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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:right;">Dr Mahaveer  Prati - kulpati, Patanjali University</p>]]></description>
                
                                    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.patanjaliyogsandesh.com/article/1214/shrawani-upkarma---festival-of--self-study"><img src="https://www.patanjaliyogsandesh.com/media/400/2023-05/3812.jpg" alt=""></a><br /><h5 style="text-align:justify;">   Our country India has an amazing tradition of sages, yogi, hermits and Rishis and our most respected Acharya ji has established Vishwavara Vaidik Sanskriti and for its protection and upliftment of human life to its zenith he has set up many great tradition and ensured that these traditions must be pursued for a very long time and even today this perennial stream of culture has been flowing and our country or the nation is not just a part of the land and not just its habitants but those living even in a small segment of this country have been feeling the flow of this culture, its ideals and the value of life and this life is not just made of flesh and bone, this has to be ensured but it is also important to ensure that divinity must emerge from the humanity and the path of divinity must be followed for the well-being and upliftment of all the human lives and this could become meaningful and for this many things have been done, several approaches have been adopted.<br /><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);"><strong>Utsavpriyah Manavah :</strong></span><br />Human beings are naturally lover of festivities and when they meet their dear ones they share happiness Joy love and this further increases therefore our country in the month of chapter Shukla pratipada celebrates festivals which goes till Amavasya. These cultural festivals include Holikotsava, Shravani, Vijaydashmi, Dipawali, which give encouragement and energy and pleasure to crores of fellow countrymen. Among these four festivals one which symbolises spiritualism, magnificence and building of life is the festival of Shravani which is most important and it symbolises the beginning of the learning process and maybe spring season is considered to be the king of all festivals but Shrawani has its own magnificence. It seems that nature has been clad in the green cloth and this fills our lives with great joy and around 60 or more years ago it has been said in a Marathi language poem-  Shravanmasi Harsh Manasi Hirvan Date Chahunkane. Due to rain all the paths have become closed and people are forced to live at just one place and this provides them an opportunity to fill their mind with great knowledge that is to study a lot and this is a golden opportunity and pure, beautiful, fascinating season of Shravan Purnima is the day which is celebrated with great joy, fanfare and devotion and this tradition is very old in India. Shok -Nasawan- Sawan is the season when the joy of this festival is amazing and insect in our Vedic varna system which is great and very useful for the country as it is based on quality action and character which can transform the characteristics of the country because it has been said that nobody is born Brahmin nobody is born Shudra.</h5>
<h5 style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);">Janmana Jayate Shudrah Sanskarad Dwij Uchyate  l Tatha Cha - Shudro Brahmanatameti Brahmanaschaiti Shudratam l</span></strong></h5>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">Qualification strength , fame- strength wealth- strength or lack of education or qualification, injustice and deprivation have to be eradicated and this is the resolve which is taken by Brahman, Kshatriyas and Vaishya but if we view it in a comprehensive manner we find it that all the four varnas are present in one individual. When we are engaged in earning knowledge or distributing knowledge that means the work of a student or teacher then they are Brahmins .When we maintain good habits and do Pranayam regularly to make ourselves strong and powerful then we are Kshatriyas. When we earn livelihood by the means of a job, business , trade, agriculture and animal husbandry and try to remove the deprivation from social life than we are in the role of a Vaishya.  and this proves that all the four varnas are present more or less in every individual. Pradhanyena Vyapadeshah Bhavanti - this means one who is premiere is called Brahman and he is present in all the four varnas but brahmins are the four most and and it has been described as the best organ of the body which is above our neck and this is the part of a hermit and it always remains  uncovered whether it is severe cold or heat, it can sustain in every situation and eyes ears nostrils tongue skin are the organs which also contain divinity and if there will be more divinity in them it will take us closer to the divinity from our status as a human being and in all these Indrias, our mind which contains the best element in the form of wisdom is of foremost importance and the knowledge that has been acquired by the means of flawless wisdom makes a man great. Rite Gyananna Muktih, Vidyyaamritmashnute , Vidyadhanam Sarvadhanapradhanam- are the statements which guide in the same direction and all the science, Philosophy, Dharma Shastra, Upanishad, Srimadbhagavad Gita describe that minute or subtle thinking or innovation are the wealth of wisdom or education.