STD- 71 DIV.
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STUDENT NAMEruma
SUBJECT - HISTORY
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LESSON 4: MAHARASHTRA BEFORE THE TIMES OF SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
Objective : Students get aquainted with the life of people in Maharashtra before Shivaji
Maharaj
Q.1) Write down and learn "Pasaydan" written by Sant Dnyaneshwar.
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Pasaydan is one of the most popular, well known and widely versed prayer in Maharashtra. I strongly believe that, even though Pasaydan is not so well known as a prayer outside Maharashtra, the devotees of Lord Krishna will be interested to understand the meaning of this beautiful prayer.
So here, I give the meaning of Pasaydan in both Hindi and English so that everyone can understand the true meaning. Please note that it is not mere translation, I have given in between the lines meanings in the brackets as well.
The word Pasaydan is a composition of two words Pasa (पसा) which means palms spread joined together (like we make when someone is about to give a lot of chocolates in our hands) and Dan (दान) which means gift. Together they mean a gift which can be taken or received in palms spread joined together. Usually in India, especially Hindu’s accept Prasad (god’s gift) in Pasa (पसा).
It was composed by Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj. Devotees and warkari’s fondly call him Mauli which means mother. Pasaydan is actually a portion of Bhavarth Deepika or Dnyaneshwari which is a Prakrut Marathi version (translation) of Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta. It is collections of verses or ovi’s (ओवी) from 1794 to 1802 from Eighteenth Adhyay (final adhyay) of Dnyaneshwari.
In Pasaydan, Sant Dnayneshwar, pray the Supreme Lord, his guru Nivruttinath to grant him the Pasaydan or Prasad of what he asked in these verses. This prayer is pure humanitarian prayer which in my opinion also resembles another Vedic prayer in terms of tone and asking wellbeing (सुख) for everyone.
I think this the correct answer.
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