Guru
There are lot of blessing quotes in our Hinduism, and it would be used especially by our grandparents. Whenever the grandchildren fall at the feet of the grandparents, they would bless and tell to them, “Ayushman Bhava”, which means live a long and blessed life. When a woman falls down at the feet of her elders, they would bless her as, “DheergaSumangali Bhava”, which means let your consort lead a long life.
In ancient times, young ones would give lot of respect to the elders, follow their advices, they would never neglect them, and would be very much interested to receive blessings from them. But nowadays, we cannot expect the same kind of treatment from the younger generation, though certain exceptional ones would be keen in respecting the elders.
Lord Krishna in his Bhagavat Gita teachings tells to Arjuna, “Hey my dear Arjuna, give respect to everybody, and especially the elder ones, consider them similar to your parents, and show great love and affection on them. Those who treat others respectfully must be considered as respecting me itself, since I dwell on the souls of everyone, irrespective of their age, caste, creed, gender and religion”.
During ancient Gurukula type of studies, students used to serve their Gurus in a pleasing manner. They are also subject to do the household activities of the Guru, and they were ready to even sacrifice their lives for the sake of their Gurus. They have seen their Guru in the form of the god,”Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheswara”.
Some of the blessing quotes are as follows:-
1. ‘SakalaVidhya Prapthirasthu’, let I bless you to learn all forms of education, quickly and easily.
2. ‘PathinarumPetru Peru VazhvuVazhga’, let you attain all kinds of prosperity in your near future.
3. ‘Atithi DevoBhava’, Guests are to be treated similar to god.
4. ‘ShemamaiIru’, Let you live a happy, peaceful and prosperous life forever.
5. ‘Ellame Jayam’, Let you attain victory in all of your tasks.
6. ‘ChendruVaa, VendruVaa’, this type of blessing messages would be usually given to the ancient soldiers by their parents and their consorts before the time of going to the battle field.
7. ‘VanameUnakuEllai’, for you sky only is the limit.
8. ‘Kanne, Muthe, Maniye’, Oh my dear – this type of blessing messages would be given to the small children by the elders due to their love and affection on them.
9. ‘Anbe, Aruyire’, Oh my sweet heart – this type of blessing messages would be exchanged between the newly wedded couple, in order to strengthen their family bondage.
10. ‘Aishwarya Praptirasthu’, Let you attain wealth.
11. ‘Kalyana Praptirasthu’ – Let you attain wellness and great future (sometimes, its also directed towards unmarried girls or boys to get married soon.
12. ‘Sheegrameva Kalyana Praptirasthu’
13. ‘Kshema Sthairya, Dhairya, Vijaya, Abhaya, Ayuh-Arogya, Aishvarya Abhivruddhirastu’
14. ‘Sarvejanaa sukhinobhavantu’
“OM”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR