135. Vitthal Vitthal - Meditative Chant - Harmonium Notes

Story of Shri Panduranga Vitthal
Lord Vitthal, or Panduranga Vitthala, is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and is worshipped in the world famous Rukmini Vitthal Temple at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. There is an interesting story that explains the incarnation of Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
Once, a devotee named Pundalik was traveling to Kashi and reached the Ashram of Saint Kukkut. He asked the sage the way to Kashi. Kukkut Rishi said that he did not know the way to Kashi and that he had never been there.
Pundalik made fun of Kukkut Rishi for not knowing the way to Kashi and said that a holy man like him should have already visited Kashi. Kukkut Rishi kept quiet and did not bother to answer Pundalik.
During the course of the night, Pundalik heard the voice of women in the ashram.
He came out to look at what was happening and saw that three women were sprinkling water in the Ashram and cleaning it.
On inquiry, Pundalik found out that the three women were none but holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswathi, in their human forms. They had come to clean the Ashram of Kukkut Rishi. Pundalik wondered how a saint like Kukkut who had not visited Kashi was such holy and powerful that the three holy rivers came down to purify his ashram.
The three women told Pundalik that piety, spirituality, and devotion do not depend on visiting holy places or doing costly rituals but in performing one’s karma.
The three women told him that Sage Kukkut had served and nursed his parents most faithfully and devoted all his life to that one aim. He had thus accumulated Punya enough to earn Moksha and to bring us to his Ashram to serve him.
Pundalik was always cruel to his parents and never took care of them. But now he understood his mistake and rushed back home and took his old parents for pilgrimage and, on return, started looking after them well. From then onwards the care of his old mother and father came before everything else.
Lord Krishna, who was looking for Rukmini, reached Pundalik's hut & was moved by his sincere devotion towards his parents. He decided to pay him a visit.
Pundalik was serving food to his old parents. He saw the Lord at his door, but his devotion to his parents was so intense that he wanted to finish his duties first and then attend to his guest. Pundalik had reached such a stage that it didn’t matter to him whether the guest was a mere mortal or God. All that mattered was service to his parents.
Pundalik gave Lord Krishna a brick to stand on and asked Him to wait until his duty was completed. Lord Krishna was moved by the devotion of Pundalik to his parents and waited for him patiently.
Later, when Pundalik came out, he asked for Lord's forgiveness for making Him wait. Lord Krishna blessed him and asked him to ask a boon.
Pundalik said, "What more can I ask when the Lord himself waits for me?"
When Lord Krishna insisted that he ask a boon, Pundalik asked that the Lord should remain on earth and bless and take care of His devotees. By then Rukmani also came to know that Lord Krishna had come & soon she joined him.
Lord Krishna agreed to stay there and is known as Vithoba or the Lord who stands on a brick.
This form of the Lord Vishnu, standing on a brick with both hands on the waist, is a reminder to us all that the Lord is ever waiting for us. It is upto us, either to indulge in trivialities of Maya or to seek Him.
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[@AlejandroGodinezfotochap]

Thank you for your wonderful tutorials! 🙏🏽 May I ask, what are you using for the percussion accompaniment?

[@chantingishalfthebattle]

I choose the matching Tabla or drum beat from youtube, adjust the speed and play it as accompanying percussion.
Majority Chants are set on Keherwa (8 beat cycle).
This one is Dadra taal (6 beat cycle)
It's simpler to use a good Tabla App. Or digital Tabla / Tanpura instrument instead of scanning many beats at TH-cam.
Happy Chanting 🌷🙏