Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Jai Jai Bhairavi asur bhayawani

जय जय भैरवि [ महाकवि विद्यापति ]
प्रस्तुत गीत गोसाओनिक वंदना थिक जे मिथिला मे घर घर मे गायल जायत छैक | एहि गीतक रचनाकार महाकवि विद्यापति छथि |
पसुपति अर्थात महादेवक अर्धांग्नी जिनका सं दैत्य डरायत छनि ओहि भगबती शिवानी कें जय हो | हे भगबती हमरा सुन्दर बुद्धिक वरदान दिअ | अहाँक चरण मे अनुगति भ’ हमरा सद्गति भेटत | ओ भगबती जे राति-दिन मृतकक आसन अर्थात सवासन पर विराजमान छथि ,जिनका चरण चंद्रमणि सं अलंकृत छनि ,जे कतेको दैत्य के मारि क’ मुँह मे मलि दैत छथिन तथा कतेको के कुर्रा जका उगलि दैत छथिन | अहाँक रूप पिंडश्याम अछि आ आँखि लाल लाल | ओ ऐना लगैत छैक जेना मेघ मे लाल लाल कमल फुलायल हो | तामसे कट कट करैत अहाँक दांतक प्रहार सं दुनू ओठ पांडुर फूल जकाँ लाल भ’गेल अछि, ओहि पर सोनितक फेन बुलबुलामय अछि | अहाँक चरणक नुपुर सं घन घन संगीतक स्वर बहरा रहल अछि | हाथ महक कत्ता हन हना रहल अछि | अहाँक चरणक सेवक विद्यापति कवि कहि रहल छथि जे हे माँ अपन संतान के नहि बिसरू |


Source :  रजनी पल्लवी & सत्य नारायण झा ( www.rajnipallavi.com) (Satya Narayan Jha)


The love songs of Vidyapati, which describe the sensuous love story of Radha and Krishna, follow a long line of Vaishnav love poetry, popular in Eastern India, and include much celebrated poetry such as Jayadeva's Gita Govinda of the 12th century. This tradition which uses the language of physical love to describe spiritual love, was a reflection of a key turn in Hinduism, initiated by Ramanuja in the 11th century which advocated an individual self realization through direct love. Similar to the reformation in Christianity, this movement empowered the common man to realize God directly, without the intervention of learned priests. Part of the transformation was also a shift to local languages as opposed to the formal Sanskrit of the religious texts.
The songs he wrote as prayers to Lord Shiva are still sung in Mithila and form a rich tradition of sweet and lovely folk songs.
Folklore says that he was such a great devotee of Lord Shiva that the lord was really pleased with him. And once He decided to come to live in his house as a servant. As the servant He is said to have taken the name Ugna. At several places in the region, Lord Shiva is still worshipped by this name. It is said that the lord in form of servant had imposed a condition on Vidyapati that he could not disclose his identity to anyone else or else he would go away. When Vidyapati's wife was angry at her servant and started to beat him Vidyapati could not tolerate the same and asked his wife not to beat Lord Shiva himself and since then the lord disappeared and never was he seen again.

Source : Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyapati)