HOW CAN WE COUNT HIS BLESSINGS ? #Blog0035

How can we count His blessings ?

"तोड़ दे मौलवी अपनी तसवी (माला), क्यों गिन के नाम लूँ उसका, जो बेहिसाब देता है"

O PRIEST, WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE HIS NAME ON COUNT OF BEADS – HOW CAN YOUR COUNT MATCH HIS COUNTLESS BLESSINGS

पाईंया तेरे दर तो मैं, रहमतां हज़ारां

I've found countless blessings from You

शुक्र गुज़ारा तेरा, शुक्र गुज़ारा
I'm extremely grateful

दुख देवें सुख देवें, झोली विच पा लँवा

दुखां नूं वी दातया मैं सुखां नाल ला लँवा
जेड़ा वेला आंवे ओइयो हँस के गुज़ारा

Whether You give me happiness  or sorrow, I love that (झोली विच पा लँवा)
and I feel elated (हँस के गुज़ारा) all the time (जेड़ा वेला) because Time is under Your control

कोडियां दा मुल नहीं सी, हीरयाँ दा पै गया
I was not worth a dime (कोडियां), but was valued as diamond (हीरयाँ)

जदो दा मैं दाता तेरे, चरणा च बै गया
since the time (जदो दा) I took (बै) Your (दाता तेरे) shelter

क्यों ना दाता तेरे ते मैं, तन मन वाराँ
why should I not surrender (तन मन वाराँ) my everything on You

शुक्र गुज़ारा तेरा, शुक्र गुज़ारा

दर दर रूलया सी, किसे ना संभालाया
I was being tossed about (दर दर रूलया) in life, nobody protected (संभालाया) me

मेहर कीती सत गुराँ ने, चरनाँ च ला लया
thanks to Your grace (मेहर), You took me at Your feet (चरनाँ)

चंगे वेले सुन लइयां, साडिया पुकाराँ
You heard my (साडिया) cries (पुकाराँ) for help very timely (चंगे वेले)

शुक्र गुज़ारा, तेरा शुक्र गुज़ारा

रहमताँ नूं वेख अख्खाँ, हंस पइयाँ रोंदियां
appreciating Your grace, my crying eyes (रोंदियां) started laughing (हंस)

साडे कोलो दाता तेरी सिफ़ता नहीं होंदियां
I (साडे) am not able (नहीं होंदियां) to sing Your praises (सिफ़ता) in words

क्यों ना दाता तेरे ते मैं, तन मन वाराँ
शुक्र गुज़ारा तेरा शुक्र गुज़ारा

सुख पाया, सुख पाया, रहम तेरी सुख पाया
I found bliss, I found bliss with Your grace

 
video 1 < click to listen (माँ वैषणों देवी भजन)

video 2  < click to listen

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Being grateful is the greatest feeling & is the most precious to Lord - He only wants us all to be grateful for everything He has provided to us - our soul, i.e., our very life breath, air, water, earth, sky, Sun & fire (for cooking & digesting in stomach), vegetables, assistance of others (He only is sitting inside each heart & guiding each being, from Lord Brahma to an ant) in helping us sustain & grow ourselves & even our basic existence of being alive & all our individual skills (on the basis of which we earn through work/jobs & consequent money & wealth) are His grace on us- since countless TIME.

FOR ALL THE FREE GIFTS PROVIDED BY HIM, ALL THAT GOD WANTS FROM US IS TO BE GRATEFUL TO HIM, EACH MOMENT, i.e., WITH EACH BREATH as without His grace & mercy (कृपा), next breath is not possible.

"शुक्र गुजारा तेरा शुक्र गुजारा"
O Lord, we are indeed thankful to You for everything.

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Bhagvat: MATERIAL PLANS FOR MATERIAL HAPPINESS HAVE NO VALUE WHILE SUFFERING THE THREEFOLD MISERIES, 10th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
MATERIALISTIC ACTIVITIES ARE ALWAYS MIXED WITH THREE KINDS OF MISERABLE CONDITIONS—ADHYATMIKA, ADHIDAIVIKA AND ADHIBAUTIKA. THEREFORE, EVEN IF ONE ACHIEVES SOME SUCCESS BY PERFORMING SUCH ACTIVITIES, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF THIS SUCCESS? ONE IS STILL SUBJECTED TO BIRTH, DEATH, OLD AGE, DISEASE AND THE REACTIONS OF HIS FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES.

PURPORT
ACCORDING TO THE MATERIALISTIC WAY OF LIFE, IF A POOR MAN, AFTER LABORING VERY, VERY HARD, GETS SOME MATERIAL PROFIT AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, HE IS CONSIDERED A SUCCESS, EVEN THOUGH HE AGAIN DIES WHILE SUFFERING THE THREEFOLD MISERIES—ADHYATMIKA, ADHIDAIVIKA AND ADHIBHAUTIKA.

NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THE THREEFOLD MISERIES OF MATERIALISTIC LIFE, NAMELY MISERIES PERTAINING TO THE BODY AND MIND, MISERIES PERTAINING TO THE DIFFICULTIES IMPOSED BY SOCIETY, COMMUNITY, NATION AND OTHER LIVING ENTITIES, AND MISERIES INFLICTED UPON US BY NATURAL DISTURBANCES FROM EARTHQUAKES, FAMINES, DROUGHTS, FLOODS, EPIDEMICS, AND SO ON.

IF ONE WORKS VERY HARD, SUFFERING THE THREEFOLD MISERIES, AND THEN IS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME SMALL BENEFIT, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THIS BENEFIT? BESIDES THAT, EVEN IF A KARMI IS SUCCESSFUL IN ACCUMULATING SOME MATERIAL WEALTH, HE STILL CANNOT ENJOY IT, FOR HE MUST DIE IN BEREAVEMENT.

I HAVE EVEN SEEN A DYING MAN BEGGING A MEDICAL ATTENDANT TO INCREASE HIS LIFE BY FOUR YEARS SO THAT HE COULD COMPLETE HIS MATERIAL PLANS.

OF COURSE, THE MEDICAL MAN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN EXPANDING THE LIFE OF THE MAN, WHO THEREFORE DIED IN GREAT BEREAVEMENT.

EVERYONE MUST DIE IN THIS WAY, AND AFTER ONE'S MENTAL CONDITION IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE, HE IS GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO FULFILL HIS DESIRES IN A DIFFERENT BODY.

MATERIAL PLANS FOR MATERIAL HAPPINESS HAVE NO VALUE, BUT UNDER THE SPELL OF THE ILLUSORY ENERGY WE CONSIDER THEM EXTREMELY VALUABLE.

THERE WERE MANY POLITICIANS, SOCIAL REFORMERS AND PHILOSOPHERS WHO DIED VERY MISERABLY, WITHOUT DERIVING ANY PRACTICAL VALUE FROM THEIR MATERIAL PLANS.

THEREFORE, A SANE AND SENSIBLE MAN NEVER DESIRES TO WORK HARD UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THREEFOLD MISERIES, ONLY TO DIE IN DISAPPOINTMENT.

DANCE IN JOY for LORD #Blog0034

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Dance in Joy

“बहुत कुछ आंदा नहीं

नचने आँ, गोंदे आँ

कर लया जो वी कुछ

यार नूँ मनौंदे आँ

ओदे असी, साडा वो

गरूर विच रहने आं

सजना दी मेहर

सरूर विच रहने आं"

I don't know much but I dance & sing glories to Lord

Whatever I do, my effort is to please Him

I take pride in that we are His & He is ours

I remain inebriated in nectar of Lord's grace  

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video 2 < click to listen

In simplified language:

“मैं आपका, मेरे द्वारा की गई क्रिया आप के लिए, मेरा होना तुम्हारा हो जाने के लिए”

I am Yours, my each action is for You, my entire being is meant to serve You and be Yours

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नी मैं नचना मोहन दे नाल,

अज मैनूं नच लैन दे

O friend, let me dance with Lord

दुनिया तो मैं नचया बथेरा

फिर भी ना कोई बनया मेरा

I danced a lot for the world but could not make anyone mine

नी मैं की करना संसार, अज मैनूं नच लैन दे

I don’t need the world now, let me dance with Lord

हुन मैं किसे कोलो नहींयो डरना

मेरे मन आए, मैं ओइयो ही करना

मेरा मुरली वाला यार, अज मैनूं नच लैन दे, वृंदावन नूं जावांगी

I’m not scared of anybody now, I’ll do whatever pleases me & since Lord is now my friend, let me dance with Lord

मैं प्यार मोहन दा पावांगी,

भांवे जग रस्ता पे रोके लखवार ,अज मैनूं नच लैन दे

I’ll exchange love with Lord, even if world stops me lakhs of times

दिल विच बस गए बांके बिहारी

मेरी उन की पक्की यारी

मेरा सोना सोना है मेरा यार, अज मैनूं नच लैन दे

My Lord is now established in my heart as He is now by  BFF (Best Friend Forever), therefore, let me dance with Lord

ढोल बजे और बांसुरी बाजे

छम छम छम मेरी पायल बाजे

की करां, मेरी नस नस नाचे

नी मैं नच के रिझावां मेरा यार

अज मैनूं नच लैन दे    

With drum beats, flute & my anklets singing in rhyme, each particle of me wants to please (रिझावां) Lord, so, let me dance with Lord

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video 4 < click to listen

Bhagvatam ONLY MEANS OF BECOMING FREE FROM BIRTH DEATH, OLD AGE, DISEASE ENTANGLEMENT IS TO SURRENDER TO THE SUPREME LORD, 9th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
THE LIVING ENTITY TRIES TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS AND RID HIMSELF OF THE CAUSES OF DISTRESS, BUT BECAUSE THE VARIOUS BODIES OF THE LIVING ENTITIES ARE UNDER THE FULL CONTROL OF MATERIAL NATURE, ALL HIS PLANS IN DIFFERENT BODIES, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, ARE ULTIMATELY BAFFLED.

