Pranam to my
Guru Krsna.
Meerabai sings,
‘Ranaji Main to Govind Ke Gun Gasu,
Raja Roothe, Nagari Rakhe,
Hari Ruthaya Kahan Jasu,
Ranaji Main to Govind Ke Gun Gasu!’
Since childhood I have
literally been having an affair with Lord Krsna and am crazily in Love with
Him. Those days Meerabai bhajan’s used to come on radio and with my mother I
also used to listen to them. I still sit enthralled and enraptured while
listening to them and cry my heart and eyes out.
When one does not
understand the deeper meaning one tends to take literal meaning of the bhajan. So I
always considered Meerabai and Ranaji to be different entities and never
considered the bhajans to have any deeper meaning associated with my life.
During Satsangs, Guruji
taught us to always look for deeper meanings and to not take everything at
literally at face value. We were having The Bhagvad Gita Satsangs those days
and Guruji had taught that Arjuna is no one else but us, it is our story.
So one day when I was
listening to these bhajans, I pondered and wondered what the meaning could be
and then realized what it meant. Sharing my understanding here. So in the
bhajan Meerabai says, Ranaji Main to Govind Ke Gun Gasu, Raja Roothe,
Nagari Rakhe, Hari Ruthaya Kahan Jasu’
In this worldly life
Ranaji is the world, the relationships, the attachments, they go away or break
off and new ones will form. But one must keep on singing the praises of the
Lord and hold steadfast to him, if the relationship with the Lord breaks off
where will we go! To cross this ocean of life and reach His eternal abode, to
be with Him, is after all the purpose of this human life!
A few words just flowed out and putting them humbly at the feet of my
Krsna!
Oh My Krsna, I sing your
praises,
While holding steadfast to
your feet.
I beseech you forsake me
not,
To the waves of the ocean
of worldly life,
For they toss me hither
and thither,
And try hard to take me
away from you,
And try hard to take me
away from you!
Oh My Krsna, I sing your praises,
While holding steadfast to your feet.
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