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सकृत्प्रपन्नरक्षणं प्रसिद्धमेव ते व्रतम्,
श्रुतं मया च भूरिशो भवामि तेन निर्भयः.
अतो न दोषदर्शने प्रभुर्भवान् हिसाम्प्रतं,
नवीनमार्गसंश्रयो न शोभनं भवेदिह. (६६)
भगवान एक बार भी शरण में आये हुए जीव की रक्षा करने की आपकी प्रतिज्ञा प्रसिद्ध है और मैंने भी इसे सुना है इसी से मैं निर्भय हो गया हूँ. अतः भगवान इस समय आप मेरे दोष नहीं देख सकते हैं. नवीन मार्ग अपनाने में बड़ी कठिनाई होगी और इसमें शोभा भी नहीं है. (६६)
प्रभु की प्रतिज्ञा है कि वह शरण में आये हुए का कभी त्याग नहीं करते हैं. कोई कितना बड़ा पापी भी क्यों न हो अगर वह प्रभु की शरण में आ जाता है तो प्रभु उसे स्वीकार कर लेते हैं और उसे अभय प्रदान करते हैं – ‘मम पन सरनागत भयहारी’ / ‘कोटि बिप्र बध लागहिं जाहू, आएँ सरन तजउ नहीं ताहू’... जिसने प्रभु के इस वचन को सुना है वह निर्भय हो जायेगा.. क्योंकि उसे पता चल जायेगा कि कमी अपनी तरफ से ही है कि अब तक शरण नहीं हुए हैं.. शरण होते ही हम प्रभु के हो जाते हैं. जब तक शरण नहीं हुए हैं तब तक ही पापों के हैं मतलब पापी हैं.. शरण जाते ही भागवत हो जाते हैं.. जब कोई केवल प्रभु को देखता है ( शरणागत होता है ) तो प्रभु भी केवल उसी को देखते हैं उसके पापों को नहीं..
‘भक्ति भक्त भगवंत गुरु चतुर नाम बपु एक’ – प्रभु और गुरु में कोई भेद नहीं है इसीलिए यह बात पूज्य बाबा से निवेदित करी जा रही है.. बाबा की शरण हो जाना ही श्रेयस्कर है क्योंकि अपने से और कोई साधन बन भी नहीं सकता. इसलिए कोई नया मार्ग अपनाने में बहुत कठिनाई है.. साथ में दूसरी बात यह भी है कि किसी नए मार्ग का अवलंब लेने की आवश्यकता भी क्या है जब ‘शरणागति’ से उत्तम साधन कोई हो ही नहीं सकता जिसकी महिमा स्वयं श्री गोविन्द ने गाई है, जो गीता का सार है.. इसलिए बाबा की शरण होने में ही शोभा है.
‘देवराहा बाबा स्तुति शतकम्’
रचयिता – अनंतश्री विभूषित श्रीसुग्रीव किलाधीश अयोध्या पीठाधीश्वर श्रीमज्जगद्गुरु रामानुजाचार्य श्री स्वामी पुरुषोत्तमाचार्य जी महाराज
व्याख्याकर्ता – श्रीराम प्रपत्ति पीठाधीश्वर स्वामी (डॉ.) सौमित्रिप्रपन्नाचार्य जी महाराज
(‘प्रपत्ति प्रवाह’ ग्रन्थ से..)
In Shrimad Valmiki
Ramayana, we see Lord Ram personally went to see many Yogi-Bhaktas like Rishi
Sharbhanga, Rishi Sutikshana, etc who were keeping their bodies and waiting for
the arrival of Shri Ram in order to see Ram's personal incarnation, otherwise they
were already fit to go to the supreme abode, the abode of supreme Brahman.
Those great yogis had already won all the worlds from their great ascetism and
penances, they were waiting so that they could see Bhagavan Shri Rama and cast
off their material bodies in his presence so that they could achieve his
personal abode Saket-Loka. Through the grace of Bhagavan Shri Ram, they got
eternally young bodies as like devas who bear young appearance of the twenty
five year old person. Thus, the tradition of Yogi-Bhaktas in Vaishnavism has
been always in existence, at least it is as old as Ramayana.
