Bhāratam Vibhāratam (Sanskrit Song )
Lyrics & Tuning By : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
(Extracted from ‘Pushpāñjali-Vichitrā’ -Kāvya)
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भारतं विभारतम्
गीति-रचना तथा स्वर-रचना : डा. हरेकृष्ण-मेहेरः
( ‘पुष्पाञ्जलि-विचित्रा ’- काव्यतः)
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भारतं विभा-रतम्, अविरतं नमाम तम् ;
देशमात्म-गौरवं चिर-नवं दधाम तम् ॥ (ध्रुवम्)
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भारतीय-चेतना, एकता-निकेतना ;
विश्व-विदित-दर्शना, हृदय-दिव्य-भावना ।
शोभितं सुगर्भितं सुरभितं महाव्रतम्,
देशमात्म-गौरवं चिर-नवं दधाम तम् ॥ (१)
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भ्रातृ-भाव-भास्वरा, बन्धुरा वसुन्धरा ;
भारती ऋतम्भरा, सम्पदां परम्परा ।
पावनं तपोवनं स्व-भुवनं समुन्नतम्,
देशमात्म-गौरवं चिर-नवं दधाम तम् ॥ (२)
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दिग्-दिगन्त-नर्त्तिता, यस्य भव्य-मूर्त्तिता ;
सार-तत्त्व-कीर्त्तिता, जन-हिते प्रवर्त्तिता ।
पूजितं सभाजितं रिपुजितं नमाम तम्,
निर्भयं नुमो वयं मधुमयं दधाम तम् ।
देशमात्म-गौरवं चिर-नवं नमाम तम्, चिर-नवं दधाम तम् ॥ (३)
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(इयं गीतिका दादरा-ताल-मध्य-लयेन परिवेषणीया ।)
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
मुमुक्षा - Sanskrit Poem ‘Mumukshā’ / H.K.Meher
Sanskrit Poem ‘Mumukshā’ (Desire for Freedom)
By : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
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( For convenience of general readers,
Oriya letters have been shown here in Devanāgarī Script)
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मुमुक्षा (संस्कृत-कविता)
रचयिता : डॉ. हरेकृष्ण-मेहेरः
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संसार-धाम्नि सुख-दुःखाभिभूताः
कदा प्रीताः कदा भीताः
कर्मफल-भोग-निमित्तं मुहुर्मुहुः
मर्त्त्यानुभूतिं लभन्ते जीवात्मानः ।
अदृष्ट-कर्म-बन्धनैः
अनिच्छयापि सर्वे समाच्छन्नाः
विषमे संसार-प्रपञ्चे
वैचित्र्यमय-रङ्ग-मञ्चे
कथञ्चिद् धृत-प्राणाः
सहन्ते सुगन्ध-दुर्गन्ध-जातम्
सर्वं बन्धन-कष्ट-कण्टकम्,
तथापि चलति जीवन-यात्रा ॥
आबद्धाः केचिन् मोह-बन्धनेन
केचित् स्नेह-बन्धनेन
केचित् पुनः प्रेम-बन्धनेन
कदाचिद् हेम-बन्धनेन,
केचिद् भोग-बन्धनेन
केचिद् वा रोग-बन्धनेन ॥
केचित् क्षमता-जालाबद्धाः
केचिन्ममता-मालाबद्धाः,
केचिद् भक्ति-बन्धन-युक्ताः
केचित् पुनः शक्ति-बन्धनासक्ताः ।
भाव-बन्धनात् सौख्यमय-परिवाराः
प्रतीयन्ते विषोढ़-विषय-क्लेश-भाराः ॥
अन्धीक्रियते माया-बन्धनेन सर्वं जगत्,
तथापि पार्थिव-सुखं तेनानुभूयते
मृग-तृष्णिकावत् ।
बन्धन-शृङ्खला सर्वथा विद्यते,
निर्बधना इव स्थातुमपि शक्यते ।
परन्तु बन्धनं नूनं चिरन्तनं
न केवलं स्वात्मनि
परत्रापि लक्ष्यते अहन्यहनि ॥
व्याध-कृत-बन्धना मृगा इव
महाकाल-जाल-बन्धनात् सन्ततं
कथं वा मुच्यन्ते प्राणिनः,
पिञ्जर-मुक्ता यथा विहङ्गमाः ।
भवन्तु नितरां भवानुरागिणः
अथवा विरसा विरागिणः,
भोक्तुं स्वाधीनताया मधु-स्वादम्
कृत-प्रयत्नाः सर्वे प्रसारित-हस्त-पादम् ॥
समस्ताः संसारिणः
धन-जन-जाया-माया-बन्ध-ग्रस्ताः
रागाशंसि-संसार-कारागारे
ऊर्मिले फेनिले नील-पारावारे
सन्तरण-तत्परा निरन्तरम्;
प्रतिक्षणं प्रतीक्ष्यते मुमुक्षा ।
सर्वं बन्धनं न दुःखदम्,
अभिशापोऽपि कदाचित्
फलति शुभाशीर्वाद-रूपेण ॥
अस्तोदिते सूर्ये वस्तुतः समस्ताः
स्वाधीना अपि पराधीनाः
अनुदिनं विद्यन्ते दीनाः
मोह-मदान्धा बधन-त्रस्ताः ।
जञ्जाल-चक्रव्यूह-मध्यात्
सक्रियं मुक्तेरन्वेषामवश्यं कुर्यात् ॥
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By : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
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Oriya letters have been shown here in Devanāgarī Script)
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मुमुक्षा (संस्कृत-कविता)
रचयिता : डॉ. हरेकृष्ण-मेहेरः
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संसार-धाम्नि सुख-दुःखाभिभूताः
कदा प्रीताः कदा भीताः
कर्मफल-भोग-निमित्तं मुहुर्मुहुः
मर्त्त्यानुभूतिं लभन्ते जीवात्मानः ।
अदृष्ट-कर्म-बन्धनैः
अनिच्छयापि सर्वे समाच्छन्नाः
विषमे संसार-प्रपञ्चे
वैचित्र्यमय-रङ्ग-मञ्चे
कथञ्चिद् धृत-प्राणाः
सहन्ते सुगन्ध-दुर्गन्ध-जातम्
सर्वं बन्धन-कष्ट-कण्टकम्,
तथापि चलति जीवन-यात्रा ॥
आबद्धाः केचिन् मोह-बन्धनेन
केचित् स्नेह-बन्धनेन
केचित् पुनः प्रेम-बन्धनेन
कदाचिद् हेम-बन्धनेन,
केचिद् भोग-बन्धनेन
केचिद् वा रोग-बन्धनेन ॥
केचित् क्षमता-जालाबद्धाः
केचिन्ममता-मालाबद्धाः,
केचिद् भक्ति-बन्धन-युक्ताः
केचित् पुनः शक्ति-बन्धनासक्ताः ।
भाव-बन्धनात् सौख्यमय-परिवाराः
प्रतीयन्ते विषोढ़-विषय-क्लेश-भाराः ॥
अन्धीक्रियते माया-बन्धनेन सर्वं जगत्,
तथापि पार्थिव-सुखं तेनानुभूयते
मृग-तृष्णिकावत् ।
बन्धन-शृङ्खला सर्वथा विद्यते,
निर्बधना इव स्थातुमपि शक्यते ।
परन्तु बन्धनं नूनं चिरन्तनं
न केवलं स्वात्मनि
परत्रापि लक्ष्यते अहन्यहनि ॥
व्याध-कृत-बन्धना मृगा इव
महाकाल-जाल-बन्धनात् सन्ततं
कथं वा मुच्यन्ते प्राणिनः,
पिञ्जर-मुक्ता यथा विहङ्गमाः ।
भवन्तु नितरां भवानुरागिणः
अथवा विरसा विरागिणः,
भोक्तुं स्वाधीनताया मधु-स्वादम्
कृत-प्रयत्नाः सर्वे प्रसारित-हस्त-पादम् ॥
समस्ताः संसारिणः
धन-जन-जाया-माया-बन्ध-ग्रस्ताः
रागाशंसि-संसार-कारागारे
ऊर्मिले फेनिले नील-पारावारे
सन्तरण-तत्परा निरन्तरम्;
प्रतिक्षणं प्रतीक्ष्यते मुमुक्षा ।
सर्वं बन्धनं न दुःखदम्,
अभिशापोऽपि कदाचित्
फलति शुभाशीर्वाद-रूपेण ॥
अस्तोदिते सूर्ये वस्तुतः समस्ताः
स्वाधीना अपि पराधीनाः
अनुदिनं विद्यन्ते दीनाः
मोह-मदान्धा बधन-त्रस्ताः ।
जञ्जाल-चक्रव्यूह-मध्यात्
सक्रियं मुक्तेरन्वेषामवश्यं कुर्यात् ॥
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Brief Biodata : Harekrishna Meher
Brief Biodata
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DR. HAREKRISHNA MEHER
* Born on 5 May 1956 at Sinapali, Orissa.
