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MAHARISHI DAYANAND Poem By: Tilak Grover

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

MAHARISHI DAYANAND
Poem By: Tilak Grover

Maharishi Dyanand writings and his work reveal,
That he was a brave person and a man of steel.
In Indian society he brought about reform after reform,
In religious debates with Pundits he did outperform.

He had fervor and zeal to fill his dream,
When he won debates on Vedic Dharma,
His arguments made so called Vedic scholars virtually scream
He broke the barrier of the dark ugly past,
Which had hideous system of the class or caste
Never did Maharishi accept the distinction of caste,
Nor did he accept the falsified interpretations of the Vedas

He had strong mind set to establish the society called Arya Samaj
Based on the ten main principles of Arya Samaj,
Which allowed untouchables to be its Samaj member
The society of the people having excellence and integrity
And the society members having no class distinction and no disparity.

The man of steel could not budge from the true meaning of Vedas
he challenged phony pundits on their falsified versions of Vedas.
In the ocean of deep oppositions he did wade through.He talked simple and straight and called a spade a spade too.

In his life he had many ups and downs
But the negative people could not let him down.
His bubbling zeal had fuel and fire to move onward
In his leadership Arya Samaj flourished straight forward.

His mind was like a running modern computer
Never let any deadly virus infiltrate into his mental computer.
Swami hard life had left us indelible impression in our mind
beloved son of India had a intense love and patriotism for the motherland. He was the best friend and Guru of Modern times in nineteenth century band.

His enthusiastic spirit created many brave heroes in our land
Swami Sharda Nand and beloved Lekh Ram of Panjab
The author of Rangila Rasool Lala Lajpat Rai, the lion of Panjab
Who sacrificed their lives for Arya Samaj and dear motherland
He stirred the languid India society rekindling the fire and zeal
Putting the Arya society on moving true Vedic wheel.

How did Mool Chand the inquisitive kid of Tankara become Maharishi Dayanand?

What incident made him Maharishi Dayanand?

When he was a child, his father told him to stay awake all night
To have face to face Shiva’s glimpse and blessing by fasting on Shivrati night. Instead he saw a mouse hoping on Shiv Linga and devouring delicious devotee’s offering the episode of Shivratri night urged him to find.

Why the tiny naughty mister mouse jumped on the body of Shiva Linga,
Who could not protect itself and the offerings of all kinds?

He was also disappointed and depressed at the death of his uncle and his dear sister which forced him to leave home to find answer to find:
What is death and what is real God?

He left home to seek truth.He did not spend another day disappointed and depressed.

At Mathura he met a genuine Guru Virja Nand, Who taught him and named him Dayanand,Thus Mool Chand the youngman of Tankara became a Maharishi, Sleeping slumbering India was awakened by the great Rishi.

Maharishi once said to the morally fallen Maharaja of Jodhpur,
in harsh and straight truthful words to mend his stitch, “A Lion should not have the company of bitch.”Maharaja mended his conduct and quit his mistress Nanni Bai vicious witch.

His straight and bold talk brought about a change in Maharaja turpitude
And changed his debased attitude.But later on Maharishi was poisoned by the friends of the mistress witch.

Due to having been poisoned several times Maharishi left this world on a Diwali Day,for India it was the painful, saddest and gloomiest day

The devotee of truth searched for truth, lived for truth ,and died for the truth.

Swami Dayanand (1824-1883) was the founder of the Hindu reform organization Arya Samaj, which he established on April 7th 1875, in Bombay India. He also created the 10 principles of Arya Samaj. Throughout his life, Swami Dayanand preached against many Hindu traditions which he felt were dogmatic and oppressive. These included traditions such as idol worship, caste by birth, and the exclusion of females from the study of the Vedas. One of his main messages was for Hindus to go back to the roots of their religion, which are the Vedas. By doing this, he felt that Hindus would be able to improve the depressive religious, social, political, and economic conditions prevailing in India in his times.

Swami Dayanand was born on February 12th, 1824 in a town called Tankara in the state of Gujurat, India.
One of Swami Dayanand's major arguments for going back to the Vedas was that, in his own words " the four Vedas, the repositories of knowledge & religious truth, are the Word of God. They are absolutely free of error, & the Supreme & independent authority ". The four Vedas are; Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, & Atharva Veda. To spread awareness of his movement and to revitalize Vedic knowledge, Swami Dayanand published many religious books. These include; Satyartha Prakash ( The light of Truth ), the Rig-Vedaadi, Bhasyya- Bhoomika, and Sanskar Vidhi.
Swami Dayanand preached many messages to Hindus during his lifetime. For instance, he preached that Hindus should worship just one, formless, God. He fought against polytheism by telling people the true meaning of the names of God, & established how all of them pointed at one & the same God- Paramathama, the Supreme Self. Further, Swami was " a voice against superstition, against unrighteousness, which reigned supreme in the garb of true religion, and against a foreign rule ".
Throughout his known adult life, Swami's main message was " Back to the Vedas ". By this, Swami Dayanand meant that Hindus should stop practising beliefs such as idol worship, caste, polytheism, pantheism, untouchability, child marriages,forced widowhood, and many other practices which he felt were wrong. He challenged many of the Hindu orthodoxy if they could justify their belief in the aforementioned practices. This induced the anger and wrath of many orthodox Hindus, which subsequently led to 14 attempts at poisoning Dayanand. Miraculously, he was able to use his Yogic abilities to cure himself from the first 13 attempts. However, the 14th time proved fatal. Swami Dayanand died, and left the world with his legacy, Arya Samaj.