ry,,fi,""il*r:J,1,:t ff;y"i11h-J%;x#.h,"r"; Rakshasas. Neither ',:'ternaa.'nor, Intirajit, Kumbha- .o ;-;r;;;"r.o,*.,,":"hil'h;:;;; 't "'fi;"i";^-t&;fi{' Luor** wet with and-sore. _:reither ir{"ufrJ;;d R"** Lakshma* wi6r
heads

of ti"*"

r6"i,**1,,f;i$

*;$rlt$#

;*9";lt;1.::.1*: Ainty gt iater \ribhishana acquainted. Lair stand. on end. #ent ori and . {e1i9-chiefsaid: lbu know' Rama of -11,";""il;;""'i[;#rii'ri.i;ili] 'Fear the_ stren}rr-'";T 'of Rakshasas *'ffi from the Havana'r ,"*i.-R",i". we none rvhatever
#riii rrJ,i i;i";}.

n"** of psace'you shoutd surrender ,"d';,;;i;ffi4-n$ rdrfl#ffiff sita:to'her husband"' to him:'rlrn xavana,s younger "Uibhishana's i,;lir;l _l",n3y i7"gi 4g"pry l"sulted by.him. _I have, tlr.".i' ' warHEnqtr fore, co*"" to .""ri vo""'*[JiJ" -=:-..=-r*riurr"irrg 1lan6";; il;is ^^,- ---^-ra # #i;,# ,Hu#*1";"yiT]tfi:ff",Eii:

f# Hi,""J_# #?**3*ilTf: neio, iii","r'"iq

i"Iii|1,r[+H ""-ifli*:,ffi#.5"1&

"rrd it;"{rl};fl$ r"oir,*%r.n"J;ii ,r,ot. res-embling , venomous

ffffit""t#rutt-Jli,rr_",::;
iloth those that were seen and those that were not. And the dusr of the earth arising from

tir"-.,iioiire"?&frT#rts and the hoofs of horses and. ihe wheels of ehariots choked , |x;""ffi ir""k?fi:"8""r,"ii!t

ho*

i.,irTii*'ot kettte-

itto &P"itl*.tiil;f hia-6e'-wure i double<I and , assailed with;

showers

The [eader tllmhlV

the' Ten.necked. One fblt his t heart rundergoing a iwolution. Through the stupefaction of
his inner self, he could not dis: drarge any weapon or draw his

of shafts of Raghava,

Rama did not persist

bow, or put forth his prowess.

-ffi
,

ing him. And ttre shafts and vaious arms discharged by arms

in

smit-

p"v tif,,'Yretory :I:y*:'ftf S*.#q,i,!*$i :--- _-=*------somewflatr xauen, . aird tis face somewhat fatlCn, and his
dismay he

with those 9f end his charloteers, driving his conehes and clrariot-wheels car, perceiv,lg thid last scene, i were wonderfully deafening to silently took the_ car aw_ty, frorri- the, field- of battle. H" hear. saw his lord shorn of Prowess , Ravana received the news and he strrrck witli fear, i one bv one of his war-lords swifUy turned away the berng"slain in battle and w-as chariot to save his master.
vas mingled i

m*,?"l"HIff*"'#i"1"#

Ravana regainfor a - and u ed his senses "."a"ii"q went reflecting city ftAeOUef.f-y and getting round the wtrile, fr6 of Lanka for inspecting his into furious passion,' wlth his

'
I

ed himself to fight to the 16i batilefleld'. finish and leaped into his war fferring these words of

gonr with anger he rearmy positions. To his utter beheld his eapital "r'.r f.,Lf<e6i-f-rii eharioteer and ordercity beseieed and all the gates .a tim: 'Drive the ear swiftly sealed off by. Having surveyed towaids Rama. Without slaying the bcene of carnage, he decid- mv foe I turn not away from

ffifil".navana duet

1ffi",1]fnn""fff

tiT""

*il;q'"?,t

his

,TIIIE earth reverberated. with shasa Chirit agaln appeared be' I U"" noise of his war-c;hariot. fore Ram-a' ensuecl a mishtv --t;k;,i Then' there hr"t# ilG;;ia,id*ifi; *iirr''ur'r.f A;c*t-'anh en- and dreadful encounter..creatat*LJ *iii, h"t"E splendour. ing terror. for the people of ;'"ii;#il; i" ti," dft-;;"t; tl'" world' Ti?re charioteers ^;:f-ila;;t drorie on' displavjng airpl#ir6-Trr,i--gi"* -th-e .ears. ;;;;;;;hi""aeiuott ""a sr.v: |heir. s!!u in diverse wavs' The bolti iesembling rain-charg6d heroic-Rama showered on his ;1or;4..-R-am;-rl* if,is stupEn- e-nemv's chariot shafts bv hunaous chariot ]ike a morring dreds and thousands, - Ravana, attacked Rama with *".r oi- mountain an6 Ravana too, w-eapons' This terribleterri' iort up the bow of Indra gn- ble. shook the earth' Theconsun ao*ea witn undreamt of powers flict of alitruction and readv with was strorn of its resplendenee' shafts like ih" burning lieat of And the crowd of 'Gandharvas and Apsaras: beholding that . the sun assailed Rama. AnA as--ciouOvpour d6vIn wonderful eneounter betweeni from the skv on a plool. navana Rama and Ravana, said-'Ttre I showered thousands oi arrows ocean resembles the sky and I on Raghava. Rama stooil er* srg sky Lerembleg -the- ocean. I like ilountain and .did ns1 I{xis terrible combat between ' ,shake an inch and with his these- two heroes befits them ire aroused by the blows he re- oilY.' ceived, took up arrows resenl- .. Ttre- dreadful combat eonblnE the sun iisen at the time tinued for seven days and ot ihe universal dissolution. lights. To finish ttre fight once ." And in the darloness caused for all. Rama took out from rvihJlirJti""eda-roi's,-nami lis quivel -a -!uge shaft-the aird Ravana - both ffre4 with foremost of all in the worldand set it on his bow. wrath. r' other- eould not espy eae.h excellent arrow being And that mounteil Thin Dasharatha's son_ on his bow by Rama, the earth Rama_seized with wrath ad- was strrrck with fear. Rama dressed Ravana, laughing,'in a !3ki-ne aim discharged that harsh speech. savine_,O' ,611 Brahma-weapon's shaft at Ravilest oi Raksliasis. as lou tfana. And that shaft capable have carried off my #ite trom of. bringing death and gitea Janasthana and brousht her Iyift velocity, when discharged. under your subiectioi. .ro, cleft the breast of the vicious. have be6n depr'ived oi vi,ur souled Ravana and that bodyprowess. Do you think youisell endip6 arrow, bathed in blood, a.hero for having foreiblv car.- srcalrng away the life of ried awsy Vaid;hi stavinE i' R-avana, entered the earth and that foreit, forlorn ana' *itfr- a.tter -having been cleaned by out me?. . . . Today by means tnts fair earth again entered of strarp shafts, I shail brinq eqga's quiver humbly. The you to death's hoor.' was - Having spoken thus- - sounde-d celestial buglethere in the slry an-d that blew {.slayer of foes_Rama_ihowerthe Sagrant air and flow_ ,red arrow$ on the lord.of the ere were showered on Rdmats -lsarc.'1,.ii' TLalrshnsns Andthe p"owessahA c8f alld tha' wirr"ld sang his Bakshasas. Arr{}}ra h?Nr,-da--;

;il#*d1*org_{lru

rIAI\T]N{AI\[I
.wTII,;;ffilJil:
By, VAMAN H. P,,INDIT
the'ten-necked one, Rama and 'takshman nanileretl through a region in South Initia which "was then'tnown as Kishkinilha. Thete 'was a great Kingdom of MonkeYs in

Binw:""niuiriiiy oi ioi"*t'n-Ttrc' Great Monkev God-known- all over the country as" " Hanumqn Jayanti" observed by all. the^ fell on -Hindus April 5th tltis year, and watr is a dry of festivity. The foli'owing story will be of interest in this connection.
Sturled Dianronrli

iii

' Among them

Sugriva

the epic days and

theY

The capital city of Kish kindha was always fragrant

dwelt on the summits of Idahendra, Himawat, Vindhya aod I(ailash; also on Ilandara, the peaks of Pandu and the five hills. They lived on mountains weating the hue of the infant sun, and wele evef bright. Dreadful monkeYs resembling collYsium-like .clouds and having the :streogth of mightY elePhant dwelt in the mansions

with the sweet smell of sandalwood, aguru and lotuses and its highways
were equally fragrant with the smell of hooey; and the peaks of the neighbouting mounts looked like studded diamonds in the ring of the city. There q/ere rivers of clear water which added their natural notes to the

was the :owetful lord ot the F.rnperor of that Kingdom. The turrets and sPires of his palace,covered with dense folsets and cool and snowy shades' resembled

the peaks of

Kailash.

high on the mountains. Some of thern lived on

the golden hiils of Anian4 Ilahashila and Metu shin-ing like the evening sky. , The pleasant citY of Kishkindha situated in the "ceflEe of caves sas the ,capital of the monkey kings. These caves, huge and picturesquer adorned with jewels and "flowerY gardens were their dwellings and wished-for-fruits were ptoduced at all times. It was filled with Palatial buildings. It was beautiful with good looking monkeY children of the celestials and

daily routine. Aud tfrete lived the great monkeylords like Angada, Mainda, Divida, Haouman, Veerb4hu, Subahu, Kumuda,
Sushena,

Thete s/ere gfeat aqatt' 1 rnents furnished with manY I a gold and .silver bedsteads with embroidered coverlets and comfortable seats' No soonef had one eotered the apartment thaa one heatcl the musical sounds

on

Tan,

Jambabao,

Neela, Suneta and Supatala weil known for their provress. These monkey-

lords looked like

sable

clouds adoroed with excellent gatlands, filled with dce and iewels along with the fair damsels of the regico.

sttinged instruments. And Sugtiva used to sit on a maiestic thtone sutrounded by many a fair' damsel proud of theit youth and beautY who often delighted him with their thinking and iingling noise of gidles afld naPuras
(an otnament of their feet and toeg.) One day Sugriva summoned Haauman-the Chief lvlinister of the Kingdomand told him , that two ascetics with'bows, arrows and daggers were traversing his dominions. He thought the men might have been despatched by

-.'Gandharbas-weariog cele:stial gatlands and clothes and assuming shaPes at

Vali with whom he was not on good terms. And

he then ordered Hanuman, "O Maruti, go and ask them why they have entered

will.

his fotest.l'

i--

s6ir C.ueiirg":' Lord Hanuman lost no , time ia approaching Rama and Lakshman who welcomed ind greetid him with soft words. They found Surgiva's minister affectionate and skilled in speech, well versed in Rigveda, Yajur-veda and thoroughly acquaint:d with Sham-veda; and a learned grammarian, who did not use a single inelegant word. "\Whose heart is oot moved by these words ?" Rama said to Lakshman, "indeed whose emissaries are so accomplished, that all his missions are ful-

particulady to'Sugriva, he ordeted his molkeY host to help Rama find out Sita, who was cattied awaY by the fierce-looking Rakashasa.

monkeys were sent in all ditections by Sugriva to

Thereupon Powetful

find out Sita. Jambavan,

the fr:tmost

of monkeYs, in otder to encourage

Hanuman, who was rather crest-fallen, addressed him

in vigorous tones. " O powetful \findgod; neither on eatth, not in the sky, aor in the ethereal regions, not Yet in watef, see I any obstacle in thy course. ThY motion, vehemence, eflefgJr . and fleetness ate like those of thy sire and there exists no creatufe on eafth that is like unto ttree. Thou

SUNDAY GLOBE

their words."
shall

filled onlv by virtue of

(nymph) Pujikathala' more fr*.j uader thi name of Anjana, is the sPouse of the mookey I'resarin. Famous in the three wotlds, and incomparable oa earth

[ "\[e .- quit this fotest I I at once if vou so desire, t'

by vittue

O best of monkeys, as commanded by your King,l'' repiied Lakshman with the consent of his eldet brother. I{earing these words, the son of Pavana, delight-

beautY, mY son, by an imprecatioo, she was born in the mon' key-race, capable of weat-

of hei

art alike

eriergy and strength, equal to Sugriva,

io

ed and revolving within himself the mearis of Sugriva's tegaioing his lost honout, proposed- to bting about a friendly union between them and thought his lotd would be able to obtain the monarchy with the help of Rama. Consequently in a combat between Vali and Sugriva, Vali was slain by a mightY shaft cf Rama. Sugriva

monarch of monkeYs, and to Rama and Lakshman. Thou art well vetsed in religious lore and Political economy; wit and courage and policy and conduct in consooance with season .and place. Therefore do . thou bethink thyself how Sita may be tecoveted.
i

ing shapes at het will. " Ooce uPoo a time, that daughtet of the highsouled monkeYs, Kuniata, endued with Youth aad beauty, decked in a delightful gadand' and clad in

siik, assuming a humao fotm, was tanging on the summit of a mountaio,

resembliag a mass of clouds

in the rainy season. And

the forerqost of

" O son of

Monkey

SPonse,

Nlaruta

"

it came t'o' Pass that as that one 'of . expensive

eyes was standing oo the summit of the mount, the

Apsaras

was installed as the King. As a reward for

the
service .rendered to the kingdom of monkeYs,

!7ind gently stole

away

her elegant yellow cloth rvith crimson"skitts. And

he

fair and fine -face. " And as soon as the Wind saw that illustrious

had

a slight of

her

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Sun riseo, and

1966

"And on rhe wind being

mollified, Brahman confera boon, saying,-'O child, O thou of ttue prowessl Thy soa shall be incapable of being slain in battle by meaos o_f weapons.' And seeing Hanuman sustain oo serious iojury consequent on the impact of thunderbolt,

one of auspicious hip and

slender waist,, and whose every,.limb was lovely, he was amair overcome by desire. And all his frame possessed by Maamatha ( Cupid ) and deprived of

sprang up and leaped into the sky" And O mighty monkey,, going there thousand yojanas, thou struck by his

to be a frait,

taking him

ted on him

energy,

poverty of spirit.,'

didst not

feel

self, the Wind embraced that blameless one by

means of his long arms. Thereat" influenced by fear,

ing through the heavens,

"And

seeing rhee rush_

O mighty Hanumac, Indra grr:wirg wroth hurled his

thuoderbolt at thee. Thereat

that one of excellent vows said-Who is that desireth

breaking

to l^y violent hands qpon my chastity ? Hea-

ring Aajana's words, the

Wind answered,-I do not wroog thee, I have menthey womb. Let not fear enter thr heart. Thou shalt bear a son, intelligent and endued with prowess and gifted with great strength and possessing exceeding energy, and having vast vigour, he shall equal me in bounding and leaping, "Thus addressed,' O

the mountain top. ( Hanu_ m_eao7s ja*, Flanuman

thou didst fall oo

thy lefr

jrw,

means-he
ctured jaw).

with the

fua_

tally entered into

. "

Standsti[ Life "Ffom these circum_ stances, thy oame hath beea known as Hanurlan.
beaten

Witnessing thee

mighty monkay, 'thy

mother, gave birth to thee in a cave. In that mighty forest, thou a chiid, desirous of eating. seeing the

back, that bearer of perfumes himself the wind, that breaketh everythiog befo?e him, in wrath diJ not blow through the three q/orlds. Life came to a standstill. Therear, ajl the gods-lords of the universe

-influenced by {eat in consequence of the triune

agitated, began to pacifv the wrathful wind.-

world waxing

Hanumao, the mishtv "f lord of the _monk.t;_;; mcarnate God of strength.

rlothrng _ rs impossible for thee anci I trust within no tJ5ne tlou shalt find out 5rta. I beseech thee to hasten at ooce.,, _ - Such was the wonder_ ful tale narrated by J;_ bavan about the Uirtii

poy:r of . Ieaping.

