Life of Shrimad Rajchandra

Author(s): Manu Doshi
Publisher: Manu Doshi

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WORDS OF BLISS
Je Swarup Samajyä Vinä, Pämyo Dukh Anant; Samajävyun Te Pad Namun, Shri Sadguru Bhagavant.
I bow to the graceful Guru who explained the true nature of soul; in absence of understanding which I underwent the endless suffering.
Deh Chhatän Jeni Dashä, Varte Dehätit; Te Jnäninä Charanamän, Ho Vandan Aganit.
My innumerable obeisance be at the feet of the enlightened, who behaves transcendentally even though being embodied.
Param Purush Prabhu Sadguru, Param Jnän Sukh Dhäm; Jene Apyun Bhän Nij, Tene Sada Pranam
Let my obeisance always be to the superb and supreme true Guide, who is imbibed with the enlightenment, who is the abode of bliss, and who bestowed the knowledge of Self.
The great man, whose life I am going to narrate, had world-renowned wisdom; he had gone through the spiritual pursuit in many previous lives and hence was imbibed, since the birth, with the state of detachment reminiscent of a great ascetic; self-realization had arisen to him at a very early age; he had unparalleled mnemonic capability and universal affection. What a stupendous height of that man and how low is the expressing capability of this unintelligent, unimpressionable being! Can there be any significance of the glimmer of a glow-worm in front of the brilliant light of the sun? My undertaking of this work is indeed as ridiculous as trying to weigh the mount Meru by balancing it with a grain of rapeseed.
The worldly activities, however, need to be undertaken somehow. No one can have a finger long enough to reach the sky in order to point out the crescent moon, and still we point our finger towards it in order to draw the attention of the viewer. Similarly, I am undertaking this work of narrating the life of the great man with the wholesome intention of being helpful to those, who intend to look at the glory of Shrimad Räjchandra and also of turning my tendency towards his esteemed words and ascetic life. I have held this pen after being convinced of the wholesome and all-round beneficial nature of the work. With a view, however, not to turn out a disgrace in the bright lunar light of the great man, I am surrendering my ego at his feet and am bowing to him once again in order to obtain his grace in this enterprise.
Ächärya Mäntungsuri has stated in Bhaktamar Stotra:
Matveti Näth Tav Sanstavanam Mayedam, Arabhyate Tanudhiyäpi Tava Prabhävät; Cheto Harishyati Satäm Nalinidaleshu, Muktäpphaladyutimupaiti Nanoodabinduh.
Lord, by your grace the adoration started by this unintelligent will blossom saints' hearts, as a drop of water fallen on a lotus assumes the brightness of a jewel.
Ästäm Tava Stavanmastasamastadosham, Tvatsankathäpi Jagatäm Duritäni Hanti; Doore Sahasrakiranah Kurute Prabhaiva, Padmäkareshu Jalajäni Vikäsabhänji
Let aside faultless adoration song, even chanting of your name can destroy worldly evils. Forget brilliance of the sun, even its glow leads to blossoming of lotus in the lake.