Krishna Seva

[Pushtidas]

Jai Shree Krishna
and
Jai Jai Shree Gokulesh

What is Padhramani? When was the first Padhramani? Who did the first Padhramani?
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Dasa nu das
Pushtidas

[gopal]

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,

Padhramani means the Dhanya Bhaag for a Sevak to get his/her's shrigurucharan to come to his/her's house. Where the Sevak does all the necessary GuruPoojan Prakaar in the Shastriya Vesh Bhusha. ShriGurucharan Comes and takes the service from His Sevaka and the Sevaka does the ShriGuruPoojan.
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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar,
Baroda

[shahhetp]

Jai Shri Krishna,

Thanks Gopalji for lovely email. Pushtidasji, please clarify my doubt I thought Padhramani means inviting any Vallabhkul balak and not just own Guru?

Jai Shri Krishna,
Hetal.
Shri Vallabh hi ko bhari bharoso...............

[gopal]

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh

Taking a laukik example to explain this topic. Please forgive me, if any one gets hurt by this posting,. As my no intension is to hurt any one.

One girl named Sunita married a boy named Akshay. Akshay used to stay in joint family and also he had a very very big family members. So now Sunita became the family member so she has to honour all the other members of the family too. Akshay and Sunita enjoys now her married life. Sunita's dedication is full for her husband. But she has to honour her in-laws also.

When we make a Balak our ShriGuru, then our full dedication for the GuruPoojan Bhaav only remains for our own ShriGurucharan, who had made us Sevak. So when ever the utsav like Pavitra Baras, we should always offer pavitra to our own shrigurucharan.

So for Padhramani to according to my understanding, it should be for our own shrigurucharan. It is not so that we r doing Apmaan of other balaks,. All the Balaks r AAdarniya But our Dedication remains for our ShriGurucharan. So ShriMahaprabhuji gave aagyna " Seva Krutir GurorAAgyna........"

Do seva (prabhu seva and katha, or seva or katha.) according to shrigurucharan's aagyna.
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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar,
Baroda

[gopal]

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh

From my just prior post, any one can argue, that it is not possible for every one to be always near to their shrigurucharans, as we stay far form our gurudwar, in Abroad to india. Then how can we do padhramani of our ShriGurucharan at our house??? if Aapshri had not came to ABroad??? And even Other Balaks do padhramani, then should we neglect them??

No, it should not be like this. Every Balak (Vallabhkul) is Respectable. I will once again talk of Sunita And Akshay. Once so happeened that Sunita's Husband Akshay gone out of the city for some jobs. And sunita was not accompanied, as was a business tour for Akshay. So Sunita had to stay along with her inlaws. She always waited for Akshay. And Thought of Akshay, as he is her husband. She respects all the Inlaws, But always worries for her husband

Our ShriGurucharan (ShriVallabhkul Balak) is a part of ShriVallabh KalpDroom. And we had to respect all the Balaks, But when we stay in abroad, and it is not possible to have darshanas of our ShriGurucharan Regularly, but atleast we as a sevak of that Balak, we should always do taap-klesh to have darshana of ShriGurucharan. Other Vallabhkul Balaks r Relatives of our ShriGurucharan, and also ShriHariraicharan gave orders that ShriVallabhkul me Sabhi Hi Vallabh Samaan So with this nyay, we should respect all the Balaks, But should always think for our ShriGurucharan. This is Ananyata.

