Flowers Under Water & Above on Earth !! :-)

Some Flowers are Under the Sea & some are above on Ground -- One needs to dive under water to see the beautiful Coral reef ....as NATURE
has spread a beautiful Garden even under the Oceans !!
Here is the Proof : ~~~

Guru Gorakhnath & Matsyendra Nath

ना कोई बारू , ना कोई बँदर, चेत मछँदर,
आप तरावो आप समँदर, चेत मछँदर
निरखे तु वो तो है निँदर, चेत मछँदर चेत !
धूनी धाखे है अँदर, चेत मछँदर
कामरूपिणी देखे दुनिया देखे रूप अपारा
सुपना जग लागे अति प्यारा चेत मछँदर !
सूने शिखर के आगे आगे शिखर आपनो,
छोड छटकते काल कँदर , चेत मछँदर !
साँस अरु उसाँस चला कर देखो आगे,
अहालक आया जगँदर, चेत मछँदर !
देख दीखावा, सब है, धूर की ढेरी,
ढलता सूरज, ढलता चँदा, चेत मछँदर !
चढो चाखडी, पवन पाँवडी,जय गिरनारी,
क्या है मेरु, क्या है मँदर, चेत मछँदर !
गोरख आया !
आँगन आँगन अलख जगाया, गोरख आया!
जागो हे जननी के जाये, गोरख आया !
भीतर आके धूम मचाया, गोरख आया !
आदशबाद मृदँग बजाया, गोरख आया !
जटाजूट जागी झटकाया,गोरख आया !
नजर सधी अरु, बिखरी माया,गोरख आया !
नाभि कँवरकी खुली पाँखुरी, धीरे, धीरे,
भोर भई, भैरव सूर गाया, गोरख आया !
एक घरी मेँ रुकी साँस ते अटक्य चरखो,
करम धरमकी सिमटी काया,गोरख आया !
गगन घटामेँ एक कडाको,बिजुरी हुलसी,
घिर आयी गिरनारी छाया,गोरख आया !
लगी लै, लैलीन हुए, सब खो गई खलकत,
बिन माँगे मुक्ताफल पाया, गोरख आया !

"बिनु गुरु पन्थ न पाईए भूलै से जो भेँट,
जोगी सिध्ध होइ तब, जब गोरख से हौँ भेँट!"
(-- पद्मावत )

बाबा गोरखनाथ महायोगी हैँ--८४ सिध्धोँ मेँ जिनकी गणना है, उनका जन्म सँभवत,

विक्रमकी पहली शती मेँ या कि, ९वीँ या ११ वीँ शताब्दि मेँ माना जाता है.

दर्शन के क्षेत्र मेँ वेद व्यास, वेदान्त रहस्य के उद्घाटन मेँ,आचार्य शँकर, योग के क्षेत्र मेँ पतँजलि तो गोरखनाथ ने हठयोग व सत्यमय शिव स्वरूप का बोध सिध्ध किया .कहा जाता है कि, गोरखनाथ ने एक बार अवध देश मेँ एक गरीब ब्राह्मणी को पुत्र - प्राप्ति का आशिष दिया भभूति दी जिसे उस स्त्री ने, गोबर के ढेरे मेँ छिपा दीया !

-- १२ वर्ष बाद उसे आमँत्रित करके, एक तेज -पूर्ण बालक को गुरु मत्स्येन्द्रनाथ ने जीवन दान दीया -- गोरख नाथ नाम रखा, अपना शिष्य बानाया
-- आगे चलकर कुण्डलिनी शक्ति को शिव मेँ स्थापित करके, मन, वायु या बिन्दु मेँ से किसी एक को भी वश करने पर सिध्धीयाँ मिलने लगतीँ हैँ यह गोरखनाथ ने साबित किया.

हठयोग से, ज्ञान, कर्म व भक्ति, यज्ञ, जप व तप के समन्वय से भारतीय अध्यात्मजीवनको समृध्ध किया --

गोरखनाथ से ही राँझा ने, झेलम नदी के किनारे , योग की दीक्षा ली थी

-- झेलम नदी की मँझधार मेँ हीर व राँझा डूब कर अद्रश्य हो गये थे !

