Bhakthirathnakara- 3.Tulsidas- birth and initiation

February 21, 2010

Thulasidas bhajan...

Thumak chalath raamachandra (2)

baajat painjaniyaan (2)

Kilaki kilaki uthat dhaay

girath bhuumi laTapaTaay.dhaay maat god let

dasharath kii raniyaaN (thumak)

vidrum se arun adhar bolath mukh madhur madhur subhag naasikaa mein chaaru latakat latakaniyaa.N (thumak)

Tulasiidaas athi aanand dekh ke mukhaaravind raghuvar chhabi ke samaan raghuvar chhabi baniyaaN (thumak)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ_L9B2F140 & feature=fvw

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Saroja

guruvayur

Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:53 AM

[Guruvayur] Bhakthirathnakara- 3.Tulsidas- birth and initiation

Bhakthirathankara-3.Tulasidas

The reason I took the story of Tulsidas after that of Kabir is that while Kabir extolled the nama, Tulsi wrote about the nami. Both had a similarity in as much as both of them adopted a simple language understood by all. Kabir did not have formal education but Tulsi was well versed in Sanskrit language and sastras. Yet he chose to write his ramacharithamanas in simple colloquial language. This was a great boon to the world because in the last century the rulers of petty kingdoms were quarreling amongst themselves and the moguls easily invaded the country and started converting the people to the faith of Islam. Ramacharitha manas in simple vernacular hindi became very popular among common people and saved them from embracing Islam, though at that time Akbar was ruling the country and he was more liberal in his outlook.

Tulsi was supposed to have been born with all his teeth and passed out of his childhood very quickly. He was born in the village of Rajapur near Allahabad to Athmaram Shukla Dhube and Hulsi. The people of the village despised the child because he was born with full set of teeth and wanted to destroy him. His mother gave him to her midwife who took him to another village and brought him up. The child was saying ramanama always and the people called him Rambola. Since his foster mother became prosperous after bringing him he was brought up with much love and the people of the village also acclaimed him. The midwife who brought him up died and he became the child of the whole village and the people looked after him. He used to spend all his time in the temple of Hanuman.

In the nearby village named Raamagiri there was a devotee named Narhari Anandh who used to do Ramayana parayana all day long. Once a holy man came to see him from Chitrakoota. Narahari told him that he was not able to concentrate on the Ramayana parayana for sometime and the holyman told him to go to the next village and bring the orphan boy from the Hanuman temple there and give him the Ramayana. Narahari went there and saw Rambola and brought him to Ramagiri and performed upanayana for him. Rambola used to recite the gaythri manthra 10000 times a day and finished chanting the manthra one crore times in three years. He shone with a great luminance and Narahari initiated him with ramamanthra and did Ramayana navaaha paarayana with him in front. Rambola was motionless for nine days and when the pattrabhisheka was done on the ninth day, Narahari sprinkled the abhisheka theertha on him and he immediately started reciting the Ramayana. There was a tulsi plant in front of the house and Rambola went round it reciting Ramayana and the plant grew so large that Rambola started to reside in its shadow. From that time he was called Tusidas by the people who marveled at him,

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February 21, 2010

Yes,

I loved to hear Lataji,s song of Thulsidas. Thank you, Saroja.ji for the lovely series. Thank you, Radheji for posting the lyrics and the song.

Keep up the good work

Sreedevi

om namo narayanaya

Veena Nair <veeus18guruvayur Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 10:09:31 AMRe: [Guruvayur] Bhakthirathnakara- 3.Tulsidas- birth and initiation

Very beautiful! Thanks for sharing the link Radheji. The combination of Lataji's melodious voice and the lovely bhajan is simply divine!Reading the stories of these great bhakthas fills one with devotion and renewed strength; many thanks to Sarojaji for this series; I am already hoping it will go on and on...Jai Sri Ram!--- On Sat, 2/20/10, Radhe <shaantih (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

Radhe <shaantih (AT) comcast (DOT) net>Re: [Guruvayur] Bhakthirathnakara- 3.Tulsidas- birth and initiationguruvayur@grou ps.comSaturday, February 20, 2010, 6:41 PM

Thulasidas bhajan...

Thumak chalath raamachandra (2)

baajat painjaniyaan (2)

Kilaki kilaki uthat dhaay

girath bhuumi laTapaTaay.dhaay maat god let

dasharath kii raniyaaN (thumak)

vidrum se arun adhar bolath mukh madhur madhur subhag naasikaa mein chaaru latakat latakaniyaa. N (thumak)

Tulasiidaas athi aanand dekh ke mukhaaravind raghuvar chhabi ke samaan raghuvar chhabi baniyaaN (thumak)

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=KQ_L9B2F140 & feature=fvw

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Saroja

guruvayur@grou ps.com

Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:53 AM

[Guruvayur] Bhakthirathnakara- 3.Tulsidas- birth and initiation

Bhakthirathankara- 3.Tulasidas

The reason I took the story of Tulsidas after that of Kabir is that while Kabir extolled the nama, Tulsi wrote about the nami. Both had a similarity in as much as both of them adopted a simple language understood by all. Kabir did not have formal education but Tulsi was well versed in Sanskrit language and sastras. Yet he chose to write his ramacharithamanas in simple colloquial language. This was a great boon to the world because in the last century the rulers of petty kingdoms were quarreling amongst themselves and the moguls easily invaded the country and started converting the people to the faith of Islam. Ramacharitha manas in simple vernacular hindi became very popular among common people and saved them from embracing Islam, though at that time Akbar was ruling the country and he was more liberal in his outlook.

Tulsi was supposed to have been born with all his teeth and passed out of his childhood very quickly. He was born in the village of Rajapur near Allahabad to Athmaram Shukla Dhube and Hulsi. The people of the village despised the child because he was born with full set of teeth and wanted to destroy him. His mother gave him to her midwife who took him to another village and brought him up. The child was saying ramanama always and the people called him Rambola. Since his foster mother became prosperous after bringing him he was brought up with much love and the people of the village also acclaimed him. The midwife who brought him up died and he became the child of the whole village and the people looked after him. He used to spend all his time in the temple of Hanuman .

In the nearby village named Raamagiri there was a devotee named Narhari Anandh who used to do Ramayana parayana all day long. Once a holy man came to see him from Chitrakoota. Narahari told him that he was not able to concentrate on the Ramayana parayana for sometime and the holyman told him to go to the next village and bring the orphan boy from the Hanuman temple there and give him the Ramayana. Narahari went there and saw Rambola and brought him to Ramagiri and performed upanayana for him. Rambola used to recite the gaythri manthra 10000 times a day and finished chanting the manthra one crore times in three years. He shone with a great luminance and Narahari initiated him with ramamanthra and did Ramayana navaaha paarayana with him in front. Rambola was motionless for nine days and when the pattrabhisheka was done on the ninth day, Narahari

sprinkled the abhisheka theertha on him and he immediately started reciting the Ramayana. There was a tulsi plant in front of the house and Rambola went round it reciting Ramayana and the plant grew so large that Rambola started to reside in its shadow. From that time he was called Tusidas by the people who marveled at him,

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