
devarshi ramnath shastri

pandit devarshi ramnath shastri (1878-1943) heey sanskrut kavee, vidwan aanee pushthimarg (krishnachya krupecha marg) aanee shree vallabhacharya (1479-1531) yanni prastavit kelelya shuddha advaitvadachya tattvadnyanachya siddhantavar bhashyakar hote. tyancha janm 1878 madhye (bharatiy dindarshiketil vikram sanvat 1936 chya shravan shukl panchamishi sambandhit) rajsthanchya jaipur yethe krishna yajurvedchya taitariya shakheshi sambandhit sanskrut vidvananchya prasiddha vellanadu brahman kutumbat jhaala, jeey isavi sunn 15 vya shatkat aandhra pradeshatoon uttar bharatat sthalantarit jhaale aanee 18 vya shatkat tyanche prasiddha purvaj kavikalanidhi devarshi shrikrishna bhatt yanchyasah jaipurla gele, jyanna savai jaya sing dviteey yanni aamantrit kele hote. tyanchya vadilanche naav shree dwarkanath bhatt aanee aaiche naav shrimati jaanaki devi hote. tyancha ekulata eka mulga devarshi brajnath shastri (1901-1954) hota, joou shuddhadvaitcha vidvanahi hota. teey yugnirmiti karnare sanskrut kavee aanee vidwan bhatt mathuranath shastri yanche mothe bhau hote. tyanni hindi, sanskrut aanee brajbhasha bhashanmadhye vipul lekhan kele.
shikshan aanee prarambhik jeevan.
devarshi ramnath shastri yanni tyanche prarambhik sanskrut shikshan jaypurchya prasiddha maharaja sanskrut mahavidhyalayat ghetale. tyanni lahanpanapasunach sanskratmadhye kavita lihayala suruvat kelee hotee. dukhinibala' yaa tyanchya suruvatichya kavitanpaiki eka tyaa kalatil 'sanskrut ratnakar' yaa namankit sanskrut masikat prakashit jhaali hotee. 1896 madhye teey uchch shikshanachya shodhat varanasit (tatkalin banaras) gele. nantar, 1903 saalee teey mumbaila (tyanantarche mumbai) sthalantarit jhaale, jeey pudhil 27 varshansathi tyanchya sahityik, shaikshanik aanee aadhyatmik upkramanche nivassthan banale.
mumbait, teey eka narayan mooljichya malkichya pustakanchya dukanat niyamit bhet denare banale, jithe sahityik, vidwan aanee aadhyatmik charchanmadhye rus asalele lock darroj sandhyakali ekatra jamtat. eka vidvattapoorn charchet, mumbaitil prasiddha denizen, seth chattamoraji upasthit hote, jeey eka vishayavar charcha sampavanyasathi devarshi ramnath shastri yanchya vidvattapoorn yuktivad aanee vaktrutva kaushalyachya pataline khoop prabhavit jhaale. seth chattamorji yanchya aagrahavar pandit (pann.) ramnath shastri anantwadi parisarat rahoo lagale jethe teey shrimad bhagvat, geeta, upanishad ityadi shastranvar shikoon pravachan dett asat. tyanchi lokpriyata aanee prasiddhi sampoorn mumbait pasarali, jyamule serve starantil lock yaa shastranmadhil guntagunti aanee pushthimargchya tattvambaddalache tyanche vidvattapoorn pratipadan aikanyasathi aakarshit jhaale.
pann. nantar ramnath shastri yanna goswami goverdhanlalji maharaj yanni pushthimarg panthachya shree gokuladhish mandirat mukhya dharmik vaktyache (vyas khurchi) padd deu kele, jyanni tyanna hanuman rastyavar karyarat asalelya tatkalin vasanji manji sanskrut shaleche pracharya honyachi shifarasahi kelee.
pushtimarg panthala yogdan dene.
mumbaitil vastavyadarmyan, devarshi ramnath shastri heey mota mandiratil goswami shree gokulnathji maharajanchya samparkat aale, jyanna badaa mandir asehi mhanatat, heey baal krishnalal devache prasiddha pushthimargiya vaishnav mandir aahe. kahee bhetinnantar doghanmadhye maitri jhaali aanee tyanchya sahvasamule pushthimarg vaishnav sampradayat eka prakarchi dharmik kranti jhaali, jyamule pushthimarg aanee shuddhadvait (shuddha advaitvad nasalele) tattvadnyanat naveen chaitanya aanee ruchi nirman jhaali, jyache pramukh pratipadak mahaprabhu vallabhacharya hote.
pann. ramnath shastri yanni lavkarach swatahla pushthimargache vidwan bhashyakar mhanoon sthapit kele, dnyanachya aadharasathi panthache margdarshak mhanoon kaam kele aanee shree vallabhacharya yanni lihilelya pustakansah vividh pustakanvar anek dnyanvardhak bhashya lihile. teey niyamitpane bhagvat puranavar pravachanahi dett asat, yashivay teey balkrishna granthalay aanee motamandiratil vaishnav shalechi kalji ghet asat. tyanni geeta, bhagwan krishna, chandogya upanishad ityadinshi sambandhit tyanchya swatachya anek smarak granthanchi rachana kelee.yaa kalat shuddha advaitvadachya tattvadnyanavaril (shuddhadvait) pustakanvyatirikt.
prakhyat nagrik aanee netyanshi sanvad sadhane.