मेवाड के बापा रावल को गोरखनाथ ने एक तलवार भेँट की थी जिसके बल से ही जीत कर, चितौड राज्य की स्थापना हुई थी

--गोरखनाथ जी की लिखी हुइ पुस्तकेँ हैँ

-- गोरक्ष गीता, गोरक्ष सहस्त्र नाम, गोरक्ष कल्प, गोरक्ष~ सँहिता, ज्ञानामृतयोग, नाडीशास्त्र, प्रदीपिका, श्रीनाथसूस्त्र,हठयोग, योगमार्तण्ड, प्राणसाँकली, १५ तिथि, दयाबोध इत्यादी

---" पवन ही जोग, पवन ही भोग,
पवन इ हरै, छतीसौ रोग,
या पवन कोई जाणे भव्,
सो आपे करता, आपे दैव!
ग्यान सरीखा गिरु ना मिलिया, चित्त सरीखा चेला,
मन सरीखा मेलु ना मिलिया, ताथै, गोरख फिरै, अकेला !"

कायागढ भीतर नव लख खाई, दसवेँ द्वार अवधू ताली लाई !
कायागढ भीतर देव देहुरा कासी, सहज सुभाइ मिले अवनासी !
बदन्त गोरखनाथ सुणौ,नर लोइ, कायागढ जीतेगा बिरला नर कोई !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- सँकलन कर्ता : लावण्या

Jeehale muskin main kun baranjis : zihaal-e-miskeen mukon ba-ranjish, By : Gulzar saab

Me & My Lata didi :)
@ Los ~ Angeles when she gave her first Live performance in U.S.A.

http://jhbhakta.blogspot.com/2006/08/blog-post.html

Ooo....ho..o...

(Jeehale muskin main kun baranjis

Behaal hijra bechaara dil hai) -2

(Sunai deti hai jiski dhadkan

tumhaara dil ya hamaara dil hai)-2

(Vo aake pahlu main aise baithe) -2

Ki shaam aur rangeen ho gayi hai

Ki syaam rangeen ho gayi hai

Ki shyaam rangeen ho gayi hai

(Zara zara si khili tabiyat

zara si gumgeen ho gayi hai)-2

Zihaale muskin ....

sunai deti hai ....

(Ajeeb hai dil ke dard)-2 yaaron

(Na ho to mushkil hai jeena iska) -2

(Jo ho to har dard ek heera Har ek gam hai nageena iska)-2

Zihaale muskin ....

sunai deti hai ....

(Kabhi kabhi shaam aise dhalti hai

Jaise ghoonghat utar raha hai, utar raha) -2

(Tumahre seene se uthta dhuaan

hamaare dil se guzar raha hai) -2

Zihaale muskin ....

sunai deti hai ....

Yeh sharm hai ya haya hai,

kya hai(Nazar uthate hi jhuk gayi hai) -2

(Tumhari palkon se gir ke shabnam

hamari aakhon main ruk gayi hai) -2

Zihaale muskin ...

.sunai deti hai ....

zihaal-e-miskeen mukon ba-ranjish,

bahaal-e-hijra bechara dil hai

zihaal = notice

miskeen = poor

mukon = do not

ba-ranjish = with ill will,

with enimity

bahaal = fresh,

recenthijra = separation

Thus the meaning is: Notice the poor (heart), and do not look at it (heart) with enimity.

It (heart) is fresh with the wounds of separation.

In Hindi : (and more clearly):

Ye dil judaai ke gamo se abhi bhi taaza hai.

Iski bechaargi ko ba-ranjish (without enimity) dekho.

Hope this lovely song will be thus now be understood by all the fans and listeners of this song, who in their youth and childhood, have always been fascinated towards this beautiful composition by Gulzar saab

& about the language of first two lines,

they are written in Persian language.

The same language which Mirza Ghalib also used to write ghazals,whom we recite till today!!

The phrase "Zihaal-e-miskeen"comes from a poem of Amir Khusro.

This original poem of Amir Khusro is a unique masterpiece.

The beautiful thing about this poem is that it is written in Persian and Brij bhasha simultaneously.

The first line is in Persian, second in Brij bhasha, third in persian, and so on...!!

What an unbelievable talent!!

And here are first four lines ofthat poem.

zihaal-e-miskeen mukon taghaful (Persian)

doraaye nainaan banaye batyaan (Brij)

ke taab-e-hijraah nadarum-e-jaan (Persian)

na laihyo kaahe lagaye chatyaan (Brij)

Bay Area Radio Station : Uphaar

http://www.udgam.com/archive.html

It is easy to see/ hear the sway of Indian Songs over the NRI community , transplanted though they are, the roots which stem from their faraway homes , still hold them & bind them to : India !