Kesari by his wife, ,oJ resembling the Wind in enefgl,- thou hast sDfuns from his loins. Th<iu ar? the" son of the wind, rnv child, equal to him iri ;h;
So

yed wtrh rhe dreadful 1ligour, att the son of

lor{' shail rake..place aciording to thy will. *O mighty and glorious.Hanuman; thou, endo_

He of a thousand eyes (Indta) pleased ia his soul also conferred on Hanu9a! a?- excellent booo,

'9

saying, Thy

dlatI

iI

qrfil

oman oo
She argued with her husbancl, {IIow ean a $'oman live rvithout hel' husband? 1'he trtoment yotl part fi'om me. life rviil depart from my body;"
fueed---to

o take her with hlm to tire before Christ. woods. Htxv torcef lu lvas her ' Aecording to the Epic, Dash-, women in India which no other lreasorrinq ran )re seen ftotn her rath, King of the Kosalas, hadlcreation of a poet's imagina- lrvords when both of tltem got four sons, the eldest of rvhom Ition holcis in an;, other nation | 'eady to clepart f}.om Ayocihya. was ltama. the hero of the I on ealth. the Iidian \\'oman's I She 'lvas puzzled at her huspoem, And Janak, I(ing r,f tir^ learliest and tenrlel.est recollec-l licnd's garb as arl ascetic au(l Vjdehas. had a daughtei narnerl I rions ,re centred l'ound rhr,I his conduct aq a miiit'rr'irt. ]t Sita, who tvas milac,lously I storv of Sita's sacliflcc,s sn,1 | is obvious flom her a(lmol)rtion hornof fleldfut'row,slreistlteltaithfulness. Her horn of fleld fut'row, Slre is tlte I taithfulne.s. Her suffelings inflto hin. She sa5's: "I-do,notliko in tohim.She.sa5's: "I (lo not lik(r heroine of the Epic. ! the clesolate for.est antl iu a I the exterminatlon of tire Eak!t,,xtilo Dt'ison all(l her deVt,- l'has ll.ho heal' no nlilli(H toJanak orrlaine<l a sevcre tes[|tir:n to ilutr. :n the storm arrti I ward; ;'ou. Tiri'. int*ntion ,,i forithe haDd of his rlarrgitter. ( stress of liie replesellt vil'tu'r I v,tr"rrs to co1Tll'nil r-iolence in tlri-' alld manv a prince antl rvar'r'i,rr'I ot Ar!an ivornairho0,l. lirtrsence of pPr':oIl:rl Fnmrt]' ij 4arne and l.vent a\.vay , dil: i ',lllr mother often taught Jpe.& ,':er'tainly reprehensible. he^It aupointed. Rama succeecrerr anrl ..sii.' uir.i I ti"* xorir pious ufl:ul1l_.:.. j:o:r: rr-ott Sita in the pr'ime of trer | nrrl"|rff";';1i.-ir;"k;-inr, iii, my clear, rhi i \\'r:'irorr.,-rr "i"n.i;";;r;"..ila,e-'I life, al thr: a3e of eightcen. l,i;ii"-fr"-L 6i --r"iOa"A -w.,-.n lcrvoi. Ior. its yer,y posses:ri.rr l).ours; stranBe {.ffect o11 rr'rii1L1. -rf,"?"..'U"".tO"' O\-er thir'i-y centrrriei nave I i. iras a f,;ipassed since rhe ase of thil;";ii;i;*i;;;ii;.;;;i;:;lrt f',,;;ir;il. I tnrns a man urto a brut.:. lf "h|;j-.d '"ir';lr;-;';,.hiul I vo" say as a Ii:ha.rila it i: Koselas and tlre Videhas lms, | -|- t"

By YAMAN H. EANDIT rFHE epic of Rama. prince of India, relates to r the ancient tradition.s of two pow'erflrl races. the Kosalas and Videhas who 1iv6d in northern India between the twellth and tenth eenturies

remain ln

Al'odhya.

Ultimatelv Rama had to agree

ili},,i;:iL 'iii 11,,i3i":.!i ":iiij I m:t,:l; ,1,1"';J;;"li:"i ,.,i,t | ;:x,. otx'i.n'",n1'".l.!li..i':" , known in lndia to thil Aly-,tn"ii"e- iitu.;, anrl is annrrally trar-ersed rly I thousands of clevoted pilgnns.r The ideal of lt:e tn ancieni"[ (Conrinr-ied on Page '1) 'l'he p:st
is not rlead ano I Inclia rvl,s l)ietf . endul.ance and huried in our (ountry it I,.lerotion. 'tihr. ialc ol Helen in Iives iivts in the hralts I utcien., Creece was a tale ol of miiiions of men and u'omerr | .r,6rnan1y beauty and lovelir:ess. rnd shall iive for ever, I w5ich ".hrrmud tl-r" lvestern Tu study the character nf Sita I r.orirl. .l'he tale of Sita $'as :" is to understand Indian womall- | talc of l,vomanly faith and self. hood. And to trace the _influ- labnega[ion which charmed anc ence of her on lhe ife altd civi- I r'arctitated the eastetn u'or.ld: lization of tlre nation. and on I vet Sita Nas more beautifr,r] the development of Indian lite- | than beaut)' itself. rature. is to compreh.end the real history of the people during | . More often the trials of Sitr the Epic age. I br:ng out in. bright relief aut' r ha.r'e not eome across anylffiTJt:H"fl,.t"rtt*u3t 1',:tlnt"ii, Epic poems of the tor'ld rvhose I racrcr- she soes into hanisircharacters have buen so closel;'l husLand and" retu|ns with tt)e as.similatecl by the peoples u I same trust and devotion to her rhelr daily lives as tlrose of tht 116p6 as belore. anrl she retur.nq -moro Ramavau and llahahharat.. lon" ,nh sinks into t5t, Rama and Sita are the Hinch I m.om of her Mother Ear.tir; ideals of the Perfect Man anri I i"ro ln death as she had beer tl"re Perfect Woman. And Sitl I t""" i" iitu. a place in the hearts * I ii"ii", chu*a.te* 'olds I eannot conceive a lofties and holier character than Sita; thr. literature of the world till nor+ has not produced a highL.r irleal of u.omanly love, r'omanly truth, and u,omanlv devotion. Here Valmiki, the writer of thc famous Epic, surpasses all ths lvrlters in creative imagination I-Inlversallv of idea and individuality of character ttas made

'lli

tle

thought Sita would be a drag on hirn. IIe, therefore, wished her tq stay hehl+d" But shs pe.

poet immortal. Bama was unwilling to take Sita with him to the foredt. IIe

that this dur.v' does not being to a KshatriYa who has chosen to lead a iife of rc'nunciation it il nd Dietv. You ma.v claim go as voir tltrtY r 'llcn You back to the worlcl andhold the sceotre in hand. Be true to vorirself. mY rlear, and let Youl of i,""i""i'didss rre the i:adgethe Ini"it,,if elevation and not of bluo(l-thirst)' ambitioo" "iuuX Be true. mY daar, to the vo\l' ni renunciaiion You have taken' ijiew all with ah imPartial eYe ,".f int"n,f no evii to those who meun Yolt no harm' Tc turn an l'".r.r"fit" and meditate blood-

iFl-'-. srra

snea is, mY (lear. a stal'k hYPo*

the ;;;i i; tlie u'orld and holdwaY tiott Urt surelY Paves the
1

to Prediction' oo*o oot" after his returrl Rama says rrom-ianti, "Sita is the apple
6f r6Y eYe,

tlle light ?f ruJ the rllatlL ur *.Y_ ilL.i.t. d.'"tything about n:I i=

in thotrght." Larse and sincere was her hcartl Pr.tr'e and caihoiic. wet'e her st'mPathies; rvishing violence to none; lnspiritrg conflrience in all and diffLlsing }ove , e""rv*f-r""", lier mttsical sortl' l.avsl Bhavbhuti, drerv the anlI mirJ ot the forest around !."r I i,ke tt-tu harP of ot Pheus' stre' lli""a-uv irrc'gtor-t" oi tluth ancl ' love of humanlty. i rinallY the cnd ot' such a twonJe.tiri

I"ruiitr"r &cePi seParation, wtriErr is intolerable to me even

I lwotlrl(lsStre lvas tc'd this rr orld whcre I "n wittr Liloi. could be so thoughlto sllspec! that I i..r'- u. i iiiu o""gt-tter of Janalia cottld turn a fli|t at the'age of fortYour-- ft"ott.
\\'oman

tour anci eloPe *'lth Rrvana' Suat, a worltl cotrltl never give ri"t tft" Peai:e and ha PPiness .r'r.,nnLoio. Hertr'e she cut .otf' ;;-o;; iroke all the ties that' t,Lr.,O t,"r' to lile; she shot ar ii*i.n uL- nr*" and soareclt r'rlovuntuot',]o out of sight, nt'ver to meet her lord again in tul$
lvorld,

In orrler to Prove her virtue before the asserublY of metl' .ir"-r"i,i, i'rr from the daY. of *, r:itt , I ltave Iivetl unstain',d -u.iio, and thorrglit, ]loin ttrer-- narttr ! receive th)"
jriigrrt"",
arguish. oenrca
sPare

her shame

anct

.,If in rluty and devotion un-

i:o"ttrt yo,t bore me, qrrce agaia

Ieceive thY child.

have laboui'etl \{other

"If ln truth. uRto husbancl X hare Provet-l a taiLhf trl wif e, rttitht'i Earlv,! t'elieve the)' Sita i"om tiie T,urden of this life"" No lvoman couid have cited u t n"" einrior.'* Plonf of hel' ora'iirtue th"an Sital IIer last AYoi"i""i"i""u tlre masscs of
belis of 4msYnath'

it"""tttiir-ti,rg': like tlre temt)le llarih ern ;;;;A hcr spotless, sinless' ;i';;i; and giot'ious child' Sita gLory of Indian i*'iiin Pub"to.rnlng ir#r"r,*a'j"IYright:
r,""t-ea and I\lother
,Then the earrh was rent anC

llcetion SYndicatel'

ilordKmsHffi $tr$ry
By: Vaman
trtr.

utilaz

Fantlit, fndore

Awaited'The

Day -l
I
I I

e;zenin!: and

ing for this aus!,icious Aa-, that it sccmed to both ot' thcm that time was not morine, itl strod still and it u.as still ever: on that rlly. In lar.t iL l.as I.,rtc

So long they had been rvail.l

lator. I{ow this forecast came out true is a wonderlul story travelJ.ing down the ages ancl this tale has never been rejeeted by sober historians because

nate anyhow this vicious dic-

cinwrr

thrng 1., be seen. The iain beat

laicl b1' the cxpcricnce r,f six i children alreacly sl:in. Outsirlel il^e p:isorr it r,vas as dark as dark corrld be, There \tas noI

c()up1e's rnemorics rvere over.

the

unfortunatc

I
I

it is

embroidered

'Devaki was the sister of Kamsa rvhom he loved much. I He married her to his most inI timate friencj Vasudeva. When i the rvedding was over Kamsa i drove them bcth in his chariot tc the home of Vasudeva. On j the waf he heard a vcice -'':r;"'.,e;;;
|
I

and fiction.

with

rnyth

their life and ruie and Kainsa' 'rvas airaid because he haci rr.surped the ro)'al power rn
I

weather-cock

child bo:n frcm this couple shall be a bo3-, rvho on attain.i ing his trvelflh tr'ear shal1 slay ther rvith his o'.'.'n hands " At. these rvords ari his love] for hi.s sister ancl her hrisiiand v:nished at once. IIe ihoughtl it rvas a serious walning. it is. netural Jor dictators to hced the sUghtest rvarning like a
]
I

.'-r,i.ii-"^i;;-

I I

rea-r.