PURPORT
BECAUSE THE MATERIALIST IS IN GROSS IGNORANCE OF HOW THE LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE ACT UPON HIM AS A RESULT OF HIS FRUITIVE ACTIVITY, HE MISTAKENLY PLANS TO ENJOY BODILY COMFORT IN THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE THROUGH SO-CALLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH PIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR ELEVATION TO THE HIGHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS, AND IN MANY OTHER WAYS, BUT FACTUALLY HE BECOMES A VICTIM OF THE REACTIONS OF HIS FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES. THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD IS SITUATED AS THE SUPERSOUL WITHIN THE CORES OF THE HEARTS OF ALL LIVING ENTITIES.

As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (15.15):

"I AM SEATED IN EVERYONE'S HEART, AND FROM ME COME REMEMBRANCE, KNOWLEDGE AND FORGETFULNESS." THE DESIRES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE LIVING BEING ARE OBSERVED BY THE SUPERSOUL, WHO IS THE UPADRASHTA, THE OVERSEER, AND WHO ORDERS MATERIAL NATURE TO FULFILL THE VARIOUS DESIRES OF THE LIVING BEING.

As clearly stated in Bhagavad-gita (18.61):

THE LORD IS SITUATED IN EVERYONE'S HEART, AND AS ONE DESIRES, THE LORD GIVES ONE VARIOUS TYPES OF BODIES, WHICH ARE LIKE MACHINES. RIDING ON SUCH A MACHINE, THE LIVING ENTITY WANDERS THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE, UNDER THE CONTROL OF MATERIAL NATURE AND ITS MODES. THUS THE LIVING BEING IS NOT AT ALL FREE TO ACT, BUT IS FULLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF MATERIAL NATURE, WHICH IS FULLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.

AS SOON AS A LIVING ENTITY IS VICTIMIZED BY MATERIAL DESIRES TO LORD IT OVER MATERIAL NATURE, HE IS SUBJECTED TO THE CONTROL OF MATERIAL NATURE, WHICH IS SUPERVISED BY THE SUPREME SOUL.

THE RESULT IS THAT ONE AGAIN AND AGAIN MAKES PLANS AND IS BAFFLED, BUT AS FOOLISH AS HE IS HE CANNOT SEE THE CAUSE OF HIS BAFFLEMENT. THIS CAUSE IS DISTINCTLY STATED IN BHAGAVAD-GITA: BECAUSE ONE HAS NOT SURRENDERED TO THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, HE MUST WORK UNDER THE CONTROL OF MATERIAL NATURE AND ITS STRINGENT LAWS (daivi hy esha guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya).

THE ONLY MEANS OF BECOMING FREE FROM THIS ENTANGLEMENT IS TO SURRENDER TO THE SUPREME LORD. IN THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE, THE LIVING ENTITY MUST ACCEPT THIS INSTRUCTION FROM THE SUPREME PERSON, KRSHNA: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja. "DO NOT PLAN TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS AND DRIVE AWAY DISTRESS. YOU WILL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL. SIMPLY SURRENDER UNTO ME."

UNFORTUNATELY, HOWEVER, THE LIVING ENTITY DOES NOT ACCEPT THE SUPREME LORD'S CLEARLY STATED INSTRUCTIONS FROM BHAGAVAD-GITA, AND THUS HE BECOMES A PERPETUAL CAPTIVE OF THE LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE.

Yajnarthat karmano 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-bandhanam: IF ONE DOES NOT ACT FOR THE SATISFACTION OF KRSHNA, WHO IS KNOWN AS VISHNU OR YAJNA, HE MUST BE ENTANGLED IN THE REACTIONS OF FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES. THESE REACTIONS ARE CALLED PAPA AND PUNYA—SINFUL AND PIOUS. BY PIOUS ACTIVITIES ONE IS ELEVATED TO THE HIGHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS, AND BY IMPIOUS ACTIVITIES ONE IS DEGRADED TO LOWER SPECIES OF LIFE, IN WHICH HE IS PUNISHED BY THE LAWS OF NATURE.

IN THE LOWER SPECIES OF LIFE THERE IS AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS, AND WHEN THE TERM OF THE LIVING ENTITY'S IMPRISONMENT OR PUNISHMENT IN THE LOWER SPECIES IS FINISHED, HE IS AGAIN OFFERED A HUMAN FORM AND GIVEN A CHANCE TO DECIDE FOR HIMSELF WHICH WAY HE SHOULD PLAN. IF HE AGAIN MISSES THE OPPORTUNITY, HE IS AGAIN PUT INTO THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH, GOING SOMETIMES HIGHER AND SOMETIMES LOWER, TURNING ON THE SAMSARA-CHAKRA, THE WHEEL OF MATERIAL EXISTENCE.

AS A WHEEL SOMETIMES GOES UP AND SOMETIMES COMES DOWN, THE STRINGENT LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE MAKE THE LIVING ENTITY IN MATERIAL EXISTENCE SOMETIMES HAPPY AND SOMETIMES DISTRESSED. How he suffers in the cycle of happiness and distress is described in the next verse.