प्रचार-महिमा
(The greatness of Canvassing)
एक साधुवेषी मजशीं बोले । आमुचे आचरण जरी भलें । परि लोक दुसर्‍यांनी दिपविले । न ऐकती ते ॥१॥
Once an individual in the disguice of a sage began to tell me, "Our behaviour may be excellently noble, yet people have a deep impression of others. So they are not at all ready to give ears to us". ||1||
वाईटाकडे सहज प्रवृत्ति । अनेक प्रलोभनें दुष्टांचे हातीं । आम्रतरु मेहनतीनेहि न जगती । गवत वाढे न पेरतां ॥२॥
"It is very difficult to keep a mango tree alive and make it grow in spite of a great care and efforts. But without sowing or cultivating, grass grows very easily. Similar is the case with people. Very easily and casually they lean towards the evil conduct and bad habits; and the wicked forces have so many means for tempting them". ||2||
ऐसा अनुभव मज आला । सांगोनीहि न पटे जनतेला । वाटे काय करावें याला । ऐकती ना हे वेडे जन ॥३॥
"I have experiened that though we tell them a lot of things of their own benefits and welfare, they are not at all ready to listen to us. So we can't understand what to do more for such insane people". ||3||
म्हणोनि प्रार्थना करितों साहेबासि । त्यांनी करावें कायद्यासि । जनता उध्दारावी हवी तैसी । दंड कैद करोनि ॥४॥
"At last, I have decided to request the sahib (the ruling authority) to make laws and rescue the common people from this wheel rut. If necessary, he should impose fine upon them or even arrest them". ||4||
ऐकतांचि त्याचें वचन । म्हणालों मग सरकारचि झाला भगवान । कासया करिशी देवाचें भजन ? पुजावे जोडे साहेबाचे ॥५॥
"Listening to his reasoning upon upliftment of people, I said, "If your sahib can reform the village and uplift the people, he is no less than God. Then why do you worship God and sing bhajans and offer prayers to God? You had better go to the sahib and clean his shoes". ||5||
वास्तविक संताचे सांगणें प्रेमाचें । सरकारचें सांगणें दंडुक्याचें । जरी पर्यायाने दोघांचें । एकचि ध्येय पाहतां ॥६॥
"In fact, the advice to convince people from the saints and sages sponteneously comes through their sincere love and affectionate concern for people. the way of convincing by your sahib will be the rule of the cudgel (order by law), though both the saints and the sahib have the same intention to make people better". ||6||
यांत दमनाने लोक भिती । तेवढयापुरती नीट वागती । आणि मार्ग काढोनि पापें करिती । कोटयानुकोटी ॥७॥
"The fines or punishment imposed by sahib create terror and fear in people. At that moment they do follow the rules and laws of good manner. But finding out the new escapes and way outs from the rules and laws, they commit crores of wrong deeds and sinful acts as they wish". ||7||
तैसें नाही साधुसंतांचें । त्यांचें बोलणें आपुलकीचें । एकदा विचार पटले त्यांचे । लोक मरेतों न विसरती ॥८॥
"This doesn't happen in case of the saints and sages. Their way is different. They convince with sincere concern and sympathetic affection. once people, approve their advice and thoughts, with unbreakable faith, they rigidly maintain following that advice till their death (whole life)". ||8||
साधूंनी देवासि प्रार्थावें । सकळ जनासि बोधीत जावें । ऐसें आहे साधन बरवें । साधुसंतांचें ॥९॥
The way of the saint and sages to convince and canvass is the most excellent. They offer prayers to God and convey people the way of divine knowledge. ||9||
पूर्वी प्रचारक साधु म्हणोन फिरती । गांवोगावी लोकां जागविती । ’ आलख ’ म्हणोन पाहरा देती । घरोघरीं अरुणोदयीं ॥१०॥
Even in the post, the canvassers used to roam through the masses of people under the disguise of the sages & seers. Visiting villages very often, they used to wake up people early in the morning giving a call as `ALAKH (the name of God as `Alakhshya' - means `Inconceivable') ||10||
त्यांचें प्रेमचि कार्य करी । लोक उठती नित्यनेमावरि । राहणें टापटिपीचें बाहेरी । अंतरी निर्मळपणा ॥११॥
Their love itself was fulfilling the work. Regularly people would get up early in the morning like those sages. They used to live at their homes neatly and tidily and out in public also. They cherished noble and pure thoughts in their minds. Thus (because of loving advice of the sages) the daily life of people through inside and outside was excellently pure and moral. ||11||
कथाकीर्तनादिकांच्या योगें । पापभीरुता अंगी वागे । तेणें कायद्याविणहि सुमार्गे । जाती बहुजन ॥१२॥
The regular listening to moral stories and keertanas (discourses with songs) by such saints and sages, all of them always had a fear about sins. So, though any laws & rules had never existed, people behaved in a noble and excellent way on their own. ||12||
जगीं कांही लोक अज्ञानी । ते दुसर्‍याऐसी करिती करणी । थोरांचें आदर्श जीवन म्हणूनि । पाहिजे अनुकरणास्तव ॥१३॥
Some people are ignorant in the world. they observe the behaviour of other individuals and imitate them. Therefore for their improvement, the ideal life of great souls and noble personages must be set up as examples before them. ||13||
कांही लोक चिकित्सक । विचार पटतांचि वागती चोख । त्यासाठी उत्तम विवेचक । प्रचारक पाहिजे ॥१४॥
Some individuals are rationalists (critics). they respect the logical and moral thoughts and ideas. If they approve any thought or idea, they bring it in to their behaviour very sincerely. For such people, the canvassor should be a very clear and clean philosoper who can convince them the purest thoughts and ideas thoroughly and neatily. ||14||
