Tuesday, April 26, 2011

प्रेम....................

कविता करायला प्रेमात
पडावंच लागतं असं नाही
गुलाबाचा वास घ्यायला ते
खुडावंच लागतं असं नाही

मी जे बोलतोय ते तुम्हांस
कदाचित खरं वाटत असावं
मलासुद्धा हे असंच बोलणं
थोडसं बरं वाटत असावं

तरीसुद्धा सांगतो असं नसतं
असं कधीच होत नाही
पाखरू बनल्याशिवाय आपणांस
उडता कधीच येत नाही

माझ्यासारखे काही जण मग
कवितेसोबतच जगतात
प्रेमात हरल्यावरही काही जण
कविता करायला लागतात
खरं सांगायचं तर प्रेमामुळेंच
वेड्यासारखं वागतात !!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी......................

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी
बाईकवर मागे बसावी
जुनी हीरो होंडा सुद्धा मग
करिझ्माहून झकास दिसावी !

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी
चारचौघीत उठून दिसावी
बोलली नाही तरी निदान
समोर बघून गोड हसावी !

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी
कधीतरी सोबत फिरावी
दोघांना एकत्र पाहून
गल्लीतल्या सगळ्या पोरांची जिरावी !

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी
जिच्याशी निर्मळ संवाद असावा
कधीतरी छोट्या भांडणाचा
एखादाच अपवाद असावा..

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी
आयुष्याच्या अनोळखी वळणावर
तुमच्या व्यथा वेदनांवर
तिने घालावी हळूच फुंकर..

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी
जिच्या मैत्रीत विश्वास रुजावा
तुमचासुद्धा खांदा कधी
तिच्या दुःखाने भिजावा..

एक तरी मैत्रीण असावी
चांदणीसारखी मैत्रीच्या आकाशात
मित्रांचे दिवे मावळले म्हणजे
चालावं पुढे तिच्याच प्रकाशात.............

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

एकदा तरी आयुष्यात कुणी असे भेटावे...............


एकदा तरी आयुष्यात कुणी असे भेटावे...............


ज्याला आपल्या मनातले सर्व काही सांगावे,
सांगता सांगता आयुष्य पूर्ण सरुन जावे,
आणि सर्तानाही आयुष्य पुन्हा पुन्हा जगावे........

एकदा तरी आयुष्यात कुणी असे भेटावे,
ज्याला घेऊन सोबतीने खूप खूप चालावे,
चालता चालता दूरवर खूप खूप थकावे,
पण थकल्यावरही आधारसाठी त्याच्याकडेच पहावे........

एकदा तरी आयुष्यात कुणी असे भेटावे,
दुख त्याचे आणि अश्रू माझे असावेत,
सोबतीने त्याच्या खूप खूप रडावे,
आणि अश्रूंच्या हुंदक्यात सर्व दुख विरून जावे.........

एकदा तरी आयुष्यात कुणी असे भेटावे,
आनंद त्याचा आणि हसू माझे असावे,
त्याच्यासाठी मी जगतच राहावे, जगतच राहावे,
आणि त्याच्यासाठी जगतानाच आयुष्य संपून जावे.......

एकदा तरी आयुष्यात कुणी असे भेटावे,
ज्याच्या सोबतितल्या प्रत्येक क्षणाने सुखवावे,
उन्हात त्याने सावली तर पावसात थेंब व्हावे,
आणि मायेच्या थेंबानी मी चिंब भिजून जावे...........

आयुष्यातली एकच इच्छा......

एकदा तरी आयुष्यात कुणी असे भेटावे,
सूर त्याचा आणि शब्द माझे असावे



Wednesday, February 23, 2011

छत्रपती शिवाजी राजे महाराज



Chhatrapati Shivaji Shahaji Bhosle
Shivaji Bhosle (Marathiशिवाजी भोसले 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), with the royal title Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj(Marathiछत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज) was a Maratha king  from the Bhosle dynasty who founded the Maratha empire Shivaji led a resistance to free the Marathas from Sultanate of Bijapur, and establish the rule of the Hindus ("Hindavi Swarajya"). He created an independent Maratha kingdom with Raigad as its capital, and fought against the Mughals to defend his kingdom successfully.He was crowned as Chhatrapati of the Maratha Kingdom in 1674
He achieved the re-establishment of Maratha rule on their homeland after being ruled and dominated by various Muslim dynasties for few hundred years. He established a competent and progressive civil rule with the help of well regulated and disciplined military and well structured administrative organizations. The prevalent practices of treating women as spoils of war, destruction of religious monuments, slavery and forceful religious conversions were firmly opposed under his administration. Shivaji was a religious Hindu, and showed respect for all other religions. He also innovated rules of military engagement of that era. He pioneered "Shiva sutra" or Ganimi Kava (guerrilla tactics), which leveraged strategic factors like demographics, speed, surprise and focused attack to defeat his bigger and more powerful enemies

