Baba
Easiest script
Namaskar,
Here we look at the importance, utility, and need for learning Bábá's special system of Roman Saḿskrta.
There are only 26 letters involved in Roman Saḿskrta, compared with the larger number in Devanagarii (50). And to use those Devangarii characters while typing you have to strike 2 or 3 keys for one letter - so it is quite complex and cumbersome in comparison to typing in Roman Saḿskrta. Moreover, the Roman Saḿskrta letters are already quite familiar to people the world over. So for these reasons as well, Roman Saḿskrta is easily learned.
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The Roman Saḿskrta system given by Bábá is more practical and scientific than the one used by large sectors of the Saḿskrta speaking community in India, which employs capital letters to express long vowels sounds, anusvára, and anunásika letters. Bábá's system is quite easy to write by hand, for example, when not at a computer.
Devanagarii is not the lipi (script) of Saḿskrta. Saḿskrta has no lipi (script) of its own. There are many shástras and manuscripts written in Saḿskrta using other scripts. Long ago, the Brahmii and Karośt́hii lipis were the dominant scripts used for Saḿskrta. Then later on, Saḿskrta was written using the scripts of various local languages like Kashmiri etc. Many tántrika scriptures have been written and recorded in this way, using other local scripts.
A description of Bábá's Roman Saḿskrta system is found inside the front cover of almost all Ánanda Márga books.
All in all, Devanagarii is too complex for people to learn, while the Roman alphabet is already known to people around the world. For these reasons and others mentioned above, the Roman Saḿskrta system will become the universal script for Saḿskrta around the world. It will be good for us to become familiar with it. In this way we will also be able to guide and teach others.
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Conclusion
To understand Ánanda Márga philosophy and convey the teachings of Ánanda Márga to others, some familiarity with Saḿskrta is needed, especially the vocabulary. Without that, one cannot clearly convey the ideas of Ánanda Márga philosophy. That is why it is mandatory for every Wt to learn basic Saḿskrta. Devoid of that they cannot graduate from their WT training course.
To understand and properly pronounce the discourses in Ánanda Márga books one needs to know basic Saḿskrta, including úṋcii and niicii. Without that, numerous terms in Ánanda Márga philosophy will be quite confusing such as shráddha (death ceremony) and shraddhá (reverence). Verily, there are many terms that will remain unintelligible to those without a working understanding of basic Saḿskrta. It is the duty of sincere Ánanda Márgiis to learn Roman Saḿskrta, at least in its written form, and help others learn as well.
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in Him,
Satyadeva
Note: The terms, úṋcii and niicii, came from the Hindi meaning high and low, or up and down. When Baba gave His system of Roman Saḿskrta, He was living in a Hindi-speaking area. So Baba introduced those terms based on the Hindi spelling. The equivalent terms in Bengali, uṋcu and nicu, were widely used across West Bengal, and due to Bengali influence those in AM publications ruined the spelling and wrongly presented the terms as uṋci and nici.
~ In-depth study ~
Here below is our “Nityaḿ shuddhaḿ…” shloka presented in three different scripts:
(A) Devangarii:
नित्यं शुद्धं निराभासं निराकारं निरञ्जनम् |
नित्यबोधं चिदानन्दं गुरुब्रह्म नमाम्यहम् ||
(B) Bábá's special system of Roman Saḿskrta:
Nityaḿ shuddhaḿ nirábhásaḿ nirákáraḿ niraiṋjanam;
Nityabodhaḿ cidánandaḿ Gurubrahma namámyaham.
(C) Approach adopted by Saḿskrta speaking community in India
nityaM shuddhaM nirAbhAsaM nirAkAraM niraJjanam;
nityabodhaM cidAnandaM gurubrahma namAmyaham.
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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
Here with me in my home
“Anek diner pare, tomáre pelum ghare..." (Prabhat Samgiita #1932)
Purport:
Parama Purusa, after such a long time I have gotten You in my humble abode. You have come - it is Your grace. O’ Prabhu, kindly remain here with me in my home, inundating me with bliss and illuminating my mind. I will not let You go far away. Kindly infuse my entire being with bhakti and stay with me forever. You have blessed me so much.
Supreme Entity, Baba, I do not know how many years of sadhana have wiped away the darkness of my mind. I did not do any penance or good deeds, but due to Your causeless krpa You came here to me. The night sadhana has brought the crimson dawn to my doorstep - You are that dawn. Because of Your presence, all the darkness of my mind has vanished. The blackness of the nil moon has been transformed into the brilliant, refulgence of the full moon by Your august arrival.
Parama Purusa, it is my deep desire to be with You. Let this dawn with Your presence - stay up to eternity, and keep me in anandam forever. By Your spiritual touch, let my mind sway endlessly in spiritual ecstasy. Baba, please remain with me eternally.
My Adored One, You have poured immense karuna on me. You have come to me please remain always…
Note for Prabhat Samgiita #1932:
[1] Karun'a': This is when one harbours a deep sense of empathy, is pained by another's suffering, and feels, "I should help them.” For example, suppose a beggar is wallowing in misery. By seeing his wretched condition, you felt, "I should help him and remove his agony.” This heartfelt feeling is the expression of karuna'.
Similarly, suppose a bhakta is suffering and unable to progress in the physical, psychic, or spiritual realms for any reason. In such circumstances, Parama Purusa cannot bear to watch that sadhaka suffer. He feels He must rescue them immediately. With His deep empathy and mercy, Parama Purusa removes their agony, so that once again that bhakta can progress in all realms of life. This entire liila is called His karun'a'.
Difference Between krpa' & karun'a'
In the case of karun'a', Parama Purusa is moved by a bhakta's suffering and comes forward to save that bhakta. Whereas with krpa' (grace), the bhakta is not suffering but even then Parama Purusa is bestowing His blessing.
It is just like if a beggar is sick and suffering half-naked in the freezing cold. If with great empathy a passerby selflessly helps that beggar without expecting anything in return, that is karuna’. Because the passerby is moved and motivated into action by seeing the beggar's suffering. In contrast, if a student is not sick, and that person just wishes to give the student a gift, then that krpa’.
When out of empathy Parama Purusa lovingly comes to the aid of the suffering bhakta to relieve them of their spiritual strife, that is the karuna of Parama Purusa; and, if that same bhakta is not suffering in the spiritual realm, yet Baba still bestows His blessing to enhance their bhakti, that is His krpa’ on the bhakta.
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