sain baba ka svarup kya hai?
shirdi ke sain baba ke nikttm
bhakton ke sansmaranon ke adhar par
likhi gai vibhinn pramanik
jivniyon ko parhne, shirdi tirtha
par jakar apne kashton se raht
pane vale artajanon se sainbaba
ki kripa ke prasang sunne aur sain
baba ke samkalin ya bad ke sant
mahatmaon, siddh purushon se sain baba
ki mahanta ki pushti ka manan karne
aur un par bane lokapriya ti. visiriyalon
ko dekhne ke bad bhi yah
kah pana kathin hai ki shirdi ke
sain baba ka svarup kya hai? kya
vah guru gorkhnath ki paranpra ke
nath panth ke siddh yogi the? kya ve
kriya yog ke mahan sadhak lahiri
mahashay se dikshit kriya yogi the, kyonki unka nam lahiri mahashy
ki hastalikhit dayriyon men do bar
ullikhit hai? kya ve koi sufi
fakir the kyonki unka pahnava
kuch vaisa hi tha aur ve allah aur
ram donon ka nam ek sath lete
the? ve nirgun sadhak the ya sagun?
bat yahin tak puri nahin hoti. sain
baba apne hath se dhuni ki vibhuti ya
per paudhon ki patti adi ashirvad
rup men dete the usse unki sharan men
ae artajanon ke rog, naukri, karj,
bhayankar kasht sahaj hi dur ho jate
the par iska shrey ve svayan n lekr
ishvar ko dete the to kya ve koi
siddh purush the jinhonne panchatatvon -
prithvi, jal, vayu, agni aur akash
par vijay pa li thi?
bhakti, gyan, karm, raj yog sabhi
ke siddh sadhk
unke charitramrit ke parhne se yah bhi
bat samne ati hai ki ve gita men
krishn dvara atm sakshatkar ke liye
batae gae charon pramukh margon- bhakti
yog, gyan yog, karm yog aur dhyan
(raj) yog ki parmochch avastha men
pahunch chuke the. yahan yah ullekhniya
hai ki kisi bhi sadhak ko kevl
ek hi marg se svarup anusandhan
karne men arthat mera svarup kya hai?
main kaun hun? main vahi hun jo tu hai-
iska bhav bodh hone men ek nahin
kai janm lag jate hain par sain baba
ke punya sansmaranon ke anushilan se
yah spasht hai ki unhonne in charon hi
margon ko ek sath siddh karke ek
alag hi misal bhakton, darshanikon,
shastra gyataon ke samaksh rakhi.
jab ve bhajan ke sath pair men ghunghru
bandhakar prem vibhor hokar nritya karte
the to vah chaitanya mahaprabhu aur mira
bai ki madhuraya premabhakti ki
sarvochch bhav avastha men hote the.
isi ke samanantar ve samaj seva,
nirman karya, bagvani, bhakton ko
bhojan banakar khilane men bhi puri
ruchi lete the tatha grihasthon ko apne
kartavya nirvah ka updesh bhi dete
the, ve lokseva tatasth ya sakshi
bhav se karte the svayan shrey nahin
lete the. ve mallayuddh pratiyogitaen
karakar inam bhi dete the. is drishti
se ve purn karmayogi bhi the. ishavasya
upnishad men kaha gaya hai ki sansar
ka upyog tyag ki bhavna se
karen. unke pas to tyagne ko hi
kuch nahin tha jo tha vah nyuntm
se bhi nyunatam tha, ek jori juta,
tambaku ki chilmen, ata pisne ki
chakki aur safed fate purane do
ek jori vastra itni hi grihasthi
thi unki. bhikshapatra bhi tin ka
tha jismen se ve bhakton ke alava
pakshi, kutte, billi adi jivon ko
bhi annadan karte the.