Śrī Yōgīrāja Dēvarahā
Bābā was an ageless Ramanandi Yogi-Bhakta Vaishnava in Jagadguru
Ramanandacharya Parampara.. and In Gita too, Lord himself asserts that among
all devotees, he loves Yogi-Bhakta most!
His age was a great
mystery, as per his close devotees he was more than 500 years old and some
believed he was friend of Goswami Tulsidas.
About Amazing
longevity of Devaraha Baba, writes on (www.facebook.com/devraha):- " An Indian saint named
Devraha Baba, who passed away in 1990, was a yogi who lived just such a
lifestyle. Devraha Baba was from the spiritual heritage of the Avatar
Ramanandacharya [Jagadguru Ramanandacharya], and lived beside the Yamuna river
in Mathura. He lived on a 12-foot-high wooden platform where he usually
remained stark naked. He never ate food. He only drank water from the Yamuna
river. He claimed he could be in two places simultaneously (a siddhi described
in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras). He was observed to have stayed underwater unaided
for half an hour. He always radiated love. He was a Premaswarupa, an incarnation
of love. He gave darshan (spiritual blessing) to devotees who came to pay
homage. Many came to visit this great illustrious saint. People came from all
over India and from all walks of life. He was a favorite among India's senior
politicians, and was visited by Mrs. Indira and Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. Ministers,
saints, yogis, priests, rich and poor all came for Baba's darshan."
Vincent J. Daczynski
writes further - " It was rumored that Devraha Baba claimed that he had
lived for over 700 years. Until I can substantiate this rumor I need to
consider it just a rumor. Nevertheless, I make mention of this rumor because
Devraha Baba's family tree records place his age to be at least 250 years when
he took mahasamadhi (relinquished his body) in 1990. If he was able to live to
be 250, then it is possible that he lived for 700 years as well. Baba was
called, "The Ageless Yogi." Devraha Baba gained mastery over the
khecheri state of yoga whereby he was able to control his hunger and the time
of his death. Dr. Rajendra Prashad, who was the first president of India,
verified Devraha Baba's old age. He said that he personally attests to Devraha
Baba being at least 150 years old. He said that when he was 73 years old, his
father took him to see Baba, who was a very old man, and that his father
already had known Baba for many years before that. An Allahabad High Court
Barrister had stated that seven generations of his family had sat at the feet
of Devraha Baba.
Incidentally, Devraha
Baba had predicted the time of his death five years in advance.”
Though whatever was
his reality, but no one can deny that he was a god realised soul, a great
devotee of Lord Ram. Shri Ram was his life and Ram Naam was his breath. He had
command over Vedas, Upanishads, Yog-sutras, RamayaNa, Ramcharitmanas and almost
all Vedic-scriptures. He was used to quote frequently from Ramcharitmanas, and
Gita in order to explain divine teachings in simple words to devotees. He never
went outside his Ashram (hermitage) for making disciples, but it was common
people who were attracted by his divine aura and used to go near to him to seek
his blessings, to request to make themselves his disciples. Devaraha baba never
asked his devotees to write any book on him, rather he said devotees should
read Ramcharitmanas to know the supreme truth. Baba used to shower his love on
all devotees, be they were Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs or Parsis,
belonging to different religions.
Baba was a great
accomplished Yogi, he had won over nature, he never used to eat anything, or wear
any cloth even in extreme freezing cold! Though He was exclusively devoted to
lord Ram but he loved Lord Krishna as well. He used to bestow Ram Mantra mostly
but some times he used to bestow Krishna-Mantra and NarayaNa Mantra as like a
true Ramanandi VaishNava. As per Atharva-Veda, after attaining divinity like
Devas a Yogi lives between earth and sky. So Devraha Baba used to live on a
12-foot-high (3.7 m) wooden platform near the famous Sarayu river and wore a
small deerskin. A barricade of wooden planks hid his semi-naked body from his
devotees, and he used to come down only to bathe in the river. Sitting on the
wooden-platform, He used to bless devotees by touching their Sahastrar Chakra.
