Questions to check IQ, with Anup Jalota
I was just listening to some bhajans by Anup Jalota.. What a brilliant voice he has. The way he carries the rhythm to high pitch is one formidable task...
To prowess in this genre, I wonder what amount of time, energy, dedication and GOD knows what else, one needs to put in.
Anyways, the question-answer round that happened in one of his bhajans, goes like this:
Jal se patla kaun hai ?
Kaun bhumi se bhaari ?
Kya agan se tez hai ?
Kaun kaajal se kaari ?
( What is thinner than water ?
What is heavy than earth ?
What is furious than fire ?
and what is blacker than kohl ? )
The answer is provided by Anup ji in the next stanza:
Jal se patla gyan hai
Paap bhumi se bhari
krodh agan se tez hai
kalank kaajal se kaari
( Knowledge is thinner than water
Sin is heavier than earth
Anger is furious than fire
One sullied is blacker than kohl )
I analysed and found that most of his bhajans were devoted to radha-krishna and meera...
The pain and anguish that meera suffered has been beautifully written in one his bhajans (Main shyam deewani.. Mera dard na jaane koi) . With love, no doubt, comes suffering. But I heard a very beautiful line somwhere, which goes like this : " Love like you would never get hurt "
Its a song by Guy Clark:
You got to sing like you don't need the money
Love like you'll never get hurt
You got to dance like nobody is watching
Its gotta come from the heart
If you want it to work
Thank you, Mayank, for your kind treatment of me as a fellow human being on the other side of the world. The Bible says that by the Lord, actions are weighed. People have a lot of words that mean little. You seem to be a very sensitive person and I appreciate your help. Judy
ReplyDeleteThank you Judy :) ... It was great to hear the story of your father. I think, in this world, the most important is to share... Sharing joy increases the fun and sharing sadness decreases the sorrow...Thanks again... :)
ReplyDeleteDear Mayank, Thank you again for your help! I thought you would like this...From the Bible, the book of Proverbs, written by Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived: "Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore, get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding." (Proverbs chapter 4 verse 7) God bless you, Judy
ReplyDeleteYour quotations are not only inspiring but enriching as well. Keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteA TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER (pt.1)
ReplyDeleteSeptember 20, 192 -September 25,2009
When I think of Christmas, it has a reason. An intent and purpose. This tribute to my Father explains the meaning.
My Dad was a great man. Not because he was perfect.
He had an incredible sense of humor. He claimed to be the first neurosurgeon to EVER perform his own frontal lobotomy. He said he practiced on me when I was a little girl, only 3 years old. It was a miserable failure. When I asked him why, he told me it was because he couldn't find a brain! Then he called the next day and said he wasn't a neuro-surgeon any more. When I asked for an explanation, he said he was his only patient and he complained!
(pt.2)
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the following Bible verses I think of my Dad:
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but
rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always beleives, always hopes, always perseveres...
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the GREATEST of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 13 (Bible - New International Version)
My Dad was a great man because he loved.
(pt. 3)
ReplyDeleteMy Dad was raised by a Godly, Armenian mother who read the Bible on her knees and prayed every morning before she started her day. He grew up believing in God.
I had two brothers who both died. My Dad became very bitter and angry at God, Whom he blamed. "I will not believe in a God who took my sons!" he raged. He grieved the rest of his life, wishing for so many things that were not.
During the last few years of his life, Dad started asking questions. Were my brother in heaven? I answered, "Yes Dad. There is only one ticket." I explained that Jesus died for our sins in our place, and both of my brothers accepted Him as their substitute." He really didn't understand.
Then he was faced with forgiving someone he was bitter towards. This was a hard one. I told him, "Dad, if we don't forgive, God can't forgive us." Much time elapsed before we spoke about this again. When I repeated, Dad, if we don't forgive, God can't forgive us," he said abruptly, "it's done." The way he looked, I knew he meant it.
(pt.4)
ReplyDeleteHe began asking me how he could get to heaven. It told him there was only one ticket. Other religions told us we could be good enough. Christianity was the only one that told us we could not be good enough, so God sent His Son to die in our place, a fulfillment of thousands of years of prophecy.
Once, when I went to visit him, I took The Passion of Christ on DVD by Mel Gibson. He sat and watched it with me. When it was finished, he exclaimed, "Why! Why did God do that to His Son!" He sounded shocked. I said, "Dad. you wouldn't do it. You wouldn't volunteer. But God did, because he loves us." Jesus asked God in the garden that if there was any other way for us to be with Him, to take the Cross away from Him. There wasn't, so He went to the Cross.
I don't know when it happened, but my Dad changed. I would call and he would say, "God love you, honey! God bless you! I'll pray for you."
When we visited him the last time, every night he prayed the same prayer:
"Our Father which art in heaven, Hollowed be thy name.
They kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors..." (John 6:9-12 Bible - King James Version)
(pt. 5)
ReplyDeleteMy Dad began to read his Bible. He prayed for his wife, Paul and I, his friends and neighbors, and all of our friends and loved ones every night. If there was anything that my Dad wanted, it was for those he loved to all be with him.
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Now, instead of grieving, he told his caretaker, Kala, repeatedly towards the end that he was going to be with his family and his sons. His perspective switched from loss to future. He even told me he would be waiting for me.
This life is very short. A twinkling of an eye. My Dad's story tells why Jesus came. Not for Christmas tress. Not for red and green. Not for candy canes. He came, born in poverty, to die, so that we could live.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 Bible - New International Version)
Our love to all our friends and loved ones, and all of their friends and loved ones.
Paul and Judy
Christmas 2009
That is so beautiful Judy... Just can't be expressed by words, the feel I have got in my heart after reading it.. GOD bless.. Thank u :)
ReplyDeleteHello to all my friends and family now in India!
ReplyDeleteHi Bro, I might be a bit late in response, just wanted to let you know that the questions in Anup Jalota Ji's Bhajan are few of the questions which comes under Yaksha Prashna to Dharm Raj Yudhisthir. And the answers were given by Yudhisthir.
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