* Studying in Ravenshaw College Cuttack, from Utkal University: B.A. Sanskrit Honours,
First Class First with Distinction (1975).
From Banaras Hindu University : M.A. Sanskrit First Class First, Gold Medalist (1977),
Ph.D. Sanskrit (1981) and Diploma in German (1979).
* A researcher, creative writer, critic, poet, lyricist, composer of songs, orator and translator.
* Writes in Sanskrit, English, Hindi, Oriya and Koshali languages.
* Research articles, scholarly essays and poems published in the leading journals and
magazines of national and international levels.
* Participated in literary workshops, seminars and conferences of state, national and
international levels including World Sanskrit Conferences.
* Scholars of some universities such as Sagar University and Utkal University
have done research on the author and his Sanskrit lyrics.
* Father Poet Narayan Bharasa Meher and Mother Smt. Sumati Devi.
* Grandfather Poet Manohar Meher known as ‘Palli-Kavi’ or ‘Gaņa-Kavi’ of Western Orissa.
* Hailing from a poet’s family Dr. Meher is devoted to language, literature and music.
* Composer of original modern Sanskrit songs along with own innovated new metres, tuning and
presentations.
* Songs, poems, talks and discussions broadcast in All India Radio.
* Sanskrit and Koshali songs, literary discussions telecast on Doordarshan and other TV channels.
* Various articles published in his personal website on the internet.
* Bio-data published in several international Biographical volumes.
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LITERARY AWARDS
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* Gangadhar Samman (2002) :
By Sanskrutika Parishad, Patnagarh, Balangir.
* Gangadhar Saraswat Samman (2002) :
By Gangadhar Sahitya Parishad, Barpali.
* Jayakrishna Mishra Kavya Samman (2003) :
By All Orissa Sanskrit Kavi Sammelan, Cuttack,
* Vidyaratna Pratibha Samman (2005) :
By State Level Pandit Nilamani Vidyaratna Smruti Samsad, Bhubaneswar.
* Gangadhar Samman (2009) - Ashok Chandan Memorial Award.
By: State Level Swabhava-Kavi Gangadhar Smruti Samiti, Barpali, Orissa.
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LITERARY HONOURS & FELICITATIONS
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Conferred By :
* Khariar Sahitya Samiti, Raj Khariar (1998).
* Gadadhar Sahitya Samsad, Komna, Nuapada (1998).
* Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar,Sambalpur (2000).
* Siksha Vikash Parishad, Kalahandi (2003).
* Kalahandi Lekhak Kala Parishad, Bhawanipatna (2003).
* Abhiram Smruti Pathagar Trust, Bhawanipatna (2006).
* AWARD OF APPRECIATION (JAYADEVA UTSAV - 2008)
Conferred by : Odissi Akademi, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
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* Joined Orissa Education Service in 1981 and has been teaching in different Government
colleges of Orissa. Served in Panchayat College, Bargarh and Fakir Mohan College, Balasore.
