Mujhe apni sharan mein le lo Raam
Posted on: November 2, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
The second song in the series “Great souls of India” is from film TULSIDAS-1954. It is sung by Mohd.Rafi and this song was quite popular in those days. I have enjoyed it many times on Radio too.
Indian spiritual Gurus set themselves as Role models for the masses. Whether it was Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Shankaracharya or Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, all of them have guided their followers to achieve peace of mind through spirituality. Religion is a way of life in India and most Gurus teach their followers how to follow the right path even while looking after their families.
Some of the saints have done monumental literary works for the masses, bringing what was available only in Sanskrit, to the doorsteps of the common people. Among such saints, Sant Tulsidas tops the list, according to me. He sets an example of how a person can educate himself and how a person can change himself for his Goals in life.
His ” RAMCHARITMANAS” is famous all over the world. It is an Awadhi version of Valmiki’s RAMAYAN in Sanskrit.
Ramayan, being only in Sanskrit deprived the common masses from reading it, making it a monopoly of a few learned Brahmins. In this case Tulsidas ji has done not only a monumental work, but also has played an important role in making it available to the common man in every household.
A lot has been written about this great son of India. Like all other Saints and Great people of India, the information on his birth and childhood has a variety of stories and it is shrouded in confusion.( Our weakness in recording correct History is indeed an old habit !).
Tulsidas is called the reincarnation of Sage Valmiki, who wrote the original Ramayan in Sanskrit. There is a reference in ” Bhavishyottar Puran ” about Tulsidas, that lord Shiva told Ma Parvati,that as per a boon granted by Hanuman, Valmiki will be reborn in Bharatvarsha, in kaliyug, to recite Ramayan in vernacular language.
There are many different dates and years of his birth and death, so we will have to accept the year of his birth as 1497, as mentioned in majority places, though it is disputed, because as per his confirmed year of death being 1623, Tulsidas seems to have lived for 126 years ! Not impossible for Saints, though. The Government of India too has accepted the year of his birth as 1497 and have celebrated the 500th birth Anniversary officially in 1997 !
So, Tulsidas lived from 1497 to 1623.
Even his birth has several stories. he was born at Rajapur, in U.P. to Hulsi and Atmaram Dubey, after remaining in womb for 12 months. When he was born, he had all 32 teeth, looked like a 5 year old boy and instead of crying at birth, uttered the words-Ram…Ram several times. Hence he was named RAMBOLA. As he was born at a time inimical to parents, he was abandoned and was found by Swami Narharidas,who adopted him and named him Tulsidas. His Thread ceremony ( Upnayan) was done and he was taught Ramayana at Ayodhya.
Tulsidas came to Varanasi and learnt Sanskrit, 4 vedas, 6 vedangas, jyotish and Hindu religion for 15 years. He was married in 1526. They had a son,”Tarak” who died as a toddler. After marriage he was so much engrossed in his wife that once she chided him that if he shows so much interest in Shri Ram as he showed in her, he would achieve a lot in life.
This one sentence made him aware of his mission in life. He left his house and toured all over India, visited all 4 Dhams and manasarovar. During this period he had darshan of Hanuman and Shri Ram also.
he came back to Varanasi. As per the directive from lord Shiva and Ma Parvati,he started writing ‘ RAM CHARIT MANAS’ in Avadhi language, for 2 years (1574-1576).
Tulsidas died in 1623 at Varanasi. Tulsidas has written 22 major and innumerable minor literary works, which includes Hanuman Chalisa, Sankat mochan hanumanashtak, Geetavali, Kavitavali, Vinayapatrika etc etc. His major work and the most well known work is of course RAMCHARITAMANAS.
Several films were made on Tulsidas in 1934,1939,1954,1972,1991 etc
TULSIDAS-1954 was a Ratnadeep Pictures,Bombay film,directed by Harsukh Bhatt and Bhalchandra Shukla. The music was by Chitragupta (Assistant-Dilip Dholakiya). It had 10 sweet songs and the cast was Mahipal, Shyama, Lalita Pawar, Ramesh Sinha, Dulari, Chaman Puri, Bhagwan etc.
The story of the film was-
A boy Rambola, hated by all and sympathised by none happens to meet Saint Narharidas (Uma Dutt. Seeing a spark of greatness hidden in the boy, he brings him to his Ashram. Here Rambola is renamed as Tulsidas (Mahipal).
Studying all the shastras Tulsidas becomes a scholar. Tulsidas, now grown up, composes lucid poems in Hindi, thus making the art of poetry enjoyable for scholars as well as for those who do not know Sanskrit. Ravidatta (Chaman Puri), a student of the same Ashrama, is jealous of Tulsidas. According to Ravidatta, to write in a language other than Sanskrit is a blasphemy and an insult to that great divine language. Further Ravidatta’s anger knows no bounds when he sees Tulsidas making love to Ratnavali( Shyama) who is to be betrothed to him (Ravidatta) But ultimately her father Dinabandhu Pathak(Ramesh Sinha) chooses Tulsidas for Ratnavali’s hand. Ravidatta burning with jealousy leaves the Ashram of Narharidas to go to Benares. Haladhar (Bhagwan) another student follows Him.