કૃષ્ણ–રાધા – પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર Krishna - Radha / Priya Kant Maniyar

આ નભ ઝૂક્યું તે કા’નજી ને ચાંદની તે રાધા રે.
આ સરવર જલ તે કા’નજી ને પોયણી તે રાધા રે.
આ બાગ ખીલ્યો તે કા’નજી ને લ્હેરી જતી તે રાધા રે.
આ પરવત શિખર કા’નજી ને કેડી ચડે તે રાધા રે.
આ ચાલ્યાં ચરણ તે કા’નજી ને પગલી પડે તે રાધા રે.
આ કેશ ગૂંથ્યા તે કા’નજી ને સેંથી પૂરી તે રાધા રે.
આ દીપ જલે તે કા’નજી ને આરતી તે રાધા રે.
આ લોચન મારાં કા’નજી ને નજરું જુએ તે રાધા રે.

(પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર (૨૪-૧-૧૯૨૭ થી ૨૫-૬-૧૯૭૬) ની આ અતિપ્રસિદ્ધ આરતી છે. દરેક કવિસંમેલનના અંતે પ્રિયકાંત આ આરતી સ્વકંઠે અવશ્ય ગાતાં. પ્રિયકાંત જ્યારે ગીત લખે છે ત્યારે ખીલે છે. વિરમગામમાં જન્મ, અમરેલીના વતની અને અમદાવાદમાં વર્ષો સુધી મણિયારનો વ્યવસાય એમણે કર્યો. સજીવ સૌન્દર્યચિત્રો દોરીને સજાવાયેલા ઘાટીલાં કાવ્યો નવીન પ્રતીકો અને લલિત પદાવલીથી વધુ ધ્યાનાકર્ષક બને છે. કૃષ્ણ અને રાધા માટેનો એમનો મીરાં જેવો અદકેરો પ્રેમ અમનાં અસંખ્ય ગીતોમાં રજૂ થયો છે. ‘નભ’થી ઉઘાડ પામીને આ કાવ્ય ‘લોચન’માં વિરમે એ દરમ્યાનમાં પ્રકૃતિથી માનવ-મન સુધી પ્રેમભાવ અદભૂત રીતે વિસ્તરે છે. કાવ્યસંગ્રહો : ‘પ્રતીક’, ‘અશબ્દ રાત્રિ’, ‘પ્રબલગતિ’, ‘વ્યોમલિપિ’ વિ.)
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To Hear this lovely Aarti click below on link

http://jhbhakta.blogspot.com/2006/08/blog-post_16.html

"यह झुका हुआ नभ कान्हजी और चाँदनी हैँ राधा रे!

यह सरवर जल हैँ कान्हजी और पद्मपुष्प हैँ राधा रे!

यह खिला बाग है कान्हजी और लहरी बहे वो राधा रे!

यह चले चरण वो कान्हजी और पगछाप दीखे वो राधा रे!

" ये गूँथे केश हैँ कान्हजी और भरी माँग हैँ राधा रे! "

यह जलता दीप हैँ कान्हजी और आरती हैँ राधा रे!

बहुत अर्से से यह सुमधुर गुजराती गीत आप सभी के साथ बाँटना चाहती थी -- इसके कवि थे,प्रियकाँत मणियार (जन्म : २८-१-१९२९मृत्यु : २५-६-१९७६ ) यह सुप्रसिध्ध आरतीमेँ श्री कृष्ण व राधा के प्रति कवि की भक़्ति अपूर्व लालित्य लिये नये नये प्रतीकोँ से सज कर पदावली को अनोखा माधुर्य प्रदान करती है -- कविका जन्म वीरमगाम नामक गाँव मेँ,अमरेली प्राँत मेँ हुआ था ! उनके प्रमुख काव्यसँग्रह हैँ - प्रतीक,अशब्द -रात्रि, प्रबल -गति , व्योमलिपि ......इत्यादि

સ્નેહરશ્મિ, હાઈકુ Sneh Rashmi - Haiku

સ્નેહરશ્મિ, હાઈકુ
ઝાપટું વર્ષી શમ્યું,
વેરાયો ચંદ્ર
ભીના ઘાસમાં.

વ્હેરાય થડ :
ડાળે માળા બાંધતાં
પંખી કૂજતાં.

હિમ શિખરે
ગયો હંસલો વેરી
પીંછાં રંગીન.

દેવદર્શને
ગયો મંદિરે : જુએ
વેણીનાં ફૂલ !

- સ્નેહરશ્મિ

14 અક્ષરની નાનીશી રત્નકનણિકા સમાન આ હાઈકુઓ અર્થવૈભવમાં પાછા પડતા નથી.
દરેક હાઈકુ આગવુ અને અસરકારક શબ્દચિત્ર રચી આપે છે.

Ganga maiyya...mei ..a beautiful song :

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/17/s/movie_name.1768/

Movie: Suhaag Raat

Lyrics: Indeevar

Music: Kalyanji - Anandji

" This song is so pure and divine. When Lataji starts..." Hoooooo Ganga maiyya meeee.. I" loose myself. And the dholak in the background keeps the tempo on throughout. Flute adds more purity to it."

Sent by Madhurima ...so Thanx :)

~~~~~~ : SOPAN : ~~~~~~~

Sopan & Noah ( my grand son )

~~~~~~ : SOPAN : ~~~~~~~

7 Alloys / Minerals & 9 Gems combine to creat the natural magnificent Visage of Sopan [ A new Chapter , unfolds ]
With a closed fist, comes my being, A gift of my own self !
The Essance has descended , Faith has been the Cause ,
Blue Breeze in the beautiful Golden Sky shimmers &
On Earth , in the lanes of shadows, a string of Lights shines !
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ This poem is not published ever but was written before Sopan was born by Late Pandit Narendra Sharma , a famous Hindi Poet who is Sopan's Nanaji & he had kept a Fast for Sopan .........& ......as this poem declares had even chosen His Grand Son's name ....SOPAN .....as both sides of Family awaited Sopan's imminent birth which his Nanaji thought would be difficult from astrological point of view , either for the unborn child or for the would be mother who happened to be Lavanya ....Narendra Sharmaji's daughter & Sindur's Mother .....So the religious & saintly Narendra Sharma kept Fast. He ate all food for 15 days but did not add salt to his meals ........this was done to ensure SAFE arrival of SOPAN -]
Sopan was born on 16 of JUNE in 1982 @ Bombay / Mumbai, city , Maharasta State in India
Lavanya

This is Magnificent ---
The words mean :
7 Alloys / Minerals = ( Dhatu )
9 Gems [ symbolising the 9 plants ] Nav Ratna
Combined made Natural magnificent SOPAN = ( a new Chapter )
Muthiband = ( with a Closed Fist ) Aagat = comes ,
Janha Gaat = My Being ...
Mukt Hasta = ( Free Handed ) is = Hai
Praano Daan = is my Gift of Self !
Marma = The Essance
Avatarit = Has descended
Dharma = Belief, Religion , Faith
Uttarit = has been the cause
NEEL PAVAN = Blue Breeze
SUARABRAH = Beautiful Sky
PEELA = is Golden Yellow
DEEPMALIKA = A string of Lights
CHAYAPATH PAR = On the lanes of shadows
PRUTHVI TAL PAR = On Earth
PUNYODYAN ! = is Blessings !

SOPAN
SAPTA DHATU NAVRATNA VINIRMIT
PRAKRUTI RACHIT SUNDER SOPAN!

AAGAT MUTHIBAND, JANHA GAAT
MUKTA-HAST HAI PRANODAAN!

MARMA AVATARIT, DHARMA UTTARIT,
NEEL PAVAN, SUARABH PEELA;
DEEPMALIKA CHAYAPATH PAR,
PRUTHVI TAL PAR PUNYODYAN!

Devotional Bhajan Links :~~`

Sree SiddhiVinayak Maha Ganpati

Chaupaiyan (Ramayan) Singer : Hemalata Music Director : Ravindra Jain Lyrics : Narendra Sharma


Ankhiyan Shyam Milan Ki Pyasi Singer : Asha Bhosle Music Director : Govind Naresh Lyrics : Pt.Narendra Sharma

http://www.dishant.com/album/Lata_Mangeshkar_-_Devotional_Bhajans.html

Tum Asha Vishwas Hamare -

FilM: Subah
Music Director: Hridayanath Mangeshker

Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol Singer : Geeta Roy Music Director : Bulo C Rani Lyrics : Meerabai

Man Tarpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj Singer : Mohd Rafi Music Director : Naushad Lyrics : Shakeel Badayuni

Ram Kare So Hoye Re Manwa Singer : Mukesh Music Director : Lachhiram Lyrics : Madhukar Rajasthani

Our Universe / Micro & Macro cosmic view

These are the FEET of GOD Sree Krishna with All Shubha Lakshanas /or / Good Signs View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.