beC. She was verji s'eak, while tlte sto;m rnoaned without and in her heart the hor:e anc{ love qf mother bur;rt iike a fiicl<ering taper lvitl: saclness ,.,,

telt scrry. Tears rvelled up in ber eyes. She sank upon her

r5ix chilclren itarre a1read5. been ki1lec1 l" So sa1-ing the rnothcr

[ic1,rj sp1] gave {orth a }rorribic sr;r:uC hke an aiarm beli. Eoth husband and rvife v"'ere ill at eese for thel. thcusht rvitlr the 0;r; alssr', of the morring sltn K,amsa u,ould ccne to kiil ttre rer',, babe r.vith his o-*,n hand.s. O Fleavens, tvhat rvill happen?

thc "i',rn-in;r

in

flood_s.

rosc in

The

11.3fs-5 s+

te:rible

i:er 1ap, ti'.y-E'.ru his fo"ur Alins. I ne-)' \', ire asluundc(i i be1-onrl description. Iit the trvo ie.;'t ha:.its lhe bihe helci;i 'hear.:tiful lolrrs-stenr ar.d th.e Sha:k-tho Irrtlie tiu:rp:i anC 1 j in the t',',o r.i-ht h::.,:s a dis. lcus and E r.r,3cr l.e-sl.r;ciir-tl.r.. I Vasudeva anC D+,.-:,I:^ \i.3rc pleased to behold the r::ca::nation of l'ala)'en-\-:s:r:ii-Sav:. j , our of the t,or.ld. But ilrls uasl the visio:r presenrlrc b-,. thc Lcld likc a ligirl:,in,1 .tis. chulgc in t ir .' sk1.-, TIrc halrl i vr.ithdrcr,.' ih:. il.-.s.._ . , - _,I:..a anC appeared Lrc;:;: t:_:::: ,:: a gelrtle huma:: fc:::: cj a nor! rnel babe. ,iusi ih... i h., healcl clearll. rf-r" *r..1.;.,,."".in3 from some reinc:3 , ,Jr.:e:-. "Get up I late the cir:- j a:r lcave him ir the h-,use cNanda. Chiel cf thc c....r.i.ea::-.. in the viliage of Gc.xcll ai:c:-= the river anci brin3 hcre thc girl-child r,.'hc has jusi been born there."
I

Vasudeva Obeys
unknot'n arC inr-,s-:le ',.1.^c: H" got up. liited the babe ard covered him t.ith his c*,n garrnent anci staff in hand. r.,,ent
Vasr,tcleva l;ke a:: h'-i,;._::isei man cce;,'ed the o::le:-s c.::ita

of night whcn the palace-gu:rrd

a1:peared, that the great personalitl- of Time is iin!cring a litt.e 'longer than the usual. But just at the dearl
.

To them, it

ihat

endangers

midnight. hour, the eyes of Va_ i

braI his dnrnr to signify ihc,

ior.

li{athura.

in a ce11 underneath his palace at Mathura rvith a vlew that it wou.ld go easier for him to sia;z each chil.rl c/ theirs at the very birth. a..
Devaki

Kamsa threiv Vasude\ra

e-nrl

ied when a child had heen l-.orn to ihis unlucky couple cx. capt once. A child--- the bo.v Ba1rama, was carried alvay secretly out of the dun.qeor arrcl iater it tvas reported to him that the boy pas already
d.ead.

eordingiy seven times he ki1.

qt the hands of Kamsa. -IIer mothe:'l.v love reflecterl a feel_ ing rvhich u,as akin to the deepest expression of gratitude anci the blessings of a souL for the Almighty Lorcl, rvho is sung in many a song the rvorld
cver,

the terrible doom that

had corne in her. crrns, It was a mosi e:<citiirx 'noment for them. They forsoi
babe
arvaiteci

the

with joy for a short time

sudeva and Devaki lightecl up

forr'vard to the Cungeon-en. trance. Lo I the i:.:;:-ticors o:rened like a magic cajl. The
rvoke u,n nor anl.- one noticed

s,raris and seJi ie:.s .;,-=re s.eeD, rng soundll- ar.d r:cne. r.onc

shna hiddee under into the npen {oad.

him carli.ing the

his

Babc_?ir.i.
r-cire

IIe camc at thr hanks cf the.

As tha 6xhe

11,as 1;.ino

ln.

vaki rvas rvrapped in ilrcushts l-thoughts about the chitd ancl

I I

deva waited for the truth c., thn p:cphec5'. Eoth of ihsrr: I kncrv that tonight u,culri l, I born ihe slal'er of Kanrsa. De- j
,
I

Norv rvhen the turn of thc erghth came Devaki and Vasu-

l
I

for protcction.

trembled and pra.ved heaven

how to save him. She we,rt and I

I

ire. Sil"nilv and softly he ex' changed the children- 'Then

without a word he went back by the way he had cor.ne to the prison of Kamsa and'handed over the girl-child to his own

wife-devaki.

Next morning ings were held

great rejoic' 'in Gokciol at

Nanda's house: Thouisands of

,.".r* *a. altqgether different' 'No sooner Kamsa heard the news that a child had been born at midnight to De'''aki and Va.sudeva , than he rbn down in person to slaY the
'

chitd with his own hands-who was his destroYer as he hadl heard

The t:'rant-King was asto'| unded, however, to learn that i the child was not a boY but a girl. This unexpectedness of a girl-child so dumbfounded him that he could not move aD inch further, He thousht. a girl at the age of trvelve could hardly destroY him. But evil'i minded persons are alwaYs overpo'wered by greed and see i no guilt in the destruction of a famiiy or a nation. Such a de'|
I I I
I

it before.

i adverse omens.

mon was Kamsa. He visualisedl Drunk as hel

rvas

about the human welfare, he I lost his memory. I He was hot within himself to see the babY. He seized the sirl by the left foot.and'wanted to dash her to plecqs against ihe
I
I

with power and utterlv; L'llnd to the consequences I

s!.one-walls of the prison. As !e ioucherl her,'to the astorii.sh' ment of a1I present, the'babe slipped {rom his hand, rose Iike a flaming meteor and flew

who shall destroy you, O wick' ed diqtator, is growing to man' hood'in the'village of' Gokool across the Jumna" and vanisb'

away childingly saying, "Hei

ed in the blue sk1'. Frequently the Divine birth of Lorcl Krishna iS celebrated annually in our land for the
protection

desiruction-of
i age
I

the evil-doers; for the sake of establishing

bond

dj*

Soocl,,fol the(

righteousness, He is born from

to age. This is the mighty. of faith that has unifled I this sacred land for centuries. I As a matter of fact our conI ception of integration had a { firm foundation oI Faith or lDhaima. And wherever. is Kril'shna; assured. are thete prosperity, victory. and'haBpiness So the writer thinks

BHOPAL, SATURDAY OCTOBER 27, t962.

Mirabai Belonged To lligh

ne.eivii of the Youthful con,or1 of life she becarne firmlY

attachscl to

And

Noble Womanhood
,)o{# OF

the Supereme Lord-

MOST POPULAR FIGURE INDIAN HI5TORY

By: PROF VAMAN H PANDIT IIIRAB-A,I, tho mosL PoPular'
guis in the Indian history
-omrccted
-r clynasty an:-!

,ort of ]ife she became firmlY NIr -rrishna, and her. lovs 'ry45 transiormed into love-dovotio'n or Di ,,ins Love. She took wrth when

gtl she left her Parant's homs 1s

.nto the fo16 of her husband's to ,ramiXy her ewn tubary deitY
wl:om she owe6 a'll genuine love; -ind rvorshippe4 him with all the customary rites' "olemrrity of all enhance6 in fsrce *hich we,re rnd grace aftel her widowhood'

in
r.rf

rvortrklly bon6l5 rvith vaiorous deeds claims

.rrincqss of a rogal iine of the .,athod Rajputs of Marrval. She

"vas

.rt once as Poetess, martyr an'l ,aint, She belongs6 to that high .nd noble 11'qmanhood which is .ne glol'y of Upanishads. She rv:as born in a vilhge \udki itr 1403 A D. Shs was a

-r0l only tire attntion of Rajas.,an 'but of tire rvhole o1 Indis

th" lurm of Shri Krishla is ProperlY styled GIRDHA' 'nat RILALJI rvhom Mira adored
.1
tu,.,*r;

an4 worshiPPed; and this form is generally rePresented in a 1ic11e Is standing with the head slightlY

the daughter of Ratansingh' lost her mother early in lile. ine vVheu she canls of ags she was

:ent the lleft hand: balancing-.the well knor"'n mountain Goverdhan and the riglrt hand Plaf ino Dinoie, oI celestial sYmphcny on
he favourite
Miru'5
l

{trute.

married to the eldest son ,f llana Sang+ bY name Ehoi

,irth and bY wedlock to the main
cock of lunay an4 Solar dYnasies respectively. She q4as well ducated, an4 accomPlished in rts and craft, of her day. Later

homs after

marriage

.{aj the Sisodia Rajput Chiefs of ,r,lew1ad. Thu5 she behnged bV

rroved for her a life-longi source r{ grief and alistress. She never .ikect to ibe gaY or cheerful exeePt rr the grave adoration 9f her ce' iestial husband Lord Shri Krishna
,vho r.vas her everlasting solace lnd lvho5s devotion alone was capable of saving her from PhYsira1 troubles and secular grief ancl

..re was sent

to Chittor

where

-iy: IVAN. M. KHARTECHENG -" was her Parents ambition to

,ee her crowned a5 the Queer:' of

nisery.
Lty and

It

'"vas

this iovae rvhicl

.p.ened h,er eyes

to spiritual

bea-

.rlelvar after ths death of Sanga. jnfortunately she Iost her hus-

heavenlY mYsteries'

.land in the prime of

"iras r.endered a widow.

life

and

. The fervencY of her love ::r Shri Krishna heeame so great ncl overPowering that it allowed no intermission, It was a state ;f mind r'vherein the ttste of God
was so great so Pnr';, unblended and uninterruPted that it drew and absorbed the Polvr:r of the soul into a profor-rnd recolleclton, a state of con{idi,rrg and efiertir.r-

LOVE FOR KRISHNA

nate rest in the Lord Sulxeme. She excluded everYi.hing evely thought o{ wotdly exrstuncc in orlder to love with grt:art:r PuritY Irnd energy her s,riritrtrl lover

-a{)

rabai

Like Kabir and Nanak, Mirn'as onlY a devotrt wor-, shipPer b;t unlike them. shc could not found a religious sect nor had she any clcer conception to do so. It is said in.t. nor,ia"s was her" Guru or spiritual guide, who initiated her into Shakti cuit' Her 'Rag Govindr is a Poetic worh

of hish merit. Her verses steeped as it were, in the ferver ol her heart's devotion,

are frequentlY Q;oted and, recit.ld to this ciay with Sreat i dehght. These "sPiritual torrents" of Pure love and 'Iixed state" r,r'hich consirt in the compler.e iclentificati'on oJ hu- i
i
t

man rvill with trc w-ill ol God wtre and are an un{ail-l ing storc of slrength anci unity of culturc fol aII times' They still r,evelberate our urban hal}s and rural dales' These songsthave outlived the "Tower oi viclorY" at Chit-r
i
1

torgarh.

a fountain flowing with the watcrs of wisdom and d:Iieht andI she, "Iike a Poet hidden, singing hYmns unbidderr till thc world is wrought," sPontaneously burst into song$ of acloration and worshiP
Mirabai's PoetrY is

|
I

|
I

Mira's devotional son3S are sung with delight in most Hindu houses' As a Pioneer poetess of India, she deselves

I I

RUKMINH
PR.HNCESS-OS'
mfe PR&MIER 'September 8, 1975
:.'i

Pagg- 5

,,

..i".i,1

VIDAtrtsH&
By Varnqo H. pandit
girl

- Univereally acknowteaE. ed fact it is that a young

troves

but once and when

best to persuade

In vain did Rukmini try

she sets her

heart

maD she does the risk.

so

upon

whatever

brother, the Crown Prince of Vidarbha. .No brother',

shna, Prince

her

eldesi

cried'she,'I love Lord Kri-

lhe

Iong ago. Io those days, the maids of India married

v.ery

I am going to tell you bappened long

The story

'have given him my love and can never be give to

of

Dwarka.

for an audience with Lord Krishna After having shown due hospitality and courtesy to the Brahmin, Knshna

it

another.'

man

many a glorious deed of biavery and gallantry from

of Dwarke Frcquently she had heard

Rukmini, the youn! daughter of King Bhisma[ of Vidarbha. was' verv mucl v9tJ uqvl t rr sa very much pertutbed for she was to be 'tnafried to Prince Sishupal, son of the King of Chedrs, whom she did not love at all, for she had fallen in Iove with Krishna, Prince

whom

they

Rukmi was hot-headed and adamant like a rock. He flrmly and in high words told her, 'f strongly object to your proposal. I do not like that notorious Prince of Dwarka. Prince Sishupal is a better suiter than Krishna.

him, "Reverend sire, I request you to Iet me know the mission of

asked

sire, may

your visit?"

The Brahmin replied:. have brought a letter for you from Princess Rukmini,

'I

the only daughter

Bhishmak

own

father's court. Never did she see him,but she liked to listen to the stories cursentjn the town about him. She, therefotc, made up her mind te marry him. - the She thought he was only prince. in the land worthy-She ofher hand. is hadn{five brothers. She sought their help to win Krishna as her husba. nd. Rukmi, the eldest brother, did not like her choice tLough the rest of the four brothers agreed. [Ie advised, the king, their

peisons who

visited

her

[Ie might be able to hclp her. She thought and so

she sent

find her way to winthe -man she loved. She remembered an aged Brahmin wlo was in her father's court.
and that she must

Rukmini knew that all the odds were against her

from one of the folds of his garment aod handed it to Krishna. It read as
follows:

(modern Berar ) but he has betrothed his daughter to Pnnce Sishupal, son of the King of Chedis, whom she dislikes very much. He took out the letter

of

of King Vidarbha

for him. ' "Most lovely Princess,?' the Brahmin said, "I am ready to help ,oii. --Please
command."