Tulsidas and Ratna are married in the midst of celestial music and blessings of Narharidas, Dinabandhu Pathak, and other guests from from Badaria and Soro. After marriage the intesity of Tulsidass love for Ratna increases to such an extent that he forgets his devotion to Shree Ram. Tulsidas’s madness for Ratnavali becomes the talk of the town. One day Ratna’s brother Shambhu takes her with him to Badana where father Pathakji is seriously ill. Tulsidas comes home bringing a beautiful pair of bracelets for Ratna but instead of her he finds a note left by her that she had gone to see her father who was ill. But Tulsidas cannot live without his wife. In rain and storm he comes to Badaria and stealthily gets into Pathak house. The neighbours of Pathak first mistake Tulsidas as a thief, but ultimately they recognise him.
Ratna hears the taunts of the neighbours that Tulsidas is a mad lover to come to meet his wife at her father’s house. She comes to Tulsidas and with anger, sorrow and pain hates this shameful deed of his. She tells him the piercing words `Your love for my frail body made of flesh and bones is futile. Had you transformed this intense love from this human body to Shree Ram, both you and I could have escaped from this merry-go-round of life and death”. Saying this she goes away. Her words were like lightening in the dark sky. The thunder of this lightning is echoed in his heart where starts a great storm. The wind of this storm blows away the heap of sand that covered the gem of devotion to Shree Ram. He goes away from here with a decision to renounce the world.
When Ratna comes back in the room she finds a note in which he had written “Leaving the wordly ties and the love of my wife. I am going to some unknown place with the aim of meeting Ram.” She almost faints.
Repeatedly calling Shree Ram like a lunatic, Tulsidas falls on the trunk of a tree. A spirit living in this tree shows him the way to meet Ram. On coming to Chitrakoot he sees Ram who appears before him. Tears of joy flow from his eyes. Being inspired from this event he comes to Ayodhya and writes. “Ramcharit Manas”, his famous epic poem on Shree Rams life. Preaching Ram-Bhakti (devotion to Ram) to the people he comes to Benares. In Benares Ravidatta and other pandits, the champions of Sanshrit, oppose his Rammayana wirtten in easy Hindi language. But they are all convinced when one day Lord Vishwanath himself endorses his Ramayana and accepts it as a real work of poetry and devotion. But Ravidatta is adamant. He thinks that is just the black-magic. He decides to set Tulsidas hut of fire. Ratna and Shambhu’s wife come to Benares, where, to their surprise they hear that Tulsidas’s hut is set on fire They rush to the spot. Shambhu and his wife meet Ratna,who seeing Tulsidas’s life in danger runs into the hut and finds that the fire is not touching Tulsidas at all. The fire subsides and all see Tulsidas safe. Ravidatta feels ashamed and he prostrates himself before Tulsidas and asks for his pardon.
Now let us hear and enjoy the melodious Bhajan, sung by Mohd. Rafi. Lyrics are by G S Nepali and Music is by Chitragupta.
Song-Mujhe apni sharan mein le lo Raam (Tulsidas)(1954) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Gopal Singh Nepali, MD-Chitragupta
Lyrics
?? naam tumhaare jagmag jag mein
jagmag mein ?? sambhaalo
girne do to charan badha do o o o
gir jaaun to tumhi uthha lo
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
Le lo raam
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
Le lo raam
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
Lochan mann mein jagah na ho to
Lochan mann mein jagah na ho to
jugal charan mein le lo raam
le lo raam
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
jeevan deke jaal bichhaayaa
rach ke maayaa naach nachaayaa
chintaa meri tabhi mitegi
chintaa meri tabhi mitegi
jab chintan mein le lo raam
le lo raam
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
tumne laakhon paapi taare
meri baari baazi haare
baazi haare
tumne laakhon paapi taare
meri baari baazi haare
baazi haare
mere paas na punya ki poonji
mere paas na punya ki poonji
padpoojan mein le lo raam
le lo raam
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
Raam hey raam
Raam hey raam
ghar ghar atkoon
dar dar bhatkoon
kahaan kahaan apnaa sar patkoon
is jeevan mein milo na tum to
Raam hey raam
is jeevan mein milo na tum to
mujhe maran mein le lo raam
le lo raam
mujhe apni sharan mein le lo raam
mujhe apani sharan mein le lo raam
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November 2, 2013 at 10:32 am
Sir, many thanks for this melodious Bhajan sung by RAFI saab!! (surpised that this was also pending to be posted) !
thanks for this informative post too on Sant Tulsidas ji.
also best wishes for this series on ‘ the great souls of India’ ( sorry, i missed to comment on the first post, i have to go back on it now).
Also wishing all our team members, well wishers and visitors on this blog ‘ a very happy diwali and a prosperous new year ahead’…!!!
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