* Presently serves as : Sr.Reader and Head, Department of Sanskrit,
Government Autonomous College, Bhawanipatna-766001, Orissa, India.
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MAIN LITERARY WORKS OF DR. HAREKRISHNA MEHER
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BOOKS PUBLISHED :
1. PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS IN THE NAISADHACARITA (Ph.D. Thesis)
ISBN : 81-85094-21-7. Publisher: Punthi Pustak, 36/4B, Bidhan Sarani, Calcutta-4, 1989.
2. NAISHADHA-MAHAKAVYE DHARMA-SASTRIYA-PRATIPHALANAM.
Publisher : Dharmashastra Deptt, Sri Jagannatha Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Puri,1994.
3. SAHITYA DARPANA : ALANKARA (With Oriya-Sanskrit Commentaries).
ISBN : 81-7411-12-7, Publisher: Vidyapuri, Balu Bazar, Cuttack-2, 1995.
4. SRIKRISHNA-JANMA (Original Oriya Poetry), 1997.
5. SRI RAMARAKSHA-STOTRA (With Siva-Raksha Stotra),1977.
6. SIVA-TANDAVA-STOTRA, 1978.
7. VISHNU-SAHASRA-NAMA, 1978.
8. GAYATRI-SAHASRA-NAMA, 1982.
(5 to 8 Edited and Metrically Translated into Oriya;
and 4 to 8 Publisher : Bani Bandar, Berhampur,Ganjam, Orissa.
9. MANOHAR PADYAVALI of Poet Manohar Meher (Edited),
Publisher: N.B.Meher, Manohar Kavita Vas, Sinapali, Orissa, 1985.
10. MATRIGITIKANJALIH (Original Modern Sanskrit Gitikavya),
Publisher: Kalahandi Lekhak Kala Parishad, Bhawanipatna, Orissa, 1997.
11. TAPASVINI (Complete Hindi Version of Oriya Kavya of Gangadhar Meher),
Publisher: Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Samalpur, Orissa, 2000.
12. TAPASVINI OF GANGADHARA MEHER
(Complete English Version of Oriya “ Tapasvini " Kavya)
ISBN : 81-87661-63-1. Publisher : R. N. Bhattacharya, A-217, Road No. 4, HB Town, Sodepur, Kolkata-700110. 2009.
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PUBLISHED in ‘Bartika’ (Literary Quarterly) Puja Specials, Jajpur, Orissa :
Complete Metrical Oriya Translations of Sanskrit Kavyas :
Niti-Sataka, Sringara-Sataka and Vairagya-Sataka of Bhartrihari.
Naishadhacharita (Navama Sarga) of Sriharsha.
Raghuvamsha (II Sarga),
Kumara-Sambhava (I, II, V, VII and VIII Sargas) of Kalidasa.
KOSHALI MEGHADUTA (Kalidasa’s Complete Meghaduta rendered into Koshali Song)
* ‘Varsha’ (Sanskrit Sloka Version of Radhanath Ray’s Oriya Poem)
published in ‘Lokabhasha-Sushrih’, Puri.
UNPUBLISHED WORKS : ORIGINAL
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(a) In Sanskrit :
Pushpanjali-Vichitra (Gitikavya),
Sarasvatayanam (Research Articles),
Saundarya-Sandarshanam,
Savitri-Natakam,
Jivanalekhyam (Modern Poems)
Mauna-Vyanjana (Modern Poems).
(b) In Oriya :
Alochanara Pathe,
Bhanjiya Kavyalochana,
Bhanja Sahityare Jagannatha Tattva,
Ghena Naishadha Paraye,
Odia Riti-Sahityare Darshanika Chintana,
Nibandhayana,
Kavitavali,
Sikhandi Kavya.
Sati Sabitri.
Odia Barnamalara Krutrima Samasya.
(c) In English :
Poems of the Mortals,
Glory (Research Articles & Essays).