After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons & Protons & QUARKS

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

Satyam Shivam Sundaram

The Image from Jaipur Palace Mandir

Satyam Shivam Sundaram

~*~
Ishwar satya hai --- GOD IS TRUTH

Satya hi Shiv hai -- TRUTH IS BENEVOLENT ( GOOD )

Shiv hi sundar hai -- GOODNESS IS BEAUTIFUL

Jaago uth kar dekho - SO AWAKE, ARISE, & SEE !!

Ek soorya hai, ek gagan hai, ek hi dharti mata
SUN IS ONE, ONE IS THE SKY & ONE IS EARTH
Dayaa karo Prabhu, ek bane sab
GOD, B KIND SO WE ALL BECOME ONE
Dayaa kare Prabhu, ek bane sab
GOD, B KIND SO WE ALL BECOME ONE
Sab ka ek se naata
MAY WE ALL BE UNITED & B ONE !
Satyam Shivam sundaram,

Radha Mohan Sharanam

satyam Shivam sundaram

( I PRAY TO ) TRUTH, BENEVOLENCE, BEAUTY -- ( 2 )

Raam avadh mein, kaashi mein Shiv kanhaa vrindaavan mein
LORD RAMA WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF AVADH ,
THE LORD SHIVA RESIDES IN THE ETERNEL CITY OF KASHI ( VARANASI . BENARAS )
LORD KRISHNA WAS BORN IN VRINDAVAN
Dayaa karo Prabhu, dekho inko
GOD IN YOUR INFINITE MERCY,
Dayaa karp Prabhu, dekho inko
GOD IN YOUR INFINITE MERCY,

Har ghar ke aangan mein
MAY YOU BE BORN O LORD,

AS EACH NEW CHILD IN EVERY HOME !

Satyam Shivam sundaram,

Radha Mohan Sharanam

stayam Shivam sundaram

TRUTH, BENEVOLENCE, BEAUTY

Jaago uth kar dekho
SO AWAKE , ARISE, & SEE !!
Jaago uth kar dekho
SO AWAKE , ARISE, & SEE !!
Jaago uth kar dekho
SO AWAKE , ARISE, & SEE !!
Jaago uth kar dekho
SO AWAKE , ARISE, & SEE !!

Satyam Shivam sundaram,

Radha Mohan Sharanam

satyam Shivam sundaram

( I PRAY TO ) TRUTH, BENEVOLENCE, BEAUTY -- ( 2 )

Haiku - A 3 line poem

From My Book of Poems titled " Fir Ga Utha Prawasee "
Haiku is a Japanese form of 3 line poem --
the first line should have 5 words which can have a Sandhi -Shabd also
the second line will follow with 7 words
& the third & last line again has 5 words.
They usually should contain a glimpse of Nature but other languages who have borrowed this poetry form have liberalised it according to their culture. Here are some Hindi Haiku which I've written ....

[ 1 ]

Raton prehri
Jage Man praan ke,
Ekaki Jahan !

[ 2 ]
Narm ghaas hai
chalte paanv thame
Baith jaoon main ?

[ 3 ]
Chameli beechi
Mahekne lagi hawa
Khushbu jhonka !

[ 4 ]
Dheeme dheeme se ,
Re tu chul Manva
Raat baki hai !

[ 5 ]
Koi aata hai,
Wo saaj sajata hai
Geet gata hai

[ 6 ]
Aasmaan per
Ek nanhee Chidiya
Main Jameen per !

[ 7 ]
Laal Gulab
Khilkhilata Baag
Haree Tehni !

[ 8 ]
Sinduri Genda
Muskaye Jaymala mein
Dulha magan !

[ 9 ]
Nadee Kinara
Bikhra hai sannata

dhoop chadhee hai !

[ 10 ]
Rashmi Rath
Surya prachi dish se
Ug aaye hain !

[ 11 ]
Koyee bulata
Bansuri meethi bajata
Hook uthata

[ 12 ]
Sun ri Sandhya
Shukra tarak raag
Kshitij paar

[ 13 ]
Rain Suhanee
Jhilmilateen Raatein
Meri Saugaten !

[ 14 ]
Haree doob pe,
Thirakte ye paanv
Man Hiran

[ 15 ]
Paniharin
Peeli Chunri bheegoye
Gagri Tori ...

[ 16 ]
Tulsi Kyara
Sheesh nawanteen Mata
Lipa Aangan

[ 17 ]
Her Singaar

Jhir jhir jharte Man Aangan


[ 18 ]
Ram Lakhan
Chalte Kantak Van
Sang Jaanki !

