The purpose of this blog is to create awareness of shri radha krishna naam(in Hindi / English).
I want to share beautiful bhajans of krishna and meaning(by mridul shastri ji, nikunj kamra, vinod aggarwal ji).
I want to share beautiful 'leela'(stories) of shri krishna.
All the 'leela' of shri krishna(uddhav story, gopi cheerharan, raas leela, ukhal story, gopi story etc) give some message, I want to bring that message to notice.
I also want to let you read meera bai stories and bhajans.
हमारो धन राधा, श्री राधा , श्री राधा,
परम धन राधा राधा राधा राधा राधा ।
जहाँ गेंदा गुलाब अनेक खिले, बैठो क्यूँ करील की छावन में ,
प्रेम सरोवर छोड़ के तू, भटके है क्यूँ चित्त की चाहन में ।
(jahan genda gulaab anek khile, baitho kyun karil ki chhavan mein,
prem sarovar chhod ke tu, bhatke hai kyun chitt ki chaahan mein)
प्रेमी कहे यह प्रेम को पंथ,
रहिबो कर सुधे सुबयन में ,
मन तो है मिले, विश्राम वही,
वृषभान किशोरी के पायन में ।
किशोरी कुछ ऐसा इंतजाम हो जाए।
जुबा पे राधा राधा राधा नाम हो जाए॥
(Radha rani, please do such a arrangment,
that my toungue always chants your name)
जब गिरते हुए मैंने तेरे नाम लिया है।
तो गिरने ना दिया तूने, मुझे थाम लिया है॥
(whenever i am in trouble, i have taken your name,
and you have saved me)
Mukh Mod naa lena saawariya haaye re, dil ro ro ke bechain hoga
This is one beautiful bhajan sung by YSR Madhukar.
मुख मोड़ ना लेना सांवरिया हाय रे,
दिल रो रो के बेचैन होगा ।
(Please don't turn away your face from me, Prabhu,
My heart will be restless and crying)
तेरे ही ख्यालो से, आबाद मेरी दुनिया,
भूले से ना कर देना बर्बाद मेरी दुनिया ।
मुख मोड़ ना लेना...
(My world is filled with your thoughts,
Do not ruin it, even by mistake)
(दीन दयाल करी जब ते,
तब ते मन में कछु ऐसी बसी है,
तेरो कहाँ इक जाऊ कहाँ प्रभु,
तेरे ही नाम की फेंत कसी है,
तेरो ही आसिरो एक मलूक (maloom),
तेरे बिना नहीं दूजो जसी है,
ऐह मुरारी पुकार कहूं प्रभु,
देरी हंसी नहीं तेरी हंसी है )
(These are very beautiful lines in bhajan, although these lines are not in official video.
This is not exactly in pure Hindi, so whatever i understood, i have written it here, last line meaning i couldn't really understand)
बेदर्द जमाने की बातों में ना आ जाना,
भक्तों की कसम तुमको, तुम मुझको ना ठुकराना ।
मुख मोड़ ना लेना...
तेरे विरह की मारी, निशदिन नीर बहाए,
पूछे सब सखियन ते प्यारे, एक ही बात तिहारी,
श्री राधा रानी जू पे मैं जाऊं बलिहारी,
अब की लाज हमारी प्यारे मिले बिना मैं मर नहीं जाऊं ।
मुख मोड़ ना लेना....
(Daily, i am in the tears because of separation from you,
i ask from each sakhi(friend) about you)
This is official video link posted by Bhakti Sagar..
to jee bhar ke yugal ras prem ka meine piyaa hota.
This is one beautiful krishna bhajan depicting the state of one's life who has just experienced the eternal love of Shri Krishna and Radha Ji.
'Yugal sarkaar' refer to Shri Krishna and Radha Ji.
A person who has felt the love of Yugal Sarkaar no longer enjoy worldly feeling because these worldly feelings seems nothing as compared to Shri Krishna's love.
This is the main point this krishna bhajan makes.