(d) In Hindi:
Hindi Sarasvati,
Kuchh Kavita-Suman.
(e) In Koshali :
Koshali Gitamala.
UNPUBLISHED WORKS : TRANSLATED
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(a) Complete Oriya Metrical Translations of the Sanskrit Kavyas:
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita of Vyasa.
Kumara-Sambhava, Ritu-Samhara, Meghaduta and Raghuvamsa of Kalidasa.
(b) Siva Tandava Stotra (English Translation from Sanskrit).
(c) Matrigitikanjali (Complete Hindi Translation).
(d) From the Oriya Kavyas of Poet Gangadhar Meher :
Tapasvini (Sanskrit Version),
Pranaya-Vallari (Hindi and Sanskrit Versions),
Arghya-Thali (Hindi, English and Sanskrit Versions),
Kichaka-Vadha (Hindi Version).
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Address :
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Dr. HAREKRISHNA MEHER
Reader & Head,
Department of Sanskrit
Government Autonomous College,
BHAWANIPATNA - 766001. Orissa (India)
Phone : 06670-231591
Mobile : + 91- 94373- 62962
e-mail : meher.hk@gmail.com / hkmeher56@yahoo.co.in
website : http://www.hkmeher.blogspot.com/
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For details of Biodata, please see :
http://hkmeher.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-biodata.html
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Gāyatrī-Gītikā (गायत्री-गीतिका)
Gāyatrī-Gītikā (Song for Gāyatrī )
Sanskrit Lyrics and Tuning by : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
(Extracted from Sanskrit Kāvya ‘Mātrigītikāñjalih’)
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[ The famous Mantra of Savitŗ appears in the Ŗg-Veda.
“ Tat Savitur vareņyam bhargo devasya dhīmahi, Dhiyo yo nah prachodayāt.”
Prefixed with Mahā Vyāhŗtis Bhuh, Bhuvah, Svah and Praņava Om, this forms Gāyatrī Mantra.
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः
तत्सवितु-र्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि,
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ।
It means :
“We meditate on the adorable excellence of God Savitr who would stimulate our intellect.”
Gāyatrī is the power of God Savitŗ (Sun). She is worshipped in three forms in spiritual perspective. Rays of Sun are the givers of life and well-being to the worldly creatures, also are described as the panacea for all diseases from scientific point-of-view. A synthesis of spiritual and scientific conceptions is presented in this song.]
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गायत्री-गीतिका
गीत-रचना तथा स्वर-संयोजना : डॉ. हरेकृष्ण-मेहेरः
(‘मातृगीतिकाञ्जलिः’ - काव्यतः)
गीत-रचना तथा स्वर-संयोजना : डॉ. हरेकृष्ण-मेहेरः
(‘मातृगीतिकाञ्जलिः’ - काव्यतः)
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ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
ध्येया धियो नः प्रचोदयित्री,
सुनुता धरण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (ध्रुवम्)
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तामिस्रहा दीप्त-सहस्र-हस्ता, प्रज्ञावती ;
यस्यां समस्ता जड़ता निरस्ता, सा भारती ।
ज्योतिः-स्वरूपा प्रकाशयित्री,
निगमाग्रगण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (१)
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शोभामयी शुभ्र-विशुद्ध-सत्त्वा, हंसासना ;
संसार-शमनी शिव-शर्म-तत्त्वा, सोपासना ।
सा वेद-माता प्रमोदयित्री,
श्रुति-नाद-गुण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (२)
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नित्य-स्तुता सत्य-पथानुकूला, सा मङ्गला ;
विश्व-प्रसूति-स्थिति-नाश-मूला, साऽनर्गला ।
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
ध्येया धियो नः प्रचोदयित्री,
सुनुता धरण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (ध्रुवम्)
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तामिस्रहा दीप्त-सहस्र-हस्ता, प्रज्ञावती ;