One of the aacharya Nitya Leela Goswami Chaturthpeethahishwar ShriKanaiya Prabhu (Samvat 1926) gave below Vachnamruts


"The balak who takes birth on this bhootal (earth) has particular work and for taking some jeevs to sharan only. And the jeev who surrenders that balak, the balak becomes sarvasva (whole & sole) for that jeev, and is Purushottam for That jeev. Other Balaks are honourable but for that jeev only ananyata remains for one balak, and is the diksharthi gurudev and should always follows his orders"Just a married Reena does all seva for her husband, but honours everyone. That is differet that she carries works for her inlaws, but her Tan-Man-Dhan is fully dedicated to her husband only.......
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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar,
Baroda

[gopal]

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh

Also read this link for Ananyata.,
http://pushtikul.com/topic.asp?whichpage=1&TOPIC_ID=1419&FORUM_ID=1&CAT_ID=7&Forum_Title=%3Cb%3EDisscuss+it+all%2E+%3C%2Fb%3E&Topic_Title=%3Cb%3EAnanyata%3C%2Fb%3E


Our Sanatan Scriptures when gives orders for some rules, then there also gives 3 things for that rules to follow.

Let us refer to the Bhakti Vardhini Granth, in where ShriMahaprabhuji had given some rules, But for following the rules, aapshri is some liberal. How??

ShriMahaprabhuji Gives orders that
Gruhasthanam Badhakatvanamanatmatvam Cha Bhasate ||
Yada Syad Vyasanam Krishne KRutho Syatdaiv


Sevayam Va Kathayam Va yasya SaktirdradhaBhavet

So Stay in Hari Sthan, or Do seva and katha at home, etc.
These all r options

For any rules created, 1 compulsion is the Mukhya Kalp, means Compulsory. But if We fail to follow Compulsory part, 2nd comes Option, which we say as Vikalp and even if not able to follow option-vikalp then the most Lowest category of 2nd Option i.e. Anukalp.
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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar,
Baroda

[unnati]

Jai jai shri gokulesh

Gopalbhai, Thanx for the beautiful explanation with relation to Ananyata..

[shahhetp]

Jai Shri Krishna,

Thanks Gopalji for explaining in depth and solving my doubt. Thanks Unnatiji for lovely email.

JSK,
Hetal Shri Vallabh hi ko bhari bharoso................

[Sital]

Jai Shree Krishna

Is bringing Mahaprabuji’s chitraji home for the first time counted as Padhramani as he is our Jagad Guru?

JSK
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Madhurkomalkant padavali namami
Sital

[gopal]

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,

In pushtimarg, The Sevya (been served ) swaroops r our ShriGurucharan (prakat Biraajmaan swaroop), ShriThakurji (which been pushtted by our ShriGurucharan), ShriAAcharyaji ShriMahaprabhuji (At Mool Places) ShriGusaiji Prabhucharan (At Mool Places), And Other Saptacharyas (At Mool Places.

Just simply bringing a Chitraji of ShriMahaprabhuji ( or any Acharyas), or Shrinathji Bava's, r only the Exhibition of our Drawing Halls. (Sorry forgive me, but we should accept this as a Fact). The Chitraji, which is brought cannot be considered as a Padhramani. Because Still the Purushottam Aavirbhaav is not there in the Swaroop (Chitraji or Pratima). So it is not a Padhramani. Even if we keep that swaroop in our Mandirji at home, where ShriThakurji resides, That is the Due respect bhaaav. And Having Swaroops of ShriMahaprabhuji, Ubhay Aatmaj ShriGOpinathji-ShriGusaiji, or Saptacharyas or Present ShriGuruBalaks, helps to keep us the Anusandhan that we r HIS sevak, and He blesses us to go ahead on the Path of Pushti.
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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar,
Baroda

[Vasant Punjabi]

Jai Jai Shri Gokulesh,

Very interesting please continue and also lets take "PERAMANI" along.

So Peramani can be done any time, any place, and at any occasion as have seen multiple Peramani's also at same time.
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Vasant Punjabi.

"Shri Vallabh Shri Vithal Sukh-kari naa-me nishpap thai nur-nari,
------Nitya Lila nitya nautam shruti na pame par."----

[gopal]

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh

Peharamani is a wonderful Bhaav. It is different from Mala-Peharamani, and also Padhramani.
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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar,
Baroda

[unnati]

Jai jai shri gokulesh

Please explain it...
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Shri Vallabha Charan Vina Sharan Koni Jaou.....Shri Vitthala Nam Vina Mantra Kya Thi Paou......Shri Vallabha Charan Vina Sharan Koni Jaou.....
Unnati M. Kadakia

[Pushtidas]

Jai Shree Krishna.


