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Did The Mandir ROTATE For Bhagat Namdev Ji?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bmandur" data-source="post: 141046" data-attributes="member: 6351"><p><strong>Re: Did the Mandir ROTATE for Bhagat Namdev Ji ?</strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਾਗੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਉੜੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਚੇਤੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਾਣੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਮਦੇਉ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੀਉ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Raag Gauree Chaytee, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee: </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ੴ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿਗੁਰ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦੇਵਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਾਹਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਾਰੀਅਲੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">God makes even stones float. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਾਮ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਹਤ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਸ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਰੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੧॥</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਹਾਉ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So why shouldn't Your humble slave also float across, chanting Your Name, O Lord? ||1||Pause|| </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਾਰੀਲੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਨਿਕਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਨੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰੂਪ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੁਬਿਜਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਆਧਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਜਾਮਲੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਾਰੀਅਲੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You saved the prostitute, and the ugly hunch-back; You helped the hunter and Ajaamal swim across as well. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਚਰਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਧਿਕ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤੇਊ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮੁਕਤਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭਏ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The hunter who shot Krishna in the foot - even he was liberated. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹਉ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਲਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਲਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਿਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਾਮ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਹੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੧॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to those who chant the Lord's Name. ||1|| </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦਾਸੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੁਤ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਨੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਦਰੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੁਦਾਮਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਉਗ੍ਰਸੈਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਉ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਾਜ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦੀਏ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You saved Bidur, the son of the slave-girl, and Sudama; You restored Ugrasain to his throne. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਪ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੀਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਪ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੀਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੁਲ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੀਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕ੍ਰਮ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੀਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਮੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੁਆਮੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤੇਊ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਰੇ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੨॥੧॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Without meditation, without penance, without a good family, without good deeds, Naam Dayv's Lord and Master saved them all. ||2||1|| </span></p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Once a king in </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/India" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">India</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> went to </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Guru_Nanak_Dev" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Guru Nanak Dev</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Ji and asked: <em>"O Guru! As you told us, God Himself supports His true worshipper, but God has so many apostles, why does He support Himself? Why does He not send His apostles to help the worshipper?"</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">As he said this, his own son who was playing on the bank of a river nearby slipped into the river. The king did not wait for a second and jumped in the river as well to save his child. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">After saving his child he returned to the Guru. The Guru asked: <em>"My dear friend, you were sitting here with me a minute ago and why did you jump in the river?"</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The king explained that his son had slipped into the river and he went to save him. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Then the Guru asked: <em>"Dear friend, you have so many servants, why did you jump in the river yourself? Why did not you send your servants to save him?"</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The king said: <em>"By the time I would have asked my servants, he would have drowned. I love my child very much and do not want to lose him at any cost."</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Then Guru said: <strong><em>"My dear friend, God loves His worshippers the same way as you love your son. That is why He Himself saves His true worshipper."</em></strong> </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Such a worshipper was </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bhagat_Namdev" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Namdev</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. For all of his life, Namdev had worshipped God and had faith in Him for each and every moment. He did not worship anyone else but the one immortal God. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">He says : <em>"O my tongue, other occupations are false. The state of Nirvaanaa comes only through the Lord's Name. ||2|| The performance of countless millions of other devotions is not even equal to one devotion to the Name of God"</em> </span></span><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1163&english=t&id=50039#l50039" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #0000ff">(Guru Granth Sahib, page 1163)</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The materialistic things would not deter Namdev from the spiritual path to meet God. Once while sewing, he wrote: <em>"My needle is of gold and my thread is very expensive but my mind is attached to God"</em> </span></span><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=485&english=t&id=21958#l21958" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #0000ff">(Guru Granth Sahib, page 485)</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">He cared neither for gold nor silver; he was in love with God. Even though as a result of his true worship he had become a highly spiritual person, he was still completely devoid of pride (or ego). Namdev knew that God only care for the person who recites His name and remembers Him all the time. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Once Namdev went to </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Aundha_Nagnath" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Aundha Nagnath</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> Temple (also sometimes written as "Avanda Nagnath Temple" ) situated in the state of </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Maharashtra" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Maharashtra</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> in </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/India" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">India</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. The Hindu priests of that temple believed in the caste system. After reaching the temple, Namdev sat and started worshipping God but the Hindu priests grabbed his arm and drove him out of the temple. The priests said that Namdev could not visit the temple because he was of a low class. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Namdev was deeply hurt so he went to the back of the temple and started worshipping God. In his prayer he said: <em>"Joyfully, I came to Your Temple, O Lord. While Namdev was worshipping, he was driven out. I am of a low social class, O Lord; why was I born into a family of fabric dyers? I picked up my blanket and went back, to sit behind the temple"</em> </span></span><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1164&english=t&id=50085#l50085" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #0000ff">(Guru Granth Sahib, page 1164)</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Namdev also said: <em>"O Lord, please do not forget me because if You forget me then where should I go. There is nowhere else to go and no one else to believe in except You."</em> </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">He further prayed: <em>"Please do not forget me, do not forget me, please do not forget me, O Lord. The temple priests have doubts about this, and everyone is furious with me. Calling me low-caste and untouchable, they beat me and drove me out; what should I do now, O Beloved Father Lord? If You give me salvation after I am dead, no one will know that I attained salvation. These Priests, these religious scholars, call me low-born; when they say this, they tarnish Your honour as well. You are called kind and compassionate; the power of Your Arm is absolutely unrivalled"</em> </span></span><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1292&english=t&id=55521#l55521" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #0000ff">(Guru Granth Sahib, page 1292)</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>"As Naamdev uttered the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the temple turned around to face the Lord's humble devotee"</strong> </span></span><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1164&english=t&id=50091#l50091" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #0000ff">(Guru Granth Sahib, page 1164)</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>"The Lord turned the temple around to face Namdev and its back to the priests"</strong> </span></span><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1292&english=t&id=55528#l55528" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #0000ff">(Guru Granth Sahib, page 1292)</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">That temple is still rotated. This is the symbol of the true love of God towards His true worshipper. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">According to the generally accepted version of the current traditions, Namdev was born in AD 1270 to Damasheti, a low-caste tailor, and his wife, Gonabai, in the village of Naras-Vamani, in Satara district of Maharashtra. Janabai, the family's maidservant and a bhakta and poetess in her own right, records the tradition that Namdev was born to Gonabai as a result of her worship of Vitthala in Pandharpur. Namdev was married before he was eleven years of age to Rajabal, daughter of Govinda sheti Sadavarte. He had four sons and one daughter, Under the influence of saint Jnanadeva, Namdev was converted to the path of bhakti. Vitthala of Pandharpur was now the object of his devotion and he spent much of his time in worship and kirtan, chanting mostly verses of his own composition.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In the company of Jnanadeva and other saints, he roamed about the country and later came to the Punjab where he is said to have lived for more than twenty years at Ghuman, in Gurdaspur district, where a temple in the form of samadh still preserves his memory. This temple was constructed by Sardar Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and the tank by its side was got repaired by Rani Sada Kaur , mother-in-law of Maharaja Ranjit Singh . In his early fifties, Namdev settled down at Pandharpur where he gathered around himself a group of devotees. His abhangas or devotional lyrics became very popular, and people thronged to listen to his kirtan. Namdev's songs have been collected in Namdevachi Gatha which also includes the long autobiographical poem Tirathavah. His Hindi verse and his extended visit to the Punjab carried his fame far beyond the borders of Maharashtra. Sixty-one of his hymns in fact came to be included in Sikh Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. These hymns or sabdas share the common characteristic of lauding the One Supreme God distinct from his earlier verse which carries traces of idolatry and saguna bhakti. In the course of his spiritual quest, Namdev had, from being a worshipper of the Divine in the concrete form, become a devotee of the attributeless</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bmandur, post: 141046, member: 6351"] [b]Re: Did the Mandir ROTATE for Bhagat Namdev Ji ?