[ 19 ]
Dhare Shabree
Jhoothe ber Prabhu ko
Bhakti Nirmal

[ 20 ]
Champa Kali
Lajwanti Mukhda
Radhe Laadli !

[ 21 ]
Mayur Pankh
Kaustubh Mani Haar
Vyjayanti Ka !

[ 22 ]
Yamuna Teere
Kadamb Chaiyan Tale
Hare Murar !

[ 23 ]
Dhan Joban
Aavan javan hain
Naam Sumer

[ 24 ]
Paap punya ki
Gathree Tan kaya
Taj Maya !

[ 25 ]
Chale Senani
Ran Kshetra mein yuddha
Jay - Vijay !

[ 26 ]
Pawan Ganga
Ram Charit Katha
Amar Gatha

[ 27 ]
Maha Bharat
Ved Vyas ki Vani
Jag Tarini !

Dr Jagdish Vyom's poem

Peeo peeo na papihara bol, dukh ke badal ghir aayenge,
Hogi rim jhim barsaat, purane jakham oobhar aayengen !

Fir fir na jaga tu preet papiha , ghayal ektaron ki,
Itihaas preeti ka banteen hain, gatha Banjaron ki,
Hum, jude hue bandhan dhagon ke, tod nahi payengen,
Hogi rim jhim barsaat, purane ghaav, oobhar aayengen !

[ Dr Jagdish Vyom's poem from the collection of 100 best love poems in Hindi ]
http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/sankalan/prem_kavitayen/index.htm

Sree Bacchan ji = Harivansh Rai Baccha ji's poem

A B/W early Pic of Madhuri Dixit - Nene

raat aadhi , kheench ker meri hatheli,

ek ungli se ,
likha tha pyaar tumne !

Faasla kuch tha humare bistaron mein,
aur charon aur duniya so rahi thi !
Taarikayen hi Gagan ki jaantin hain,
Jo dasha dil ki tumhare ho rahi thi,
Main tumhare pas hoker door tumse
Adh jaga sa aur adh soya hua sa
raat aadhi , kheench ker meri hatheli, ek ungli se ,
likha tha pyaar tumne !

Sree Bacchan ji = Harivansh Rai Baccha ji's poem

Here is a file called

"Raat Aadhi Kheench Kar Meri Hatheli_0101021746.mp3" (20550 KB)

Click on the following link and follow instructions .
http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3JATDR0WA994D0GRWQJR50HA31

&

To read it in HINDI

http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/sankalan/prem_kavitayen/prem_kavitayen07.htm

The Link For Hindi's 100 Best Love Poems ---

Keep looking Every 10 days or so

to read new additions .......................

phoolon se bhari sej ....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kVw1g6HC0Lw

" dekho jee ..." Madhubala in a sweet & naughty song !
&

"Tu wada na Tod " a lovely Lata Di' song .........

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WECMQW7PLOI&mode=related&search=lata%20mangeshkar

.here is a Latadi song, I'd never heard b4 ........here she mesmerises .in all her pristine glory ...
enjoy ......

bhari sej umadi phoolon se
vyakul hai mala ki kaliyan
tumhe bhentane ki asha me
chanchal tan ki pulakavaliyan
sookhe adhar madhur mad pyaase...........

[ Aadhunik Kavi Kavita sangrah se ]
Rachna : Pt. Narendra Sharma

A wedding party ~~~ to Remember , Forever !! :-)

A wedding party ........??
How should be a Wedding ??
Any Ideas Folks ??
Or should we say .............
where's the PARTY YAAR ?? ;-))
( there's a Desi Film by that name )
WEDDINGS -- are nowadays a blend of East & Western cultures --
The Wedding can be a dhoom - dhadaka affair
OR ,
you can make it real REGAL, CLassy & COOL ...

.believe it or not, Rajiv Gandhi & Sonia's Shadi was held at the Prime Ministers's offocial residence near Teen Murti Bhavan at New Delhi & it was simple + elegant !

My Amma had told me about it .......it had the Kesariya color = Saffron color as the theme ........Saffron ka sharbet , Orange / Mari Gold ke yellow flowers over white walls & tents ........the Nehru parivaar in the pure white clothes + with Mari gold & orange Rose Garlands ...........looking real Festive & V. Indian !!

