ShriChandra Bhagwan
श्रीचन्द्रजन्मोत्सव
सं १५५१ वि भाद्रपद शुक्ला नवमी के दिन तलवण्डी ग्राम में श्री-नानकदेवजी की धर्मपत्नी सुलक्षणी (सुलक्षणा) जी की पावन कुक्षी से भगवान् शंकर श्रीचन्द्ररूप में आविर्भूत हुए। जन्मसमय भगवान् ने अपनी माता को शिव-स्वरूप में दर्शन दिये। माता की प्रार्थना आप फिर शिशुरूप होकर माता की गोद में लेट गये। श्री नानकजी ने अपनी बहन से कहा- यह कोई साधारण शिशु नहीं है, यह तो साक्षात् भगवान् शंकर ने हमारे घर में जन्म लिया है। संसार में दो ही महापुरूष ऐसे हुए हैं, जो अपनी भावी अनुष्ठेयधर्म के सूचक चिह्नों के साथ उत्पन्न हुए हैं। एक तो दानवीर कर्ण थे। ये क्षात्रयाग्रगण्य दानवीर कर्ण थे। दूसरे, उदासीनाचार्य भगवान् श्रीचनद्रजी, ये जटाभस्मादि वैराग्य के चिन्ह लेकर अवतीर्ण हुए।
~गुरु गंगेश्वरानन्द जी महाराज द्वारा रचयता ग्रंथ ‘ श्रौतमुनिचरितामृत’ से ।
It is indeed difficult to chronicle the life of this great VIBHUTI—-A very special word with a lot of different interpretations
The most often associated one is the ash we collect from the sacred fire. It also means MANIFESTATION OF DIVINE POWERS or the OPULENCE WITH WHICH GOD CONTROLS EVERYTHING. The 10th chapter in the Bhagwad Geeta is called the VIBHUTI YOGA, where BHAGVAN has enumerated His DIVINE BEING in the various Manifestations in the world for He says that “He is the Om in all the Vedas, sound in space and manhood in men, fragrance in the earth, etc”
Here we speak of ShrichandraBhagwan also as a VIBHUTI for He is indeed the incarnation of BHAGWAN SHANKAR. In the treatise JAGADGURU SHRICHANDRACHARYA, the writer Shri Sitaram Chaturvedi has written about His Godliness and the events of His Life. This book is the source of information about His birth or the AVATARAN day as BHADRAPAD SHUKLA NAVMI in Vikram Samvat 1551 (Shukla is the period of the moon waxing and Navmi will be 7 days before Poornima and Vikram Samvat is the Hindu calendar which is 57 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar that we use).
His Parents were Nanakdev and Devi Shri Sulakshana. His father was the first Sikh Guru and we find a language similar to the Sukhmani and Guru Granth Sahib in the MAATRA SHASTRA (a very important text written by Him for the Udaseen Saints). The place of birth was TAALVANDI in Punjab. At the time of birth, He had matted locks, ash on His body and a mark of a Trishul on His forehead.
At the age of 14, He took Deeksha from Avinashi Muni in the Udaseen Sampradaya. For 150 years, He performed various leelas and then disappeared in Vikram Samvat 1700 in the village of CHAMBA near the River Ravi and it is believed that His mortal body did not die and that He still lives and is thus a CHIRANJEEVI –one who always lives. (Hanuman is also known as a Chiranjeevi)
People believe that sometimes He shows up and gives special Darshan to worthy saints and mahatmas in the caves and forests of the HIMALAYAS. BrahmKetu was a very close and a dear disciple of Shrichandra to whom He left behind certain instructions just before his disappearance.