[/b] [CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਰਾਗੁ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗਉੜੀ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਚੇਤੀ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਾਣੀ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਮਦੇਉ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜੀਉ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੀ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] Raag Gauree Chaytee, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee: [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ੴ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿਗੁਰ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]. One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਦੇਵਾ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪਾਹਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤਾਰੀਅਲੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]God makes even stones float. [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਰਾਮ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕਹਤ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕਸ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤਰੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੧॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰਹਾਉ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] So why shouldn't Your humble slave also float across, chanting Your Name, O Lord? ||1||Pause|| [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਤਾਰੀਲੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗਨਿਕਾ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਨੁ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰੂਪ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੁਬਿਜਾ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਆਧਿ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਅਜਾਮਲੁ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤਾਰੀਅਲੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]You saved the prostitute, and the ugly hunch-back; You helped the hunter and Ajaamal swim across as well. [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਚਰਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਧਿਕ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤੇਊ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਮੁਕਤਿ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭਏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]The hunter who shot Krishna in the foot - even he was liberated. [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਹਉ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਲਿ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਲਿ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਿਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰਾਮ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕਹੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੧॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to those who chant the Lord's Name. ||1|| [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਦਾਸੀ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੁਤ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਨੁ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਦਰੁ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੁਦਾਮਾ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਉਗ੍ਰਸੈਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕਉ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰਾਜ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਦੀਏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]You saved Bidur, the son of the slave-girl, and Sudama; You restored Ugrasain to his throne. [/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Raavi]ਜਪ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੀਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤਪ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੀਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੁਲ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੀਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕ੍ਰਮ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੀਨ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਮੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੁਆਮੀ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤੇਊ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤਰੇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੨॥੧॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] Without meditation, without penance, without a good family, without good deeds, Naam Dayv's Lord and Master saved them all. ||2||1|| [/FONT][/CENTER][/CENTER] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Once a king in [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/India"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]India[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] went to [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Guru_Nanak_Dev"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Guru Nanak Dev[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] Ji and asked: [I]"O Guru! As you told us, God Himself supports His true worshipper, but God has so many apostles, why does He support Himself? Why does He not send His apostles to help the worshipper?"[/I] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]As he said this, his own son who was playing on the bank of a river nearby slipped into the river. The king did not wait for a second and jumped in the river as well to save his child. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]After saving his child he returned to the Guru. The Guru asked: [I]"My dear friend, you were sitting here with me a minute ago and why did you jump in the river?"[/I] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The king explained that his son had slipped into the river and he went to save him. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Then the Guru asked: [I]"Dear friend, you have so many servants, why did you jump in the river yourself? Why did not you send your servants to save him?"[/I] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The king said: [I]"By the time I would have asked my servants, he would have drowned. I love my child very much and do not want to lose him at any cost."[/I] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Then Guru said: [B][I]"My dear friend, God loves His worshippers the same way as you love your son. That is why He Himself saves His true worshipper."[/I][/B] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Such a worshipper was [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bhagat_Namdev"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Namdev[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. For all of his life, Namdev had worshipped God and had faith in Him for each and every moment. He did not worship anyone else but the one immortal God. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]He says : [I]"O my tongue, other occupations are false. The state of Nirvaanaa comes only through the Lord's Name. ||2|| The performance of countless millions of other devotions is not even equal to one devotion to the Name of God"[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1163&english=t&id=50039#l50039"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#0000ff](Guru Granth Sahib, page 1163)[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The materialistic things would not deter Namdev from the spiritual path to meet God. Once while sewing, he wrote: [I]"My needle is of gold and my thread is very expensive but my mind is attached to God"[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=485&english=t&id=21958#l21958"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#0000ff](Guru Granth Sahib, page 485)[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]He cared neither for gold nor silver; he was in love with God. Even though as a result of his true worship he had become a highly spiritual person, he was still completely devoid of pride (or ego). Namdev knew that God only care for the person who recites His name and remembers Him all the time. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Once Namdev went to [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Aundha_Nagnath"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Aundha Nagnath[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] Temple (also sometimes written as "Avanda Nagnath Temple" ) situated in the state of [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Maharashtra"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Maharashtra[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] in [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/India"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]India[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. The Hindu priests of that temple believed in the caste system. After reaching the temple, Namdev sat and started worshipping God but the Hindu priests grabbed his arm and drove him out of the temple. The priests said that Namdev could not visit the temple because he was of a low class. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Namdev was deeply hurt so he went to the back of the temple and started worshipping God. In his prayer he said: [I]"Joyfully, I came to Your Temple, O Lord. While Namdev was worshipping, he was driven out. I am of a low social class, O Lord; why was I born into a family of fabric dyers? I picked up my blanket and went back, to sit behind the temple"[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1164&english=t&id=50085#l50085"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#0000ff](Guru Granth Sahib, page 1164)[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Namdev also said: [I]"O Lord, please do not forget me because if You forget me then where should I go. There is nowhere else to go and no one else to believe in except You."[/I] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]He further prayed: [I]"Please do not forget me, do not forget me, please do not forget me, O Lord. The temple priests have doubts about this, and everyone is furious with me. Calling me low-caste and untouchable, they beat me and drove me out; what should I do now, O Beloved Father Lord? If You give me salvation after I am dead, no one will know that I attained salvation. These Priests, these religious scholars, call me low-born; when they say this, they tarnish Your honour as well. You are called kind and compassionate; the power of Your Arm is absolutely unrivalled"[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1292&english=t&id=55521#l55521"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#0000ff](Guru Granth Sahib, page 1292)[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]"As Naamdev uttered the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the temple turned around to face the Lord's humble devotee"[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1164&english=t&id=50091#l50091"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#0000ff](Guru Granth Sahib, page 1164)[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]"The Lord turned the temple around to face Namdev and its back to the priests"[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=1292&english=t&id=55528#l55528"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#0000ff](Guru Granth Sahib, page 1292)[/COLOR][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]That temple is still rotated. This is the symbol of the true love of God towards His true worshipper. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]According to the generally accepted version of the current traditions, Namdev was born in AD 1270 to Damasheti, a low-caste tailor, and his wife, Gonabai, in the village of Naras-Vamani, in Satara district of Maharashtra. Janabai, the family's maidservant and a bhakta and poetess in her own right, records the tradition that Namdev was born to Gonabai as a result of her worship of Vitthala in Pandharpur. Namdev was married before he was eleven years of age to Rajabal, daughter of Govinda sheti Sadavarte. He had four sons and one daughter, Under the influence of saint Jnanadeva, Namdev was converted to the path of bhakti. Vitthala of Pandharpur was now the object of his devotion and he spent much of his time in worship and kirtan, chanting mostly verses of his own composition. In the company of Jnanadeva and other saints, he roamed about the country and later came to the Punjab where he is said to have lived for more than twenty years at Ghuman, in Gurdaspur district, where a temple in the form of samadh still preserves his memory. This temple was constructed by Sardar Jassa Singh Ramgarhia and the tank by its side was got repaired by Rani Sada Kaur , mother-in-law of Maharaja Ranjit Singh . In his early fifties, Namdev settled down at Pandharpur where he gathered around himself a group of devotees. His abhangas or devotional lyrics became very popular, and people thronged to listen to his kirtan. Namdev's songs have been collected in Namdevachi Gatha which also includes the long autobiographical poem Tirathavah. His Hindi verse and his extended visit to the Punjab carried his fame far beyond the borders of Maharashtra. Sixty-one of his hymns in fact came to be included in Sikh Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. These hymns or sabdas share the common characteristic of lauding the One Supreme God distinct from his earlier verse which carries traces of idolatry and saguna bhakti. In the course of his spiritual quest, Namdev had, from being a worshipper of the Divine in the concrete form, become a devotee of the attributeless [/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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