'My Lord, I have listened to the tales of your splendour and prowess. ,My
conduct might seem to You unmaidenly in approaching

''I want You to take a letter from lre to Prince Krishna of Dwarka'"
'l he Princes thereuPon the handed fhe letter Brahmin who Promised: ltill be in Dwaiaka with'

you in this Banner but most worthy Prince, you

I am are the cause of sure you would never deny

to

it.

to

ii

in no time."
B

father, to marry his Eirter to another young wooer, namely Prlnce Sishupal, son -The of the king of Chedii. kiog agrecd.

I I I

de as fast as he could.The wav was long and not free fro-m danger. when he re' requested ached the-rc

The faithful Brahmin

who brings her heart to you. It is a right of a girl to choose herown husband as a husband chooses his own girl to wed with. I pray you not to deny this right to a girl who loves you ardently.

girl

hc

'I can thiqk of rothing you. I PraY to accePt -" eise I shail become the i'ir.'--o1 sithuPal whom I a'Joot wish to- wed. It is
but

settled. Do not ask mY iainer ror mY hcnd. Come Gii, o unittainable Lord,

Gisi. ,i ut uy in yoirr arms' A dav ori6r to mY weddtng iihitt go to worshiP. at the

the aPPointed day for my wedding and carrY

Snfo. 5f goddess Ambika ,t-in"t tifre, come and seize me. If vou will not come, I shall die of sorrow.' Krishna read the leller over and over again' He' re'r/as a strange lequest to save a maiden from an un*uot"a matoh. But he had
alreadv fallen

'do ssion to receive and honoor to his would-be sonin-larv. Rukmini sat in her Pa' lace in desPair. It was the 'wedding daY. Lr. her "f of thoughts crowAll kinds ed in her mind. She tho,nnt about the old Brah*'io rrt the old man had
ccrme back. She felt doubtlul whether Prince Kristina had got the letter

Krishna'?
eagerly.

she enquired

ed the Brihmin. 'Krishna is already here. He is now in the city.' He thereafter narrated all that had taken place at Dwarka.

'LovelvPrincess' rePli'

not

out

me and form

s.ding

in love withher, for the fa'

oioot. If-h;had ir ni,-rt would he

received

ito* the citizens of "ri, Owarka. At last he said

io tne Brahmin;'I shall-gg io Viaartna and carry -her
awaY like a

iirut

girt

had reached his

of this beau'

Perhaaboul her request ps he mignt reject her !and-' 'ui ir.ri, tfoughi what a flood of tears she let loose.

think

Krishna too announced his arrival to Ktng Bhismak who save him a rrght roYal rec"oiion. He aiong wrth his Yadav knights entercd
the citY which was gailY-de-

is close at liand'; the Brah' min remarked. rWe muet start immediatelv,'Krishna said and so i"viog he bade his charioter io'ui-reaAv with the swift-' lit or .tttitt. He also took *ith nirn a strong bodY- of iuaara knrghts. Along *itn tU" Bra[min, this co:

leaf wanted bY the wind.' ,The dav of her wedding

All at once her left eye besau to throb. It was a haip. omen. Just then a *il'at servant announced that x Brahmin had come

corated with ar:hes, flags and banners for the weddEarlier Pri' iog "t."rooY. stressed his .r"i Krisnna-

own

short dialogue the viows he nitO auout the rights of women to choose their own

noint indirectlY in a

ce. :At

6ad v;as seeking her audien' once he was shown

husband. TheY too ought to ttuvu equal rigUts and

opportuniies

along

with

'Did

You

meet Pfince

.meo.

fifl "i[,u',1llB:t,.H.if'l
pu-r

ction Prince ShishuPal ac: royat companied bY his

went out in a

just in time. From the oPPosite -dite'

i;thil;tit.6 near the walls ;f th; titv. King Phismak

grand Proce'

As she had told Krishna in her letter Rukmini went out that day at sundown toworship at the shrine of
Goddess

to her just near thc templesteps. Krishna looked at her for a moment. He was bewitched by her beauty. Iheir eyes'met for a while. She blushed deeply throw-

Ambika.

She was

sscompanied by well-armed men'and her palanquin was wetl guarded and many of oung friends went with
'r

of Vidarbha into his chari--.. at and eatried her away. frr.ed thou knowest how Again and again he loI lfave loved thee and if I oked at her when they sat havedone aoything to win together in the chariot. He thy favour, please. grant me thought her beaty most enthe boon that Prince Krish. chauting. It was, he thou. na whom I love . intemely" ght,:the loviliest feoale be my husbaand.' figugeand form that he had She came out of tho evr seen, Bolh of them inner temple and went out- silently gazed anJ gazed side with her two friqnds,. at pach other. -"- At tast Coming down thc steps she Kiiqflnri broke th,i sl:snce and.said, I loved you b. fore suddenly espied a golden chariot carrying, high g flag I could see vou.' with ao eagle on it. . .-r : 'Dearesf lore' she said The chariot ,came- ploqe : 'We are not strtpgers, Per' Devi

smile which played upon her face. Immediately he lifted the most beautiful maiden

the

ing sidelong glances at him. He looked and looked at

sunmest

and warmest

Ambika,'

she

a thundering noise. Ruknri ni prayed Krrshna not r., kill her brother. At lengr6 thc births gone by' Krishna struck him sofiiy Sishupal was furious on the h-ad with his sword when he came to know about Then and there he feli down the development. He saw on the ground uncorcious. from a distance that his Krishna- tied him rvrth would be bride was being and let hirn go. It isa ropo . carried away before hrs own Rukrni lelt so crest saiil fallen eyes. He pursued the cou- that he did not so back to ple at full speed with his bis father's kingdom but picked armed men and over- went away somewhere elie took them. Instantlv thb to an unknown destinatian Yadav knights of Krishna He.was ndver seen charged them. Tbev were perhaps he died of again, s[octi slaughtered and defeated ere and shame. they could reach Krishna's Krishna oltered Dwaraka eharlot. triumph-antly. He was greeRukmini's brother Rukmi ted by the citizens with ihoflew in rage and raced furio- uts.of joy. His wedding u-sly after the fugitiver-his with Rukmini was celebratid sister and her captor. Kris- o-n an auspi;ious day. Thrce hna challenged him to a thousands year have passed single combat. Rukmi accsrnce the story of Krishna epted it He jumped from aud Rukmini is still listened his chariot and drew his with joy by young and olds.wold. It was a dazz'ing socs and daughters of India.
where though I do not reme-mber the place might be in
some-

haps we

have

met

duel.

Swords clashed

wit[

KT..

P. CtrKONNCLE

BHOPALi SEPTEMtsEn

1962.

Shri Ganesha & Kobir's Scarf

By Vam,an H. Pandit, Indore Long long ago, Karnal a Mus lim r,veaver, rvho was carrYing
the banks of tlie Ganges to rvash he looked Cou'n he happened to see a shell. ll': waded in the water, oPened ihe shell and looked in' There, his eyes beheld a babe and his heart was full of joy like a rnan without making any efforts finds a nidden Bringing the irnages oI there gods before his mind he clo,;ed both his eyes. His mother came to him and triecl to awaken hirn, She said, "Kabil I clo not know

on his

daily

business; came to

his thread. As

store o{ wealth.

his garment and hastened 't'o his home. With heart over'{lowirrg with ioy he said to his wi[e., "I
have founcl a babe in the Gangcs

He wrapped the babe

rrP

He thouqht his mothel worrld rvhip him he came to self-ttnsciousness and began to rveave a hand-breadth of cloth But a11ain he lost himself in deep thought. [Iis God Shri Rama said to himself "My devotee has lost trim-

what has hapnened to vou

no.,v.'

Now it was evening. The baynr People began to dwindle, Kahir looked about him and said .All the people have gone to thcir homes and the scarf has no rus. tomcr, Jf a go back to rny honrt:, my mother rvill eive me a souncl whipping.' So he continued sittin.l caimly chanting the narne-s of Slrrr Rama a.ud Shri Krishna .r.nd S,rri
Canesha.

;'n

self in

contemplating

Me.

jIe

requestecl Shri Krishna rnd Shri Ganesha to sit at his loom and t I weave a scarf of gold. So Kabir's

of pelfect

beauty and enclowcd

rlcar

favourite Gocis Shri Rama and Shri Krishna ancl Shri Ganr:sha

with thirtytwo qualities. My

She nursecl the child.

take cirre of it.' Hearing this his wife's lrreast swellecl with miik.
Vaishnava was brought

sit clown turn by turn tho garment.

to

weave

It{uhammadan family therefcte the name of Krrbir was given to hirn. His father ancl mother lov;cl him intenselv. Even while a batre he astonished eveyone by i'is keen intelligence and devotion to

uP n

great ltre

During the weaving lr.oeess Kabil lost himself nlrri:), titles and at every tiinc the Gods sat down to lv,.;ave
trt Kabir's loom. Thus Kabir
garment. Kabir
and

to tle Brahman. - Then a Fakir hands a

Just then a Brahman came ancl in a distressed voi:e 'I am old helpless and poor. I have no clothes to rvearl. lt is vei'y, very cold. If you have arry garments give me some.' So K,rbir tore his scarf iind Strv one preert
spoke to him

carrying irr

rosary came

Shli Rama and Shri Krishna ancl Shri Canesha toqetlrer wove lire [o his mother.
came into tho house ancl ;ave

test the huth. When goid s seen to be dimmed in lustre. it is rub. bed on a testing stone. He saicl to Kabir, "Give me at once il garment. God is u'ithout for.m ancl without qualities. you have fcr.

to

hrs
i.o

him

hkl,.:cl it

up,

it

him and rvorship Shri Rama riill

Shr:i Krishna ancl Shri Ganesl.r Kabir replied: "seated equ.rilv il

gotten this. Why do

vour

llave

As he grew uP in stature his parents married him, The mother and father taught Kabir irow to carry on his h'ade but he wotld

GoC.

The mother said to him, "Co norv into the market and quicklv sell the scarf trnd come back rvitir
moner.,'

Iorm and at the

sess qualities

all beings is He. To be .,.itt,rut

same time

p,._rs-

not take it to heart. He vzorrid give no attention to a btrsiness life. His mental mnke-uP rvas cf a singular type and so his l:usi' ness declined, As thele is Peroe' tual enmity between Poison aud

out anv difference between therl.

both can exist rvith

tal

nectar, so there is alwaYs a rirenopposition betrveen r','rrdly riches ancl the supreme spiritrrnl
riches.

Kabir was always engtosscd irt deep thinking about God l'rhile his business prosperity grew less The people Iaughed at him' "You have taken God io youl heart and so has come about this conditiorr of self-neglect. It cloes not air' pear how you will continue to carry on your household allaits. Having overheard this talk of neighbours his parents rubbed paste on the threads and ire was made to sit at the loom but he I was not able to think of himseif' fle was entirely lost in the '"vcr'

the I replied. He went and sat cloth-rnarket. Hc closcd !r is cyes I I and brought to his nrind tht, forms of Shri Ililrnir i1n(l SIui I I Krishna and ShLi Ganr sha. IIr Iost sclf-consciousnr.ss ancl ronlirr. rred singing irnd chanting th.: I names of the Lords with his liDri. Hc forgot entirely that he nlA come to sell the scarf. But no

K.rbir J "I will go the nrarket,',n

bir
/ho

reply, "If you have got iny g.lr. ment givs it to rne c1uickll,.' Ka.
hartenecl

unmanifested Eternal Being has taken for his rlevotees.' To these u,ords Fakir said in

ed it does not therby loss its character of being butter. So dre

If

the butter is hardened or raelt-

him and gave it to the !.akir lnci

departeC.

of the scarf u,.hich remained rvith

Now Kabir sat down silerilv for the concem which he ieit when no customer appeared for the purchase of the scarf tlisappeared from his mind. Now he was in a joyful mood and sat

to

remove the half

of buying the

customer came

for the

;lurDoje

scarf.

The reason was it seemecl tc the- would be purchasers ls they looked at it from a distance as heing too costly for tJrem. It seemed of a very high value an"l
customers glanced

' ship of his favorrrite Cod

Ganeshrt.

SLar)

Rama and Shri Krishnn nnd ShLi

one looking at it. When unflotletl it appeared thrit the eye is pa:;s. border was of blue shinging rirrgs as the earth Iooks to a astronaut

ed of a diflerent nature to every

garments.' When many ,ttrsr,:ai instruments are being lourlly pia. yed spacs seems to take thcir very form; so Kirbir's cloth seenr-

miration. The customers l.eg,rn to look at one anothe, ard mtjiered, "Kabir weaves very lostly

at

it with atl_

chanting the name of Shri Rarra ancl Shri Krishna and Shri Ganesha "May God Bless them who

need the garment', he

himsel!.

said

to

i and

The Brahaman went to l(abir"s house. He called his mother and told her wbut had happen:d. He said, "Your son srlt in the bazaar
cuslorner$

came and

arked

ing through twinkling stars. It

despite thi5 ungsrnm.n beauty it had no weight at all rvhen taien

in hand.

r---w,ould not reply to them accl kept mum. Whcn the bazaar rv.rs over for thg day he called one Brahman, tore his scarf in lialf trnd gavs it to him. A F.akir then called for the rest r:f the scarf and he at once gave h:rn the other half. I sarv fr.;m :r dis. tance what was taking place :ru.,l

--.
to rvhip him.' the
wrth
rnother"

I ffr"
which

him the price of the scalf lxrt t e f

r

your son."I see nothinE

Brahman 5aid, "Nsw tirLr: the cane in your ha.od nnd punr;r

snicl. Tl-re Brahman g:rve her i cane. She began to beat him nrr-

qrily. The Brahrnan felt oity rrnd said "Enough, enough. motr.1er.
Please stop strikinq him.'

have come here to te1l you. It is the earnest u'ish of mv h:art

mother Kabir will not put iris mind to worldly afiairs.' Hearing lhese rvords o{ []re Brahrnan Kabir's mothel. Ijlrew vely trngry. She said. "When he comes home I will give him a
sound beating.'

that you may he orosperlerl but

my test. I shall never forget _v.ou as a mother never forgets her chilcl. Now, I wiil put you in thc depths of my heart always look. ing on you with the sye of Iavour. So saying he cast aside iris
Blahman guise and plesented be. fore the mother. and her son. -.The Pervader of the Universe?and showed them his three fo,rms one by one as Shri Rama and Shri Krishna and Shri Ganesha respec.
t rve

Kabir

The Brahman then turned

to

ancl said "You have stocd

"He rvill not conle horne ciurckly, the Brahman said, 'c.,rne along with me, I u.ill show you
where he is sitting. Then iakitrg the old woman by the hand tire Brahman wolked with her. renrC-

your scarf when you were deeply

engrossed

am the Brahman, I am the Fakil and Shri Rarra became the weaver and we togethel wove

"I

ly,

ly. Both of them canre to

the

chanting

peating with his lips the

sness,

place where Kabir. was seated re-

uf God ]ost iu his self -conscrouThe Brahman pointed

Ka.

songs

bir out from a furloag. He th:n stood and saw tte amusing scele. at once, I shall punish you.' He was so deep in lhought that he clid not recognize the lact that his mo,ther and a Brahman ka.l
arriverl.