He used to touch Sahastrar Chakra during Deeksha of Mantra (intiation), too. In
same manner, he used to bless common people or even well-known people from
societies who used to seek his blessings. Since Baba was Brahmarshi or
Brahmleen Yogi, so there is no difference in touching Sahastrar Chakra either
with hand or feet, if it is touched by a Brahmleen-Yogi. In same manner Baba
had blessed first President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad, and other famous
dignitaries like ex-Prime-ministers of India - Indra Gandhi, Vishwanath Pratap
Singh, Rajiv-Gandhi, Atal-Bihari-Vajpayee etc by his feet. During British-India
times, when India was not independent, many British officers were used to seek
blessings of Devraha baba.
About Devraha Baba,
Dr. Ram naresh Tripathi writes: "In our century, Yogi Raj Devraha Baba
emerges as a timeless figure, whose antecedents get lost in the remote past.
Popular tradition holds him to be ageless. There is historical evidence of the
British monarch, King George V, having had his darshan at Allahabad in 1910. A
host of presidents, prime ministers, rulers, lesser politicos and savants
sought his sage counsel and benediction. It is all too well documented by
newspaper reports to need recounting. His vast following encompassed people of
diverse backgrounds and beliefs. When he relinquished the body, termed an act
of samadhi, on June 19, 1990, his disciples were disconsolate. They were so
accustomed to his comforting presence that they suddenly found themselves
adrift. He lived in their hearts, no doubt, but they still needed t o see him
and talk to him. They should have remembered the master’s quiet assurance that
the siddha yogi never dies. “He is Eternity: he is forever more... he does not
die when the body dies”.
Since Devraha Baba was
a great Yogi-bhakta of Lord Shri Rama, therefore on requests of saints and VHP
he took the responsibility of leading the Shri Ram-Janmbhoomi movement to build
the grand magnificent temple of Lord Shri Rama on his birth place. There was a
disputed structure built by a foreign invader Babur after demolishing a grand
Shri Rama-temple once stood there on very site of Ram’s birth place. Then Baba
used to live on the bank of river Sarayu in Deoria, Uttar-Pradesh. However to
lead the movement, Baba didn’t hesitate to shift his location from Sarayu,
Deoria to Yamuna, Vrindavana which was very near to National Capital of India,
Delhi, so that he could talk and guide then prime-minister Rajiv Gandhi and
other officers in Government of India on regular basis for a peaceful solution
of Shri Rama-Janmbhoomi movement. Baba, through his divine power, perceived
well in advance that many devotees (Karsewaks) will be harmed by state
machinery, and this happened in 1991 when devotees held protest in Ayodhya and
demanded the removal of disputed structure to build the grand temple for their
beloved Shri Rama. The pain to see such thing would happen soon was unbearable
for Yogiraj Devaraha Baba, therefore he took Maha-Samadhi on Yogini-Ekadashi
1990, well before that unfortunate incident.
Some teachings of Devaraha Baba :-
The
abstract of all Veda-s is the 'Rama' Naam, therefore sing and chant it. It is
the most necatrine thing to do always.
To
achieve the supreme god, there are five means told in scriptures, those are :
(a) Vairagya (Non-attachment, Dispassion) towards world, (b) J~nana (right-Knowledge),
(c) Yoga (concentration of mind in Bhagavan), (d) Prem (loving-devotion), and
(e) Tapa (penance).
Though all the above
five should be present in a Sadhaka, however if one does Bhakti (Bhajan), while
being firm in any of these five in steadfast way, then there wouldn't be any
doubt in crossing the ocean of mundane existence. In KaliYuga, the name 'Rama'
is the foremost means for the Jiva to get across the ocean of
mundane-existence.
मनतेसकलबासनाभागी।केवलरामचरनलयलागी।।
After all worldly
cravings left the soul; one becomes solely absorbed in thoughts of Shri Rama's
feet.