Such a person feels like he has wasted his life in this world upto now by indulging too much in worldly matters.
युगल सरकार को अपना दिया मैंने हिया होता,
तो जी भर के युगल रस प्रेम का मैंने पीया होता ।
(If i would have given my heart to 'Yugal Sarkaar' earlier,
then i would have enjoyed Yugal Prem(Yugal Sarkaar's love) upto heart's content feeling)
फरेबों से भरी दुनिया की चालों में ना गर पड़ता,
तो दुनिया में यूँ गल गल के ना सड़ता खपता और मरता
अटल सत्य यह निर्णय अगर पहले लिया होता
तो जी भर के युगल रस प्रेम का मैंने पीया होता....
(if i wouldn't have fallen into tricks of this world,
then i wouldn't have rotten into this world like this,
if i would have make this eternal truth decision earlier,
then i would have enjoyed Yugal Prem...)
मिले जब से युगल ठाकुर, बदी से नेकी पे आया,
बना कुछ और ही जीवन, ना पहले देखा था पाया,
भला होता यही जीवन, अगर पहले जीया होता,
तो जी भर के युगल रस प्रेम का मैंने पीया होता....
(From the time, i have met Yugal Thakur, i have left evil, and given kindness,
my life has turned into something else, which i had not seen earlier,
Had i lived this life earlier, it would have been better )
This is a bhajan sung by Nikunj Kamra.
I like this bhajan a lot,
This bhajan is a very sweet compaint to Yashoda that Krishna teases us a lot.
All of this bhajan, Krishna is shown pretty mischievous(causing trouble in playful way).
All the bhajan is sung in pretty sarcastic manner trying to show Krishna mischievous.
But they all Love Krishna and actually want Krishna to behave this way.
Gopis are saying this to each other,
lets go to Yashoda house, Krishna is teasing us a lot.
१. मैया से कहेंगे तेरा गोपाला,
कपटी छलिया , मन का काला,
इस से दुखी हर गाँव की बाला,
गोकुल का बदनाम सखी री...बहुत सतावे..
(We will say to Yashoda, every girl in village is unhappy with Krishna(saying this in sarcastic way),
Actually Gopis think Krishna is a teaser)
२. नित नित मैया मेरी मटकी फोड़े,
पनिया भरूं मैं कैसे, राह ना छोड़े,
नैनन से मोरे नैन जोड़े,
कैसे करें ये काम सखी री ...बहुत सतावे..
(He breaks our pitcher daily, He doesn't let us fill water,
He pairs His eyes with us, how we do this work...)
३. छेड़ मुरलिया कान्हा हमको बुलाये,
हमको बुलाये के बतिया बनाए,
बरबस हम संग रास रचाए,
करदे सुबह से शाम सखी री...बहुत सतावे...
(He calls us by playing flute,
and talks to us by calling us, He does Raas Leela with us,
all the day is spent like this)
खूबसूरत है वो मुस्कान जो "श्री कृष्ण" को देख कर खिल जाए
खूबसूरत है वो दिल जो "श्री कृष्ण" के प्यार के रंग मे रंग जाए
खूबसूरत है वो एहसास जिस मे "श्री कृष्ण" के प्यार की मिठास हो
खूबसूरत है वो आँखे जिनमे "श्री कृष्ण" के खूबसूरत ख्वाब समा जाएँ
खूबसूरत है वो आसूँ जो "श्री कृष्ण" के ग़म मे बह जाएँ...
(That smile is beautiful, which bloomes after seeing "Shri Krishna",
That heart is beautiful, which gets colored in the Love of Shri Krishna,
That feeling(Realization) is beautiful, in which there is sweetness of Love of Shri Krishna,
That eyes are beautiful, in which there are beautiful dreams of Shri Krishna,
That tears are beautiful, which flow in the sorrowfulness of Shri Krishna)
There was a lady in Braj of Pulind caste.
This lady used to come daily to nandgaon to sell fruits.
One day, she got the glimpse of Shri Krishna playing with His friends.
She got so much attacted to that image of Krishna that she got restless to see that image again.