Padhramani:

Thank you everybody for such a lovely and interesting satsang on Padhramani. Well done.

Let us look at the beginning of the Padhramani. We have a record going back in the era of Shree Gusainji. It was Ashad Sood 15 (as per Gujarati calendar) and the day was marked as Guru-Purnima, at that time Shree Gusainji (Shree Vithalnathji) was out of town. In those days when any Vallabh Parivar travelled away from Vraj boundary, it was then said that the Vallabh Balak (Parivar) has travelled to 'Pardesh'. (Pardesh means foreign country) It is amazing that in India we still have this slang in wider use, I specially observed this slang amongst Gujarati and Vrajvasi (Vraj residents). Although the province, or part of India's land, this is classified as going to a foreign country. For example, when a Gujarati (Gujarat Province) goes to Mumbai (which is in Maharastra Province) then this is like travelling Pardesh. Returning from Mumbai to Gujarat is travelling back to home-land.

Anyway, on the day of 'Guru=Purnima' when Shree Gusainji was in Pardesh, Shree Nathji requested Shree Gusainji's Jiyestha Putra (eldest son) Shree Girdharlalji that he wants to visit him.

Shree Girdharlalji was very pleased to hear from Shree Nathji. "Prabhu, it is an honour to receive you in the sataghara."

Everyone in the sataghara was excited and was looking forward to receive Shree Nathji. Everyone gathered their personal belongings and the assets and was happy to give Shree Nathji as the momentum or a gift to remember the auspicious and pious day.

Shree Nathji was received in sataghara with joy and He was very pleased with the special Padhramani ceremony performed by Shree Girdharlalji and the Shree Gusainji's Parivaar. Lot of expensive gifts were bestowed at the lotus feet of Shree Nathji and everyone including the youngest members of the Parivaar (family) gave all they had.

After Aarti, Panchamrut snan and Kesar-charan-puja everyone, then did Charan-sparsh. Shobha Betiji also came forwarded and gave all her possessions. As soon as she did Charan-sparsh, Shree Nathji smiled and said, "Shobha, you have not given me everything, you have missed something."

"Really Prabhu, this is all I have!" Shobha Betiji was taken back by this remark and was amazed as well.

"Go and check your Manjusa-petti (jewellery box)." Shree Nathji smiled again and added, "In there you will find 'vari' (nathni, nose ornament). Please bring that for me."

Everyone was amused by this. When Betiji returned, she had the vari in her hand. She did dandvaat and gave the vari to Shree Nathji. This way Shree Nathji bestowed grace on her and all the family member. Shree Nathji stayed for two months and twenty-two days in sataghara. During that period, the Parivaar did all the manorath, that is, everyday they indulged in Utsava and manorath.

This was the first Padhramani in the history of Pushtimarg. Since that day Vaishnavs was graced by Vallabhkul's Padhramani. As Shree Nathji Himself showed the desire to have Padhramani in sataghara, so did Vallabh Parivaar. It became a trend and Shree Vallabh Balak will ask a vaishnav to receive Him at his house for the Padhramani. This desire to do Padhramani of a Balak is accepted as the Krupa, the grace bestowed by the Vallabh-Balak. So the trend was set.

The above Bhava is also glorified by Ashta Sakhas in their Padas and Kirtans.

So technically the first Padhramani was done by Shree Girdharlalji and it was done on Guru-Purnima.

The word Padhramani has three Syllables. Pad+hrama+aanee.

Pad= Lotus feet
Hrama= to receive a dignitaries
Aanee = to my home (house)

As explained by Unnatiji, we have three categories in Padhramani.

