THE MATRIKA MEN- शरमान

 

 THE MATRIKA MEN

“We are not a tribe of warriors,our chief is not a King. We are Shamans. We occupy ourselves in the worship of Matrika, the primal Mother, dedicating our lives to understanding, respecting and participating with Her mysterious ways. We uphold all the life patterns and the weaves that She creates in all the forms of Her creatures".
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

A modern re-telling of Great God Shiva and Parvati's story by Shail Gulhati

मातृका के बन्दे

“हम योद्धाओं की जमात नहीं हैं, हमारा प्रमुख राजा नहीं है। हम  शरमान हैं। हम अपने आप को अपने रहस्यमयी तरीकों से समझने, सम्मान करने और भाग लेने के लिए अपना जीवन समर्पित करने वाली, प्रथागत माँ, मातृका की उपासना में स्वयं को व्यस्त रखते हैं। हम सभी जीवन प्रतिमानों और उनके जीवों के सभी रूपों को बुनते हैं।

Hindi transaltion by Yash Nr

TO LOVE AND BE LOVED

 

TO LOVE AND BE LOVED

They started meeting everyday. Each meeting was a greater happiness. She would often ask Him things about spirituality, and hear His answers out with rapt attention.

“Tell me Shiva, what is the whole world play about? What is God, what is consciousness and what is its play?”

“In the beginning was only The One.

And He thought may I be two, may I be many.

To love, and to be loved.

And so the universe came into being.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

The meaning of Shiva's right hand raised in Blessing - क्या है शिव का अभय मुद्रा

 

Dear friends and Shiva bhakts,

We have often seen this picture of Shiva sitting serenely in Dhyana and posturing His right hand
 towards us in blessing. But what blessing is this?
This mudra is called ‘Abhay” it means fear not.
Actually the path of God is never easy and comfortable, it is in fact full of difficult tests and situations as some of us would know through our personal experience, but  the bhakta needs to be fearless in the path of God. One must be ready to face anything, to give up anything if one has to know God. Therefore Shiva in His kIndness gives us this boon in advance, to help us in our journey towards Him Himself!
Aum Namah Shivaye!

प्रिये शिव भक्तों एवं मित्रों , हम सब ने भगवन शिव के ऐसी तस्वीर कई बार देखि है , जिसमे उनका दायां हाथ भक्त की तरफ वरदान में  खड़ा है  परन्तु ऐसी तस्वीर का अर्थ क्या है?  इस से मुद्रा को 'अभय ' कहा जाता है . जो साधक परमात्मा के दर्शन पाने के लिए अपनी यात्रा आरम्भ करता  है , उसका रास्ता कभी आसान नहीं  होता ,बल्कि दुर्लभ होता  है , कठिनायों  से भरपूर होता है , जैसा की आप सब को अपने ही एक्सपीरियंस से पता होगा . परन्तु भक्त को फिर भी  निडर  रहना है और अपनी मिशन पे चलते रहना है .यदि परमात्मा के दर्शन करने हैं तो अपना लक्ष दरृरता से  निश्चय करना है और बढ़ते ही जाना है . इस लिए भगवन शिव जो आशुतोष हैं , अपनी उदारता में  भक्त तो पहले से ही निर्भयता का वरदान दे देते हैं ताकि भक्त यह सफर सफलते से पूर्ण करे और स्वयं भगवन के दर्शन पा ले
ॐ नमः शिवाये !

LOVE AND LEARNING

 

LOVE AND LEARNING

“So, what work do you actually do?” Sati asked coyly like any newly married wife.

“I meditate,” Shiva answered.

“No, I meant what work do you do as in work?”

