[We were discussing about the then ‘Falgun Sankranti Utsav’ (Utsav i.e festival) at BANAGRAM MEMORIES__(43)
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[We were discussing about the then ‘Falgun Sankranti Utsav’ (Utsav i.e festival) at Ashram during my second visit to Banagram Ashram.]
Bhagabatananda Maharaj (now resides at Malda Ashram) used to play a major role in conducting Baul songs then. Moreover, Bhagabatananda (also called ‘Baul Maharaj’ by many) used to do another thing, that was, he would explain all the inner meanings of some incomprehensible Baul songs in simple way on the stage which he listened to in Guru Maharaj’s sitting. Due to these interpretations which he used to do at the end of a line when he used to intend, the common people, present there and also the Baul artists who came to sing, benefitted. For example, there was a song of Lalon- “There was a six-month-old girl, she became pregnant at nine months, gave birth three children at eleven months, which one will take Fakiri”!)__. The inner meaning of that type of songs were explained by Guru Maharaj in his sitting and Bhagabatananda used to give those explanations on the stage.
Anyway, that morning I had met a musician named Anup Roy.
While Anup was coming to sing on the stage, Nagen was announcing ‘Now the famous radio-artist Anup Roy is coming to perform music for you!’
At the end of his song when he came down from the stage and came under the banyan tree, Nagen met me with him. ‘The radio artist’_ when I wanted to know about the matter said _ “This is Nagen da’s exaggeration !!” However, I came to know that he once went to Akashbani Betar Bhaban to give a radio audition_for this reason, Nagen said so ! Then as soon as we sat down in Bat-tola(under the banyan tree), I started to question him (as he was attached with this Ashram for long time.)and he began answering. He told me about his thoughts about Guruji.I noticed that tears welled up in his eyes as he spoke those words ! I did understand that the boy was so good ! He said _ “Guruji loves me very much (this was what almost everyone told me in the beginning) and I want to do something about Guruji !!!”
After Gurumaharaj leaving His body, Anup released a cassette of some songs about Guru Maharaj.He used to sing songs to Guru Maharaj in any event of the Ashram but I didn’t know whether Guruji listened to the songs written about Himself by Anup Roy. However, Mihir Maharaj (Swami Prajnananda) wrote some songs about Guru Maharaj and whenever he would get a chance he used to sing those to Guru Maharaj Himself.
Later Anup used to come to teach songs to the boys of the Ashram once a week. (After Guruji passed away, Anup, his wife and his only son died together in a motorcycle accident!😥❗)
However, we should come back to our discussion again ! There was no sitting of Guru Maharaj that morning. As soon as Guruji came out from His room, He was going to the cooking place. While walking, He met across me. Suddenly He asked what happened to my nose ?? I told the incident of last night. Suddenly He surprised me and said _ “Why did you sleep in the field at night !! You will never sleep in the open atmosphere ! Your body is not so strong to bear such intowards the end of the playground (where the temporary kitchen was made) but I stood there for a long time seeing at Him !
What the heck!!! How He did know about my sleeping !!
Either He went to everyone at night and saw who was lying where, or His thousand eyes observed everything from inside His house !!
[Translated by Rajarsi Basak, a student of class Ten and corrected by Ramprasad, a former student of Banagram Ashram.] Ashram during my second visit to Banagram Ashram.]
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[We were discussing about the then ‘Falgun Sankranti Utsav’ (Utsav i.e festival) at Ashram during my second visit to Banagram Ashram.]
Bhagabatananda Maharaj (now resides at Malda Ashram) used to play a major role in conducting Baul songs then. Moreover, Bhagabatananda (also called ‘Baul Maharaj’ by many) used to do another thing, that was, he would explain all the inner meanings of some incomprehensible Baul songs in simple way on the stage which he listened to in Guru Maharaj’s sitting. Due to these interpretations which he used to do at the end of a line when he used to intend, the common people, present there and also the Baul artists who came to sing, benefitted. For example, there was a song of Lalon- “There was a six-month-old girl, she became pregnant at nine months, gave birth three children at eleven months, which one will take Fakiri”!)__. The inner meaning of that type of songs were explained by Guru Maharaj in his sitting and Bhagabatananda used to give those explanations on the stage.
Anyway, that morning I had met a musician named Anup Roy.
While Anup was coming to sing on the stage, Nagen was announcing ‘Now the famous radio-artist Anup Roy is coming to perform music for you!’
At the end of his song when he came down from the stage and came under the banyan tree, Nagen met me with him. ‘The radio artist’_ when I wanted to know about the matter said _ “This is Nagen da’s exaggeration !!” However, I came to know that he once went to Akashbani Betar Bhaban to give a radio audition_for this reason, Nagen said so ! Then as soon as we sat down in Bat-tola(under the banyan tree), I started to question him (as he was attached with this Ashram for long time.)and he began answering. He told me about his thoughts about Guruji.I noticed that tears welled up in his eyes as he spoke those words ! I did understand that the boy was so good ! He said _ “Guruji loves me very much (this was what almost everyone told me in the beginning) and I want to do something about Guruji !!!”
After Gurumaharaj leaving His body, Anup released a cassette of some songs about Guru Maharaj.He used to sing songs to Guru Maharaj in any event of the Ashram but I didn’t know whether Guruji listened to the songs written about Himself by Anup Roy. However, Mihir Maharaj (Swami Prajnananda) wrote some songs about Guru Maharaj and whenever he would get a chance he used to sing those to Guru Maharaj Himself.
Later Anup used to come to teach songs to the boys of the Ashram once a week. (After Guruji passed away, Anup, his wife and his only son died together in a motorcycle accident!😥❗)
However, we should come back to our discussion again ! There was no sitting of Guru Maharaj that morning. As soon as Guruji came out from His room, He was going to the cooking place. While walking, He met across me. Suddenly He asked what happened to my nose ?? I told the incident of last night. Suddenly He surprised me and said _ “Why did you sleep in the field at night !! You will never sleep in the open atmosphere ! Your body is not so strong to bear such intowards the end of the playground (where the temporary kitchen was made) but I stood there for a long time seeing at Him !
What the heck!!! How He did know about my sleeping !!
Either He went to everyone at night and saw who was lying where, or His thousand eyes observed everything from inside His house !!
[Translated by Rajarsi Basak, a student of class Ten and corrected by Ramprasad, a former student of Banagram Ashram.] Ashram during my second visit to Banagram Ashram.]