Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Aarti

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an Indian warrior king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. He carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In 1674, he was formally crowned as the Chhatrapati (Monarch) of his realm at Raigad.

Shivaji Maharaj established a competent and progressive civil rule with the help of a disciplined military and well-structured administrative organisations. He innovated military tactics, pioneering the guerrilla warfare methods (Shiva sutra or ganimi kava), which leveraged strategic factors like geography, speed, and surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat his larger and more powerful enemies. He revived ancient Hindu political traditions and court conventions and promoted the usage of Marathi and Sanskrit, rather than Persian, in court and administration.

Following is the Aarti of This Great Warrior...



जय देव जय देव जय जय शिवराया ।
जय जय शिवराया ।
या या अनन्य शरणा आर्या ताराया ।।
जय देव जय देव जय जय शिवराया ।। धृ.।।

आर्यांच्या देशावरी म्लेंच्छांचा घाला ।
आला आला सावध हो शिव भूपाला ।
सद्गदिता भूमाता दे तुज हाकेला ।
करुणारव भेदुनि तव हृदय न का गेला ।। १।।

श्री जगदंबाजी स्तव शुम्भादिक भक्षी ।
दशमुख मर्दुनि श्री श्री रघुवर संरक्षी ।
ती पूता भूमाता म्लेंच्छांही छळता ।
तुजवीण शिवराया तिज कोण दुजा त्राता ।। २ ।।

त्रस्त आम्ही दीन आम्ही शरण तुला आलो ।
परवशतेच्या पाशी मरणोन्मुख झालो ।
साधू परित्राणाय दुष्कृती नाशाया ।
भगवान भगवद्गीता सार्थ कार्य या ।। ३ ।।

जय देव जय देव जय जय शिवराया ।
जय जय शिवराया ।
या या अनन्य शरणा आर्या ताराया ।।
जय देव जय देव जय जय शिवराया ।। धृ.।।




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