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| Bhardwaj Muni |
हा नाथ ! रमण ! प्रेष्ठ ! क्वासि क्वासि महाप्रभु ।
दास्यास्ते कृपणाया मे सखे ! दर्शय सन्निधम् ।। भा. १०।३०।४० |
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| Bhardwaj Muni was the son of great devotee Utatthya and Utatthaya was the younger brother of Deva Guru Vrihaspati. His exact name was 'Bhar Dwaj Muni'. He was the great Shotriya, Bramhanista and devotee. He is also one personality having the position in seven stars for whole period of one Manmanter (there are 14 different Manmantars with in four different Yuga like Satya, Treta, Dwapar and Kali (Currently it is the Sixth Millinium of Kali Yuga). |
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| In the scriptures of Vedic Sanatana (Hinduism) there is mentioned about different Incarnations (descends) of God's advent in different eras or ages of whose at the age of Treta Yuga one Incarnation was Lord Rama. In that era Lord Rama had many devotees of whom one great Muni (Saint) was Muni Bhardwaj. He was the devotee of Lord Rama which naturally implies that he was the devotee of Lord Shiva also. He, at the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, lived in his service oriented Monastic Ashram (accommodation) serving and teaching many disciples Bramacharies about the peaceful way of life at Tirtha Raj Prayag (India). Bhardwaj Muni actually was such a holy soul that due to his great belief and faith in God he even had different Riddhi Shiddhies mystic power under his control as servants to perform unbelievable miraculous |
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| Once he applied his mystic power to provide unbelievable luxurious accommodation, food and astonishing various facilities having different attractions of natural beauties for many devotees including Bharat (Brother of Lord Rama) by giving order to Riddhi Siddhi and they created Kaam Dhenu (A Cow that can fulfill all needs) and provided such facilities to all devotees. Seeing such facilities even the heavenly figures were jealous. Every facilities were more then the facilities available to the king of heaven Indra and other devatas like Barun, Yama, Kuber. That much material facilities were even more than that in Bhrama Loka. |
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| He knew everything of past, present and future. He knew where and when Lord Rama would be born beforehand. He was such a great and holy soul that the river Yamuna by chance flooded over to wash his feet when he was walking near the bank. After touching his feet the river again receded. Whenever Bhardwaj Muni had the opportunity, he as a devotee, served Lord Rama. Bhardwaj Muni was also one of the great founders of Astrology as well as he is known as one Smritikar (the founder of Smriti) among the eighteen, he was a great soul. He had given this society a great scripture of 'KARMA MIMAMSA' (The practical analysis about Karma). We, seeing us to be in the spiritual order (line) of him and his doings, always humbly try to remember and honor his devotional and faithful way of life and understanding, according to the present time being and modulation. |
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| It remains to mention that his, Bhardwaj Muni’s son, whose name is Dronacharya, was the teacher (Guru) of the families of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, who in the battle of Kuruksetra - which is all mentioned in the famous epic of Mahabharata (Vedic Sanatana Hindu’s greatest literature showing the battle between brothers and relatives and presenting the details of humanity) - fought each another while finally the Pandavas being always scrupulously deceived by the counterpart victoriously won the crucial battle. Another important book and lecture in Hinduism in this connection to that battle is the most famous ‘Bhagavat Gita’ which closely gives the details of Guru and disciple in the name of another Incarnation of God ‘Lord Krishna’ as Guru and cart driver and ‘Arjuna’ as disciple and the greatest of all warriors. Bhardwaj Muni had two daughters; one was married to Maharshi Yajyavalkya and other was married to Vishrwa Muni and her son was Lokpal Kuber (The devata of wealth). |
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| In this current age also there are many glorious figure blessing to all human beings through this holy family of Bhardwaj Muni. Satya Sai Baba in India and Yogi Narahari Nath Baba in Nepal were taking their birth in this glorious family of Bhardwaj Muni as well as the Royal family of Nepal also originally belong to this same family. |
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