We wanted to test you and voiur mother,' said Shri Rarna rnd prc. , sented them rvjth his full vicrr. as if it ivas a dazzling lustre o{ a billion of suns and in the mirl'rt

ou1. llames.

the scar{

The mother said to him "Briirg

if

you do not bring

ii

Kabil and his rnother seeing the Supreme Lord before them Lr,uched his feet. The Lord gal..j tl'rem both a loving embrace ar:,d said, ''Keen thoughts of .ne ir)
your h-eart. "Thus speakine the Life of the World disaopeired.

oI Shri Rama and Shri Krishna and Shli Ganeshe alternr[r:iv.

of this ltqht anpetred the

imag,,s

SHRI RAIVIKRISHN^A, PA

A fflodern Saint lYho Saw

'The, Divine fflother
Prof. Vaman H .Pandit
At school Gadadhar made a fair progress except mathematics. It is said he did not like His father and to study but he took deiight though accustomed rnother, aIto the visitiful eyes-long dark eYes, full in the rhapsodists who used tation of Gods, regarded the lightr' obliquely set and of to go round the vilIage, ln child's traDsports with fear.,I slightly veiled-never verY those days, reciting mytholu- But apart from these strange wide open, but seeing halfgical stories fro'm the epics phenomenon, he was a Bormal closed a great distance both and Puraaas. Sometimes he child like others aad enjoyed' outwardlY and inwardlY. His used to enact in the village perfect health. His elever finrnouth half oPen oYgr his dramas without any stage-set- gers {ashioned Gods from white teeth in a bewitching ting. It was his pastime to clay; the heroic deeds of the smile, at once affectionate and repeat such roles before his heroes of Ramayan blossomed mischievous. He is Shri Ramfriends al$ost verbatim. He in his mind, he sang divinely krishna Paramahansa, a Bost had a wonderful power of the pastoral airs of Lord Shri familiar figure everYwhere in getting by heart what he Krishna; aad sometrmes he India. heard only once. From the took part in the discussions village potters he learnt the of learned Een and astonishAt Kamarpukar, a village in art of moulding images ol ed them by his wisdom. His Belrgal, set in the midst of gods and goddesses. From the p,alrn trees, pools and rice. soul was like a Proteus Pospainters he le,arnt how to sessed of assuming the roles fields, lived a pious and poor old Brahmin cou.Ple. They, paint these fiSures, Constant whom he saw or i:nagined. It study of these subjects made was this singular tact whieh were the deeP devotees of Lord Shri Rarnchandra. The. him to concentrate his atten- manifested later i:r his life child whom the world was to ffiehiml for espousing all the souls in know as Ramkrishna was forgetful of the wortd ana the wor1d. born in this f.ami\r on Februthrew him into deep thinking I After the deattr of his faary 18t 1836. His cradle name and later these thoughts threw, ther, his eldest brother R.amwas Gadadhar. As a child he' him into frequent trances. kumar looked after him. At was IulI of fun and iife, misThis is a psychic phenolnethat ttme there was a rich chievous and charming with non. woman, named :Raui Rasuani, a feminine grac,e which he Inr, addition to this quality She founded a temple to the Inaintairred to the end of his Gadadhar had man6r good Great Goddess Kali, at Daklife. gifts. He had fair clear skin, shineshwgr, on the eastern I beautiful flowing locks, attracbank of Ganges, four miles Stories About tive smile, charming voice and off from Calcutta Sire was on independent spirit. He always tJ:e lookout of a Brahuin to Childhooil played tri;ant from school and serve in the temple as lts lVhat stories are told about lived as free as ait and re- priest. She had considerable his childhood? Gadadhar rnained ]ike a child to the difficulty in finding a Proper w,as the fourth of five childend of his 1ife. He refused to u,an. His eldest brotber reren. His father died when he learn anything iu school. He signed himseU to it and when was seven years old. As a was aclored and Petted bY the he died, Ramkrishna took his child of eight years old, his womea and girls, perhaPs, p1ace. At that tlme he was biographers tell us stories they found something of their twenty years oId. LitUe did about his frequent ecstasies own in liim, At the age of the young Priest knew ttrat when he played diffbrent roles thirteeq he Piayed the roles in the village dramas with the of Lords for Himself*the he had elected to serve a ter' rible mistress, who alwaYs boys of his own age, his behighest comedY of the unisat on a trger and true to saY ing was possessed bY the verse. It is alwaYs the sYmthat this Great Goddess PIaYroles of gods and goddesses bol of art and of love. ed with him for-teu long enand he lost himself in the chanted years. And there gIory of God. He was transflocked couniless Pilgrims of ported like GanYmede bY the all qastes and creeds aud Eagle carrYing the thunderbolt-he was thought to be
homes and temPles we see a Picture of a small brown man with a short beard and beau-

Often in our hearths and

Parents'Fear

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dead.

d" eye}dl -" : of repulsi^. --\-and tasffibtion rhir 1;*pi; i stiu i.

i j ed

with spires and within it I dwells the sovereign deity_ I the Queen of the world ana I :j-r*^"l"^t Tlg: gl basalt_f the
Goddess

tence with five domes crown_

"*iJ

garden ,and two ponds on ! north and the east. , Beyond the garden thene are five sacred trees, 'planted by Ram.krishna ealled panchvati. On this spot he spent ?ris Iivelong day in meditation and prayer to the Mother and below the waves of the Ganges sang their intoxicating song. Ramkrishna passed his days and nights in the continual PrEsence of his Beloved-..My

versal Mother. To tJre west ot I the temple there is a beautifur i

Kali-the

Uni_

his inner vision became outwardly maniJest. He had the complete vision of the Mother before him. He listeued her. Ife saw her, As she walked the rings of her gDklets rang. He saw her with flowiag locks On the terrace of ttre temple, watching the Ganges

and gradually the radiance of

was uninterrupted like the flow of the river. E\^entually he was identified with her

Mother". Their

intercourse

flow thro.ugh the beautiful night down to the distant Iights of Calcutta. Love-Madness

of love was a crying scandal. For a short time he was sent i back to his home at xamarpukar. His mother wished hirn to be married, hoping
that marriage would cure him of his divine achievehent He was maried (1859) to a girr of Mukhop,adhyaya f,amily named Saradamani. Afterwards she was known by nalare of Saradadevi. ft was a urrion of souls and repained unconsurnmated Later in life she recognised hirn as her guide and put herself at his service. This marriage proved the truth of the great Upanishadic dictum that a wife is dear to the husbaad not as wife but as his own Atman, iand the husband is dear to the wife not as husband but as her own Atman. Thus the ,ultimate objective of a married Ufe was rgvealed and demonstrated in this twin Personality in a lnanner rinprecedented in the annals of

To most people bis madness

mankind. It is a wonderful of llvw LUE LwgJqEqr Iusqduue instance vl how the coniugai

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relation between the husband and the wife, wnen spifltua-' lized, can be the mear

Shri lRa,,rkrishna Pararnahansa

(Contd: Frore page E Col. e) rnany words which had the Yictory to Bhagwan Shri krishna came in contact with power of enthralling men and Rarnkrishna. His spirit had two persons. One was a lady wohen. I{is speeeh had the departed to travel along the known as Bhqir'syi Bra-bmani wealth of spiritual experience; path of collective li{e in the the inexhaustible store of si- veins of humanity. He -the Brahrnin Nun and the mitre and metaphor, the un- indeed, messeng:er from 1ryas, other one was {fo{a puri, God kaown as the Naked Man_aDi equalled powers of observa- arrlved and b5r hls own life extraordiaary VedAatic asce- tion; the bright and subtle gave a treEendous impetus

tic. Both of tlrem fieii to ini_ tiate hirn iu their owrr way. The Nun made him to jo back over the road to knoi_ ledge whieh he had atreaAy

licity of sympathy and

humour; the wonderful e,atho-

supercoasciousness.

mind. She recognised in him ,an Incarnation of ,the Diviait] and insisted that the theologists should give recogniliou to the new Avatar. While the Naked Monlr hught him the cardinal vrylues of absolute Non.Dualish (the aA_ vaita), that is,. nothiug but one unique Reality exists to the exclusion of ewery other. The doctrine of .See the Self aad be the Self,,-Tat tvam asi (.Thou art that.) But for both the Gurus in learning process the disciple far optstripped his masters. He fuily stood the trial of various Sa- I madhis, particulariy the Nir- I vikalpa bamadhi-a state of
I

traversed. She enlighteuea his

the Prophets like him supplernent eeaseless flow of wisdom. The but they do not su,pplant. By following were and are the their own example they rewords of deliverance he ear- vive the forgotten spiritual ried to tJre masses; truths and agai:r proclairn

to fndia's future

renaissance.

succeeded, not only in one Sadhana, but in aLl. Mooks, sages, sadhus, visionaries-a1l calBe to seek his advice. Noi a few people spoke of the ,fascination produced by the appearance of the tnatr, $/ho

spread {ar and wide. People came to see this wonderful man, who had

Fame Spreads Now his fame

had taken birth with lolden radiance of his bod;r burut and purified in the fires of
ecstasy.

was and is his swan song ? He told people in Bengali of e homely kind with a slight bri -deughtful stanmer in so

teach his disciples? ,Or what

What did Shri

Rlamkrlshna

*Dualisbx, (quaIified., Monism and absolute Monism, arE the The Supreme Sage stages on the way to supreme truth. For the ordinary peo_ ofHe was the supreme sage his day. The name of Ple, who are attracted thro- Rarnkrishna Paramahansa Sbri ugh the senses, a dualistic been carried as one has of the form of religion with ceremo_ magnificent beads in the ronies, music, images and. symsary of saints of India flt to bols is useful, One is like a be chanted and called for the good servaat who takes care ,attainment of salvation. His of a house although he is name is like a FoIe Star to aware that the house is not guide his. Religion is a path which any all oI us lrrespective ot faith or creed. leads to God, blt a path rs not a house. By purity and Right from the dawa of I love,..step by step, salvaflon history to the present 4ayr inspite of many changes this can be achieved." aneient thread of religion And above aU he r,aught to continues to run oa and the the world his word of truth credit of upholding rhis marcontaining all others. The vellous continuity ln Eaith, word was and is ,Llniversal,- from time to time, goes to the Union and Unity of al1 the saints of India and Shri the aspects of God; of all the Ralnkrishna belongs to that transports of love and know- glorious galaxy. This I'aittn ]edge; of all forms of huma- endures today and. is the basis nity. Until then nobody had of Indian Unity. lt"nis k our. sought to realise, more than divine inheritance. Is it not one aspect of Being. That wonderful to think that we was and is and in the days are the legatees of this sacred' ahead the duty. lfho can deny FaithE aith ?r this is not the duty of the nu- Sueh was'Universal the great saint of clear age? India whose teachings have Sunday, August 15, 1886 becoine immortal. We need: was the final day of his ecs- his word today for achleving tasy. He said: "Itre had passeil the integration of our eormfrom oae roou to the other.,' ffir - r*,*".r.--,....,.*-. .r.-**.i

ding to the aeeds of tirne, ('A1I religions are true in '(Devotion to one's own ideal their essence and in the sin_ and sympathy for those of cere faith of their believers,,, others," was the tnatchless he said, rrThe three great or- message delivered by him ders of metaphysical thought often and often.

