Discovery of Humanity

PASAYADAN – PRAYER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE HUMANITY

                      ----- Saint Dnyaneshwar

Saint Dnyaneshwar : Born in 1275 AD at Apegaon in Maharashtra State to a family of Hindu priest. Nivvruthinath (1273), Dnyaneshwar (1275),Sopan (1277) and Muktabai (1279-sister) were three brothers and a sister. Unfortunately the orthodox community at that time humiliated, persecuted and ostracised  their parents. It is said that they ultimately committed suicide.

This painful experience gave spiritual power to the teenage brothers and sister. This horrific experience led Saint Dnyaneshwar to write a prayer called Pasayadan at a young age of sixteen in 1290 AD .It   gave a message of welfare of the humankind for peace and prosperity. It is probably the first global prayer for the cause of humanity.

Saint Dnyaneshwar took Samadhi or Sanjeevani at a young age

of 21 at Alandi near Pune in 1296 AD.

                             PASAYADAN (English translation)

Now,  The entire Cosmos Divine | Be pleased with this pious word offering of mine |

Grant me in good will benign | Your Benevolent Grace Divine ||1||

May the evil minded, their wickedness shed | May their intellect turn to pious and good deeds instead ||

May all living beings find themselves bonded | By friendly ties of soul companionship ||2||

May the darkness of ignorant disappear | May the universe see the Sun of self consciousness ||

May whatsoever aspirations of those be fulfilled | Of all living beings ||3||

May shower all over the pious bliss Divine | May the world be full of Saintly beings benign ||

May incessantly in the Universe | Meet the living beings ||4||

Moving groves of wish granting trees | Colonies of conscious wish fulfilling jewels ||

These saints are, speaking oceans | Full of pious Nectarly Divine ||5||

A Moon without a smear | A Sun without a hot sear ||

Always to one and all, these hallowed saints | Become kith and kin dear ||6||

Let all beings be completely satisfied and happy | Fully contented in all the three world ||

Engrossed and merged in devotion | Eternally, of ultimate Divine ||7||

And those who live by this scripture Divine | Eternally guiding all living beings ||

Be victorious over seen unforeseen | In this world and beyond ||8||

Here, said, the lord of the Universe | This shall become thy Grace Divine ||

And with this blissful Grace Divine | Dnyandeva became ever joyous and happy benign ||9||