कांही लोक प्रलोभनीं पडले । लाभ असेल तेंचि घेती भलें । त्यांना स्वर्गसुख पाहिजे दाविलें । दुःखें निवारूनि सेवकांनी ॥१५॥
Some individuals are selfish. They accept those thoughts by which they can have some benefits. For such selfish people a propagater, who can present an example by his, work and show people convincingly that all their sorrows would disappear and life would be as happy as the heaven. ||15||
परंतु भयावांचोनि कांही लोक । न ऐकतीच बोध सम्यक । दंडाविण जैसे पशु देख । न चालतीच योग्य मार्गें ॥१६॥
Some animals never go straight on the roads unless they are threatened by a cudgle. Similarly, there are some individuals, who would not lisen to ideal and knowledgeable thoughts and understand them unless they are threatened by some fearful means. ||16||
त्यांना हित कोणीं शिकवावें ? कोणीं मूर्खांचें हृदय धरावें ? म्हणोनि सत्तेने सरळ करावें । ऐसा मार्ग वाढला ॥१७॥
Who can change the thoughts, and minds of such dumb headed fools ? And who can convincingly tell them the thoughts and ideas of their own welfare and benefit? Therefore a way was found out that the ruling authorities should implement the power of law to bring them on the right path. ||17||
साम दाम दंड भेद । राजनीति ही बहुविध । कायद्याच्या आधारें शुध्द । करूं पाहे जनलोकां ॥१८॥
There are many ethics of politics. The ruling political powers try to direct people towards noble and good way using the effective laws. They do this by stern warnings, by giving money, by imposing fines and punishments. ||18||
कायद्यानुसार गांवरचना । कायद्यापरी करावें वर्तना । कायद्यानुसारचि जना । सहाय्य द्यावें परस्परें ॥१९॥
The ruling authority, following the frame of laws, determines the design of the village, the mode of behaviour of people, and the way of mutual co-operation of the people. ||19||
जो करील कायदाभंग । त्यासि दंड द्यावा लागवेग । यासाठी नेमावा लागे मग । राजा सत्ताधीश मुखंड ॥२०॥
When anybody violets the law, he is to be punished then and there. Therefore for the strict implementation of laws, a ruling head is to be appointed and he may be in the form of a king, a ruler or an executing head. ||20||
परि राजा हा विष्णु-अंश बरवा । ऐसा लोकीं करावा गवगवा । तेव्हाचि कायदा त्याचा चालावा । यांतहि आले प्रचारतंत्र ॥२१॥
For this, a logic that " The king is the part of Lord Vishnu (Na Vishnuhu pruthvipatihi - i.e. the king is the part of vishnu; Vishnu means praja paalak) is to be convinced to people. Then only people will obey his orders. This means that here also the canvassing technique is very necessary. ||21||
देश हा देवचि पवित्र । कायदा त्याचें व्यवस्थासूत्र । तें न पाळतां पातक थोर । प्रचारतंत्र आवश्यक ॥२२॥
A good canvassing technique is also essential to convince people that the nation is a pure form of God, the laws are the rules for its better management. If these laws are violated, they would be sinful. ||22||
सत्ता, कायदा, ध्वजावरि श्रध्दा । प्रचारेंचि निर्माण होई सदा । त्याविण नुसतें भय सर्वदा । नियमयुक्त न ठेवी ॥२३॥
It is very necessary to propagate among people that our country, its laws and the national flag must be held in high esteem and with firm faith. A good canvassing is necessary to fix up this retention in people's minds. Without it, mere feel of fear can't maintain the proper discipline in people for ever. ||23||
उलट राजाभयादि नसून । लोकांत प्रचार होतां पूर्ण । आत्मसाक्षीने वागती जन । उत्तम हाही अनुभव ॥२४॥
On the contrary, if excellent noble thoughts and morals are well propagated to full extent, then without any fear for ruling powers people behave with morality and good manner at their own witnessing consciousness. This is what I have experienced. ||24||
तैसेंच कायद्याची चुकवोनि रेषा । किती करिती पापें नित्यशा । परि विचार भिनतां प्रचारें सहसा । पाऊल न पडे वाममार्गीं ॥२५॥
There are so many people who go beyond the limits of laws and rules and enact evil deeds. But if good noble thought could forcefully touch their minds, their feet will never turn towards the wrong way. For this also, good and impressive canvassing is very necessary. ||25||
सारांश सत्तानामेंहि राज्य करी । प्रचारचि सर्व जीवनावरि । सत्ता देहासचि बंधनकारी । अंधभिकारी कायदा ॥२६॥
It will be clear now that the ruling power runs the government merely in the name of power. But by good propagation, people's lives are enlightened. Ruling power is related to body of man while mind is out of its limits. Hence it is said that the law is blind and beggar. ||26||
प्रचार मनावरि संस्कार करी । तो संस्कार अंतरी बाहेरी । राज्य करोनि मानवा सुधारी । गांव करी तीर्थचि तो ॥२७॥
Good canvassing creates deep impressions upon mind and it can bring a total change inside and outside of man. It can make man the ideal one and the village as the holy place. In this way, good canvassing can rule over all. ||27||
हें सत्तेने कधीच नव्हे । उलट चुकारासि लाभ पावे । गरीब सज्जन उगीच मरावे ।ऐसेंहि होतें ॥२८॥
Such everlasting impression can't be made by the ruling power. On the contrary, the cleaver and crafty individuals can escape from the grips of laws and get their desired benefits. Only the poor and the noble good individuals have to suffer much. ||28||