She was striving to see that image again but she couldn't see that image again for some time.
One day, as per her routine, she called at the main gate of NandBhavan(Krishna's house) to sell her fruits.
No one was at home at that time except Krishna.
Krishna came outside with some grains in his hands.
Grain was consistently leaking from His hands.
She handed over all the fruits to Krishna in exchange for few seeds of grain.
She was completely captivated by the beautiful image of Krishna(कृष्ण छवि ).
Krishna sat in her lap, she hesitated in the beginning because she belonged to lower caste, but Krishna assured her that Pure love is above cast.
She left the place with that grain.
Now everything in this world was waste for her because she had got what she wanted i.e. Shri Krishna.
When she opened her fruit's carry bag, it was full of diamonds(रत्न ).
Moral of the story:
We should completely devote ourselves to Him, and just do our Karma.
There shouldn't be a feeling of possession of these worldly things because these things will perish one day.
ओ कान्हा, तुम तो सो जाओ, तुम्हे तो नींद प्यारी है,
तुम्हे तो नींद प्यारी है, हमें तो रात भारी है
हमें तो रात भारी है, दिल में बेकरारी है ।
(o kanha, please sleep, you love sleep
you love sleep, but this night is heavy for us,
this night is heavy for us because we are in your love and we desire to see you, our heary is restless without you)
चन्दन का बना पालना, रेशम की लगी डोरी,
तोहे सखियाँ सुलाती है, गा गा के शाम लोरी ।
मेरी आँखों के तुम तारे, बाबा के राज दुलारे,
तोहे मैया सुलाती है, तुम सोजा मेरे प्यारे,
जब होगी सुबह की बेला, मैं तुमको जगाउगी,
माखन और मिश्री का तोहे भोग लगाउंगी ।
सोजा, सोजा, सोजा...
(your cradle is made of sandalwood, and lanyard is of silk,
gopi sing lori for you to sleep, you are star of my eyes,
please sleep kanha, this mother is singing lori for you
When it will be morning, i will wake you up and give you butter and mishri)
This story will also explain why shri krishna is also called "DAMODAR".
Mother Yashoda was annoyed with Krishna, because Krishna had spilled all the milk in the kitchen/place where milk was kept.
Mother Yashoda tried to tie Krishna's stomach(UDAR in Hindi) with rope(DAM in Hindi).
but rope fell short by length equal to 2 fingers.
Mother tried to combine many ropes and then tried to tie down Krishna.
Everytime rope fell short by length equal to 2 fingers.
This length(2 fingers) represent ego "AHAMKAR" of human being.
No one can tie Krishna with ego.
He can only be bound by pure love towards Him.
In the end, Mother Yashoda requested Krishna to get tied down.
So Krishna got tied down only by a short rope.
This is why Krishna is also called DAMODAR(DAM + UDAR) .
Message of the story-
1. Krishna can be bound by love only, not ego. If we will have ego left, there will always be a gap of 2 fingers between us and Him.
2. We need to have full love towards Him, means our love should not be divided, complete devotion should be towards Him.
We always divide our things like, this share is for Krishna, this share for family, this share for friend etc.
Everthing is for Krishna, we should extract the share for others(not extract share for Krishna), everything else is for Krishna only.
Everyone knows Shri Krishna had many wives.
Here i want to answer, how many wives Krishna had and their details.
So Krishna had 16,108 wives.
They were like 16108 = 8(PatRani) + 16100(RaajRani).
8 of them were main queens:
Their names are: Rukmini, Jambanti, Satyabhama, Kalindi(Yamraj sister), MitraVinda, Satya, Bhadra, Laxmana
These 8 patrani are called ashtada prakriti(eight powers of nature).
All of this nature is under ashtada prakriti.
All of these 8 powers are under Shri Krishna and Shri Krishna is owner of them.
Those who bow down before nature is called Jeev.
God has given power to only human that we can override this behavior of nature and liberate from this world.
Animals doesn't have this power and they only behave according to the nature.
