Monday, October 14, 2013

Namaste Sada Vatsale Matrubhume- could not we make it our morning prayers in school?

Well,
I listened this first time during RSS's Vijayadashami Utsav and it has deeply touched my heart. It is as good as Vande Mataram. It reminds one its duty towards motherland. This sanskrut song / poem is not at all communal, it is not provocative either.
Let me reproduce it here.

namaste sadā vatsale mātṛbhūme
tvayā hindubhūme sukhaṁ vardhitoham
mahāmaṅgale puṇyabhūme tvadarthe
patatveṣa kāyo namaste namaste ||
prabho śaktiman hindurāṣṭrāṅgabhūtā
ime sādaraṁ tvāṁ namāmo vayam
tvadīyāya kāryāya badhdā kaṭīyaṁ
śubhāmāśiṣaṁ dehi tatpūrtaye
ajayyāṁ ca viśvasya dehīśa śaktiṁ
suśīlaṁ jagadyena namraṁ bhavet
śrutaṁ caiva yatkaṇṭakākīrṇa mārgaṁ
svayaṁ svīkṛtaṁ naḥ sugaṁ kārayet ||
samutkarṣaniḥśreyasyaikamugraṁ
paraṁ sādhanaṁ nāma vīravratam
tadantaḥ sphuratvakṣayā dhyeyaniṣṭhā
hṛdantaḥ prajāgartu tīvrāniśam
vijetrī ca naḥ saṁhatā kāryaśaktir
vidhāyāsya dharmasya saṁrakṣaṇam
paraṁ vaibhavaṁ netumetat svarāṣṭraṁ
samarthā bhavatvāśiśā te bhṛśam || 
bhārata mātā kī jaya

In Devnagri
नमस्ते सदा वत्सले मातृभूमे त्वया हिन्दुभूमे सुखं वर्धितोहम् ।
 महामङ्गले पुण्यभूमे त्वदर्थे पतत्वेष कायो नमस्ते नमस्ते ।।१।।
प्रभो शक्तिमन् हिन्दुराष्ट्राङ्गभूता इमे सादरं त्वां नमामो वयम् त्वदीयाय कार्याय बध्दा कटीयं शुभामाशिषं देहि तत्पूर्तये ।
 अजय्यां च विश्वस्य देहीश शक्तिं सुशीलं जगद्येन नम्रं भवेत् श्रुतं चैव यत्कण्टकाकीर्ण मार्गं स्वयं स्वीकृतं नः सुगं कारयेत्
समुत्कर्षनिःश्रेयस्यैकमुग्रं परं साधनं नाम वीरव्रतम् तदन्तः स्फुरत्वक्षया ध्येयनिष्ठा हृदन्तः प्रजागर्तु तीव्रानिशम् । 
विजेत्री च नः संहता कार्यशक्तिर् विधायास्य धर्मस्य संरक्षणम् । परं वैभवं नेतुमेतत् स्वराष्ट्रं समर्था भवत्वाशिषा ते भृशम् ।।३।।
भारत माता की जय ।।


Now let us understand its meaning in English as well as Hindi
 O Loving Motherland! I always bow to you. you have brought me up in happiness. May my life, O great and blessed Holy Land, be laid down in Thy Cause. I bow to you mother again and again.
We the children of the Hindu Nation bow to Thee in reverence, O Almighty God. We have girded up our loins to carry on Thy work. Give us Thy holy blessings for its fulfilment. O Lord! Grant us such might as no power on earth can ever challenge, such purity of character as would command the respect of the whole world and such knowledge as would make easy the thorny path that we have voluntarily chosen.
May we be inspired with the spirit of stern heroism, that is sole and ultimate means of attaining the highest spiritual bliss with the greatest temporal prosperity. May intense and everlasting devotion to our ideal ever enthuse our hearts. May our victorious organised power of action, by Thy Grace, be wholly capable of protecting our dharma and leading this nation of ours to the highest pinnacle of glory.


In Hindi, the meaning is as follows:
हे परम वत्सला (giving enormous love) मातृभूमि! तुझको प्रणाम शत कोटि बार।
हे महा मंगला पुण्यभूमि ! तुझ पर न्योछावर तन हजार।।
हे हिन्दुभूमि भारत! तूने, सब सुख दे मुझको बड़ा किया;
तेरा ऋण इतना है कि चुका, सकता न जन्म ले एक बार।
हे सर्व शक्तिमय परमेश्वर! हम हिंदुराष्ट्र के सभी घटक,
तुझको सादर श्रद्धा समेत, कर रहे कोटिशः नमस्कार।।
तेरा ही है यह कार्य हम सभी, जिस निमित्त कटिबद्ध हुए;
वह पूर्ण हो सके ऐसा दे, हम सबको शुभ आशीर्वाद।
सम्पूर्ण विश्व के लिये जिसे, जीतना न सम्भव हो पाये;
ऐसी अजेय दे शक्ति कि जिससे, हम समर्थ हों सब प्रकार।।
दे ऐसा उत्तम शील कि जिसके, सम्मुख हो यह जग विनम्र;
दे ज्ञान जो कि कर सके सुगम, स्वीकृत कन्टक पथ दुर्निवार।
कल्याण और अभ्युदय का, एक ही उग्र साधन है जो;
वह मेरे इस अन्तर में हो, स्फुरित वीरव्रत एक बार।।
जो कभी न होवे क्षीण निरन्तर, और तीव्रतर हो ऐसी;
सम्पूर्ण ह्र्दय में जगे ध्येय, निष्ठा स्वराष्ट्र से बढे प्यार।
निज राष्ट्र-धर्म रक्षार्थ निरन्तर, बढ़े संगठित कार्य-शक्ति;
यह राष्ट्र परम वैभव पाये, ऐसा उपजे मन में विचार।।

This poem was written by SHRI NARHAR NARAYAN BHIDE. Every time I listen it, I feel proud to be part of my motherland and being part of this great culture (despite of many negativities). 

You may watch and listen video at:

I am very much sure that if this poem is recited at every school in the morning prayer and if teachers explain this to children, it will definitely create a positive impact. It can fervour feeling of patriotism and can remind one its duty towards motherland. I do not think by reciting such poem and spreading somebody can be communal. I have attended such two Vijayadashami Utsav and every time I hear from RSS that anybody loving India is a Hindu irrespective of the faith they follow. This clears that RSS is not a communal organisation and if it would have been a communal organisation, it would have faced permanent ban like SIMI long back. 

Jai Hind

2 comments:

  1. I have read in RSS school Saraswati Vidya Mandir 12 years and I know what the thing and thinking is serving towards students. They all are communal.

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    1. Thanks Honi, is it ? I did.not find this prarthna as a communal one and liked it and during Vijayadashami utsav they said that they are not communal. since you have attended them.for several years you know better.

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