sain baba parmyogi bhi the par
unhonne kabhi yog ke chamatkar nahin
kie. keval do bar tin-tin
din ke liye apni deh se pran
khinch kar anant yatra par jakr
pahle se batae din par punah sharir
men chaitanya hue. pahli bar 1876 men
jab unhen dama ho gaya tha tab bhakta
mhalsapti ke samne tin din ki
samadhi li aur dusri bar bhagvan
dattatrey jayanti 1886 margashirsha
purnima ko bhi tin din ki samadhi
bayja bai, tatya, mhalsapti ko
batakar li. ve ek sath ek hi
samay men kai sthanon par bhi bhakton
ko dikhai die par aisa karne ke
piche unka uddeshya bhakton men ishvar
bhakti ko majbut karna matra tha.
is lihaj se sain baba gita men
batae gae dhyan ya raj yog ki
siddhavastha men avasthit the tatha ve
jab bhi ekant hota sadaiv ankh band
kar dhyanarat rahte hue vishvatma se
apne sharir men sthit atma ko jore
rahte the. iske alava ve dvarkamai
masjid ke nikat sthit laindi bag
men bhi niyamit sadhna hetu jate the
jahan bhakton ka bhi jana mana tha.
sain baba ke gyan updesh atyant
saral sidhi bhasha men hain tatha shabdadambara
shastra uddharan khandn-mandan se rahit
sidhe hriday ko apil karte hain. gyan
yogi ka lakshan hai ki sabhi praniyon
men ek hi vishvatma parmatma ko
dekhna aur sab praniyon se saman
evan prempurn vyavhar karna. gita men
isilie gyan yog ko bhagvan krishna
ka priya bataya gaya hai. gyanyog
ka matalab shastron ki barikiyon ka
arth lachchedar bhasha men varnan karna
katai nahin hai. jise is tatva ka
bodh ho gaya ki sabhi jar chetn
men manushya, pashu-pakshi, kit patang
adi men ek hi chaitanya shakti ka
sfuran ho raha hai vah fir sabse prem
bhav rakhta hai, dusron ka dukh use
apna dukh lagta hai. yah advait
ki charam avastha hoti hai aur yahi
advait vedant ka vah vyavharik
rup hai jis par svami vivekanand
ne ‘vyavharik jivan men vedant’ varta
men sabse jyada jor diya hai. sain
baba ke tin ke bhikshapatra men bhakton
ke alava pashu-pakshi bhi shamil
rahte the.
vyavharik jivan men vedant ko
apnakar dikhaya sain ne
jise ham advait vedant darshan kahte
hain vah ved ke akhiri bhag arthat
upnishdon ka darshan hai jiske
anusar ishvar ya sarvavyapi satta
hi is sansar ka nimitt karan,
upadan karan adi sabhi kuch hai
arthat mitti se ghara banane v banne
vala bhi vahi hai. yah am admi
ki soch se pare ka darshan hai kyonki
am admi to dvait men jita hai.
dvait arthat do dhup-chanv, sukh-dukh,
main-tum, jar-chetan, man-sharir inhen
alag samjhta hai uski samajh men
ye ek ho pana kathin hai. par advait
ya vedant darshan hamen yahi sikhata
hai. svami vivekanand ne ‘vyavharik
jivan men vedant’ men kaha hai ki
adhyatmik aur vyavharik jivn
ke bich jo ek kalpanik bhed hai
use bhi mit jana chahie kyonki vedant kahta hai ek hi pran sarvatra
virajman hai. vedant darshan jangl
men rahakar nahin bana hai balki raj
rajarshi iske praneta hain jo rajkaj
jaise bare uttaradayitva sanbhalte the.
jab vyakti sabhi men ek hi pran
shakti ka bodh kar leta hai tab vah
premamay svatah ho jata hai vah pratyek
prani se tadakar ho jata hai. sain
baba ke jivan men vedant darshan ka
vyavharik rup dikhai deta hai jo
ramkrishn parmhans ke bad inmen hi
dekha jata hai. sain baba ke jivn
ki ek ghatna se yah bat thik se
samjhai ja sakti hai. ek bar
jab baba dvarkamai masjid men baithe
the tatha khandoba mandir ke pujari
mhalsapti unki seva men the to
muslmanon ne mhalsapti ko mara,
is par ve baba ko pukarne lage.