Rest of the 16100 were richa(verse) of Vedas. Each of the Ved has 4025 verses, and we have total 4 Vedas.
Each verse came in form of a girl and married to Shri Krishna.
These girls were captive under Bhaumasur(son of Bhumi), Shri krishna defeated Bhaumasur and liberated these girls and married them.
The main point of highlighting this story in this blog is that all the gopi/girls were between 6 to 8 years of age when this cheerharan Leela happened(as mentioned in shri mad bhagwad).
When we watched this story of TV, they have shown them around 20-25 years of age.
Probably it would have looked awkward on TV to show them between 6-8 years. But the point is, every krishna bhakt should know the reality irrespective of what is shown on national television.
so here is the full story:
Shukdev ji says to Pareekshit:
Every girl of NandBraj and Barsana started to keep fast of Bhagwati katyayani so that they can get Shri Krishna as their Husband.
These girls are very small in age, eldest among them is 'chandrawali' of 10 years. rest of them are in between 6-8 years.
These are the real sisters of friends of Shri Krishna
krishna's age is 7 years, 3 months, 22 days.
Every girl used to wish the same thing from Bhagwati Katyayani: "Please make Shri Krishna as our husband, We bend down before you for this "
1 month passed like this(keeping fast), but these girls don't know that Bhagwati Katyayani doesn't have this power, you can only get Shri Krishna after His own graciousness.
Devi-devta doesn't have this power.
(devi-devta ki shakti seemit(Limited) hoti h, jabki bhagwan ki shakti aseemit(unlimited) hai, aur devi devta vardaan dene se pehle ye nahin sochte ki ye tumhare liye acha hai ya bura(like a shopkeeper), par shri krishna is baat ka dhyan rakhte hai ki jo wo de, wo tumhare bhale ke liye ho(like a mother)) (power of devi-devta is limited while God's power is unlimited, and whatever God give to us, it is for our own good, they do not give anything which might be bad for us(like a mother))
Bhagwati Katyayani knows that she doesn't have this power, so she pray to Shri Krishna for this.
Shri Krishna agrees.
Krishna has started walking for Gocharan(cows eating).
Today balram ji won't go, because this is a setting made by Shri krishna because Cheer Haran Leela can't be done in front of elder brother....:)
Today, Shri Krishna will go to temple of Bhagwati Katyayani.
He has seen from distance that worship hasn't started yet in temple.
Right now, all the girls are taking bath without clothes. It is wrong to bath like this in Yamuna and also it is insult to God of water 'Varun'.
To teach these girls a lesson, Shri krishna stole their clothes and kept it on a tree.
Now girls got embarrassed and started to trick Shri Krishna into giving them clothes.
Now after some time, their clothes are returned.
After Shri Krishna's eyes fell on them, their 8 pash got removed and they are now eligible for MahaRaas.
Now these girls started to sing:
Nanha nanha sa Gopal, mera dulha kamaal Mein to shyam piya ki dulhaniyan, Tedhi chale vanmaal, chale tedhi si chaal, pake run-jhun pair ki painjaniya...
We all know Krishna left vrindavan at the age of 11 years.
All the Gopi and Radha ji had this deep,eternal love for shri krishna.
Infact all the Gopi's had their different husband but radhaji never married.
(although i read on internet that radhaji also had husband like other gopis, but i didn't find any such mention in Shri Mad bhagwat)
Now, the question is why Krishna and radhaji didn't marry.
Infact Krishna had over 16000 wives, so why not one more?
We all know marriage is a bond which happens between two persons. Radha and Krishna are not two people, they are one.
So how can marriage happen between Radha and Krishna.
I am quoting one conservation between Radhaji and Lalipa Gopi from shri mad bhagwat:
ललिता गोपी ने श्री राधिका जी से पूछा - आपका और श्री कृष्ण का क्या नाता है?