यस्यां समस्ता जड़ता निरस्ता, सा भारती ।
ज्योतिः-स्वरूपा प्रकाशयित्री,
निगमाग्रगण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (१)
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शोभामयी शुभ्र-विशुद्ध-सत्त्वा, हंसासना ;
संसार-शमनी शिव-शर्म-तत्त्वा, सोपासना ।
सा वेद-माता प्रमोदयित्री,
श्रुति-नाद-गुण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (२)
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नित्य-स्तुता सत्य-पथानुकूला, सा मङ्गला ;
विश्व-प्रसूति-स्थिति-नाश-मूला, साऽनर्गला ।
त्रैश्वर्य-मूर्त्तेः प्रवर्त्तयित्री,
महतां शरण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (३)
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भर्गात्मिका सा सुभगा नमस्या, पद्मानना ;
शुभदावकाशा भक्त्या हि यस्या, नीराजना ।
धर्मस्य धात्री विकासयित्री,
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (३)
*
भर्गात्मिका सा सुभगा नमस्या, पद्मानना ;
शुभदावकाशा भक्त्या हि यस्या, नीराजना ।
धर्मस्य धात्री विकासयित्री,
प्रणवैक-वर्ण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (४)
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आरोग्यदा लोक-रुजापहन्त्री, सञ्जीवनी ;
ध्वस्ताशिवा स्वस्तिमती नियन्त्री, सन्दीपनी ।
सर्वत्र दिव्या पवित्रयित्री,
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या,
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (४)
*
आरोग्यदा लोक-रुजापहन्त्री, सञ्जीवनी ;
ध्वस्ताशिवा स्वस्तिमती नियन्त्री, सन्दीपनी ।
सर्वत्र दिव्या पवित्रयित्री,
वरदा हिरण्या
शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (५)
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शक्तिः सुपुण्या
सवितु-र्वरेण्या
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ।
गायत्री सरस्वती सावित्री ॥ (५)
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Gāyatrī-Gītikā
(English Translation by the Author)
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Om Auspicious Bhūh, Bhuvah, Svah.
We meditate on the Goddess who stimulates our intellect. She is the adorable power of God Savitr well-worshipped by the world. She is known as Gāyatrī, Sarasvatī and Sāvitrī. (0)
She is the Goddess of Speech eradicating all the gloom. She has thousand-rayed illustrious hands. She is the form of auspicious wisdom. In her, all ignorance is subdued. She is the illuminating splendour and the predominant power enumerated in the scriptures. (1)
She is the beauteous goddess endowed with pure and fair Sattva guņa. She has swan as her conveyance. Destroyer of all mundane sufferings, she is the form of auspiciousness and bliss. She is verily meditated upon and worshipped by the people. She is the bestower of beatitude, is celebrated as the mother of the Vedas and is attributed with utterance of the Śruti. (2)
She is eternally praised and is conducive to the path of truth. Conferring weal, she is the root-cause of creation, sustenance and dissolution of the world. She is beyond mundane hindrances. She enjoins the forms of Trinity, i.e. Brahmā, Vishņu and Śiva. She is the resort of the noble ones. (3)
She is the quintessence of auspiciousness and divine excellence. She is the revered goddess, lotus-faced. Devotional worship to her gives all the well-being. She is the sustainer and enhancer
of righteousness. She is the unique letter OM. (4)
She cures all diseases and annihilates all mundane pains. She is the life-giving energy. She destroys all evils. She is replete with all purity and holiness. She is the controller of the world, is the stimulator of our thoughts and is the divine purifier everywhere. She is bestower of boon and is golden-figured. She is the adorable energy of God Savitŗ well-praised in her trio. (5)
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Om Auspicious Bhūh, Bhuvah, Svah.