सत्तेने जे कायदे केले । त्यांचे फायदे मुजोरांनी घेतले । आणि दुबळे भोळे मागेच राहिले । ऐसें झाले आजवरि ॥२९॥
Up till now, whatever laws and rules the ruling governments framed and passed were misused by the haughty individuals for their maximum benefits and the poor, weak individuals as well as the common masses lagged behind & got deprived of the benefits of laws. ||29||
म्हणोनि कायदाचि नव्हे सर्वकांही । प्रचाराऐसें श्रेष्ठ नाही । सर्वांसि मानवतेचे पाठ देई । तो नियमन करी न करितां ॥३०॥
Therefore the law is not at all closely related to the common people's life. Propagation is the most excellent way by which all can have ideal lessons. Propagation regulates all without having any ruling powers. ||30||
राजे किती आले गेले । त्यांचे कायदे नष्ट झाले । सत्तेचे दरबार उजाडले । परि राज्य चाले संतांचें ॥३१॥
Up to date, innumerable kings had come and ruled over the countries in the world. The laws and rules framed by them vanished away with them. Their courts collapsed and ruined. But the rule of the saints has been prevailing since long long ago and is still existing even today and governing people. ||31||
संतांचा तो प्रचार अमर । अजूनिहि लोक-मनावर । राज्य चालवोनि निरंतर । लाखो जीवां उध्दरितो ॥३२॥
The eternal propagation of the saints has never fallen down from the minds of people. It is prevailing on public mind even today. The rule of the saints virtueous propagation is thus constantly prevailing and helping people to uplift themselves. ||32||
नलगे सत्तेचा बडगा । नको भयभीतीहि सन्मार्गा । आपापले कर्तव्य जगा । प्रचारसूर्याचि दाखवी ॥३३॥
Saints propagation does not need the terror and threat of ruling powers, fear for fines and punishment. People can find the proper moral ways for extracting their duties in the light of the sun of good propagation. ||33||
जेव्हा जाणीव देणें अपूर्ण पडे । तेव्हांचि दंडभेदाचा अवलंब घडे । ऐसेचि वाढत गेले पोवाडे । विकृतीचे ॥३४॥
When efforts to create consciousness in people fall inadequate it becomes necessary to take a shelter of fines, punishment and disintegration (disruption). this practice further developed more and created distortion (perversity) in people. ||34||
परि दंडे अन्याय जरि नाशते । लोक जरि सुधारले असते । तरि तुरूंग हे न वाढते । गुन्हे न होते अधिकाधिक ॥३५॥
But had the injustice decreased and had the people improved, then the crimesand prisons would not have increased on a large scale day by day. ||35||
हेंचि जाणोनि सज्जन म्हणती । जागवा हृदयांतील अंतर्ज्योती । तरीच सुधारेल मानववृत्ति । जग होईल आदर्श ॥३६॥
Therefore, rational, knowledgeable, noble individuals understood this and had insistantly said, "Englishten the flame of your inner knowledge". Then only the inner inclination of human beings would be improved and gradually the whole world will become ideal. ||36||
जे जे म्हणती सत्तेवांचून । गांव होईना आदर्शवान । त्यांचे हें म्हणणे नाही परिपूर्ण । ठेवावी खूण बांधोनि ॥३७॥
Those, who insistantly plead, "Without an authoritative ruling power, the improvement of village is impossible" are holding insane contention and disagreeable reasoning. They must bear very firmly in their mind that the village can't be reformed using laws and ruling powers. ||37||
त्यासि पाहिजे सत्प्रचारक । प्रेमळ सरळ नम्र भाविक । सत्तेवाचूनिहि करी हांक । पूर्ण लोकांची सेवाप्रेमें ॥३८॥
A true and honest canvassor is needed for this. He should be loving, straightforward, confiding and polite, without any power of law or authority, he can bring people together and organise them. ||38||
अहो ! जनशक्ति केवढी महान । ती जो आणील संघटोन । तो स्वर्गावरीहि लावील निशाण । आपुल्या कार्यें ॥३९॥
How magnificiently great the strength of people is! If with his honest service, one can organise this strength, he can hoist his flag even on the heaven also. ||39||
हातीं न घेतां तरवार । बुध्द राज्य करी जगावर । त्यासि कारण एक प्रचार । प्रभावशाली ॥४०॥
Bhagawaan Buddha ruled over the whole world without holding any kind of power. It was only because of the extreme dominance of the good canvassing. ||40||
जगीं आजवर जें कार्य घडलें । तें प्रचारकांच्याच करवीं झालें । प्रचारक नाही म्हणोनि अडलें । कार्य आपुलें ॥४१॥
Similarly, whichever enormous act was performed perfectly and excellently in this world, the creative hand behind it was that of the honest and the strongest canvassor. Today your such noble activities have come to stand - still because you don't have such a good canvassor. ||41||
ग्राम सुधारावयाचा मुलमंत्र । उत्तम पाहिजे प्रचारतंत्र । प्रचारकांवाचून सर्वत्र । नडतें आहे ॥४२॥
The basic incantation and the pith of improvement and upliftment of the village lies in the perfect & proper technique of propagation. But for the good propagator our work has been stagnated every where. ||42||
प्रचारकाची पाठ बळे । जिकडे तिकडे सूर्य मावळे । उदासीनतेचें अंधारजाळें । पसरोनि राही ॥४३॥
Wherever the propagator had over looked or connived at, the activities there have come to a standstill as there was none to awaken and provide people a new vision and long sight of brilliant life. So the darkness of ignorance will surely spread all over. ||43||