Ideas to bahot hain ..........per I had to bow down in favor of what my Beti had planned since one whole year upto the minutest detail of her brides maid's col = Deep Red Maroon gowns - to their flower bouquets of red/ yellow / orange ........to her white off the shoulder gown & me in Maroon & gold saree ..........& ALL men in Tuxedos .........& we wanted it to be her Special day ....& .not disappoint her ............so quietly paid all the Bills !! Let her feel Happy !!

Meena mehta's 1 brother was an indian Air force pilot & his Shamiyana to host the wedding was
an open , furled white, big parachute .............;-))
I still think that was the most unique wedding I'd attended ...........
& .Meenas; sister Pratima had a real Gujju = NAGAR wedding with Fresh , valsaad ni .......Keri no ras for the afternoon lunch with white khatta dhokla & leeli chuttney !! It was Yummmy !!

The Best ever I've tasted !!!
...........the bride was decked up in Flowers ke Gehne !

The Shadi to date to surpass ALL has been Ritu Raj Kapoor's ..........
I can write pages & pages on that one .........

It was where Hema Malini [ at age 17 ] ..danced her first public performance, the Baratis were served FIRNI [ pujabi style kheer ] on Mitti ke Kulhad / diye with silver vark spread with pink Gulab ki pankhuriyaan ........
[ we young girls served these as a Waiter held the massive Tray ]

......to more then 5,000 Punjju Folks !! ;-)) .
.....Zordaar Bhangda was going on by the Patiyala Bhangda Group on one side,
Ms Shubba Laxmi [ the legendry South Indian singer whose Bhajans r played at TIRUPATI MANDIR ] sang Mangal - GEET ..........
&
........at Night was Caberet by Persian dancers / belly dancing & Dharmendra, Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna , shashi kapoor etc etc ALL Macho Bollywood "He - Men" served whisky & Champagne , personally ,to ALL guests & there was huge show of Fire Works going on into the Night sky for more then 2 hours .......as the Baraat came , money was thrown on the streets for the beggers & urchins , lining the streets & ALL the " Kapoor men " wore Pink color ke Safe = Pagdee ( a head gear ) Pagdee
............& the Bride wore Orange & Gold ..........
& looked so dazzling that I still can't forget her ;-))
RITU ..
( Raj Kapoor , Raj Saab's elder daughter noe=w -- wife of Rajan Nanda & Mother of Nikitasha & Nikhil Nanda & Mother in law of Shwetambara & Dadi of Navya ~ Naveli & Agastya & Samdhan of Jaya & Amitabh Bachchan ...neice of Shammi & Shashi Kapoor, Sister of Rishi & Randhir & Rajeev Kapoor, Aunt of Karishma Kapur & Kareena Kapoor ...& grand daughter of the Legendry Prithvi Raj Kapoor who started this Kapoor Dynasty ---
is the most beautiful Female that I've seen so far in my life ........[ at that age when she was 20 yrs old ] .Today her son Nikhil Nanda is married to Amitabh's daughter SHWETAMBRA & they have 2 kids of their own !! ..............

REMEMBER = WEDDING is a SHOW & MAKE IT BRIGHT & DAZZLING for our children !! It is hopefully ONCE in a Life Time afair ................Of course, One should b able to AFFORD all the extrawagenza too ............So think & Plan & Enjoy the Day !! & The Night !! Why not !! ;-))

An Indian Bride

An Indian Bride being dressed up by an Elder Female for the Wedding

Did You know that my amma = Sushila was dressed in a ghaghra , full Chunri & a Blouse entirely made up of tiny Chameli & Juhi Flowers ??
On her wedding nite ---- amma told me that in her white Juhi ke tiny white flowers ki Kali ka blouse the buttons were made of tiny pink Roses !!!

Her Chunri was also made up of Chameli = Jasmine flowers with Red Roses sewn on border all around with silver Gota --- the bangles / Kangan -- were made up of Rose buds & Chameli & a HAAR = necklace & even earings were made of real flowers !! ;--)))

I used to dream of wearing such an out fit ----- ;-))

Amma had made something similer ---- --------------- Flowers ke Earing, Bangle, Haar = necklace for Raj Kapoor's daughter Ritu on her Sangeet Nite ...........

[ she is Amitabh Bacchan's daughter SHWETA's Mom - in -law now -- and they r Samdhis ]

Ritu was going to be dressed in heavy jewelery on her wedding Eve. So amma asked Bhabhiji = Mrs. Krishna Raj Kapoor to have Ritu -- wear just a Saffron color ki plain soft & , thin chiffon ki sari & a plain sleeve less blouse ...No Jewelery & Amma put the Real Flowers ke Gehne that she had made herself on her .........