Mukhiya Kalpa:

This type of Padhramani is personalised one as this Padhramani is classified as the original and mother of all Padhramani. These three types of Padhramani are named after Pushti Tree known as Kalpa-Vrux.

The Kalpa-Vrux, the tree is divided mainly in three sections:

(1) The tree trunk (Mukhiya Kalpa)
(2) The Tree Branches (Vikalpa)
(3) The leaves (Anu Kalpa)

The Mukhiya means the main, or the dominating form which is the form that nurture the existence of the entity of the life. Here your Diksha guru is known as the main part of Pushti Diksha, hence, the nurture of your Pushti-life. So as a vaishnav, it is our duty to do Padhramani of our Shree Diksha Guru. So our own Diksha Guru's Padhramani is main stream Padhramani. So this main-stream Padhramani is known as Mukhiya Kalpa.

This Mukhiya Kalpa is entailed with the Guru Krupa and "Purnim Adhyatmik" that is a complete pious and auspicious visit which bestows that Pushti grace.


Vikalpa:

As explained by Unnatiji, that when you are a resident in a foreign country then it could be difficult to have Padhramani of your Diksha Guru. If your Diksha Guru bestows His grace upon you and do come to your part of country, then it is known as Mukhiya Kalpa. Sometimes the Diksha Guru is unable to visit your part of country but his children or any relation of that Gharana visit your resident country, then you can do his/her Padhramani. This way when one receives any Vallabh Balak from his Diksha Guru's family or Gharana, then this Padhramani is known as Vikalpa Padhramani. That means the Vallabhkul of the same tree and they are the braches of the main Kalpa, that is, Diksha Guru.


Anu Kalpa:

This Padhramani is of any Vallabhkul balak apart from Guru Ghar. This means any Balak's Padhramani is done this way is known as Anu Kalpa Padhramani. Anu means any and here the Kalpa is defined as of same clan or of same family tree.

All these Padhramani has same grace and the only difference is in the Pushti-fal and the concept. The Mukhiya Kalpa is depicted as receiving Shree Nathji is the form of your Diksha Guru and Vikalpa depicts the Guru in the form of Shree Mahaprabhuji and the third and final Padhramani, the Anu Kalpa depicts the Guru Swaroop as Shree Gusainji. So this way we have the benefit of Thakorji's Padhramani. In Shree Nathji we see our Seviya swaroop (the Diksha-Guru) and in Mahaprabhuji we see the Pu and Stree bhava, that is male and female form of Shree Thakorji and Shree Svaminiji and in the last concept we see Shree Gusainji, who is the Vithal Prabhu (Avatar form of Shree Nathji).

Shree Hariraiji Prabhucharan when wrote on Padhramani and in one of the Vachnamrut by Shree Leela-astha Shree 108 Shree Goswami Shree Madhavraiji (my Guruji), said that the Padhramani is to cool tan ki taapan (tan=body, ki=of and taapan=anxiety)

For many parivatsar we are separated from Brahma and Shree Mahaprabhuji bestowed His grace and gave us Nevadanam Mantra so we could surrender to Shree Krishna's lotus feet. To overcome this waiting for many thousands of years segregation, we needed this Mantra and to come close to Shree Hari. Whilst that process is slow and lengthy, we have mini format of darshan of our Gurus in the form of Thakorji which cools our soul, body and mind from anxiety of meeting Brahma (Krishna). Surdasji has written a lovely pada on Padhramani.

Can you recall this Pada?
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Dasa nu das
Pushtidas

[Pushtidas]

Jai Shree Krishna

The Kirtan I was looking (or rather wanted you to recall) is as follows:

Tan ki tapan gayi mahal mere aye lal,
Nayanan mag niharon palkan pendo zaron,
Kar rakho ur maal… (1)
Mukh dekhe sukh hote sakhiri,
Prem preeti Pratipal,
Surdas Prabhu beg hi daras diyo, Bahut ju bhai ho Nihal…(2)

The above kirtan is by Surdasji.
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Dasa nu das
Pushtidas