PEACEFULLY AT REST
NEESHAT PRAFULBHAI DALAL
Prarthana Sabha: 19th March 2023 – Crawley Mandir: 2 – 4PM
PROGRAMME
Beloved Daugher of (Late) Prafulbhai Ramjibhai Dalal & Virbalaben Prafulbhai Dalal, Crawley (formerly of Kampala and Rajkot, India)
Dear Sister to Jayam, and Bharat, and Aunt to Kanhai & Shabri
(Kampala, Rajkot, India and UK)
God Mother to Aalapi Desai (UK)
Neeshat Dalal was a Montessori trained teacher and taught in UK and in Rajkot, India in 1969 – 1995, Jai Bharat pre-primary and New Jai Hind Primary Schools. She was residing in Sussex for many years and had been active in Gujarati Cultural Society in Brighton and thereafter Caring for her beloved Mother [late] Virbalaben Dalal. She will be sadly missed.
Funeral took place on Akshar Purnima – Friday 6th January 2023. Prarthna Sabha took place on Sunday 19th March 2023 from 14.00 till 16.00pm at the Crawley Sanatan Mandir, Apple Tree Centre, Ifield Avenue, Crawley RH11 0LF.
Dalal Family appreciate your sympathies, prayers, support and messages of condolences.
OM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI
| 1 | PRAYERS | Shastriji | 2.00 – 2.05pm |
| 2 |
GITA PRAVACHAN Chapter 12 |
Shastriji | 2.05 – 2.30pm |
| 3 | TRIBUTES | Jayam Dalal | 2.30 – 2.40pm |
| Dr Amrutbhai Shah | 2.40 – 2.50pm | ||
| Aalapi Desai | 2.50 – 3.00pm | ||
| Sai Ram Lyer | 3.00 – 3.15pm | ||
| 4 | BHAJANS | Pankajbhai Mandli | 3.15pm onwards |
Bhagvad Gita Chapter 12 – Devotional Service:
The 12th chapter is the shortest chapter in the Gita with only 20 shlokas, however it is one of the most divine chapters because it explains ‘Bhakti or Devotion’ in it’s purest form.
Lata Mangeshkar has famously sang only two Bhagvad Gita Chapters – Chapters 9 and 12, because according to her these are the two chapters dealing with ‘Bhakti or Devotion’. Chapter 9 is called “The Most Confidential Knowledge”, whereby Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that he he is the Lord Himself.
Following that Arjuna asks Shri Krishna to show his Divine Universal Form. In Chapter 11 Shri Krishna displays his Divine form, and Arjuna is overwhelmed asks the Lord to revert to his original form. Following that in Chapter 12 Arjuna is overcome by this experience, and surrenders totally to the Lord.
Therefore the significant differences between Chapter 9 and Chapter 12 in terms of Devotion is that having seen the Lord’s Universal Form, Arjuna has no doubts and surrenders totally to the Lord.
In chanting Bhagvad Gita Chaper 12 let us pray to Lord Shri Krishna with humble devotion so that Neeshat Dalal’s Soul can Rest in Peace.
OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI
Bhajan List :-
1. VAKRATUND MAHAKAYA
2. ASATO MAA SADGAMAYA
3. TVAMEV MATA CHA PITAA TVAMEV
4. GURU BRAHMA GURU VISHNU
5. MOOKAM KAROTI VAACHALAM
6. SARVETRA SUKHI NAHA SANTU
7. ZAKHO ZAKHO DIVO MARO JOJE RE BUJAAI NA
8. MAITRI BHAV NU PAVITRA ZARNU
9. OM SHANTI SHANTI
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SRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA CHAPTER 12
Atha dvādaśō’dhyāyaḥ । Arjuna uvācha ।ēvaṃ satatayuktā yē bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsatē ।
yē chāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ tēṣāṃ kē yōgavittamāḥ ॥ 1 ॥
Srībhagavānuvācha ।mayyāvēśya manō yē māṃ nityayuktā upāsatē ।
śraddhayā parayōpētāstē mē yuktatamā matāḥ ॥ 2 ॥
yē tvakṣaramanirdēśyamavyaktaṃ paryupāsatē ।
sarvatragamachintyaṃ cha kūṭasthamachalaṃ dhruvam ॥ 3 ॥
sanniyamyēndriyagrāmaṃ sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ ।
tē prāpnuvanti māmēva sarvabhūtahitē ratāḥ ॥ 4 ॥
klēśō’dhikatarastēṣāmavyaktāsaktachētasām ।
avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dēhavadbhiravāpyatē ॥ 5 ॥
yē tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi sannyasya matparāḥ ।
ananyēnaiva yōgēna māṃ dhyāyanta upāsatē ॥ 6 ॥
tēṣāmahaṃ samuddhartā mṛtyusaṃsārasāgarāt ।
bhavāmina chirātpārtha mayyāvēśitachētasām ॥ 7 ॥
mayyēva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ nivēśaya ।
nivasiṣyasi mayyēva ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ॥ 8 ॥
atha chittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknōṣi mayi sthiram ।
abhyāsayōgēna tatō māmichChāptuṃ dhanañjaya ॥ 9 ॥
abhyāsē’pyasamarthō’si matkarmaparamō bhava ।
madarthamapi karmāṇi kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi ॥ 10 ॥
athaitadapyaśaktō’si kartuṃ madyōgamāśritaḥ ।
sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān ॥ 11 ॥
śrēyō hi jñānamabhyāsājjñānāddhyānaṃ viśiṣyatē ।
dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgastyāgāchChāntiranantaram ॥ 12 ॥
advēṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa ēva cha ।
nirmamō nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī ॥ 13 ॥
santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yōgī yatātmā dṛḍhaniśchayaḥ ।
mayyarpitamanōbuddhiryō madbhaktaḥ sa mē priyaḥ ॥ 14 ॥
yasmānnōdvijatē lōkō lōkānnōdvijatē cha yaḥ ।
harṣāmarṣabhayōdvēgairmuktō yaḥ sa cha mē priyaḥ ॥ 15 ॥
anapēkṣaḥ śuchirdakṣa udāsīnō gatavyathaḥ ।
sarvārambhaparityāgī yō madbhaktaḥ sa mē priyaḥ ॥ 16 ॥
yō na hṛṣyati na dvēṣṭi na śōchati na kāṅkṣati ।
śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ sa mē priyaḥ ॥ 17 ॥
samaḥ śatrau cha mitrē cha tathā mānāpamānayōḥ ।
śītōṣṇasukhaduḥkhēṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ ॥ 18 ॥
tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭō yēna kēnachit ।
anikētaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānmē priyō naraḥ ॥ 19 ॥
yē tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṃ yathōktaṃ paryupāsatē ।
śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāstē’tīva mē priyāḥ ॥ 20 ॥
ōṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yōgaśāstrē śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvādē bhaktiyōgō nāma dvādaśō’dhyāyaḥ ॥12 ॥
Jayam Dalal
19th March 2023