Religious Truths

them before tJre worJ.d, ?ccor-

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16,

Swami Yivekananda& Diviure

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achieved during the . ciose of the nineteenth cen- r tury was the spiritual message of i

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EIis Message
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phdtic eye that the young man ot '123 had the necessary energy and ,onstructive genius. "The dayllzhen Naren comes in contact", he said.
,

I rus

lraJLLr

rraq

rursnslu

wlllr

pru:

;xlt;$:U.:.tl*l'ru;'*,{': mtrod of infinite compassion." Afhis Mother India. in all her tagit

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\r/ things

flNE or

Prof.'Yaman H. Pandit
the most

remarkabre
humanityl

i""fffL*i;,.. his mission.tq g-".:r H;"f?":" #:ft';i,i'"#11,i1';

,

the Universal Gospel of

cagc

delivered by a young Indian at the I Parliament of reiigion held at Chi-

li'We are the greatest Gods. Christs Christs

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(USA). "Never forget the glory 9f human nature" he said.

ir for him. and among the living, there was one Pavhari Baba. i.{aren went to find him during the pcriod (1888) of uncercairrtS.. , He .visited him daily and *-as on the verge of becoming his foiiower
defined

and Buddhas are but waves on the j borrndless ocean which I,am." The credentiiral tfre young man had no credenti'al with him from any group oi soci solciety in India. He was overwheimI ed when he reached America. He

and demanding initiaion of him. This torment of soul lasted for I several v.'eeks. Naren \,vas torn beI tween the tu'o mystic appeals of Shri Ram-akrishna and. Pavhan Ba, ba. The latter ri'ould have satis- i
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cabied to his friends in India for ihelp and applied to an official reliI I

him a grant. The chief of the sol ciety replied, "Let the devit die of I cold". But Fate helped him as it
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gious sociery that

it might make to

fied his passion for the Divine Gulf, wherein the indiviCual soui renounces itself and is entirei-v abr sorbed with<-rut anl' thcugbt of re-, lturn. And he rvould have appeasedl
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has always helped thbse who

-.rtri" ii i*"-i Vivekai nand. He wai a disciple of Shri great ' Ramakrishna Paramhansa-a i sase and saint of India. He was of India- He was i sage I his master and he thought of transI lating his Master's thought into livi-ng action.i Vivekanand w-as not his name I but his real name was Narendranath Dutt. He belonged to a respectable family of warrier caste. , His master always called him NarI endra or more shortiy Naren. Shri lRamakrishna never gaye monaqtic; names to his d i s ciples. .He never initiated any body in the formal ceremony 1of sannyqsa, _on-the other hand lhe -said, "He who-feels a strong de-' j tachme-nt from life and an intense I thirst for God, can take the SanI nyasa alone, even without formal I initiation. This was doubtless the I case with Naren. But he gave Na' rerl a cognomen of 'Karnalak-sha' lotus-eyed-. The.young man had an aversioh for this name and dropp, ed it immediately. interesting qlory | auoul IllS is an During frLs plerlml. Thqle preliTii about his nallle. uufurE, his !ame. nary travels across this country he appeared under difterent names in order to conceal his identity. But on the gve of ,his depa_rture to Amerlca, erica, the Maharaia of Khetri sugMahara,.a ot gested to him,. the name Vivekananda.. The Maharaia was his great
friend and the choice of the
ip.o:ver.

i rur lfoi

how to helo rhemselves. rire man whom we musr

know

the remorse, alwaJ's gaarling at Naren's heart, for turn:ng aw'a}' from ithe world and social service: 1or. he professed the faith that the spirit can help others s'ithout help of i

thank'

,ioncent.ation. What religious spi-i

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33,11;ilo*ilir'?f.T3!, llH::i
rit
has

not heard this roice rtith its

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deadly

| Naren was for twenw-one davs. , within an ace of yielding. But tor' It*Jniv-on. nighis the-vision of lshri ft.amkrishai came ro drax. I him back. In the end after an inI ner strussle of the urmost inrensiI tv. whoiJ vicissitudes he alwavs
lcbnsisrentlv refused ro reteal. ire
made his 6hoice forever. He chose I the service of God in man,
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S6nVICE OF a{.r N "ro-rrE ^r 1f{l'i

attractions?

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During his whirlwing tour across j tf,ii lrii.ri- U"a. ti "t jrr;r;d'-; i be the p.uest of the Maharaia of -near jaipur (1891) and ar lKhetri 'dancer gave him !little charming I all unwittinglf a Iesson irihumiliry. . When she XJneare,l to dance lrt dance .iri appeared , ilcourt. the saftron robed monk rose court. siition I to so out. The Maharaia beeeed I f,itri to remain. The liitte aailer i
i
r

name

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rirg l" iweii -,.o

Lord, Iook not upon my j evil qualitiej Thy namg, b Lorri, is same-siehtcdness. One drop of I ' *"i"i is Tn rhe sicred ;u-mna and another is IOUI in the ditch iS foul in ditcn
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melodious

tooes.

ioadside. But when thev i lul into the Ganees both alikL i become holy. 56 Lord, do notl

frn

th"

.of discriminSJion' .pos.sess, ed by him. It seems Narendra liked -name. j this name. He accepted it proviprovithis have sionally, but he could never have
9h,alged it, even

i*,ii.-iji."*ria;;i-f;iii;ipr.ir"al "t Tl"-"uii' l".iie,i,? J'ir,i, fi ;;i;; I ; -IIis

i

Naren was completely overwhei-;

i*k-np";" mi- evil qualities! j ls I',ty nade. 1',tv name, O Lord ts same sigh- i tedness.,'

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jacquired a world wide celebrity. Tlie The name given by the Maharaja lhas lived long and it will ever live ,long, The name has made a histo-

Yqteq to, for within a,few months it had

rv.

if

he had

mission was, in his life. I ievJatea to him bv the dancer. "i."'i".rU.A-iii liri*il i""rJ" fii.i iManv vears later he recalied it I with- emotion and said to his friwlitr einotion jends," sinners are.potential saints." i l--e*ottii .ueni ii, nis young age' I haooened at Cape Comorin which onlired his evis. he viewed the evEs. oolired niost enchantrni panorama of Sunfr.Jejf-UA*G inystery.. Soon he saw the vision of his mission and he felt withia bimself. Tberealtel
" point
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iifted rrP his eYes to tne to the land beyond -the-.seas' """"o from Indii to the westl;;;;;"i rn I ur" wbrld began to take sllape ne I t i. mind. At Porebander, whe.re I U"e* to learn French a mendtcanr to so to the west ' iii[iainlof , iti',"." Ht. ii,olgh*t. "the Gaspel i vedanta" would be better unoer| .tiif iitun in liit o*n countrv' He "")iJ tt.r"t bY hearing his remark 'fi und u.grn to turq the matter over i. ii. fi]"a. At Khandwa (M'P') in i'riJ'lriiv"rJtumn of- I892 he heard ii-"-iuiriitn"nt of Religions to be i held under the following Year at l't"rriu*i,-iusa i89l) and. Iis ftrst 'thougLt was how he mrght taKe
ses? He

he Vowed to dedicate his life'to rhe unhappy muiTluuruo Bur how could he helP the mas-

off the rorm-alitY J.i;;;;. ;;;;;i ;i-it;' Consress andlangua3e for " in the to sPeak ^to Ir,.' *uti.. , *t-rich thev were thirsty. He greetI in lhe name of the "i",q-"iiiu"s ilonastic "ord91 in I;;';;;i;tiiie-world the Vedic-order of "SanHe Presented Hinduism ';:;;
,

Hardlv had he Pronounied the veiy siniple openi"ng. world "Sisters ,rrd tstoiners of America" thouin their sears and app.r"'ar"irioi. larrded.'Vivekananda was the hrst

l'ufi*:lrtt[.
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r.i" ]"tllna ine Maharaia listened. to -[im and aPProved his view Potnt' , ih" rrnrt i.-rja arranged everything I for his western tour' EIe 'D;*;;-i; escort himgave- n1m tP B9S;i,;; ii;".;ii;;; he embarked the shiP'
t

went to Khetri, where

"uisi"l'. nl"in.i ol relisions. which hid taueht them the double PrettflX....rr I and u-nderstaad one
,

anotherli' He quoted two beautiioiou.iue.t from the sacred books' i'*:'Wrro."u.t comes to me. through
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whatsoever forrn, -

: w;i;';-a"lrmbiuo
.

tn tft" robe of red silk and ochre l;r;d;; and- ttie name of VivekanI anda. '"i,i'e*"ti.r, he never Passed i I ,"i*t * unnoticed bui fascinat!d'"r"*uoay even while he was -11". visited Chicaco ald iir.it*ir. ExPosition' The
exhibited man's
mate-

l-r''rr-t" iim" of dePartttre, fre Put

I reach him" and' u." struggling qhro-ugh, paths which in the end leacl tY Mtv'ir.t rnunaa alone ,Pou" of ad't rh.i;'G;A;;A etnuru.ld them ail , in Universal Being. ---liernendous got
;;eit--.n."
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His 'bv an oiange cord, his great Yellow raven 'turban. accentualed the cornp' tii.ti bt his hair, his olive "aart.eyes his red,llps I i""ioi iris' i r"a rrii notle stature lent colour It - ,li to the Parliament of Religions' to *rs the first time that he had of ;;;;k-b.6r; iuch an assemblY i learned men and women represenI tine each and everY faith in the ; woitd. Most of the delegates read iLtro;'. .rcclhes from written text il;.'viv;kil;da had prepared noi,,,rle. gur thrn when he addresshis sPeech was "a-irr"-erilritine' rmg. -tiEC_qlSqgqg

't?J ,otrli;'*ina to give to the It csr-ihe sPiritual ' I Vedanta PhilosoPhY. . message ot ' this I ;;;;c;i ;ll th.- de,l.gut.'' gLai slrange young man. drew the i ;;;";i itre a"ssembled thousands' at the walsL
red robe, drawn in

. "*ooiitiot .i"i-pr"gi.tt. His eyes were dazzl' i il'r;;i,t He thougtit what-me-ssage ii ;rl8he sive 10 thb West? He

from ovation he thJ learned delegates and others at i'ti. *"tta religi6us congress. Vivekananda the unknown, became weII ''uit ou"t the world ovei[io*n nieht. tt was a most singular achii" those daYs of slow "u-"*"ni communication. He sPent t}.e ilext

two vears in America, iraivelling acrosi the coniinent, teaching and oieicfrine and imPressing the Amwith his message or ".i..6 slouds t"ie ina the history of India. Thus h. bJ.o*" the r,r-an of the hogr' tir. e*eri"unS calied his "the Iishrning orator." "
sage

Thui lived and died a great of Modern India Swami Vive[.]lina, a name tg 99qnt withand whose message ot Untversat uosand divinitY of ,.i-:'it Ll""- i."quaiity itill ieverberating from
all the directt:"t'

vrll 0BA BHAVE.- THE H0vlt{c M0}lK OF IHDIA

By VAMAN H. PANDIT

T HE sosDel o[ SarrodaYa PreachI .a " rria practised by Vinoba

Bhave has flashei

rvcrkers' Training Centre' It .is- going to be a nu.r6rY or seed-betl from

linh*in* ,.rot, this sub-continent ,id far"off lands. Nercr bcfore' irr 11, of our land such a saviour ,h. "nt oi* "pP."..d to arYaken one and
all.

like the sPeed o[

*,fii.h *iil devclop'the all round cultivation of SarvodaYa. A 3-man committee called a SOONYA Committee

iZero) has been formed to make Iildori an ideal SarvodaYa Ntg*'

A white-bearded small man boro i"'roo" with deeP dark hair on the ir"ra]-*..ti"g a Sreen caP which
keep
ou.r. the hills and dales'

covers his ears and tinted spectactes.to off the glare walks and watks

This hermitage has already heightened the name ,'nd fa*. of this citY, and oeoole hare begun to flock here from iu.l,' .ort o o'i the land' The Pre*.r.1 of this great saint has influenced the mornl"atmosphere s'hich- is overflowing with the- joy of the love

he and has colerd a been wJking

oi

God.

During thc Past nine

Years'.

has
drs-

Undoubtedly Vinoba

'has

become
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successful .f *o".o* miles' What an of voluntary rvillingly sharing whatit isl I dg t'r.ot ,ti"uoaing'record from society' For a1 Impossible is the growth o[ all crer one has got any one would takc thc ,t iot ,t Vincbr in.livi.lual is t}e product of society and lrn,.l. -d&t ["rlf.-.i "i b.,'ti"g this grand record ruiGolrt the Conse-qucntly t, it. This Puts tor such one o{ves a Problem cf Bhoodan srviftest age o{-.trarrsport' }et touched in this not be to an end all idea o{ personal orvnera Pasant could this man goes ol trodding the sacreo *iit otl. laod^muii own it. He tnust ship. All this radical cha.nge is to haoov. He and ratn' earth in sun othcr clccupations centering h.:'achieved in a non-violent waY' Ail round arvakening and dereloP- h"il' hit village Eaving relationship He rvants to make Patent what is Ia,ound soct-

in

propagating his concept

ment of both the inditidual at'rd

.* ir, ,tt its

aspects, 1>olitrcal' soc.iai

with agriculture such. as

handlcratts'

tent-

and religious.

irJui*',outs and that i' Vin.rba's c{ Sa^'oda,va' To achiere ;;*" tfrir-Jra. he has foliotted in thc {oot,i;; ;i his \laster \lahatma Gandhi' *lti.n enabled this ccuntn' to obtain irrJ*na.n... He has [octrssed his on the unlinished rvolk left ;;;;"t iy hit \{aster of social and economic
revolution.

is the

l\{ission

ot

hts

his'schcme of deveioPnrent hc wants us to use newcst types of tmple-

In

is a rvhoie . philosophy Ii is practicaf it is not utoPof life. ian as some b.li.t. it to be' Sarva *.rn, "ll and udaYa means growth' The development of all irrespecttve ol anv denominauion. It was cne or tne b-"k. t.".hi"g= of Gandhiji' ,m: wortlrler hano
San'cdava

mantle has fallen on a of Bapuli's disciple and Satyagrahi :r*<''' , h. termed him in ig4o' "* ReccntlY a Panel oi distinguished
ohvsicians'

^-iired him. In a huntorous strain Vino baii asked them "horv frres the horse-'' Unanimously all of thtrrr replicd' "excelient". Fiis question hacl a cleep

o[ indore medically

exa-

siqnificance.
too

Iike the anirnal. . A1l human beings possess the bloocl of wiid animals in ih.t, ,o a greater or lesser degree and

tlils bodv is comparcrl a horre. It is kePt' undcr control

"to lt wcll ccntroiled end this needs disciolined. But the rvonder is Viltc'ba'.s lown horse. lives on curds onlr''
SEPTEIIBER

