"Jai Mauni Baba"
Yogiraj Sri Sri 1008 Devendrasharan Brahmachariji Maharaj (Mauni Baba)
।। श्री गणेशाय नमः ।।
मंगलम् भगवान विष्णुः मंगलम् गरूड़ध्वजः ।
मंगलम् पुण्डरीकाक्षः मंगलाय तनोऽहरिः ।।
Yogiraj Sri Sri 1008 Devendrasharan Brahmachariji Maharaj (Mauni Baba)
An Introduction
बंदउँ
गुरू पद कंज कृपा सिंधु नररूप हरि ।
महामोह तम पुंज जासु बचन रवि कर निकर ।।
Mauni Baba's Guru Brahmleen Shri Shashtri Baba
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरूर्विष्णुः गुरूदेवो महेश्वरः ।
गुरूः साक्षात्परब्रह्मा तस्मैं श्री गुरूवेनमः ।।
Mauni Baba
बंदउँ
गुरू पद पदुम परागा। सुरूचि सुबास सरस अनुरागा ।।
अमिअ मूरिमय चुरन चारू। समन सकल भव रूज परिवारू ।।
सुकृति शम्भु तन बिमल बिभूति। मंजुल मंगल मोद प्रसूती ।।
जन मन मंजु मुकुर मल हरनी। किएँ तिलक गुन गन बस करनी ।।
श्रीगुर पद नख मनि गन जोती। सुमिरत दिव्य दृष्टि हियँ होती
।।
दलन मोह तम सो सप्रकासू। बड़े भाग उर आवई जासू ।।
उधरहिं बिमल बिलोचन ही के। मिरहि दोष दुख भव रजनी के ।।
सूझहिं राम चरित मनि मानिक। गुपुत प्रगट जहँ जो जेहि खानिक
।।
It
is the grace of Gurudeva that has given a chance to me
to write something about the life sketch fo the
Gurudeva. Those great people whose deeds are always for
doing good to mankind they are not counted as man in
this age of peaceless, destructive and inhuman society.
They as a part of God spread their love in the society
in such a way which enables man to acquire prosperity
and peace not only in life but also everlasting pleasure
for their future life. When such people making no harm
to others attain such quality of spreading only
wellbeing of the society than they are accepted as
incarnation in the world. Respected Shri Devendrasharan
Brahmachari (Mauni Baba) Maharaj life is full of such
charismatic activities for which people in Bihar
(Mithila), Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
and West Bengal accepts and acknowledges him as an
incarnation of God. To describe such people is not easy
because Gurudev is God and God is considered as
"Neti-Neti" with my shallow knowledge, what even I am
translating about him is on the basis of what I have
heard from others and realised from my innerself. If I am proved wrong for something
written about him that should also be considered as a
result of his charismas and for that the writer will be
sorry and apologing..
Mithila
has a proud privilege to be a birth place of several
knowledgeable people, Saints, Karmkandi and Kings from
ancient time. In that series, in Kalikal, Sri Devendra
Sharan Brahmachari (Mauni Baba) was born in 1950, on the
bank of river Khirohi (ancient name Dughdawati) in
village Muraith in old Darbhanga District. This village
is famous because of its nearness to Uchaitha Shaktipith
and also the Ashram of Muni Gautam where God Rama
transformed a stone as Ahilya. Ashram of Jagyabalklya,
Shringi-Vringi, birth place of famous poet Vidyapati.
Banganga and Shivnagar is also situated near village
Muraitha. His father late Narmadeshwar Jha was a
policeman and mother Kushumawati was a religious
housewife. She belonged to Mishra family of Basantpur
praised for their honesty, integrity, good behaviour and
kindness to the society. The first son of his father
died in the age of 3 years only. 
Sri
Mauni Baba had taken Maun Brat on 20th March 1974 and
before that he was taking fruits only. Taking fruits
only and remain Maun (Speechless) is being continued
till date. However on the advice of his Guru he broken
his silence for sometime at the time of yagna in 1978-79
and to sang his own composed Bhajans which delighted the
audience so much that tears began to flow from their
eyes.
In
newly established Chhattisgarh province, Mahamaya is a
small hill in Durg District. It was a part of
Dandkaranya in Ramayan age. During British period
Mahamaya hill in 1927 delcared as F.S. later on Mines
Department of the Government divided this place in 3
category of Mines, as Mahamaya Mines, Rajhara Mines and
Dalli Mines. The whole area is full of iron-ore. The
whole area was known as Mahamaya because of the old
Mahamaya Temple there. Several Tribes were living in the
area since Ramayana age. The tribal people worship
Banjaran Devi, Buddha Dev and Garh Mata and they sing a
song known as Jagar geet with the help to their chief
priest, Slesta Vega. The song is to arouse Devi. In the
Mahamaya Temple, the images of Vishnu, Mahamaya and
Shiva is inscribed on walls in different separate caves.
Respected
Mauni Baba started Navrata since 1978 and began his
Tapsya on the bank of Triveni near Ganesh Temple. People
of nearby villages made a hut for him there. The area at
that time was full of big trees and people do not dare
to go there. But after Mauni Baba started his 'Tapsya'
people thronged to the place. When people began to come
to pay their respect to Baba and visit the temple, the
renovation and beautification of Temple also started.
One Lady from Gaur caste who was engaged in the services
of Maharaj Jee became famous as Sabri. Mauni Baba
started difficult yoga in that surrounding without being
disturbed by the hissing of snakes and roaring of
animals. One day after a year Mauni Baba declared that
Goddesh was pleased and he is living the place to a
short while. Hearing this Mrs. & Mr. Rishi Chandra Jha
came to meet him. When they heard about the declaration
of Mauni Baba leaving the place they began to weep. Then
Baba consoled them and said that he was going to Ujjain
for Kumbh and will be back within months. Baba also
asked them so accompany him if they desire. The couple
got the privilege to accompany. Baba for Kumbh and they
came back to Dalli after a week but Baba stayed there in
Ujjain.
I
want to give some details of Barfani Dada and his Ashram
here. As Sri Narad Jee, the famous Devrishi had uttered
for Lord Krishna in the following lines.