When all worldly
attachments ceases, only one things remains to achieve by a soul, the lotus
feet of Bhagavan Shri Rama.
In the age of Kali
neither Yoga (concentration of mind), nor the performance of sacrifices nor
spiritual wisdom is of any avail; ones only hope lies in hymning Shri Rama's
praises. Giving up all other hopes, whosoever worships Shri Rama and fondly
chants His praises undoubtedly crosses the ocean of transmigration. The power
of the Name is thus manifest in the age of Kali. The Kali age possesses another
sacred virtue: in this age projected acts of virtue are rewarded, but projected
sins are not punished.
Who is Bhagavan ?
From whom all these
six - all aishvarya, Dharma , Yasha (fame), Shri (all kinds of potency),
Vairagya (non-attachment), Moksha (liberation) - automatically originate is
Bhagavan.
Supreme
Welfare of all souls lies in singing 'Rama' Naam, there is no doubt in it. So,
chant with all heart. One should chant 'Rama' Naam in one's all breathes.
One
who chants 'Rama' Naam, upon just remembrance of Rama for a moment, one has
taken bath in all the sacred pilgrimages, has donated whole earth like King
Bali, has performed all kinds of sacrificial Yaj~na, and has worshiped all
deities.
Meaning: In a pair of
wooden firesticks, Assume your heart as one and Shri 'Ram' Naama as another
one. The Brahman (Rama) will reveal himself from heart if one hits (chants)
'Ram' Naam always 'on his heart' (with heart) as like the fire reveals itself
upon continuous rubbing of firesticks against each other.
[If one wooden stick (
रामनाम) would be hit or
rubbed against another wooden stick (ह्रदय) there will be the
divine revelation of Brahman, The Absolute. So chant 'Ram' Naam always. This is
the abstract of all Vedas, Upanishadas, Puranas, Tantras etc.]
Shastra proof:In Shvetashvatara Upanishad, It is told:
Fire is not seen until
one firestick rubs across another, though the fire is still there, hidden. So
does Brahman remain hidden until being revealed by the mantram Aum (which is
first sound and denote to Nirguna-Brahman). Let your body be the lower
firestick and the mantram Om be the upper. Rub them against each other in
meditation and realize Brahman.
♥♥
Aum Devarahaay Digambaraay Manchaasinaay Namo Namah ♥♥
The protesters demanded restoration of the Supreme Court judgment that watered down the SC/ST Act that provided for mandatory arrest of an accused named under this law. On March 20 this year, the Supreme Court had found that the SC/ST Act was being grossly misused while hearing a case from Maharashtra. It was in 2006 that Bhaskar Karbhari Gaikwad -- a storekeeper of the Government College of Pharmacy in Satara -- filed a case against his superiors under the SC/ST Act for making adverse remarks in the annual confidential report (ACR). Ten years later, the complainant lodged an FIR naming some other officials including Subhash Mahajan -- the director of the Maharashtra technical education -- accusing them of deliberately not taking action against the accused name in the 2006 case. Subhash Mahajan moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the FIR. The high court rejected his plea. Mahajan then approached the Supreme Court, which held that automatic arrest of an accused under SC/ST Act was unwarranted. The Supreme Court ruled that arrest of an accused must not be made before conducting a primary inquiry into the allegations. The Supreme Court judgment led to massive protests by various Dalit groups in April. At least nine people were killed in the nationwide protests. The Narendra Modi government came under attack from many quarters with political parties including the Union ministers from the alliance partners of the BJP.
Ultimately, the Narendra Modi government brought an Amendment Bill in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2018 was passed by Parliament restoring the original provisions of the legislation, nullifying the Supreme Court ruling of March 20. The amendment led to fresh round of criticism, this time by upper caste groups. This was viewed as an act of surrender by the Narendra Modi government for vote-bank politics while completely ignoring the concerns of upper-caste people who claim to live in fear of being harassed using the provisions of the SC/ST Act. This sentiment led to mobilisation of nearly three dozen upper caste groups, which called for Bharat Bandh today.
