Prarambh
Pravesh
Parichay
Pravin
Pragna- 1
100

Answer in one sentence:

Who will scold Ghanshyam for being late to home?  

A. Elder brother will scold Ghanshyam for being late for home.

100

Where did Nilkanth Varni meet Sevakram?

On the way to Kanchipuram from Venkatadri, Nilkanth Varni met Sevakram

100

Whose murti the sisters always saw in place of the murti of Gopinathji?

A. The sisters always saw the murti of Maharaj in place of the murti of Gopinathj.

100

What are the qualities of Ekantik dharma?

A. Dharma, jnan, vairagya and bhakti are the four qualities of Ekantik Dharma.

100

 Who are Gopalanand Swami and Muktanand Swami like?

They are like Garud

200

Answer in one sentence:

By the looking of Ghanshyam, who began to burn in the mango garden?

A. By the looking of Ghanshyam, Kalidatt began to burn in the mango garden.

200

Book: Shastriji Maharaj

From whom and what did Yagnapurushdasji start to study in Vadodara?  

Yagnapurushdasji started study of Siddhant Kaumudi from the Rangacharya in Vadodara.

200

Complete the prasang briefly.

Book: Bhagatji Maharaj

Sixty-Eight places of Pilgrimage at Thy Feet

To please Swami, Pragji Bhakta served as barber, tailor, stone-mason, carpenter, blacksmith and a wood-cutter. Once after the annakut festival, Pragji was washing the vessels. There was a pit in which dirty water was collected. Swami came there and put his foot on the edge of the pit. The dirty water touched his toes. Instantly Swami asked, “Pragji, where can one find all the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage?” Pragji Bhakta understood the deeper meaning of the Swami’s words and immediately jumped into the pit of dirty water. For a while Swami just kept watching. Then he said, “Pragji, come out and wash yourself with clean water.”Such was the intense devotion of Pragji Bhakta!

200

What did Swami used to mutter while in deep meditation?

“O King Rahugan, you are ignorant.”

200

 What corresponds to one’s level of ignorance?

Kusang

300

Which river is there on the way to Ayodhya?

A. On the way to Ayodhya was the river Saryu.

300

What types of seva did Zamkuba do in Gadhada?

Zamkuba used to sweep the darbar, fetch water and the work of collecting cow dung and cleaning the cow pens in Gadhada

300

State who is speaking to whom and when:

 “I will give you the blood from his throat but you should not bite him.”

Minister’s son - snake 

➭ The snake speak him, ‘ This prince is my enemy since his last birth. Only when I drink blood from his throat will I feel peace. Then minister’s son replied

300

State who is speaking to whom and when:

"If you do not carry out my command you will be excommunicated.”

Shriji Maharaj - Nishkulanand Swami 

➭ Once Shriji Maharaj asked Nishkulanand Swami to go and address an assembly of women. But he did not go. So Shriji Maharaj called him this

300

How can one become brahmarup?

(I have the answer) :)))

400

Briefly tell the prasang:


The teachers told Jinabhai to become a sadhu.

Jinabhai preferred to spend his time in prayer in the afternoon at 30 minute recess time in school. One day, two teachers saw Jina while he was meditating under a tree and asked, “Jina, you don’t play any games. You meditate on God all day. You are not interested in the affairs of this world, so why don’t you become a sadhu?

400

What message did Ramanand Swami tell Mayaram Bhatt to convey to the devotees of the villages on his route?

A. On your way, inform all the devotees to Varni’ arrival in Loj and tell them that I have instructed everyone to go to Loj for his darshan

400

State who is speaking to whom and when:

One should not care for taste in God’s prasad

Ayodhyaprasadji Maharaj - Devotees 

➭ A village called Gamdi, Dudhpak had been prepared and Acharya Maharaj was served. The devotees sat to eat and than they discovered that instead of sugar, salt had been added to the dudhpak. The devotee felt sorry and apologized to Acharya Maharaj.

400

State who is speaking to whom and when:

Book: Gunatitanand Swami

“The one who is sitting here in your house is Akshar.”

Swami (Gunatitanand Swami) - Devjibhai

➭ At Vanthali, Swami stayed at Kalyanbhai’s place. There, Devjibhai asked a question to Swami, “Swami, what is Akshar like?” Swami replied this

400

 When will one not be able to sit with such a sadhu?

When you go against the agna and upasana that has been laid out.

500

Complete the Kirtan:


Ame a yagna arambhyo,................................... amare kshobh shano chhe.

Ame a yagna arambhyo, balidano ame daishu; Amara Akshar Purushottam, Gunatit jnanne gaishu… ame Ames au Shriji tana putro, Akshare vas amaro chhe; Svadharmi bhasma choli to, amare kshobh shano chhe.

500

Complete the Ashtak:

Mohime tav bhaktapano tame ____________________ Ekantik tav dasko dije samagam moy..

Mohime tav bhaktapano tame koi prakar; Dosh na rahe koi jatko, suniyo Dharmakumar... Tumaro tav Hari bhaktako, droh kabu nahi hoy; Ekantik tav dasko dije samagam moy..

500

Complete the Kirtan:


Asur adharmi maha kukarmi, ____________________ daru mati chori averi, teh karavya tyag.

Asur adharmi maha kukarmi, deta janne dukh ; Multhi tena kul ukhadi, santne didha sukh. Vadi haravya bandh karavya, hinsamay bahu yag; daru mati chori averi, teh karavya tyag.  

500

Complete the kirtan pad:


Vahala mune vash kidhi ………. jevi chal chhe re lol.

Vahala mune vash kidhi Ghanshyam, valap tara valma re lol; 

Man maru talkhe jova kaj, tibakadi chhe galma re lol...1 

Vahala tari nasika namni Nath, adharbimb lal chhe re lol; 

Chhela mara pran karu kurban, joya jevi chal chhe re lol... 


500

Example this example given in the Swamini Vaat

Just as the lemon is seen on the arrow.

(I have the answer) :)))