Illuminatilg sernons of this great of tf,e lwentieth ienrurv airnents and scientific knowlcdge' irayr begin before daY b'reak' He deVinobaii thinks that these are neces- livers on an average six lectures pr srrv to move wirh irr the modern dav. His worcls eviaendY are back*oild ,nd to coPc with the Produc- cd'bv some hidden Power which caPtion levels attained by other countries' ture the heart of the multitude' He In fact. he wants to create a balanced uniocks the treasure of the ancient er:onomv antl healthY communitY' knowledge and goes on harping'over ift ut 'his PhilosoPhY of larious the "Son"g of the Ages". It is, as if' "DANS" ialls il ttrc scctor of land' orr ,rntu,i.k music of the lnfinite The more you listen the rnore You The torch of truth and non-violence carried from ere {arinated and awakened. Iit bv his tnaster is bcing .lno.'to cloor bv his iatourite follower , Currently Vinoba tcld us here "I Vinobaii like a Zealot. The entire life oppo*d to the gcvcrnmcnt taking of this great sainr is tledicated to ser- "* mor"' and nrore reipcnsibiliry on it-humanity. It is an uncaslng vice of self in its attemPt ai building a wel'a visil. He is like night-bird Chakor' fare state. If the government tiied tfie Plantt of hu' to hold *rc entire rEsponsibility thc -;ti"-.rr'r"1,,t [,aniiv. He-greets e]l wirh ")Af- oeoole would grrrlually loose their i.rdi,..trious uatiLral lif6 and *'ould JAGAT" (Hail world;' done bv beccme duil and there rvould be no Marvellous w<.rrk i:; beitg no -him at Indore. He is scattering his xope for the develoPmenr of mind, clrd lro chance for sharing .umparsion nrecious icms ,rf ancicttt rnd modern thc .ornmon good in life". wisdom on the most congenial soil' time' He reiteratetl befee a camP ' of On August 15 last at clusk .-pl""t"d a mango tt-o- P{ Sarvodaya workers rhe land problenr Vinobaii threw oPen his VISARJAN in thc iourrtry could be solved only A S H R A M. He namecl it visarian' through Bhbodan. The legislative it ireans, divestment of all attach- ,n"*r,li"" to fix ceiling otr land holdings could. never be compated *i!}.r of all rvorrie-s, of even body' .*ltr*, hii ghoodan lnovelne&t. He appealIt is said that this Ashram is going ,{Contd. on Page 16) to be the l{ead Quarrers of Sarvodaya a, '11
oroohet

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--from pagelD
r,?a alreadv been

ed to the peopre Bhoodan t6rough rvhich

:*" :-ir-"* cudgel but the irres' distri- f,i]i.;"-;; the r'"'"',*a truth. Asto ;;;'r*i '":';t-gi enough rhe world-powers "i buted during the past nine Years to i"r, l.''' or more'effe'tit" lll"l?rrt. of uuth. Ifi.'f.nai.r, -'; rhan legislation. ro

to,if;.-*h',*I ffro'.[tgi,':";Tl[!;;JH: ntne lai(n

seenr

!-:y

o" is this

statemetn]-nn-

"'tr;?;;;ilvinol*

dissatis6ed The gift is given * radiance' GreatpTt"t'nt -Tl::: ,"ith'ih. .ondition, pt."'iritil'"ir.,it u'utl-*Ith goi''o them for-,thev tried " r'"'"" -rr'i' t" lrr"rnin"it the ways tt *:'^:""19: ,'ountry. Recenrly r-r.-'"**'rt3a";b"'; t
alone

thc welfare Pattern ,' ti"'l"it] results iri robbing *t"""f"iiJt hood. (purasharth) or hood,..(pura;nxrtn) or

p"*,rrid"7
rood.

rr

Lrr! 'r, -i; ih. gul"*y":f -IErrruvrrrE this man- [:-'-T:"'L:thad blcssed. "'lil'I 6{ expressing illit , cod

::#;il';;"

*'"-

rnto V.inoba's name has been wcten

Hl"t';:T 56615 rvhom

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CFITIiNIII#
19?0.

BHOPAL, JAN. 31,

TI. P. CIEAONICLE

MURDER OF IWAN ''I

OF FEACE
(Bv: vaman H. Pa'dit)

I rir" r,*i-ilri'^"i**,",r..d iT," ..""*_ro uu airili,,'rio"ea.,, murders. He advised bo-th rhe ffi.:l:?,;Hli::, ;:,,1i1,:i:,:,,1t *;l{r rsna.il;-;":rlfj,l:",,r "*, quu,ti;;; ",. ;; ;;";;';;;^'il;; l*l But commuruties, Hindu ancl Mus- lti"rud laaity at hi. ;;;*-;".,*;,;1, l,op" they were entit.tercl to rhat they sh.rru nor lAt ir,"l trme Govef har ine *ri'rr."r'uu", ri-" i;;:;;,:;;"'ll;f,if ""},s rrdt thc Wofst \r'as DVef .inrs. ttnt,ctl leavc rheir homes. andh; been rvittr rr"i,r;n,- r road that they rverg l, the rd ;";;;i;;";:i,r;,:l.To. *1"r. rhev on t", Go?'l.ESCoRr lrndia. Governm,rt of paki_ ro .r-,u*ine thu ii",=rJ*ri"rt i , one of his graycr-ntcet- lr."- rn" t"r.'#;'"lli'r;';'l[:rroad lo showrng '".." lowliest tn {he
domirrios

ir:[Ul fio'"J;ti#;ixl jl':lr,*l,l"irjt;irt;T iff:ti*,]'li,'"J:'i" :t:J ,:,".,I 'ii,dr"iia#" tion began between tire two * lwe have handled;,iaop*i0.,-,."
of
India a^cl pakjs.
,i

I ,"'- tr rrc rn PuI'e'!donenclence .r""r".r'ru" ll L,'i".f dcpenctence Day., " hr,,r, +L^ Dav., "n.,ihi--T^"ll cepted the partirion or their ""-,hui'r.rill,.,l*" ""r" *i*: Eive rhan n,rT,lll il:j::l"': lo"ou.o,,. Day Gancthrji askrrd

_rr" ,,,yJ""o1 ui,ru I House. He addressed daly ,rl"pon h.is praS,er-meelings. TIre pco- ,,,roor.'N; pie of Funjab and Bengaf ac- , has runlat ,na'-g*ngl

:"F'i;"*il;- i ru: " Tf ttr--]'' ;:,:t }'"i*'i'1"' ?; *'t 1947, Gandhi -;-i'1' - .",,,rir"a"'io lro"'rn" tart .l ' r'EY*s&* lrlim ,r"r"r"j"Jo;r:; ;:, nr t" Derhr
f

l:"lJ"o r,"""'* ;r;;';*_rJT:l;: l:^.?:yl ,?. ii,."",""u, a, ",[1!iil -riaf' cept the congratuiations *l ::,1", ;;;::,";,#:lli;,* lj; il;j.]1#'-1'I:" *",{ nurt. ,. I i";;;" struek trre:t:; l'^:H',,F .ivo oi" "::r,=, hatred and l<illing ctamasectl ;;;;;: ri,i nr'"il*",1*n? i lT:1,,"* this rnciaen,'"i* ."_ Dran l ^,..:,rt , ,,,"r rhe almosphere. rn Ben-garl ;;-;;" ,io,,ro Gandhijr trieci 1.o mainrainl ;;;;-"r*;;;;"t';,T;i: i[:,:u:o ,po" tr,ir'1,,u'*i*r il";;Hiil rasrpage. rrre youns -;;":r;r;;T lu"g but unhappity rn the I wrler ;h; *$!",:-llli:: l"dl.^l:*" man.. C)n the other led p-urriab r,u ";'" .,i:H: ll::g .r,.-i"rJ t1^ffi;'#: "ouiJ''-.,,1t ao ,o.l ;;t#" "He was ready to die so rhat rr-""J" Ge'erat of porice ir,ri;:il" ;il ;#''I

soventy- eianth bii.trrcrav o+, Gandhijr had come ana gor,"Liandlliir and gone. I rhe'e was norhing rut Jgonyl

,no wrifan prcsents 'rnn writer..

the first walnins rrrunf

n,u

:"#.;:,*: "";;i,:[.;",,llui;,Jl: * week ;;;fi'l; ': ,rrrrnt s '"e l:8,:l;i,f,Li rr'."'"?'tr,irl ;;;^:1"1;:1,..I1',", incident, ,n .,r"_

ilrfs lwhat hs was

l;: :,,':":?:o^i"-:Yjl:l-:1 1u.eo lof monev whidh the'r hr,t-o;;-" r,',r,1,1eedom - &om '"ffi*. jto au p,.t,-"i i,li,l'.; #.:: i;i"ffi;"'"-T_,[;" #";,1i, o,- , u,",ii.lll"[1"fu[ eerirlom, Itnc plot:ctlon cf no escort lto them qs part of ..hr,ii"il lTrtt be tabooed. Strikes he lsavc God. He wourd go ih.r" l.;;-;;;",J"i."n" ;;;";;:;ldisapproved rhough h" ?,,;: as ths friend of l\Irtsltms a. tnaia. - rr,u -oui"om" "';;i# ,.1* llelt wa1 -responsibfe lof others. His tife *orrJ ;; ifr;;';r.i'nl* ,n" Govcrnincnt lsuccessful-stiikes i,, t* prrt,i tl'" lat their. disposar. rrc wnrti.cl"r r"oi, o."ii"a ;';;";il;Jt1,. "t tul ii^"'ir**il1 lcheerfullv die at the h.rnds cf independencu-io'. 1r", Pakistan irnn'tdialamount ;d:F:"'i? ilill',# l?;;.'"' to FuiiJu"- J#,J;;:lneither '?:*1ff;f"";":oli';l; ilry: would then iravc done I This gesture rhc il*s''J, ' Hg now.
; I
;

jstan certain subst,r:rtral .rr"l- :'f

villagers that

it

mearrt

, ,

on uarf nf lhad advtsirrg all tollndia was highly ,ppr".iri"o. 1.. He proceeded to hari: upon

l, ou, ali nls pieadings to res_ lfakislan Gqvelnrnenr on jts jcommodrties which he fav_ i and upon the il^1" llillnat_harmorrr,,f:llihonour and ouqhr t6 terid,,,iour=d,of corruption growingj l' rMas his Yow. 1{.) "dc,r: ian honourablc setllemcnl lTil againsll 111]: , u'nrcn alone kept him "or .fromlonly on the Kashmir eucstion. lwhich he begged his listener.sI ldeath, " u" u,".-r"iliili;';;a"Iffi::i .-the voice matchless. rriend'rr"t o"'"ir ;i[:;:,i,1,r"ili" .tris wrthin irinr-.trudf ,,rcln tfi iwo Dornintrrrrs.,. ir" ";;.''",""i 1 lASf MAIL BAG""- I n', *nii-?,o""'i"r,.i' j lhT ,fl11-nl;1":?l ,f,,i:ffi I,,:li;,Gi;;l.,ri . .ody p:v:al:meeting adil-l his rest mieht b" f,.r _The nuort"-.nioi""a I l9ss, ou Friday, January ,his ears to it, lest it might belhis fast. .,.'-"i1'::1^n:^i:']:11 :H 11,-r irn:^:::::-:t,!r.?n.-, , rofI:riu"", trr"'.ountry. wt,r,, hel 80, the rast and farat brow Accordrng to the atl,zir:e, r.r*t-irrri;il;;';;;,r,;r:J i,"'r"'lrJfri..Tl#*i""r!r: decided to undertoke- .r,c lttoo ."pr"r"ntti,r" ;f ,rI;;;; j mornins that tlay 1e cleared 'mo.c Iast. He said "trIv im- ,,,ii"i'ur i, o,.irri r,",i .r*""i -i-rriX";"r";Ij;. l J tris mait-bag. H6 replied a, ,portance has been gnawing atJa nat.t plcdging to pr:orecilhcl rrr. .,r ' 'l of late. It will go inrryrc_ j Muslim^ ,,ioriu.- " Jme must reply to them. todar,,. diaterv the rast i' "'iu"'*ru";.l*""T1*ti"ofilu*r*" I have been broodrng ovcr 1tl o" io Jrnr"#-c",,Jrriii ,"_i il'"J,"i'{.r:: 'Tfr"[T,']l 'l (oontd. in Col.

j#

?)

tffl 'The whole or tl're ,sr,ercntl5ffiX. #lil*""r,,. Delhi, nay i,h.-- whole l"'i ii""_ I""U at rhc head : "ity "r country was pluntted, ,ll-11 l pier. n tight tlt deepest sorrow. A teri.tbls cry i:,;^" .--lia.t to the pyre rwtrcnu Dvrrvw. A lcr^rLrts " was applied +^ th- hvro ]i, I "t of grilf went up from ]]1" li',]j n,riJ[---rou" ths {rames
children wept, rvept, wept. | ;;^;^ :,,." cmnlr., q his ffi:f il-.:' ?*'},'#.10,: Tili; |lcolumn oI :,T, J *",fii,.; li5 -'--" -- " l* ---- . clouo \\ llrcll trru he-ar:s, ". -----.^", shame d-owneast hearts, l;, scene '...l* .r^ ..;^.., E'rodd lshame and downeast ltha from the view. Flsgs
I