प्रचार जेथे धांवला दिसे । तेथील गांव स्वर्गचि भासे । जनलोक न्यायास साजेसे । वागती तेथे ॥४४॥
Wherever the tide of active propagaters reached, the villages there have been appearing as beautiful and happy as the heaven. Now all people behave according to justice and righteousness. ||44||
प्रचारक प्रेतांत प्राण आणी । दुबळयासि करी कार्याभिमानी । बिघडवी आणि सुधारवी दोन्ही । प्रचारक ॥४५॥
A good propagator can pour ardant life even into idiot wasting in lassitude and inspire him to act. He infuses enthusiasm and strength in the feeble and creates ardantness to enact into him. The propagator can improve or spoil the work. Both acts depend upon the propagator. ||45||
प्रचार ही कला आहे । प्रचार अंतःकरणहि राहे । पोट भरवयाचाहि उपाय । प्रचारतंत्र ॥४६॥
Canvassing is useful to the propagator in three kinds. Good canvassing is an art. It is the stable natural temperament and a useful technique of the profession to earn his livelihood. ||46||
प्रचार खोटयास खपवी बाजारीं । प्रचार गोटयास देव करी । प्रचार युध्दाची वाजवी भेरी । वृष्टीहि करी अमृताची ॥४७॥
Good canvassing helps making inferior and duplicate things popular in the market and sell them. A stone can be turned into God by canvassing. By creating unrest and discontent in people, by provoking them canvassing can start a war, or by canvassing eternal truth and ethics, canvessor can shower pleasure and happiness. ||47||
कांहीकांचा स्वभावचि असे । अपप्रचार करोनि भरावे खिसे । जना नागवितां आनंद दिसे । कांहीकांना ॥४८॥
Some canvassors have selfish inclinations. They seek their selfish gains by false propaganda. Some canvassors enjoy pleasure in deceiving and cheating people. ||48||
परि तो प्रचारक दुराचारी । आपण मरूनि इतरां मारी । यानेच बिघडली गांवाची थोरी । अशांति संसारीं माजली ॥४९॥
But such canvassor is realy a wicked rogue who leads himself as well as others to degeneracy and finally destroys all. Due to such wicked propagator, happiness peace and contentness vanish away from the village. He creates and spreads extreme unrest in the world. ||49||
त्यांच्या विषारी प्रचाराहून । झाला पाहिजे प्रबल पूर्ण । सत्यप्रचार आपुला महान । तरीच परिवर्तन सहज घडे ॥५०॥
If our canvassing of truth becomes more powerful and dominent than the poisonous false canvassing of sucha wicked convassor we can bring a good change in the world. ||50||
जोंवरि अंतःकरण नाही गुंतले । तोंवरि प्रचार वरवर चाले । यासाठी पाहिजे जीवनचि रंगलें । प्रचारकांचे ॥५१॥
Until and unless the whole heart of the canvassor is not involved, his propaganda will be superficial. Therefore his whole life should be absorbed in the canvassing. ||51||
मित्रहो ! आदर्श कराया ग्राम । उत्तम प्रचारक पाहिजे प्रथम । तरी चाले उत्तम काम । गांवाचें आपुल्या ॥५२॥
Friends ! the first and prime need for the betterment of the village is of an ideal canvassor. Then only the village can become ideal with the excellent performance of good deeds. ||52||
राणीमाशी जाऊन बसली । तेथे मधमाशांची रीघ लागली । पाहतां पाहतां सृष्टी सजली । होईल ऐसें ॥५३॥
When the queenfly goes any where, the bees follow it and in a very short time, they all create a new honey comb. Similarly, the canvassing of the excellent canvassor will get his proposed work done. ||53||
श्रोतियांनी विचारला प्रश्न । प्रचार करील गांवी पूर्ण । तया प्रचारकांचे लक्षण । कैसें असे ? ॥५४॥
There upon the listeners asked a question, what are the remarkable characteristics of an excellent canvassor? Who can perform excellent act of excellent canvassing? ||54||
प्रचारकांचें वर्तन कैसें ? राहणी, स्वभाव, भाषण कैसें ? ध्येय, धोरण, साधन कैसें । गांवासाठी ? ॥५५॥
"How should be the behaviour of the ideal canvassor? How should be his manner of living, what kind of temperament, and his speech should be? What should be his aims and objectives for his village & what should be his plan of action?" ||55||
याचीं उत्तरे श्रवणी ऐका । जे जे गुण व्हावेत प्रचारका । ते अंगी बाणतां सुधारील लोकां । कोणीहि सहज ॥५६॥
(Vandaniya Mahaaraj now replies to all the queries about the characteristics of the canvassor)", Listen, anybody who possesses and imbibes the attributies and dexterity of good canvassor as I now tell you, can become the ideal one and can easily make improvement of the village. ||56||
गांवाचे भवितव्य कराया उज्ज्वल । पाहिजे प्रचारक-शक्ति प्रबल । प्रचारकाअंगी पाहिजे शील । सत्य चारित्र्य नम्रता ॥५७॥
To make the bright future of the village the canvassor must be a dominating powerful person. he must bear good moral character. He should acquire virtues like truthfulness, moral character, politeness etc. ||57||
प्रचारकाचीं मुख्य लक्षणें । सत्तेवाचूनि कार्य करणें । आत्मशुध्दिने गांव सुधारणें । गवसे तया ॥५८॥
The eminent characteristics of a good propagetor are as follows : i) First of all, he performs his activities without having any kind of power or authority. ii) with purity of mind he successfully brings improvements to the village and (contd ...) ||58||
त्यासि सत्तेची नाही चाड । नसे धनाचा मोह द्वाड । आत्मप्रेमाचा झरा अखंड । वळवीं मना ॥५९॥
(.... contd.) (iii) He never forms good for power. (iv) nor he has temptation for money. (v) A spring of affectionate love constantly oozes through his mind by which the canvassor wins the minds & hearts of all. ||59|| ... (Contd.)