We meditate on the Goddess who stimulates our intellect. She is the adorable power of God Savitr well-worshipped by the world. She is known as Gāyatrī, Sarasvatī and Sāvitrī. (0)
She is the Goddess of Speech eradicating all the gloom. She has thousand-rayed illustrious hands. She is the form of auspicious wisdom. In her, all ignorance is subdued. She is the illuminating splendour and the predominant power enumerated in the scriptures. (1)
She is the beauteous goddess endowed with pure and fair Sattva guņa. She has swan as her conveyance. Destroyer of all mundane sufferings, she is the form of auspiciousness and bliss. She is verily meditated upon and worshipped by the people. She is the bestower of beatitude, is celebrated as the mother of the Vedas and is attributed with utterance of the Śruti. (2)
She is eternally praised and is conducive to the path of truth. Conferring weal, she is the root-cause of creation, sustenance and dissolution of the world. She is beyond mundane hindrances. She enjoins the forms of Trinity, i.e. Brahmā, Vishņu and Śiva. She is the resort of the noble ones. (3)
She is the quintessence of auspiciousness and divine excellence. She is the revered goddess, lotus-faced. Devotional worship to her gives all the well-being. She is the sustainer and enhancer
of righteousness. She is the unique letter OM. (4)
She cures all diseases and annihilates all mundane pains. She is the life-giving energy. She destroys all evils. She is replete with all purity and holiness. She is the controller of the world, is the stimulator of our thoughts and is the divine purifier everywhere. She is bestower of boon and is golden-figured. She is the adorable energy of God Savitŗ well-praised in her trio. (5)
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Rāma’s Coronation in the Vision of Sītā (Tapasvinī)
Rāma’s Coronation in the Vision of Sītā
(From Original Oriya Kāvya ‘ Tapasvinī’
of Poet Gangādhara Meher)
English Translation by : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
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In the flow of the river
of devotion-to-husband there,
Sītā’s life was floating,
and in eddies, was restlessly rotating.
Unable to bring and keep
her life in own lap, Dame Sleep
approached Yogamāyā,
and apprised : “O Goddess ! Life of Sītā
has today gone beyond
the human heart’s bond.
For twelve years
Virtuous Maithilī,
permeating her bed with tears,
managed to come slowly
in my lap once even.
But today despite my frequent call
in my very sweet tone,
she not at all
paying heed to it, alone
proceeds to the state of heaven.
Idols of eyes, her twin sons,
from her eyes shall now disappear.
All the ten directions
shall seem darkened for her.
In this life of hers
no sun-rise of happiness appears.
So much devoted to her husband,
what fruit did she acquire at the end ?
Kindly make her future bright.
Let the poor lady behold it.
Pouring water from eyes
in her life’s basin,
the sobre lady obtained the grand
garden of devotion-to-husband.
Neither any flower bloomed therein,
nor did any fruit appear.
Ah ! Tell me please,
would the life
of the virtuous wife
so desperately suffer ?”
Yogamāyā directed : “Come, My Friend !
Cool night is at its end.
Approaching the devoted Sītā now earlier,
we both will reveal the secret of her future.”
With Sleep, entered Yogamāyā hastily
in the cottage of Maithilī.
By celestial lustre, the sylvan site
continued to shine.
Surface of earth turned replete
with the fragrance divine.
By the aromatic affluence
horripilated, Sītā’s life aroused.
Under the splendour’s influence
her eyes became closed.
There appeared the scene.
Lustrous Sītā has been.
World is being illumed further
by her effusive lustre.
Resplendent with blooming mien,
King Rāma with herself as Queen
has ascended the bejewelled throne there.
Kuśa has sat in the lap of Rāghava,
and in Sītā’s lap, Lava.
Holding the lifted umbrella,
Lakshmaņa, the husband of Urmilā,
has stood anear.
Moving the charming chowery moonbeam-fair,
Bharata performs his own duty.
Holding by hand, Śatrughna moves there
the fan prepared with peacock-plumes pretty.
In the mouth of future,
life-lustre of every creature
is flowing apace
forming a stream of river.
Crores of men and women thither
are performing ablutions in the very stream,
knowing it a great place,
sacred, noble and supreme.
By and by, the stream
with its physical expanse
advances towards the ocean of time
in great distance.
Gods and demi-god Vidyādharas with love
are offering from above
soothing showers
of beautiful flowers.