राधा जी ने कहा - ललिता, तूने जो मानना हो मान ले ।
ललिता जी ने कहा समझ गयी - आप श्री कृष्ण की प्रियतमा है और वो आपके प्रियतम है ।
राधा जी ने कहा-
तू कुछ नहीं समझी ।
हम दोनों में प्रियतमा और प्रियतम का भेद है ही नहीं ।
बस मिलन की तीव्र जिज्ञासा-अभिलाषा पैदा होती है, जो हम दोनों को पीस कर एक बना देती है ।
ये प्रेम की प्रगाड़ता(गहराई) है जो राधा को कृष्ण बना देती है और कृष्ण को राधा बना देती है ।
Lalita Gopi to Radha: what is the relation between you and Krishna?
Radha: Lalita, you can assume whatever you want.
Lalita Gopi said: ok, i understood. you are her beloved and he is your beloved.
Radha ji said, you didn't understand anything.
There is no concept of beloved between us.
there is just intense curiosity to meet each other, which makes both of us a piece.
This depth of love, makes radha into Krishna and Krishna into radha.
Radhe Radhe all,
This post is in Hindi language.
i have explained this in english in my other post.
ललिता गोपी ने श्री राधिका जी से पूछा - आपका और श्री कृष्ण का क्या नाता है?
राधा जी ने कहा - ललिता, तूने जो मानना हो मान ले ।
ललिता जी ने कहा समझ गयी - आप श्री कृष्ण की प्रियतमा है और वो आपके प्रियतम है ।
राधा जी ने कहा-
तू कुछ नहीं समझी ।
हम दोनों में प्रियतमा और प्रियतम का भेद है ही नहीं ।
बस मिलन की तीव्र जिज्ञासा-अभिलाषा पैदा होती है, जो हम दोनों को पीस कर एक बना देती है ।
ये प्रेम की प्रगाड़ता(गहराई) है जो राधा को कृष्ण बना देती है और कृष्ण को राधा बना देती है ।
इसलिए यहाँ नित्य संयोग भी है और सदा वियोग भी है ।
"सदा वियोगिनी, श्री राधा, नित्य संयोगिनी श्री राधा , अदभुत योगिनी श्री राधा
जय राधा बोलो श्री राधा, जय राधा बोलो श्री राधा"
This is a very sweet bhajan, i want to share with you all.
तेरी अँखियाँ है जादू भरी,
बिहारी मैं तो कब से खड़ी।
१. सुनलो मेरे श्याम सलोना, तुमने ही मुझ पर कर दिया टोना,
मैं तो तेरे ही द्वारे पड़ी, बिहारी मैं तो कब से खड़ी ।
२. तुमसा ठाकुर और ना पाया, तुमसे ही मैंने नेहा लगाया,
मेरी अँखियाँ तुम्ही से लड़ी, बिहारी मैं तो कब से खड़ी ।
जा रहे हो मथुरा, एक कृपा तो करते जाना...
३. कृपा करो हरिदास के स्वामी, बांके बिहारी , अन्तर्यामी,
मेरी टूटे ना भजन की लड़ी, बिहारी मैं तो कब से खड़ी ।
तेरी अँखियाँ है जादू भरी...
English:
O Bihari ji, your eyes are filled with magic,
i am waiting for you for a long time!!!
1. listen my shyam, you have done some kind of magic on me,
i am standing before you, waiting for you..
2.i didn't find thakur(God) like you, i have loved only you,
my eyes are only on you, waiting for you.
Now you are going to Mathura, do one favour to me...
3. O baanke bihari, Owner of Haridas,
My bhajan streak shouldn't break, i am waiting for you..
एक बूँद ..जो सागर का अंश थी ! एक बार हवा के
संग बादलोँ तक पहुँच गई । इतनी ऊँचाई पाकर उसे
बड़ा अच्छा लगा । अब उसे सागर के आँचल मेँ कितने
ही दोष नज़र आने लगे।
लेकिन अचानक .