प्रचारक स्वभावाचा सरळ । वाईट मनोवृत्तीचा काळ । अंतःकरण पाण्याहूनि निर्मळ । अहिंसक ॥६०॥
(vi) His natural temperament is very pure, pious and straight (satwika). (vii) He is not the destroyer of the evil individual but he is the greatest destroyer of the evil tendency of the individuals. (viii) His non-violent mind is purer and clearer than water. ||60||
बोलण्यांत राही निर्भय । कष्ट करण्यांतहि पुढेच पाय । वागणूक तरि आदर्श राहे । प्रचारकाची ॥६१॥
(ix) He is fearless and bold in speaking the truth. (x) He is always one step ahead while working hard for his village. (xi) His normal and routine behaviour is always noble and kind. In this way, the life of the canvassor is excellently ideal. ||61||
प्रचारकाची दिनचर्या । वेळ जराहि न घालावी वाया । जें जें शोभे सेवेच्या कार्या । तें तें करी सर्वचि ॥६२॥
If you want to know about the daily routine behaviour and life of the canvassor, you will find him always doing some act or other, relating to his social service, but he will never be found wasting time in idleness and doing nothing. ||62||
नेत्री तयाच्या सात्विक तेज । बोलण्यांत भरले असे ओज । राहणींत वैराग्य त्याग सहज । प्रचारकाच्या ॥६३॥
A pure, sinless and satwik splendour always shines in his eyes. Each and every word is filled with dominant lustre and in his casual acts also, you will notice his desirlessness and detachment for everything. ||63||
पिकलिया फळाचें देठ तुटलें । तैसें प्रचारकाचे मन झालें । आसक्तिविषय सर्व गेले । इंद्रियांचे ॥६४॥
All his organs of senses get fully free from their respective objects of pleasure just like the ripe fruit. When it is fully ripen, it gets free from the stem. Same is the desireless & detached state of canvassor. ||64||
इंद्रियांसि नुरली ऊर्मि । सर्व उन्मुख सेवाकर्मीं । पावसाळा हिवाळा गर्मी । सारखीच त्यासि ॥६५॥
Then he doesn't have yearning for enjoying pleasures from worldly objects of any organs. He becomes contemplative and absorbed in service to others. He never cares for the hot sun, cold, rains and troubles from them. ||65||
परि उदास नसे प्रचारकाची मति । नेहमी दिसेल हसरी मूर्ति । सदा कार्य करावयाची स्फूर्ति । स्फूरली दिसे ॥६६॥
(Though he is so desireless about sensual objects). He will never seem to be dejected or disinterested in his service to the others. You will always find him smiling very delightfully and he is very enthusiastic to do his activities. ||66||
कधी न करी चिडचीड । कोसळो का आपत्तीचा पहाड । श्रम करोनि जिवापाड । लोक लावी सन्मार्गीं ॥६७॥
While performing his activities, sudden calamaties like cliffs colapsing may appear before him, you will never find him irritated and behaving angrily with anybody. On the contrary (irrespective of such adversities) he strives more hard with all his abilities & beyond them to direct people towards righteous path. ||67||
प्रचारकासि उरले नाही घर । सर्वचि घरें त्याचें माहेर । सर्व जन हेंचि त्याचें गोत्र । विश्वमाजी ॥६८॥
The canvassor does not have any house as his own belonging home because all houses in the village have been made by him as his own homes with his love and service. The people of the whole world are dearer to him like his own close relatives and kins folk. ||68||
नाही सत्तेचें प्रलोभन । प्रतिष्ठेचेंहि कुठलें भान ? आपणासाठी न मागे धन । रेंगाळोनि कोणा ॥६९॥
The canvassor never has any attraction for any power or authority. How can there be any place for struggle for honours and statues. He will never spread a begging hand before anybody for maintaining his livelihood. ||69||
सत्कार्यासाठी पाठीं लागे । धन जमीन मान मागे । सर्वस्व मागे, प्राण मागे । न संकोचतां ॥७०॥
But when his noble activities of welfare of the village demand, without any hesitation he spread his hands before people. With tenacity, for his work for welfare, he seeks money, land, honours and even all their belongings and life also and that too without least hesitation. ||70||
आपणासाठी कांहीच नाही । जें करील तें सर्वांचें पाही । प्राण तोहि अर्पावा ही । भावना सेवेसाठी ॥७१॥
Whatever he acquires, he never keeps for his personal use. Whatever he does, is always in the interest of others. And finally, he earnestly yearns to offer an oblation of his praan (life) to the cause of his village and its welfare. ||71||
सर्व करणें सर्वांसाठी । आत्म्यासाठी देवासाठी । बांधावया मनुष्यत्वाच्या गांठी । समाधानें ॥७२॥
His every enactment is always in the interest of all, and for the prosperity of the country, for his own self development and ultimately to seek God. He puts himself to exert his hard efforts with all his abilities so that all people should live with unanimity in thoughts and opinions and live happily to gether. ||72||
त्यासि एकचि वासना उरली । जनता पाहिजे सुखें सुधरली । मानवांची दैना गेली । पाहिजे पळोनिया ॥७३॥
In fact the canvassor does not have any desire and attachment for anything & for himself. Yes, he cherishes one and only one desire and that is the prosperity of his people &their satisfaction. He wants to rid them of all their sorrows and their poverty. ||73||
सर्वांची प्रार्थना व्हावी एक । मानवांचा व्यवहार मानवां पूरक । राहणी सर्वांची समान सात्विक । सर्वांसाठी ॥७४॥
All should have one common prayer. The mutual dealings of all with eachother should be with mutual co-operation. The behaviour of all and their routine daily life should be commonly similar and based on equality, and it should be full of all attributes of satwikata (i.e. righteous, virtueous and pure). ||74||
याचसाठी आटाआटी । करावया पडतो संकष्टीं । प्राण तोहि अर्पावा शेवटी । वाटे त्यासि ॥७५॥
With this earnest desire, the canvassor toils hard to fulfil it. He feels blessed if he is expected to offer even his life forces (praana) to fulfil his this only desire. ||75||
ही भूमिका साधुसंतांची । हींच साधनें प्रचारकांची । प्रचाराचा कळस सत्यचि । संतपण ॥७६॥
This has been always the vision of the holy saints and great sages. This is the ultimate means to seek the final goal for the canvassor. And in the real sense, the last limit of the canvassing is to acquire such state of the saints & sages. ||76||