5) rsomeone near and dea: to may ncvcr be.,, lthem. Never was ilre.:re a miln A0 5.15 he came out of thelso intensely loved as the FaBirla Bhavan, to 6ttend hrs Jther of the Nation. Over the uzual prayer-meeting. He ap- / etn tfre nervvs was repeatec] peared to be ',veak for he I intermittently. was leanrng on the shouldep I tfr" following clay GanrihroI Manu Gandhi-his grand- lji,s boay was carrierl by his nieee. lgrand daughter, A.ra Garrdhi No sooner had he ascertded lanrl others from the Birla Bhathe steps of the prayer plat- lysrr io an army truck clothed form than suddenly a young. in white spun cloth .- as whiman rushed through the tnui- I t" the clouds in rtr6 sl<y. "r titude and bent as if he wer:e lThen the funeral pl.ocession bowing before him. He pushcd lstarted stretching over seven aside Manu Gandht anrl start- lmiles long. the cortei{e of the ed shooting. The first bullet I departecl Mahatmaii passed hit him in the abdomen. He ithrough the main route people uttered "Ram Ram" and then lfaltrng flower:s and fosq two more shots struek him, lpshls, IIe fell dor,r'n. His spectacles Oh! it was a ?eritablg car. suspended over hrs trr:d1' ,nU pet strewn on the road, flowhis sandals were throvrn out. ers, and flowers evcr1/where. Blood profusely rushed out At last the procession reached oI his breast and abdomen. Raj Ghat on the banks of the He raised his arms as a ges- sacred Jumna. turc of prayer t6 his audience. A,AJ GHA1I He was taken to the Birla Bharyan. He lost his consct- | Conche5 and trumpets were ousne$s. Efiorts to save hls I blown as the cortage passed. life failed. AII medieal r;cience lThe militarv carriage wa3 was ol nq d?ail. Till now rro ldrawn by units of India's phrlosophar has solved sat;s-I Army, Navy ard Alr F,.;rce' iactorily ths knot of human lat tir" Raj Ghat Matratmaji's Death and Fate. Out side the I bodv was placed cn the sanBirla Bhavan it was announ- ldalwood pyre: Dakoias of the eed to the anxiously waiting lRoyal Indian Force, d.ippingl erowd: "Bapu is dead". lin salute, showered flowertd ALL WEPT lon the bier. Leaders after

(Contd. from Col

Folded [Iamds

ffi:#Tf 'T:-,ffi" :'"'i"#. :::;*"*:" 'Lor lnC coconuts ::: s'*"1;; sands of men, wo)nen ""9lfflj"t'"ffito rhe flames. '
I

;5;

*ill"AJ;I: ffi:H::: ffi 'Jil.Jif '.i,::' ; ;*1.'#il:;"',; i'd:l:t"i#'n:X"'"#:li:.'i'3im,::,o";l;f i*;n"',i,",Yffi *,|ii " :* X;;U' "":,",1 ili." i: pour:i'i i::.:' ::*"*,: :l- ":; ftte tmked like. an ocean ?f i;#il"sirv. rriurrtus and r''ett'Ied
I

*" u ll5.'i:,T [:T:':''l,ri il: :T :i :1"": u' T, - ";:ll1, ;:' " Ineontu that they I'ave ltst l" ff;^,i;'Xiru, *u." perforI lmed on 12th Febrrrar.v, when of - lti'" ceremony of imurersir;nthe lMatratmeji's ashes in
I |
I

ihumaxlty -weeplng..

rn from all

cxver

tle

world.

States returned v,rith Kalash ,of the ashes to their resPectlive S'tates. The writee 6long lwith the People of lladhya lPradesh

tra3 carri,holy rivers of India ied out. Leaders o1 the various

returned to

Indore

wrth ths Glorious Dusi

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PAGE

II

toffe A,Ione fs"tS'

(B.yr Vamxn

is Truth' j5 rll utlc.l'lainty". ,wn Duu a nrrrnumelrr1u,'irumL.,rc and rnur.c' ircr.c,,[;;1gs rhq f,llorvin* i:r., th: rrims"rt,"-'not in *il,[;i b;i .,t dlvi,e"-"tii[ii,i].'ri:il.:lj ',"" htmself' not marbal but oI Cllvlllc auihoritv makes question5 rn brtef ;':", the corresprxrrten,,-I*t1a,|l j.1.":.::':-llmorfrl. l-lts con- life iournev easier even asi 15 nor., *.iio,n,v. ilnI .","-i ['"TJl-rll-iil1.,.,L,1,.:..yr,,:; l,l,'u3:T,?l'ffiu:j lltiliy,II he allow the *orlC t purarcd uu u,,a-pJn;i. Tr'lli g'X,,,.y;,i,1,;:. Llrc ,shades? ",urin*L1''" hi;";..- -::^'_l,"lil:_,: ::-:'"-.:'"--"-"_'il:- 1,,ffi*.;,.i: *#,-,,0'0.1'#1i,,i,T..,:?.lll1l ctransineffii ,".wHy Alr.ow EvrL? l,ilj, r.lin"r';;;; !,f,,J"',ilil'cl'rang.. Shouid not GoC, k;ll wtck- rlr wrote thal the argu- lYine all tltat x Iiting cdness by Hrs Dowr lre.re rrlent was as old as Adam. powet' lltat rvas chanseless, and then nip aji rascailty in But he permiiteri hrmself to that held all logether. tha-t * the bud and not altow iv;ci- srate why ne believed. g" created, dissolvcs and lecreed people to floirisnl lwas prompted to do io ["- ated.. .That irrlornring po\verf Why should GorJ be long-!cause of the knowledg,e that or.sprylt was (lotl. And siricei; sulfering and be patrent,, - ltherc were young mr'n *Uo nrlthint else he satv merciy' IJ God ;rlloii-s ir' tvran[ 1s'wer interestcd in fris vicws thro-ugh the ieirses cc,uld ,oi would persist, He alone is. d1g nrs o\ryit S,.u"", *t y and doings.
r

..* *: :.i*{*fit":i** r:;;{i' fit;,, jglet!.,rluws lne Ofr- # "ikff;,iFa6ouii -'" 'r^ vdrlurrr' rt GOd. lll9 ginal "{l#ilff"H1 cause I know so little only to the exsireo , ciarificarion""tf.Ili tent o[ I.t I1i6. Et-cn ttrv Gandlrrrr: '.1 rcat, 1::.": lhought- hct,;n* rt* -ri, nial or ie,o'a.irce asthe dc-i .or exlof e exi-! i";; ; hi, it;;; "rlolrhr(: rr\rnr^,' '^' \:YI ';,"."1*tr g'::::: iililtr,'illllf .*,' jd#iti mi';,ff;.' i;ltlr ":.":; dr]rlr'|r'+ 't" " :l1l I.lis Law iibcraie ,l.l"lli,,,,ll,Ji il'iilot;";t il'i"'i[i*'l'" ,_ -.. and';;-;;;"i";'''i oi c.,a nre lyhereallelsebutGod,that*,froun-ir.,or,"iotlo],;:-;;},.';,j;|
COfl'eSpOn({
a1

H. pandit) The. vri-e-r presen s here then, -rvhich soverns all life ,,,ro*Xtt ,rirnt"',.11-^t'HlX;,11 is'God an'-\'er :otne o[ the clucition, l-l l'tlt'1l i"in o"'ot'"thc

."

BENEVOLENT out -; He went on and on citing tyrant before his tvranly his reasons about the cxr- And thar n/ri{,^r. r^r.. 'L#"# ,,il ;; op,prsses the ,uu,.7- stence or ,#o Whv have failh in 11rr1 corlsponoent thus:-. -. . - t.t. o:#",u"1l]l;'rl-?ri:iiI{".r**-'ii ;;,..1" as "fii ---1r" God rvho does not use Hrs "There is,an indefinsble .o116 polver5 to chanse the worlcl mysterious Power tharl per- tcnevotent. r.. that' in ,.l and make it a rvolld of good vadcs. evervthinrr. I i!. .t.utrr."""llf. ,., iue ir-,out,rr. iiii.j,' ,n .feel and riehleous mcn I thoueh I do nof scc ir. It. i* ,-n-iOrt of uni'u,h ri.uih pcr-

should he nor weed

ExrENr i??J"J3l'*'"',.tnil;t:ltf"r'*.^-" n"jgi The foliowing was rhe a,s= But it is prssible to reason Gr,l--;:;;i;"irr"";;rr an,r wcr to the above qucsu-o.ns.rut the c.risrenc" oi"C;oa ;;;r-r;;;; i,l' it.'*or, given by Mahrrtrna Gandhr. -'fi*itJ'^;;il. "'E;;; ""_ ; ;;." Himserf in even the It olfcrs an or-ci-rvirr_'trniirs " ,,,.iiniiv ,ii;i;; ' *; k";; irnoif"nr'' ,.:, '"r "ilir" ro,urr. oroof of i.ris fuil faith in God. that p"opi. do noi know tfhis can onl,/ be done srciliness;;;; ,;r-t"'ol. li tl* l:::-1 ,.f: ollstirtid- he rules, Antl vel tliev knoiv irrrou,rr, a'Lhan thercrrisairon L)t Jvlanattra ils an '.i"*'"ii.r"'r,i* rdore'real dcrirrirc five scnir'rq phil.osopirer Here n.. atli --ilL# is pou.er a thal s6u cah . ever p:odrrce Sense thc .memorable rvorcls 'rvhich *r". be , c,ften -,frb;.," wcukl strike the ascs tc ."iiriji ' iher., ;s orderrine'ss Btrceptions c;lr1 jor"pur*. :riui ;;;. ol; come. It would he u,or.th- in the Urdverse, there is u,, horo,av,er real therr nrav ap_ ;;lrii;,;bi;' Lrrv :"lll: {o.re,:ottcci rhe irrtei- evcrvLhins .Jli:! qL)vcrnrns pear ro us. VVhe re thcre is :l:'!s. cllalo{rte on _Ea,puii's svsr., uc;ng icatisalion-' ;rrri;-'rir"-r.": -rri Bit thd.ir Cenrcn;rrv ccrr'hir- ir,o, .iirL or. " -'1"*, rivci i,' ,r ;;' ii'i;'j"r.iini,l"'r,"j, ;;; ti,rns bv all o1 us. Long lre- i uiirj rorl i-r',, hird 1ot Lv exlraneous eviih. *iir"' ,e,,,. q;" a"i."'t"ut "il-, ,i"",'#;ir;,;_ Il::' 'Mahatmaii built b!,' tis ;i'ii"i* nlu"r* tr," "o,iJu"i ".i "'i.r,rl:iii. Xi'1",;rH:[lr"l^it""*;1iT;?" that ll":::Il,,,q T;;;.
i1r19

E{nl1 :::#0,. :"i=H:iH fr*!'-",',::1, :"iiiJ ,,H1""1 ffi*r,,lijll,,,X'i':ilg;f; their vices?" refies all proof, because it Coa The corrgpi)ndrnt begged is.so urljke. rll that of t:er- iiJ gatfrei-ed rhat i, # fii? Light. l{e fuu."'i-f. of Mahatma to eniigliien ceive throuf TI senscs. It iiuth, supreme God. is'tne """.i:'i:^",."iI_ hirq through .'YL)UNG IN- transcends thL, senses 'BYt H."^.it Y^"*;^. rvho no G.od DrA" anti-io .rro,r-=I his <iis',"' "''-l LIMITED

'

who have {elt the ,r.rir.a .rf God within Such testimonY is to
tl'rose

Faith Immousb{* to reiect all that real rilv'

was

. D( he in the experiences o{ Gandhiii wroie that the foin.i

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cotrtrarY 1e Truth and Love'

of sages ha<1 no exact answer to p-pt att in all countrie:' gsvls5psndent's arqument' ""a ";li;;t. ro reiect this He confessed to him that ;r; i"ro"n.* is io denv rlnesel{' he had no arq'ilment to conthrough reason Mahatmaii fur"thr:r er Yqlg . him o..,,,'oJ"iiio t*ri"i il.,.r.ii flJ':1Jffi",;fii:3 that rcaliraii"n .1o ',^:,. rre \4rS ,ot to-iricrr',t tl',* i,r""Hc cd bv an immt)\'ilhlc coul.t not ac:l:tJ ,,'_1: *i*;ii-. rvlrt.r would trt hi:; ' so,r lest thc. t"r ui"'c"J'; ::i"1""J",:n;r;I;Ti'li;,n"31 orcscnce could Go ilr.i'f rirn To rvant to J,r so was to be At]('l slr

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*,. i9- !iJ;:I', i: i,'."Ji:?, t'Jo'i"}11'];t,-tlt i*ri .nu,.. governrnenrthe moral ,"0 piti.ni pre c.s,:iy because rvorld and therelot il iril,;,;;*.;;;1,r,.1 *";,ir;,1i; l,l,.,,,o"Tilt'1",,',1.',,lll li: the Law of Truth ;r L't !q:d] . llt "o evil tn Hint t\er.cisc o[ f:rrr.6 ,rorra -il'

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rs 2) Keep Thou my feet, I do not ing. He is patient but He ask to 5gs aiso terrible. He is thc most (Godl was the author oi it ' 'Ihe distant scene; one step exactitrf personage in the and yet rgrtouphed UV it. enough fttr rre' world and the world to \trRESTLING IYt'r11 EVII .Bapuii said that ;" :;#; ,,,.f,-;,3'i5''.,n ff[ :l: kttow ;;;i?.dthat he should never i;:,;,,]l';, l" fri, !X?,:t'"1*:J: mete out :)u,r neiehllours prayer_meet\'y'iri1 God il he did not wrestle "^'"" ^'- ' a1d t;;;--merignoranccLrrut-s. is no excitse. with and against evil even Hinn at the cost of li{e itself. lle {Jltimatelv, concluding his And withal Ile ir ever was ' foriified in tire beliei arguments, Gandhiii said fot'giving for He :rlwavs bV his own huntble and iimit- that to Him God was Truth sives us the chance to reed experience. The Durer he and Love; God lvas the pent. I{e is ltie greatesl c1e-

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tried to beconte that nearer source of Light and I-ife and ru6s131 the world knoi,vs. for he felt to be to God. Mean- vet He (God) was above and He llves us 'u8f,rttercd' t'f, while, he invited the corres- beyond all those. mai<'e our oit'n ciroir:e betoondent to pray v7itfi |r{ew- And sureiv conscience is ween evil and grrorl. He ts man who san{ from expe- but a por 3nd labourious the, greatest tyrallt ever paraphrase of the simple known, {or I{e often clashes rience: Lead, kindly Li,{ht' amid tire cornbination of three letters the cup fronl our lips artd encircltng sloom' called G O D. He cannot under cover of free rvill cease to be because hideous leaves us a mat:F,in so lvliolly Lead Thou me on; The night is .l:rrk and I am immoralidies or inhurnan inadequate rs to provide far from home, brutalities are committed in onlv mirth for hirn s:lf at His name. He is long-suf{er- our expense. Lead Thou ,me on;