A fragrance of gardenia

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for Liz Strauss, 

Woke up in a subtle fragrance of gardenia which reminded me of the poet-saint Jnaneshwar whose famous prayer I listened to almost every day when I was studying hinduism in an ashram decades ago. The music was exquisite as well. Couldn’t find it, but found the healing words of the poet-saint on Wikipedia: 

Pasayadan

Dnyaneshwar wrote the Pasayadan which is a prayer for the well being of the people. Pasaydan is included at the end of the Dynaneshwari.Sant Dnyaneshwar completed his work on Shrimad Bhagavad Gita called as Dnyaneshwari which has 9000 Ovis(Shlokas). Pasayadan is an 9 shloka work composed and included at end of Dnyaneshwari’s 18 Chapter. Pasayadan describes essence of this 9000 shlokas.

Pasayadana (Shlokas 1794 ta o 1802)

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May the Self of the universe be pleased with this sacrifice of words and bestow His grace on me.

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May the sinners commit evil deeds no longer, may their desire for righteous deeds be increased, and may all beings live in harmony with each-other.

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May the darkness of sin disappear, and the world see the rising of the sun of righteousness(nature of self), and may the desires of all creatures be satisfied.

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May everyone keep the company of saints devoted to God, who will shower their blessings on them.

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Saints are walking gardens filled with wish-fulfilling trees, and they are living villages of wish-fulfilling gems. Their words are like oceans of nectar.

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They are moons without blemish and suns without heat. May these saints be the friends of all people.

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May everyone in all the worlds be filled with joy, and may worship God forever.

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May all those for whom this book is,their very life be blessed with success in this world and the next.

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Then,Nivruttinath, the great Master(hence the god)said that this blessing will be granted. This brought great joy to Dnyaneshwar.

Complete Dnyaneshwari is available at http://sanskritdocuments.org/marathi/ Complete information about Dnyaneshwar’s palkhi (palanquin) is available at http://warisantanchi.com/english

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnyaneshwar

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