खरे प्रचारक साधुसंत । त्यांनीच कळविला जगाचा हेत । सत्य काय, काय असत्य । जगामाजीं ॥७७॥
In fact, the saints and sages are the true and honest canvassors. Befitting to the circumstances, that prevailed in the world from time to time, they always had advocated what the world needed. In the world what is true and what is false, is truly realised by those saints & sages. ||77||
तेथूनीच प्रचारकांची निर्मीती । प्रचारक सत्य समजावोनि घेती । शंकासमाधान ऐकती । मन लावोनि ॥७८॥
The true canvassors are produced through these considerations and reasoning. They try to understand the basic truth in the world. To get all doubts in this regard they listen to the saints and seers with full concentration and intent attention. ||78||
जया क्षणी बोध झाला । अंतःकरणीं स्फुरूं लागला । त्यासि अभ्यासाने चांगला । बळकट करिती सत्संगीं ॥७९॥
The moment they have the manifestation of the truth, it out breaks in their mind then and there. Further, with regular practice, in association with virtueous excellent holy persons, the canvassors bring in their service firmness and strongness. ||79||
मनन करोनि आत्मसात करिती । मग पुढे तैसीच होय मति । एकदा वाणी रंगली सुमती । सरळ चाले माप तिचें ॥८०॥
They attentively listen to the precptive advice and meditate and contem-plate upon it. They get their mind and soul completely absorbed in that intent contemplation and then words out spoken by them, come very casually through their self realisation. ||80||
उत्तम पुरुषाने कान फुंकले । समजा त्याने मंत्रचि घेतले । मग वारियापरी प्रचार चाले । प्रचारकाचा ॥८१॥
And if some authoritative spiritual holy individual, who has sought his own self manifestation, gives him more proper advice, it becomes the greatest & most excellent incantation for him. Then his canvassing spreads up as speedily as blowing of the winds. ||81||
प्रचारक प्रचारानेच प्रचार करी । त्याचें माप चाले वार्यावरि । वाहन पोहोचण्याचे अगोदरी । प्रचार धावे तयाचा ॥८२॥
The canvassor canvasses through his canvassing itself. (He doesn't have to wander for it) Before any fast vehicle reaches the far off place, his canvassing at that place creates a proper atmosphere reaching more speedily through people's mutual discussions. ||82||
जो जो कोणी जिकडे भेटला । त्यास आपुलें सांगत सुटला । पाहणेंचि नाही मेघापरी त्याला । घेतो कोणी की नाही ॥८३॥
Whom so ever the canvassor meets, he goes on narrating the ethical thoughts about the village, people and service to them. Like the cloud showering rains, the canvassor never cares whether anybody neglects his thoughts or pays heed to it. ||83||
फाटका तुटका कोणी दिसो । गरीब-अमीर कोणी असो । विद्वान शिक्षित हसो रुसो । प्रचार त्याचा बंद नाही ॥८४॥
Canvassor goes on canvassing before all, they may be sorrowful or miserable, rich or poor, erudite or educated. He never cares whether anybody is pleased with his canvassing or some another is anary with him. His canvassing activity continueously goes on and never ceases. ||84||
कोणी असो कोण्या पंथाचा । आधार देई त्यासीच त्याचा । ओघ चालला प्रचाराचा । खळगे भरीत दिसती ते ॥८५॥
His visitor may belong to any faith or religous sect. He then puts examples and ideal evidences of the saints belonging to that faith or religion and puts before his visitor the impartial philosophy of his canvassing activities. Thus the canvassor keeps his stream of active life continueously flowing for making good the deficiencies which he finds. ||85||
जरा मुखवटा डोळयांनी पाहिला । वाचा फुटली प्रचारकाला । राघूपरी । बोलत सुटला । होय-नव्हे सर्व कांही ॥८६॥
As soon as he acts little acquainted with some body, he starts discussing (upon the villages) like any parrot (but not as the arid learned one). ||86||
लोकांनी जरी थांब म्हटलें । तरी याचें कार्य झालें । जरा वेळाने पुन्हा चाले । रस्ता करीत शब्द गंगा ॥८७॥
Though anybody from the visitors asks him to stop or prevents his discussion on his activities of village welfare, the canvasser stops but his desired effects are surely seemed upon the visitors. After a short interval again he continues the flow of his pure and holy speech like the sacred Ganga. ||87||
प्रचारकाचे बोल तत्त्ववादी । अचूक धरूनि संशया छेदी । टोचक नसतांहि मर्मभेदी । सरस हृदयाचे ॥८८॥
The canvassor always argues with sound base of ethical Principles and so the listeners get all their doubts removed. Without hurting anybody the straight forward & clear speech of the honest canvassor directly touches the inner soul of the listeners. ||88||
कोणी विरोधक शिव्या देई । हसूनि त्याचे शब्द साही । गोड बोलूनि समजावीत जाई । आपुलें म्हणणें ॥८९॥
If anybody crosses him and abuses him while opposing, the true canvassor bears all his abusive angry comments smiling in peace and in a loving manner, again starts to convince the agitated individual with his thoughts. ||89||
सहनशीलताचि त्याचें ब्रीद । कधी तोंडी नये अपशब्द । जरी झाला वादविवाद । तरी गांभीर्यासि न सोडी ॥९०॥
Forbearance is the ever static state of his mind. Though he has to enter in debates and disputes with any listeners, and to any limits, he never utters bad or indescent word. He will remain undisturbed with serenity & graveness. ||90||
कोणासि ’ हट ’ न बोलतां । अंगी ठेवोनि सहनशीलता । आपलें तत्त्व बोलतां चालतां । समजावोनि दे प्रचारक ॥९१॥
He will never flout anybody in detestful manner and insulting intention, but facing & bearing the blows of others, he will again try to convince people about his pure thoughts with clear reasoning. ||91||
गोड बोलूनि मना वळवी । गांवाच्या सेवेलागी लावी । अनंत प्रकारें वृत्ति बरवी । करोनि सोडी ॥९२॥
With his sweet tongue, the canvassor attracts the minds of people and directs them to perform the activities in the interest of the village. By this way, he gets absorbed in all his intentions for the village work. ||92||
बिघडलेलें घर सुधरवी । फाटाफूट तेथे संगति जुळवी । निर्दयासीहि दया उपजवी । नाना प्रयत्नें ॥९३॥