I tell you thousands of Baratis , the entire Film Industry who was present asked who dressed Ritu like this ?? She looked more beautiful & Simple & elegant like an APSARA from our Puranic tales !! ;-)

She is the most gorgeous Idian Bride that I've ever seen in my entire life !!!
Whoweeee .....................what memories I have !!

" Jyoti Kalash Chalke " ~ Singer Swar Samargnee Sree Lata Mangeshker

( Late Pt.Narendra Sharma, Sanjeev Kohli ( MD sree Madan Mohanji's son & Lata didi presenting the Platinum Disc for Satyam Shivam sunderam to the lyricist )

TO LISTEN TO THIS BHOOPALI RAAG based song click here ~~
http://www.sawf.org/audio/bhoop/lata_jyoti.ram
the lyrics to this Prabhati = Morning song are truly inspired , ( me thinks) ....it describes the USHA KAAL = THE TIME OF DAWN .........thus........


1st Stanza :
" Jyoti Kalash Chalke " = [ The Life giving Necter flows from our SUN ]
Hue Gulabi, laal , sunhele, = [ the hues turn pink ochre & Golden ]
Rang, dal - Badal ke ! = [ on the profusion of clouds ]
Jyoti Kalash , Chalke ! " as the [ The Life giving Necter flows from our SUN "
2nd stanza :
" Ushane aanchal felaya " = the Dawn spreads its warm shroud = ( aanchal is such a typical Indian word that it defies a literal translation as it is the outside end of a saree , usually worn by an Indian Mother figure - so typifies ' Vatsalya bhaav ' = motherly love ) [ i'm trying to find a better word then the word - -- 'shroud' but choose this one as it conjures up memories of The Shroud of Turin , like the simple shroud covering Jesus Christ but U guys can suggest something else & I'll b grateful )
" Faili, Sukh ki Sheetal Chhaya , neeche aanchal ke ! Jyoti kalash chalke !"
= [ & calming shadow of Happiness / contentment - spreads beneath it - as the The Life giving Necter flows from our SUN "

3rd stanza :
" Jyoti Yashoda, Dharti Gaiyya, Neel Gagan, Gopal Kanaihyaa , Shyamal chabi jhalke ! Jyoti Kalash chalke ! " = [ The Light ( eternal ) is Mother ( Yashoda ) ( she can be Mary the mother of Jesus too ) - the Earth the Cow ( symbol of her nurturing/ life giving attributes , & the meekest & most docile among all four legged animals ) = as in Greek mythology Earth is often called = GAIA ) - the BLUE SKY is KRISHNA ( OUR BELOVED = ( THE DIVINE SUPREME POWER ) GOD ALMIGHTY - & The Life giving Necter flows from our SUN " = Jyoti Kalsh Chalke !

4th stanza :
" Paat Paat Birva Hariyaala, dharti ka mukh hua Ujala, Mangal ghat dhalke, Jyoti Kalash chalke " ---
[ Every leaf = ( paat is a leaf ) in its greenery = ( Hariyala ) onfiltered= ( BIRVA means a small shrub or bush ) ( Again a symbol like the burning BUSH which MOSES saw on Mt. Sinai as the DIVINE manifested ) is drenched ( with this life force ) -- the Earth is resplendant in her unbridled JOY as the Life Giving = ( Mangal = is again such an Indian word which means Pious or SHUBH Karta = which means, THAT which brings on Good Luck & then, perpetuates and sustains it ) SUN the pious / Life Giving Force containg the RAYS as if in a POT ( MANGAL -GHAT ) ~~ flows ,= ( empties it on us ) & The Life giving Necter flows from our SUN " = Jyoti Kalash Chalke ! "

Maa

antarman : ( My amma Susheela & my brother Paritosh )

MAA

(A Gujrati couplet )

Maa ...aaje mein jaanyu , tu kaun che, jyare hoon bani Maa, tari chaya ....
Mrity na padchaye the, sada sambhlyo taro mein saad, rahi sada tari Maya...


I really liked this summation :

* I TAKE SOLACE IN THIS THOUGHT THAT MY AMMA + JAGTJANNI MAA DURGA
is with me ...........................
May she smile at me to bless my soul.......


Your Mother is always with you.
She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well.
Your Mother lives inside your laughter.
And she's crystallized in every teardrop.

She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you follow with every step you take.
She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you..
Not time, not space...not even death!