06-11-2007, 05:45 AM
Bodhiji
Dhanyavaad. Wonderful topic. Just the other day I had run into this
http://wikisource.org/wiki/Tulsidas
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One of my fathers' favorite episodes which he told me a thousand times (atleast) in a thousand contexts was his "kya baranau chabi aap ki, bhale bane ho nath, Per Tulsi mastak tab name jab dhanush baan lo haath". It is said that Naradji once tricked Sant Tulsidasji and took him to a Krishna temple and he composed this dohaa which means -- Oh Lord, how do i even begin to describe your beauty, but then Tulsi's head can only bow when you pick up the bow and arrow".. It is said that Krishna put down his flute and picked up dhanush-baan just for his bhakta... <!--emo&
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I think I have asked this before but doesnt hurt to ask again. This was again a sanskrit sloka that my dad repeated many a times - not sure about the author. This too was about the Chaatak Bird. I remember a line in that sloka was "bho bho chaatak saavadhaan manasa". Does anybody remember it ?
And in general, whats with the chaatak bird tradition ? I must have heard tonnes of slokas related to the Chaatak bird and would love to hear from guroos regarding this tradition.
Dhanyavaad. Wonderful topic. Just the other day I had run into this
http://wikisource.org/wiki/Tulsidas
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One of my fathers' favorite episodes which he told me a thousand times (atleast) in a thousand contexts was his "kya baranau chabi aap ki, bhale bane ho nath, Per Tulsi mastak tab name jab dhanush baan lo haath". It is said that Naradji once tricked Sant Tulsidasji and took him to a Krishna temple and he composed this dohaa which means -- Oh Lord, how do i even begin to describe your beauty, but then Tulsi's head can only bow when you pick up the bow and arrow".. It is said that Krishna put down his flute and picked up dhanush-baan just for his bhakta... <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->--------
I think I have asked this before but doesnt hurt to ask again. This was again a sanskrit sloka that my dad repeated many a times - not sure about the author. This too was about the Chaatak Bird. I remember a line in that sloka was "bho bho chaatak saavadhaan manasa". Does anybody remember it ?
And in general, whats with the chaatak bird tradition ? I must have heard tonnes of slokas related to the Chaatak bird and would love to hear from guroos regarding this tradition.