“Yes, I have noted that when most people ask you ‘what do you do?’ they mean to ask about livelihood, vocation and income. Whereas, I have always thought that there’s so much more than just what a man does for a living. So much more that goes in to make a ‘way of life’…

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SINDOOR- THE LINE OF MARRIED DIVINITY- सिन्दूर- विवाहित देवत्व की रेखा

 

 

SINDOOR- THE LINE OF MARRIED DIVINITY

“SVAHA SVAHA,” went on the pundits.
“SVAHA SVAHA,” chorused Daksha, Brahma and the congregation.
“SVAHA,” said Shiva, His heart exploding with anticipation.
Sati, on Her part could only hear the pundit say, “SHIVA SHIVA…” She did not hear ‘SVAHA’, only ‘SHIVA…SHIVA…’
“With this, ends the invocation of all the celestials, the devatas, the Gods that ever have been and ever will be. With this, culminates the marriage of Shiva, the mountain chief with Sati, the daughter of Daksha Prajapati. Sati, you may now put a band of gold on Shiva’s finger; a band that will symbolize your holy matrimony and bonding for the rest of this life together.”said the pundit,
“And Shiva, you may now put the Sindoor on Her forehead as a sacred mark of this union,”
Shiva smiled again and took off the gold band, which Sati had just put on His finger as a wedding gift, dabbed it into the box of Sindoor, and carefully cupping some in the ring, spread it over Sati’s forehead in a straight line, as if to mark a new line of destiny for Her.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. 
A modern re-telling of Great God Shiva and Parvati's story.



सिन्दूर- विवाहित देवत्व की रेखा

"स्वाहा स्वाहा," पंडितों ने कहा। "स्वाहा स्वाहा," दक्ष, ब्रह्माजी और मण्डली ने एक स्वर में कहा। "स्वाहा," शिवजी ने कहा, उनका हृदय प्रत्याशा के साथ फुटा जा रहा था। माता सती, अपनी ओर से केवल पंडित को यह कहते सुन सकीं, "शिव शिव..." उन्होंने 'स्वाहा' नहीं सुना, केवल 'शिव...शिव...' “इसके साथ, सभी देवताओं का आह्वान समाप्त होता है जो कभी थे और हमेशा रहेंगे। इसके साथ ही दक्ष प्रजापति की पुत्री माता सती के साथ पर्वत प्रमुख शिवजी के विवाह का समापन होता है। माता सती, अब आप शिवजी की उंगली पर सोने की एक पट्टी रख सकती हैं; एक बैंड जो आपके पवित्र वैवाहिक जीवन का प्रतीक होगा और इस जीवन के शेष समय के लिए एक साथ होगा। ”पंडितजी ने कहा, "और शिव, अब आप इस मिलन के पवित्र निशान के रूप में सिंदूर को उसके माथे पर लगा सकते हैं," शिवजी फिर से मुस्कुराए और सोने की पट्टी उतार दी, जिसे माता सती ने शादी के तोहफे के रूप में अपनी उंगली पर पहना था, इसे सिंदूर के डिब्बे में डाल दिया, और ध्यान से अंगूठी में कुछ कप डालकर, सतीजी के माथे पर एक सीधी रेखा में फैला दिया, जैसे अगर उनके लिए नियति की एक नई रेखा को चिन्हित करना है।

Hindi translation by Yash NR 

ATMAN

 

ATMAN

Where the winds may not blow,

You soar.

Where the fires may not burn,

You glow.

Where the waters may not reach,

You flow.

Atman,

Who enables who?

The body is just a garment

mind, a stylist .

What wakes

In the lion to roar?

~ Brahma and Vishnu watch as Shiva teaches His lions to wake up and roar!

SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

TO CUT OFF ATTACHMENT, LITERALLY

 

TO CUT OFF ATTACHMENT, LITERALLY

“Shiva, you know I love you like a brother… I loved Sati like my sister…” began Vishnu.

“Loved?” said Shiva quietly.

“Yes, I mean I love Her like a sister. I mean She has gone now, so I loved Her.”

“Gone?”

“Shiva, Shiva! Come on, it’s the most terrible thing that could have happened, but you have to compose yourself. She is gone now, and we must go on, it’s what She would have wanted,” said Vishnu.

“Go on?”

“Shiva, you cannot be like this, you cannot behave like this,” Vishnu was almost pleading.

Nandi shifted uneasily.....

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.