एक दिन बादल ने उसे ज़मीन पर
एक गंदे नाले मेँ पटक दिया । एकाएक उसके सारे
सपने, सारे अरमां चकनाचूर हो गए ।
ये एक बार नहीँ अनेकोँ बार हुआ । वो बारिश बन
नीचे आती, फिर सूर्य की किरणेँ उसे बादल तक
पहुँचा देती ।
अब उसे अपने सागर की बहुत याद आने लगी । उससे
मिलने को वो बेचैन हो गई ; बहुत तड़पी, बहुत
तड़पी .. ..।
फिर ..एक दिन सौभाग्यवश एक नदी के आँचल मेँ
जा गिरी । उस नदी ने अपनी बहती रहनुमाई मेँ
उसे सागर तक पहुँचा दिया।
सागर को सामने देख बूँद बोली -
हे मेरे पनाहगार सागर !
मैँ शर्मसार हूँ ।
अपने किये कि सज़ा भोग चुकी हूँ । आपसे बिछुड़ कर मैँ एक पल भी शांत ना रह पाई ।
दिन-रैन दर्द भरे आँसू बहाए हैँ ;
अब बस इतनी प्रार्थना है कि आप मुझे अपने पवित्र आँचल मेँ समेट लो !
सागर बोला - बूँद ! तुझे पता है तेरे बिन मैँ
कितना तड़पा हूँ ! तुझे तो दुःख सहकर एहसास हुआ
। लेकिन मैँ ..मैँ तो उसी वक्त से तड़प रहा हूँ जब तूने
पहली बार हवा का संग किया था ; तभी से
तेरा इंतज़ार कर रहा हूँ ।...और जानती है उस
नदी को मैँने ही तेरे पास भेजा था । अब आ !
आजा मेरे आँचल मेँ !
..बूँद आगे बढ़ी और सागर मेँ समा गई । बूँद सागर
बन गई।
...
ये बूँद कोई और नहीँ ; हम सब ही वो बूँदेँ हैँ,
जो अपने आधारभूत सागर उस परमात्मा से बिछुड़
गई हैँ। इसलिए ना जाने कितने जन्मोँ से भटक रहे
हैँ।
और वो ईश्वर ना जाने कब से हमसे मिलने को तड़प
रहा है । उनका वो दर्द , वो तड़प ही "पूर्ण
सद्गुरु" के रुप मेँ इस धरती पर बार-बार अवतरित
होता है ।हमेँ उनसे मिलाने के लिए ही ।
लेकिन पता नहीँ उनकी तड़प को हम कब समझेँगे ।
एक बार की बात है एक संत कहीं जा रहे थे , उन्हे
रास्ते में एक व्यक्ति पांच गधों पर सामान ले
जाता हुआ मिला ।
संत ने पूंछा - भाई तुम कौन हो ?
व्यक्ति - व्यापारी हूं
संत - किस चीज का व्यापार करते हो ?
व्यक्ति - ये गधों में जो सामान लदा है उनका
संत - क्या लदा है ?
व्यक्ति - पहले गधे में अत्याचार , दूसरे में अहंकार ,
तीसरे में ईर्ष्या , चौथे में
बेईमानी , पांचवे में छल कपट लदा है ।
संत - इन्हे भला कौन खरीदता है ?
व्यक्ति - अत्याचार सत्ताधारी खरीदते हैं ,
अहंकार सांसारिक लोगों की पसंद है ,
विद्वानों को ईर्ष्या चाहिये ,
बेईमानी व्यापारी वर्ग लेते हैं और छल - कपट
महिलाओं को कुछ अधिक ही पसंद है ... और
मेरा नाम तो आपने सुना ही होगा मुझे शैतान कहते
हैं , सारी मानव जाति भगवान
की नहीं मेरी प्रतीक्षा करती हैं , मेरे व्यापार में
लाभ ही लाभ है ।
संत - पर तुम जा कहां रहे हो ?
व्यक्ति - खरीददारों की तलाश में ... इतना कह
कर व्यक्ति चला गया ।
वह व्यापारी आज भी ग्राहकों की तलाश में घूम
रहा है ...
सावधान रहें उसके ग्राहक न बनें !
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