Dedication
I would like to dedicate my "Vyasan", in pada form, to Shri Krushna.
With the grace of God, Guru, Vaishnavs, friends and family I have been able to
follow my passion for pada writing for a number of years.
Born and raised in Pushti Marg, I became really interested in its art and
cultural hisorty after reading “Krishna As ShriNathji” by Amit Ambalal in 1988. The wealth of beautiful images,
verbal as well as pictorial, made me eager to learn more.
After I graduated in 1989, I spent over a month at Nathadwara to learn more
about Pushti Marg. Enchanting beauty
and other-worldliness of the havelis at Nathadwara had a profound effect on me,
addicting me to the wonderful world of raag, bhog, and shringar of Pushti Marg.
In summer of 1992, The Vaishnav Youth Circle
UK
organised a 3 day series of lectures by HH Yogsh bawa on the eight great poet
saints of Pushti Marg. Their life
histories were so inspirational, I was keen to learn more. In December 1992, with the grace of
God, I wrote my first pada.
My parents and family encouraged and supported my budding interest in poetry at
every stage. My father came up with
the ideal “nome-de-plume” for the padas – “Bhavat”, meaning “to like / beloved”. All my padas are dedicated to
“Shyam-Sundir-Var” and hence have His name in there aswell.
In November 2006, with the help of my parents, parents-in-laws and HH
Pankajbawa, we published 10 padas on a CD, Bhavat Padarvindam.
Encouraged by family and friends, I decided to publish some of my padas to a
wider audience. The project was on ice for a few years. In June 2010, I
eventually placed
54 padas on the net. Hope you will
enjoy these as much as I do.
Ramesh uncle has translated the essence of the padas in German, cousins Claudia
and Mansi translated them in Spanish.
I can’t thank them enough for their help and encouragement in this project.
Jai Shri Krushna from the Shah, Mehta, Zapata and Dordi parivars !
© Bhagwat Shah
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