Gods, with demons all,
serpents, human beings
and nymphs celestial,
are permeating there
the entire mundane sphere
with ‘Victory-to-Sītā-Rāma’ chantings.
In every house, in every life, in every city,
in the river-boat, in the bark of the sea,
in every cavern,
at day and night,
in the even and the morn,
in dolour and delight,
in the hearts of the affluent
as well as of the indigent,
reigns ever-reverberant
the ‘Victory-to-Sītā-Rāma’ chant.
Observing all these,
stood entranced at the scene
Crest-crown of the chaste ladies,
the Great Queen.
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(Extracted from Canto-XI of Tapasvinī Kāvya).
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(From Original Oriya Kāvya ‘ Tapasvinī’
of Poet Gangādhara Meher)
English Translation by : Dr. Harekrishna Meher
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
In the flow of the river
of devotion-to-husband there,
Sītā’s life was floating,
and in eddies, was restlessly rotating.
Unable to bring and keep
her life in own lap, Dame Sleep
approached Yogamāyā,
and apprised : “O Goddess ! Life of Sītā
has today gone beyond
the human heart’s bond.
For twelve years
Virtuous Maithilī,
permeating her bed with tears,
managed to come slowly
in my lap once even.
But today despite my frequent call
in my very sweet tone,
she not at all
paying heed to it, alone
proceeds to the state of heaven.
Idols of eyes, her twin sons,
from her eyes shall now disappear.
All the ten directions
shall seem darkened for her.
In this life of hers
no sun-rise of happiness appears.
So much devoted to her husband,
what fruit did she acquire at the end ?
Kindly make her future bright.
Let the poor lady behold it.
Pouring water from eyes
in her life’s basin,
the sobre lady obtained the grand
garden of devotion-to-husband.
Neither any flower bloomed therein,
nor did any fruit appear.
Ah ! Tell me please,
would the life
of the virtuous wife
so desperately suffer ?”
Yogamāyā directed : “Come, My Friend !
Cool night is at its end.
Approaching the devoted Sītā now earlier,
we both will reveal the secret of her future.”
With Sleep, entered Yogamāyā hastily
in the cottage of Maithilī.
By celestial lustre, the sylvan site
continued to shine.
Surface of earth turned replete
with the fragrance divine.
By the aromatic affluence
horripilated, Sītā’s life aroused.
Under the splendour’s influence
her eyes became closed.
There appeared the scene.
Lustrous Sītā has been.
World is being illumed further
by her effusive lustre.
Resplendent with blooming mien,
King Rāma with herself as Queen
has ascended the bejewelled throne there.
Kuśa has sat in the lap of Rāghava,
and in Sītā’s lap, Lava.
Holding the lifted umbrella,
Lakshmaņa, the husband of Urmilā,
has stood anear.
Moving the charming chowery moonbeam-fair,
Bharata performs his own duty.
Holding by hand, Śatrughna moves there
the fan prepared with peacock-plumes pretty.
In the mouth of future,
life-lustre of every creature
is flowing apace
forming a stream of river.
Crores of men and women thither
are performing ablutions in the very stream,
knowing it a great place,
sacred, noble and supreme.
By and by, the stream
with its physical expanse
advances towards the ocean of time
in great distance.
Gods and demi-god Vidyādharas with love
are offering from above
soothing showers
of beautiful flowers.
Gods, with demons all,
serpents, human beings
and nymphs celestial,
are permeating there
the entire mundane sphere
with ‘Victory-to-Sītā-Rāma’ chantings.
In every house, in every life, in every city,
in the river-boat, in the bark of the sea,
in every cavern,
at day and night,
in the even and the morn,
in dolour and delight,
in the hearts of the affluent
as well as of the indigent,
reigns ever-reverberant
the ‘Victory-to-Sītā-Rāma’ chant.
Observing all these,
stood entranced at the scene
Crest-crown of the chaste ladies,
the Great Queen.
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(Extracted from Canto-XI of Tapasvinī Kāvya).
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