<br />The festival of Sravani is associated with our wisdom knowledge and education which makes it a great festival and studies of Vedas and teaching of it are activities associated with the festival and at Gurukul, Aacharyakul, University which are the places of penance we can hear the lovely sound of chanting of divine mantras, which fill us with a great joy and at various places we can here the holding of Yagya, Chanting of Mantras, etc. Students and teachers arrive together at a place wearing yagyopaveet and become a hermit and take a pledge that as a follower of celibacy and paying respect in the feet of their respective gurus they will perform Yagya and they will keep the fire of Yagya burning in their mind which is a great traditional of India representing students and teachers and when a student is admitted in a Gurukul then his teacher begins with Vedarambha Sanskar and gives him blessings saying - Hey Balak ! Twamishwar kripya Vidwan Shariratmabalyuktah Kushanli Viryawanrogah Sarvavidya Adhityasyamana Didrukshuh Sannagamyah<br />It is the sacred description from Veda-</h5>
<h5 style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);">Acharya Upanayamano Brahmacharinam Krinute Garbhamantah l</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);">Tam Ratrististra Udare Bibharti Tam Jatam Drashtumbhisanyanti Devah.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);">                                                                                                              Atharva- 11-5-3</span></strong></h5>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">When a  follower of celibacy sits in the feet of his Guru and takes education and knowledge with self restraint having control over himself as a brave and scholar graduate he leaves the Gurukula and at Dikshant samaroh the Guru blesses his disciples and by the means of Aacharya samavartan Sanskar he preaches to his student by saying always say the truth and follow the path of Dharma , your parents are like God your teacher is like god, etc. Every preaching has been given just once but the one which has been given twice is-</h5>
<h5 style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);">Swadhyayanma pramadah, Swadhyayapravachanabhyam Na Pramaditavyam l</span></strong></h5>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">This means one should always be engaged in learning and never stop studies of Vedas in your life which is the most important part of the preaching of a Guru and celibacy, life of a family man and living in the forest and becoming a hermit after that Shikha, Yagyopavit, can be left but self learning process should never stop and it is also said that - Sanyasetsarvakarmani Vedmekanna Sanyaset - which means harmit should get rid of all the Karma but should never stop learning of Vedas.<br />The festival of Sravani awakens this feeling and till the end of Chaturmasya or till the end of the rainy season, one should live in solitude and at a peaceful place in the guidance of a Guru he should follow the path of Japa , Tapa and yoga and studies of Vedas to enhance the treasure of his knowledge is the greatest Dharma.<br />We are fortunate in the present Era that respected Yoga guru Ramdev Ji Maharaj who took shelter in the the valley of Himalaya at the bank of Bhagirathi and devoted his life for a long time in studies of ancient knowledge especially yoga and set up Patanjali Yogpeeth which we can clearly experience, which fills us with divine inspiration. Those boys and girls are fortunate who are getting education at Vedic Gurukulam Kanya Gurukulam Aacharyakulam Gurukulam and Patanjali University with the blessings of respected Swami Ji respected Aacharya ji. In the scripture called manusmriti we get numerous mention of the importance of Shravani and Vedas and Manu Maharaj says while describing the importance of Shrawani-</h5>
<h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);"><strong>Shravanayam Praushthapradyam Vapyupakritya Yathavidhi l Yuktaschhandansyadhiyita, Masana Viproardhapanchamana ll</strong></span><br /><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);"><strong>Manusmriti- 4-15</strong></span></h5>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">On the occasion of purnima of Shrawan Nakshatra many great things happen and we get its mention in our ancient literature and if  scholars, hermits, Yogis, self-restraints, patriot, bramhans gets awaked and then the country and Society will become great and there should be no doubt.<br />Environmental pollution, envy, disturbances, anarchy, corruption, atrocities, terrorism and devastating pandemics can be stopped by the means of Veda, Yog, Yagya, Ayurveda and tradition of Gurukul where under a sacred relation a teacher and student get associated thanks to the festival of Shravani.<br />With this great day the festival of Raksha Bandhan is also celebrated and a sister ties sacred thread on the wrist of her brother and this is called the festival of Rakhi. The message of this festival in our Vedas is-</h5>
<h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(186,55,42);"><strong>Ma Bhrata Bhrataram Dwikshanma Swasarmut Swasa l</strong></span></h5>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">Parents, brothers and sisters, husband and wife are some of Sacred relations and these relations stand on the foundation of Vedic culture and it is the call of time that for solution of all the problems of the world we should take shelter of Vedas and by the means of yoga and Yagya we should make our mind body and soul sacred which is the message of of the festival of Shravani and fills us with a new inspiration and a new life. </h5>]]></content:encoded>
                
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