mumbait asatana pann. ramnath shastri yanna 'vidyavat parishad', 'brahmavad parishad' aanee 'sanatan dharm sabha' yasarkhya purvichya pratishthit sansthanchya manad sachiv padachi aupher denyat aalee hotee, jyat tyanni dirghkal yogdan dile. tyanni 'swadharm vivardhini sabha' navachya sansthechi sthapana kelee, jithe bharatiy dindarshikechya pratyek mahinyachya akaravya divashi vyakhyananchi malika aayojit kelee jaat asey. tyanchi vyakhyane aanee pravachan itaki lokpriy jhaali qee mumbaitil madhav baag yetheel 'aary swadharmoday sabha' navachya aanakhi eka sansthene tyanna bhagvadgitevar pravachan aanee vyakhyane denyasathi aamantrit kele, jyat mathuradas gokuldas, krishnadas naath, devkaran nanji, pann. hanuman prasad poddar ityadi. kadhikadhi yaa thikani pann. ramnath shastri rajagopalachari, chittaranjan daas aanee mahatma gandhi yanchyasarkhya rashtriy netyanshi sanvad sadhatil. tyanchya vaktrutva aanee vidvattemule teey 'chatuh sampraday vaishnav mahasabha', 'varnashram swarajya sangh' aanee 'sanatan dharm sabha' chya pratishthit baithka aanee parishadanmadhyehi bolanyas aale. tyaa kalat tyanna patana yetheel 'akhil bharatiy brahman mahaa sammelanache' sanyojak mhanoon aamantrit karnyat aale hote.
sanman.
tyanchya mantramugdha karananya vaktrutva kaushalyamule aanee bhagvat puranachya vishal dnyanamule, vividh thikani jhalelya '108 pathan' (shrimad bhagvat) samarambhanmadhye, devarshi ramnath shastri yanna vees vela sarvoch aasan (mukhyasana) deuun sanmanit karnyat aale. eka suprasiddha sahityik aanee paropkari, divangat pann. geeta press gorakhpurne prakashit kelelya 'kalyan' yaa prasiddha niyatkalikache majee sampadak hanuman prasad poddar yanni yaa pauranik granthachya prakashanat devarshi ramnath shastri yanchya vidvattapoorn yogdanachi dakhal ghetali hotee. mumbait asatana, raja baldev daas birla yannihi bhagvat pravachananmadhye adhyaksh mhanoon tyancha sanman keela. tyanna pushthimarg panth aanee shuddhadvait yancha eka mahan vidwan manale jaat asey.
eka bahumukhi vyaktimatva.
devarshi ramnath shastri heey eka aakarshak vyaktimatva hote aanee teey eka bahumukhi vyakti hote, jyat tyanna vividh roochi hotee, jyat teey utkrusht hote. tyanni jeey. pasoon chitrakala shikale.jeey. qalaa vidyalay, mumbai aanee tyanni teel aanee panyachya rangat anek ullekhaneey chitre tayar kelee. sheron qaa swarajya' (sinhanche rajya), 'shardul vikram' aanee 'radha madhav' yasarkhya tyanchya kahee prasiddha tailchitrambaddal khoop charcha jhaali aanee vividh pradarshananmadhye 'spardhesathi nahee' asey lihilelya falkasah pradarshit karnyat aale. tyanchya anek chitranna kalapremeenchya chitragruhanmadhye aanee qalaa dalnanmadhye sanmanache sthan midale aahe. too eka kushal chhayachitrakar, kriketpatu aanee buddhibalpatu dekhil hota, joou pratishthit purvichya hindu gymkhana clubchya european sadasyanshi spardha karnar hota, jyacha too sadasya hota.
mahattvachi kaame.
pann. ramnath shastri yanni anek pustake, bhashya aanee grunth lihile, tyapaiki kahee khalee namood kelya aaheth
vareel pustakanvyatirikt, tyanni hindi, gujarati aanee sanskrut bhashet itar anek granthahi lihile aanee kahee shastrancha anuvad keela, jyapaiki kahee aprakashit aahet kinwa hastalikhite mhanoon upalabdh aahet - 
1942 madhye tyanni 'geeta qee samalochana' navacha grunth lihayala suruvat kelee, joou tyanchya mrutyuchya keval eka aathvada aadhi 1943 madhye purn jhaala.
tyache nantarche jeevan.
devarshi ramnath shastri 1930 paryant mumbait rahile. mevadche tatkalin maharana aanee nathdwaratil tatkalin tilkayat goswami shree govardhanlal yanchya nimantranavarun teey rajasthanmadhil nathdwarala gele. maulyavan pushtimarg sahityacha bhandar asalelya suprasiddha vidya vibhagache teey pramukh banale. itar sahkayansobat miloon tyanni 'sahitya mandal' navachya sansthechi sthapana kelee, jyachya karyamule teey pann. madan mohan malviyahi. nathdwara, pann. shastri yanni swatahla bhagwan srinathjinchya prasiddha devichya stutisathi purnapane samarpit kele, darroj srinathji mandirala bhet dilee aanee prabhuchya krupechi stutee karat sanskratmadhye sahityik kavita lihilya. pann. yanchya mrutyunantar. tyacha mulga devarshi brajnath shastri, ramnath shastri yane vidya vibhagache (1943-1950) pramukh mhanoon padbhar swikarla.
devarshi ramnath shastri yanche vayachya 65 vya varshi 1943 madhye nathdwaramadhye nidhan jhaale.