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PRABUDHHA JIVAN: MAHAVIR STAVAN SPECIAL
SHANTILAL SHAH'S MAHAVIR STAVAN By PUSHPA PARIKH
લડતી ઝઘડતી આ દુનિયાનું એક દિન મહાવીર ચીંધ્યા રાહે જાવું પડશે પ્રભુ મહાવીર ચીંધ્યા રાહે જાવું પડશે હિંસાના તાંડવમાં રાચનારા લોકોને એક 'દિ જરૂર પસ્તાવું પડશે.
પ્રભુ મહાવીર આપ્યા...
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કોટિ કોટિ માનવીને માથે નિરંતર, ગાજે છે યુદ્ધના નગારા પડીકે બંધાયેલ જીવને પળેપળ, ભડકાવતા ભણકારા લાખો નોંધારાના આંસુના શ્વાસની આગમાં એક દિ હોમાવું પડશે... પ્રભુ મહાવીર પ્યા...
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વેરથી વે૨ શમે ન કદાપી, આગથી આગ બુઝાય ના હિંસાથી હિંસા હાય નહિ કોઈ દિ. શસ્ત્રોથી શાંતિ સ્થપાયના બૉમ્બના બનાવનાર વૈજ્ઞાનિકોને, એક 'દિ જરૂર પસતાવું પડશે પ્રભુ મહાવીર ચીધ્યા... (3)
લાખ લાખ પ્રઓના સાચા ઉકેલો, શસ્ત્રો થકી નહીં આવે. ભીતિ બતાવે માનવીના હૈયામાં, પ્રીતિ કદિ નહી જાગે. સત્ય અહિંસાને શાંતિનું સંગીત, બુલંદ કંઠે ગાવું પડશે. પ્રભુ મહાવીર
ધ્યા
This is a Stavan (Bhajan) by Shri Shantilal Shah a very famous poet. He was a famous composer as well as a singer. He has written very welknown stavans which are sung by our people at many places and at various functions and during our festivals.
Now I will try to explain the meaning of his stavan-Stanza by stanza.
In the beginnig he has clearly mentioned that the people of the world today who are occupied in fighting wil have to follow one day the path showed by Mahavir Bhagwan. The people who are busy in Hinsa like the terrorists will definately have to repent one day.
In the first stanza he tries to mention the mental agony that people are facing these days. He feels that the people busy in Hinsa will definetely have to repent and will be punished by god in such a way that they will be unhappy by experiencing the the fire of the tears of unprotected people
In the second stanza he mentions about the Jain religion which says that you can never abolish ven
APRIL, 2013
Ladati Zagadti Aa Duniyane Ek din
Mahavir Chindhya Rahe jaavu padashe
Prabhu Mahavir Chindhya Rahe jaavun padashe Hinsana Tandavma rachnara lokne Ek Di jarur pasatavun padashe
Prabhu Mahavir... Koti Koti Manvine Mathe Nirantar gajechhe yudhhana nagara Padike bandhayel jeevne palepal bhadakvta Bhankara Lakho nodharana Aansuna shvasni aagma Ek di Homavu Padashe...
Prabhu Mahavir... Verthi Ver shame na kadapi, Aagthi Aag Buzay na Hinsathi Hinsa Hanay nahi koidi, Shastrothi Shanti Sthapay
na.
Bombna Banavnar vaigyanikone, Ek di Jarur pastavun padashe
Prabhu Mahavir...
Lakh Lakh Prashnona Sacha Ukelo Shastro thaki nahi Aave. Bhiti Batave Manavina Haiyama, Preeti Kadi Nahi Jaage. Satya Ahinsane Shsantinu Sangeet Buland Kanthe gavu Padashe
Prabhu Mahavir...
geance by vangeance and you can never extinguish fire by fire; violence can't be demolished by violence; peace can't be achieved by weapons, He further says that the inventors of bomb will definately have to repent one day. This is the basic knowledge or the lesson preached by our gurus or sadhus & saints.
In the last stanza he mentions the same idea in a different way. Here he clearly says that you cannot solve any problem with the help of the weapens. Here I am reminded of a sentence from a very recent famous book, The secret of the Nagas' by Amish Tripathi. There he has mentioned (p.g. 190) `Vengeance is a luxury I cannot afford.' It is quite true that in war you need lots of money to produce weapons. You can never produce love in a human being by showing fear. We will hve to spread the message of peace, Ahimsa and Truth by an effective music and songs.
Though this stavan is written before many years, it is very appropriate in these days of the daily fear from the terrorists. PUSHPA PARIKH