Battles

Pratapgad

Adilshah sent general Afzal Khan to destroy Shivaji in an effort to put down what he saw as a regional revolt. Afzal Khan desecrated Hindu temples at Tuljapurand Pandharpur hoping to draw Shivaji to the plains to retaliate with his limited military resources and thus lead him and his budding military power to easy destruction by the numerically bigger, better-armed and more professional Bijapur army. Shivaji, upon carefully weighing his options, strategically decided to confront and surprise Afzal Khan on his home turf under the guise of diplomatic negotiations. Shivaji sent a letter to Afzal Khan stating that he was not eager for confrontation and sought some type of understanding. A meeting was arranged between Afzal Khan and Shivaji at the foothills of Fort Pratapgad

Kolhapur

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

19th February is the date of Shivjayanti as declared by the Government. As per the Hindu culture, we should celebrate Shivjayanti as per Hindu lunar calendar i.e. on 3 March 2010

Monday, February 7, 2011

|| Akkalkot Niwasi Shree Swami Samarth ||


Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati - Incarnation of Lord Dattareya

In a place called Karanja Nagar (Karnataka State) in Southern India, there lived a pious Brahmin couple, Madhava and Ambabhavani, in the 13th century.


Asceticism
To this God-fearing & religious couple, was born a son around 1275 A.D. This child was the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya and came to be known as the great sage Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati. The child was unique in the sense that, he was chanting only 'Aum' (the Hindu holy chant) since his birth. The parents were concerned about his dumbness till his 'Vratabandha' (the sacred thread bearing ceremony), when this child was merely eight years old, he started reciting all the four Vedas (the Holiest Hindu scriptures) to the great astonishment of all the learned people.

After the aforesaid incident, the child left for Kashi (Uttar Pradesh State, Northern India) for Tapas [penance]. Pleased with his rigorous tapasya [penance], a learned ascetic named Shree Krishna Saraswati Swami, initiated him into Sanyasashram (Ascetism) and gave him the name, Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati.


Biography
The biography of Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati "Shree Gurucharitra", gives us the details of his work in guiding the devotees and the various miracles he performed to help the devotees. He stayed at Ganagapur (Karnataka State, Southern India) for a long time and then gave his "Nirguna Padukas" to his disciples and devotees, before leaving for the Kardali forests to perform Tapas [penance]. His disciples prepared a floating seat of flowers for him on which he sailed against the current of the river Patalganga and disappeared.


Rigorous Penance
He performed rigorous tapasya [penance] on the Shree Shail mountain in the Kardali forests for nearly 150 years. After this he took an extensive pilgrimage, covering even places, now known as Jawa, Sumatra, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia etc., relieved many people from their miseries, and guided them on the spiritual path. Finally, he came to the ranges of Himalayas where he enlightened many devotees. Later he sat under a Deodar tree for tapasya [penance]. This Tapasya [penance] in the Himalayas lasted for nearly 250 years, but a woodcutter unknowingly axed the anthill enveloping the body of Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati. This resulted in the break in Tapasya [penance] and Shrimad Nrusimha Saraswati then left for an extensive travel throughout the Indian sub-continent guiding the devotees.


Akkalkot Niwasi Shree Swami Samarth
During this travel, he became popular by various names at various places. Thus at one place he was known as Chanchal Bharati and at another place he would be called Digambar Swami. As he travelled and stayed at various places, he became the Guru (preceptor) of many great souls like Shree Ramkrishna Paramahansa, Shree Saibaba of Shirdi, Shree Shankar Maharaj, Shree Gajajan Maharaj of Shegaon etc. Finally he settled down at Akkalkot (Maharashtra State) and stayed there for 24 years from 1854 A.D. to 1878 A.D. and thus came to be known as the Akkalkot Niwasi Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj (the great sage of Akkalkot).
Here he enlightened many disciples, such as Shree Dev Mamledar, Shree Balappa Maharaj, Shree Cholappa Maharaj, Shree Nrusimha Saraswati Maharaj of Alandi, Shree Ramanand Beedkar Maharaj of Pune etc.


Mahasamaadhi
On April 30, 1878 (Chaitra Vadya Trayodashi of Hindu year 1800) after nearly 600 years of the incarnation, the great sage adopted MahaSamadhi [the last conscious communion with God] under his favourite Banyan tree.
Devotees still experience his divine presence and feel reassured because of his quote "I have not gone, I am still present".