First name of bhor: ‘Pujya Swami Ji Maharaj’

The year 2020 gave various types of experiences to the world. In the beginning of the year, nobody could imagine that corona pandemic would engulf the entire year. This virus was identified for the first time in China on December 31, 2019 therefore, the people started to term it as Chinese virus. The WHO declared the name of this virus as ‘Covid-19’ on February 2020. In ‘Covid-19’, Co, V and D denoted corona, virus and disease respectively. Corona virus got its name from Latin word in which corona means crown. In fact, there are image like thorn on the layer of virus. It looks like crown, that’s why it has been named as corona. The people say that there is nothing in the name and with the passage time, this disease spread like wildfire. Due to its newness, it has been called nobel corona virus.

Nobel corona virus means that this virus is new for the human body. highlighting the reason behind this disease, UNO experts said that the diseases spread in the animals and birds are on the rise for last few years. In the language of science, such type of disease is called zoonotic means that this is animal-born disease. In other words, this disease is spread in the animal and then in the human being. A UNO affiliated institution says that if we continue to kill wild animals, other disease like corona might get erupt in the world. According to its report, the animals are killed to fulfil rising protein demand and the human being must bear the brunt of it. We should be proud of our ved knowledge tradition and vedic culture, prohibiting us from consuming vegetarian diets and differentiating between aesthetic and erotic food items.

Since this infectious disease spread rapidly, it erupted at Chinse city Wuhan and made its present felt in the entire world. It reached India in the first week of March just before the Holi. Although in the initial stage, there were simple symptoms of this disease, the people were unable to recognize that they got infected from corona. But the news coming from the entire world was alarming.

Making better health facility to available to everybody in the densely populated countries like India is almost impossible. Research agency Lainstake Global Burden of Disease says that India ranks 145 in the list of 195 countries. That’s why there is common perception in our country that we become serious only after symptoms start to make impact in the body. therefore, we were not serious about fever, dry cough, smelling disorder, headache and taste disorder, etc caused by corona. The government accidently announced lockdown in the entire country with special directives. It aimed at maintaining physical distance, work from home, home isolation, etc. These words were new for us. The people were unable to understand that what to do in this situation. Therefore, with passage of time, the people were facing new difficulties like migration of work force, scarcity of edible items. The medical workers were facing problem in providing medical treatment to the people and at the same time the policemen were also working hard to maintain law and order to get rid of this pandemic. The disaster was testing our patience level and will power. There were many occasions when it seemed that we might lose this war due to other reasons.

We had become addicted to such habits in our life that the lockdown locked everybody. For someone, staying 24 hours with their family members proved to be boon, while for others, it proved to be ban. Someone fell in to great distress, while others got great happiness during that period. Traders started to face revenue crunch, while daily wagers faced hardship to earn livelihood.

The people with positive attitude get new avenue, the people with negative attitude were scared of their future.

Why do we fear that what will happen in life
Why do we think that there will be evil in life
If we move forward towards goal while facing
Challenges courageously
Believe that you will get something
At least experience

Although, the corona is yet to wipe out, the life and economy start to come back on track. Rising crowd and pollution on the road, it seems that the time passed during lockdown was peaceful. Despite that time was full of challenges for somebody, but if we look at corona period, it gives soothing experience. Because, the people got an opportunity to have a glimpse of nature. The morning was fresh, the sky was colourful. The pure air removes irritation in the eye. The entire nature was smiling. Factory, aircraft, vehicle and train, etc stopped their functioning. The morning and the evening were peaceful. Neither people had no hurry to visit office nor the children had to do their homework. The labourers had to return their home which they left in search for job. The concept of joint family became the reality. Everyone in the family starts to make call each other and asked wellbeing. The thread of selflessness became the reality. There were no complaints among the family members. Some people also started making food. The people played mobile game, carom board, online TV series, etc. They watched popular religious serials like Ramayana and Mahabharat, etc. Therefore, it will not be hyperbole to say that pandemic corona which changed the social definition and dented the economy heavily gave a new lease of life as far as family and environment are concerned. The pollution level, carbon emission, nitrogen emission, etc got lowered. The government had carved out new ministry to clean the Ganga and started Namami Gange Project worth of thousands of rupees for cleaning the sacred river. But the lockdown brough down pollution by 50 percent in the Ganga.

Moreover, there were no queue seen in the hospitals. The drug trade felt major jolt. It’s clear that the people found their health in the medicine in the busy life. The English medicine firms earned huge revenue in this trade. Uttar Pradesh Chemist and Druggist released a statement that it incurred loss worth Rs 902 crore in two months. It reveals that how much the people have depended on the medicine. Since the lockdown controlled the unnecessary movement and the people had to consume home made meal, the expenditure on medicine got lessened.

Moreover, the people believed on ayurvedic medicine, kadha and daily yogabhyas. It proved that at a time when the western science gets silence, Indian tradition and ancient study are capable for provide solid base to treat such disease. Therefore, there is an opportunity to thank ancient Indian tradition and culture because our divine tradition has given unique key to yog and ayurved. The people who had been doing yog had better immune system. They got rid of tension. Therefore, during corona period when the great scientists failed to provide solution to get rid of this menace, Patanjali Yogpeeth run ‘yog and ayurved’ played a major role to check this disease.

Whether the world accepts or not, it will be Param Pujya Yogrishi Swami Jee Maharaj and Shradheya Acharyashri who not only controlled empire of yog and ayurved but also conducted new research in the world. The people started to do yog and even online yog class begun. Meanwhile, on the occasion of International Yog Day on June 21, the theme was ‘yog with family while staying at home’. After two days of the International Yog Day, on the basis of rigorous study and research, Patanjali made available coronil kit means immune buster in the name of coronil, shvasari and anu oil. However, it was not allowed to give advertisement for some time. Later between June to August, coronel worth Rs 250 crore were sold. It proves that how much belief the people had on Param Pujya Guruvar and Shradheya Acharyashri.
Due to this belief, the Indian culture and traditions once again became popular in the world and credit goes to Pujya Swami Jee. Pujya Guruvar who has been torchbearer of Indian culture and traditions for the last 30 years is the source of inspiration of ideal health in the world. During this pandemic, the people felt that Patanjali Yogpeeth and its various prakalp are pilgrimages. If Prayagraj is famous for the sangam of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, then Patanjali Yogpeeth is the sangam of yog, ayurved and indigenous. It gives new ray of hope during the pandemic. At 5 am daily in the morning at Patanjali Yogpeeth, Shradheya Swami Jee started to provide ray of hope and belief of better health among the people. As darkness starts to wipe out with rising sun, similarly, a pall of gloom arising out of pandemic got lessened through Astha, Sanskar, India TV, DD, facebook live, twitter life, etc and crores of people started to get benefitted from it daily. Swami Jee became first ray in every household as an ideal and hero of better health.

Now when the lockdown was withdrawn and the life starts to return on the track, there is no doubt that we will join the same busy life. The happenings in the last few months have given a lesson that whatever positive change we have seen, will give desired result if we continue it. It’s worth mentioning that the health is nothing but proper daily routine. Better habit, thoughts and speech provide good health. It’s hoped that lovely moment and positive experience during the corona period will be enough for the people to understand the importance of family relations in the future.
It’s universal truth that money is property but at the same time, if we think that only this is property, then it’s our ignorance. Many people are so busy in amassing property that they fail to understand importance of family. It’s true that economic prosperity gives many things but other thing is also precious. Our time is also property, our thought is also property. Friend is also property, etc. But health is most precious property. Therefore, don’t forget unique lesson provided by lockdown.