jab baba bahar ae to muslmanon
ko yah dekhakar hairani hui ki baba
ke sharir par choton ke nishan the.
baba ne kaha tum logon ne mujhe mara,
muslmanon ne kaha hamne to apko
nahin mara ap to andar the tab baba
ne samjhaya ki jab mhalsapti
baba kah raha tha to main hi to usmen
maujud tha.
yahan par duahkh, katrta itni unchi
bhav avastha men tabhi pahunch sakti hai
jab siddh sadhak advait ki avastha
men nirantar avasthit rahta ho, jahan
jar aur chetan ka apne parae ka
koi bhed hi shesh nahin rah jata.
tabhi to baba kit-patang, pashu-pakshi
ki bhasha bhi samajh lete the.
svami vivekanand ke vishva vandaniya
guru ramkrishn parmhans bhi sadaiv
aisi hi advait avastha men rahte the
isiliye unhen parmhans kaha jata
hai. ramkrishn lila prasangadi men bhi
ek aisi hi ghatna ka jikra hai ki
jab ek jamindar garib mallah ko
kore mar raha tha to un koron ke
nishan ramkrishn parmhans ki pith
par ubhar ae the. isi prakar ek
bar ramkrishn parmhans ko dhyan men
samudra men dubne jaisi anubhuti hui
tab agle din samachar patra men ek
jahaj dubne ki ghatna bhi chapi
thi. yah sthiti vyaktigat man ke
vishvatma man se jurne par muktatma
vale guru ki hi hoti hai.
sain baba ke sharir par mhalsapti
ko lagi choton ka ubhrna yahi siddha
karta hai ki sain baba atma ke
arohan ki us avastha tak pahunch
gae the jahan se fir lautna ya na
lautna apni hi ichcha par nirbhara
hota hai aisi vibhuti ko avtar bhi
kaha jata hai. sanbhvtah yahi karn
hai ki sahaj yog ki pravartak mata
nirmaladevi ne jin ath vibhutiyon
ko avtar kaha hai unmen ek
shirdi sain baba bhi hain. isi prakar
ahamadanagar ke avtar meher baba
ne kalchuri bhau likhit pustak men
sain baba ko kutub-e-irshad, 5
kutubon men sarvochch tatha mastar aef
yunivars arthat vishva niyanta kaha
hai.
avtar meher baba (1894-1969) ne
kaha hai ki avtari purush ka karya
sirf tatkalin manvta ke liye
nahin hota kintu bhavi manav santan
ke liye bhi hota hai, vah apne samy
men jiv ke jivan ko drut gati deta
hai moksh ke marg ki. uske adarsh,
drishtant, ahetuk prem paropkar men
lagi shakti uska vyavhar uske
n rahne par manvta ka path pradarshana
karte hain.
sain sadguru aur avtari purush
sain baba ke jivan charit ka
vihangavlokan karne par yah spashta
hai ki unhen kisi vishesh sampraday,
upasna marg ya paddhati ya samuday
ke dayre men simit karke nahin dekha
ja sakta. ve in sabhi men hain aur
in sabhi se pare bhi hain. is prakar
ve svayan hi ek vishisht adarsh hain,
unki lila evan karm svayan ek
svatantra marg hai. is drishti se sain
baba ka jivan darshan upnishdon
arthat vedant ke us darshan ke
bahut nikat dikhai deta hai jismen
jar chetan sabhi men ek hi satta,
parmchetan brahm, ishvar ya jo bhi nam
use dena chahen ki vyapti ko pratyaksha
rup se anubhut karne aur usi ke
anusar pranimatra se ahetuk prem
karne, paropkar karne ko vyavharik
jivan men bhi utarne par jor hai.
jo is avastha ko prapt ho jata
hai vahi sadguru hai, avtar hai, tatha
adhyatmikta ke kanedra men avasthit
hai.