If he notices any clashes or problems in some family, he convinces all and creates unity in the disrupting family. If he finds a rift some where, he tries to make a compromise in the groups with hard efforts. he can breakout a spring through the hard stonelike merciless hearts of people. ||93||
प्रचारकाची यत्नसाधना । सांगताचि नये एक कोणा । नाना प्रकार नाना योजना । प्रचारकापाशीं ॥९४॥
One can't describe the method of canvasser's working. In fact it is not a particular one method. According to the need of the event or circumstances, he uses different methods and even finds out some new and more effective plans. ||94||
कोठे भजनांतून प्रचार करी । कोठे प्रार्थना करून कानीं भरीं । कोठे कथा सांगून मनासि सावरी । प्रचारक ॥९५॥
For example, He uses bhajan singing programmes for his effective canvassing. On another occasion he arranges a common mass prayer for it. Some where he tells the stories befitting to the occasion and guides the minds on the noble ways. ||95||
कोठे कीर्तन प्रवचन करी । तुंबडी पोवाडे नानापरी । यात्रा उत्सव हातीं धरी । प्रचारक ॥९६॥
He performs keertanas for his canvassing. Some where he delivers sermons and discourses. Sometimes he plays on `TUMBADI' (A bowl like musical instrument) or sings minstrelsies (heroic songs of the brave) to awaken people. He makes the best use of the fairs and festivals for his work. He goes there and mixes with people. ||96||
कोठे उद्योगांतून हात घाली । कोठे कलारंजनाने जनता वेधली । मनोरंजनांतूनहि चाली । चालावी कोठे ॥९७॥
Somewhere he motivates through some industry, some where he makes people mad after the mission, by arranging variety entertainment programmes. Sometimes, he displays his art and skilful acts; Through all these ways & means, he tries to put his thoughts forcibly before people. ||97||
कोठे व्यायामांतूनहि स्फूर्ति भरली । कोठे पार्टीतहि सभा रंगली । कोठे लग्नांतून सुरवात केली । पाहिजे त्याने ॥९८॥
Somewhere, the canvassor fills the ardant youths with more and more enthusiasm through physical exercises. In the parties, in social gatherings he presents his objects in delightful manner. Even when he attends some marriage ceremony, he starts his work there. ||98||
कोठे जन्मतिथि पुण्यतिथि । मौंजीबंधनेंहि न ठेवी रितीं । जैसी वेळ पडे प्रचारकप्रति । सर्व करी स्वभाचें ॥९९॥
The canvassor makes the best use of celebrations like the birth anniversaries, death anniversaries and even the sacred thread ceremonies (Mounjee bandhana) of young boys and keeps his work going on in a very natural temperament according to the occasion's demand. ||99||
कोठे शिंपियाचे दुकानीं । कोठे न्हावियाचे सलूनीं । ओटी चोहटीं चहूकोनीं । प्रचार चाले ॥१००॥
The true canvassor's work constantly goes on any where he goes. At the tailor's shop, in the hair cutting saloon, on the verandahs, where people gather for chitchatting, on the squares and wherever he finds people together, he does his canvassing work without break. ||100||
हाटीं बाजारीं तेंचि करी । तमाशींहि तेंच बोलें वैखरी । प्रचारकाची ऐसी बावरी । जिव्हा असे ॥१०१॥
His tongue has formed a mad liking for his canvassing activity so profoundly that in the big market places, in the evening markets, in any lane, wherever goes, his main activity, i.e. canvassing constantly goes on. Even in the erotic display like tamaasha, he never acts as the idle spectator, but participates in the display and spreads his revolutionary thoughts among the assembled masses there. ||101||
कोठे आईबाईपाशी बैसे । त्याने घरांतील वळवी माणसें । काय मार्गाने प्रचारक घुसे । हें तों सांगतां नये कोणा ॥१०२॥
If he reaches some motherly elder females, he certainly turns the members and the children in that family towards his work. You can't say by what a particular way the canvassor enters into the masses of people for his work. ||102||
कामांतूनि गाण्यांतूनि । हसण्यांतूनि व्यवनांतूनि । चालतां बोलतां प्रचारवाणी । रंगे त्याची ॥१०३॥
His canvassing speech stops nowhere. through the work of professions, through vocal or instrumental musical consorts, sometimes through casual light conversations or laughing discussions, even through some addiction also, he keeps enlightening all. ||103||
प्रचारक असे बालकांत बालक । तरुणासि बोधया तरुण सम्यक । वृध्दासि द्यावया अनुभव तात्त्विक । त्याचेपाशीं ॥१०४॥
In children, the canvasser acts like a child. To inspire the youths, he becomes young like them. even to enlighten the elders upon moral truths, he possesses the experiences of those principles of morality & ethics. ||104||
मुलांत जाऊनि सेवा वाढवी । मुलींमाजीं कला उपजवी । तरुण-तरुणी दोघांतहि लावी । गांव-सेवेसि ॥१०५॥
He creates a feel of service in boys. He creates skills and attributes in handicrafts in the girls. He motivates young boys and girls to make village an ideal one. ||105||
व्यसनाधीनाची धरी संगति । परि नीट करावया त्याची मति । डाव न चुके कल्पांर्ती । प्रचारकाचा ॥१०६॥
The canvassor accompanies the addicted individuals but to free them from their bad habits. His storke upon their bad habits never goes in vain. ||106||
नाना कला त्याच्या अंगी । जैसी वेळ पडे प्रसंगी । रंगवी नाना साधन-रंगीं । प्रचार आपुला ॥१०७॥
He possesses various arts and attributes. He uses them at the proper occasions and events to make his canvassing more pleasant and colourful. ||107||
तारतम्य ठेवोनि अंतरी । गोड बोलोनि प्रचार करी । वाटे टाकली मोहनी बरी । गांवावरि प्रचारकाने ॥१०८॥
Keeping consciousness of discrimination and in a very sweet tongue, when the canvassor very skillfully enacts his canvassing activities, it appears as if he has bewitched the village by some hypnrotic tricks. ||108||
तो प्रचारक आवडे सर्वांच्या मनीं । त्यासि बघतांचि पडे मोहनी । लोक धावती बोलतांक्षणीं । कार्य कराया गांवाचें ॥१०९॥
Such a canvassor is liked and always welcomed by all from their hearts and souls. As soon as they see him, a spring of sponteneous love emerges in their minds. They very attentively and faithfully listen to whatever he tells them and get prepared to render their services promptly. ||109||
हां-हां म्हणतां गांवांत फिरला । सवें लोकांचा थवा घेऊन आला । सांगेल तैसे करूं लागला । प्रचारक त्यासि ॥११०॥
