Prayer 7-Sep-12
It is customary to start a new activity with a prayer. Following in this tradition, my first blog is a Prarthna of which I have very fond remembrance since my childhood. But first the prarthna and then I will like to share those fond memories.
I was in 6th or 7th standard, about
12 years old when the evening prayer system started in our family. Ours was a
large joint family with four families residing close to each other and shared
the joys and sorrows together.
I was very young at that time and can only suppose that the
motivation for such a system possibly arose from an event which had shaken up the
whole family. My grand-uncle shri Lakshminarayanji, we used to call him
‘babbaji’ both with affection and respect, was the guiding figure of the
family. He must have been the originator of this system to bring the family
together and to face the challenges together.
On every Sunday, we all, about 50, will assemble on the
terrace in the evening at 7 PM for 1 hour prayer session.
After recitation of this prayer, some of us will recite
Ramayana choupayees, Surdas Pad or Kabir’s dohe and other similar devotional or
inspirational verses/prose. Since I used to read these type of books regularly,
everybody will encourage me to recite these which I did with great enthusiasm.
There are now only a few members of that time who may remember
this event like Balmukund chachaji at Kareli, Shivnarayan chachaji at Indore, Narendra
chachaji and Munnu bhai at Gadarwara. I don’t know if Chandu and Rajju still
remember since they were very young !!!
This prayer is so much more relevant in today’s context
when we pray for ‘sahnaavabatu, sahna-bhunaktu and sahya-veerya-karvavahe’.
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