When the canvassor moves through the village, you will find a great mob of villagers accompaning him. Then whatever he advises them to do, they honestly follow it. ||110||
ऐसा प्रचारक जादुगार । त्याच्या मुठींत जनसागर । नव्या सृष्टीचा कारागीर । साधासुधा ॥१११॥
The canvassor is really a magician. All people become bewitched like dolls in his hands. In outward appearance he seems to be very simple but the canvassor is the most skilful and cleaver artisan who remakes the world with a new design and creates a new creation. ||111||
प्रचारक सर्वांशी बोलणीं पुरे । ज्ञान अंगी त्याच्या संचरे । रोमरोमांत-वैराग्य अंकुरें । दिसती तयाच्या ॥११२॥
The canvassor never falls short in dealing with all according to their level and worthiness. Knowledge has pervaded his whole body. desirelessness and ascetic sense are permanently awakened in his hair also. ||112||
म्हणोनि असे आकर्षण । लोक धावूनि येती पक्ष्यासमान । करावया गांव स्वयंपूर्ण । प्रचारकचि पाहिजे ॥११३॥
Thus he possesses a tremendous power of attraction. People rush to him like birds. To make the village self - sufficient in all respects, such most forceful canvassor is extremely essential. ||113||
त्याचे अंगी महान निश्चय । जें संकल्पील घेईल ठाय । नाना करोनि उपाय । साधील त्यासि ॥११४॥
The canvassor is resolute minded. Once he makes any vow or volition to perform any activity, he fulfils it with whatever efforts and various means he could employ. ||114||
त्याचा प्रचार महाप्रबल । चालतसे सर्वस्पर्शी सर्वकाल । प्रचाराविण एकहि बोल । न निघे त्याचा ॥११५॥
His canvassing power is tremendous. He handles almost all subjects and all aspects of life. It touches all sides of human life and at all times. He utters no word except the canvassing for his work and service to the people. ||115||
’ काय करावें ’ हेंचि बोलणें । न करावें तें तें कांहीच न जाणे । ’ नाही ’ हें बोलणेंचि उणें । त्यांच्या जीवनकोश ॥११६॥
You will listen only the worlds "What is to be done". He never takes interest in vain and empty discussions or debates about what is to be done. There are no words as "can't be done" in his life's dictionary. ||116||
काय नाही आमुच्या गांवी । त्यासि ही वदंताच कळावी । हातीं घेतां करोनि दावी । पूर्तींच त्याची ॥११७॥
As soon as he knows that a particular scheme or a particular things useful to people is not available in his village, he takes it in his hands and with atmost tenacity he successfully achieves it for his village. ||117||
नसलें तें तें उभें करी । लोकजीवनाची कलाकुसरी । चेतना जीवा-जीवांत भरी । सत्कार्याची ॥११८॥
When he finds that some activity (helpful to the village) is not existing in his village, he tries to introduce it. Whatever is useful and essential for village life, the canvassor erects every things by employing all his art, attributes and skills. He infuses enormous & strong enthusiasm for noble virtueous work in each and every individual of the village. ||118||
ज्याचा प्रचार हाती धरला । समजोनि जावें पूर्ण केला । नाहीतरि आपणचि मेला । समजावा प्रचारक ॥११९॥
The canvassor when takes some activity in his hands, take it for granted that it will be successfully done. If he fails to complete it, the canvassor feels agonies more painful than the agonies of death. His failure may be treated as his death. ||119||
म्हणोनि बोललों गांवाचें अधिष्ठान । प्रथम पाहिजे प्रचारक महान । जी जी असेल ती उणीव भरोन । काढावया गांवाची ॥१२०॥
That is why I have insistantly told you that the entire responsibility of the village lies upon the canvassor and the canvassor only. An ideal canvassor is the abode of the village. Hence a powerful and extrordinarily dominating canvassor is the dire need of the villages to make good all the deficiencies & needs of the village. ||120||
सारांश प्रचारक ज्या गांवी । तेथे दुसरी पंढरी जाणावी । जना मना पाषाणा नाचवी । आनंदाने ॥१२१॥
The pith and moral of all this discussion is, that, the village, where such canvassors exist, will surely become the BHOO - VAIKUNTHA (Pandhari) Nagari. He brings the delightful Deepavali (festival of lights) in the minds of people. The mind and soul of some individual may be as hard as the stone, the canvassor breaks up the spring of love through it. ||121||
ऐसे प्रचारक निवडा गांवी । मग गांव नांदेल वैभवीं । सेवामंडळे स्थापूनि द्यावीं । सेवेसाठी ॥१२२॥
Such active and great canvassors must be chosen out carefully so that happiness & contentness will permanently dwell in the village. Village service boards must be set up in every village. ||122||
ऐसे गांव ज्यांनी केलें । तेचि कीर्तिवंत होती भले । म्हणोनि पाहिजे आरंभिले । प्रचारकार्य ॥१२३॥
Those, who made their villages full of happiness with their all capabilities and activities, have become immortal in the world in the form of their fame and glory. Know & understand this and now start your canvasing work. ||123||
त्यासाठी पुनः पुन्हा बोललों । प्रचारक करावयासि लागलों । प्रचारकांकरवी झालों । दास सर्व लोकांचा ॥१२४॥
Again and again, I am insistantly telling you. I have now started myself to extract efforts to create such canvassors. I have become the loyal servant of all through the medium of the service to the village treating it as the duty of the canvassor. ||124||
निश्चयें ग्राम निर्मावया । प्रचारक हाचि मुख्य पाया । ग्रामगीताहि याच कार्या । निर्माण केली तुकडया म्हणे ॥१२५॥
(Vandaniya Shreesant Tukadoji Maharaj says), "I am firmly and positively telling you, the sound foundation to create the ideal village is the canvassor himself. I am writing this scripture `Graamgeeta' with this intention to bring up the rank of canvassors for village work. ||125||
इतिश्री ग्रामगीता ग्रंथ । गुरु शास्त्र स्वानुभव-संमत । कथिला प्रचारमहिमा येथ । आठवा अध्याय संपूर्ण ॥१२६॥
Thus, this eighth chapter, in which the greatness of the canvassor and his canvassing is elaborately described in the scripture "Graam geeta", which has been consented by all three experiences, is hereby concluded. ||126||
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