Pandit Krishna Joo Razdan

Pandit Krishna Joo Razdan

Sham S. Misri
Pandit Krishna Joo Razdan was born in 1850 at Vanpoh, Distt.Annantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was a devotee of Shiva. He praised Lord Shiva in all his forms. His work and mystic poems give clear idea about his personality and about his inner consciousness of soul.

His creative ability in writing is completely different and his poems are very musical in approach. Razdan Sahab had intense knowledge of Kashmiri language and used it very intelligently and with fine smoothness.

Achhe Posh Gav Lachhi Novuy Heth is a great devotional lyric in Pt. Krishna Joo Razdan's Shiva Pranae. Here the poet shows deep devotion for Lord Shiva and his Divine Consort, Shakti.

The lyric, as a whole, reflects the unique sanctity of Kashmir Hindu wedlock. The chief mood objectified is devotional repute and ecstasy. This devotional literary work narrates the story of Shiva's union with Shakti.

For Razdan Sahib, Sad Guru is none other than Lord Shiva himself. He prays for the nectar of bliss and light amidst enveloping gloom. He longs for the realisation of Shiva amidst the illusory cosmos. Through the exercise of self control, he desires liberation from the shackles of lust, wrath, greed, pride and possessiveness. He earnestly desires being ranked amongst saints who attained Shiva hood through intense Sadhana, taught by Kashmir Shaivism.

 Pt. Krishna Joo believes that spiritual bliss is realizable through the exercise of Yogic discipline. He is conscious of the fact that concentration can be achieved through Yogic discipline. H e seeks divine grace for the purification of his mind and soul through Yoga. He prays for Lord Shiva's grace in directing his sense perceptions of the eternal truth of Advaita Vedantic monism. The poet is perpetually conscious about the essential divinity of man.

 After thanks giving to Lord Shiva, the saint-poet narrates the story of creation. According to him, Lord Shiva, from whom' illusory cosmos has originated is the master of the cosmos.

At this stage of narration, Pt. Razdan Joo ceases to be an omniscient narrator. He sketches lightly the tedium of straight and horizontal narration.

Pt. Krishna Joo Razdan celebrates the union of Shiva and Shakti in his Achhe Posh Gav Lachhi Novuy Heth. Here Shiva is Chandrachud appearing in dark fortnight and Uma is Param Shakti; here Shiva is Lachhinov and Uma is Achhe Posh. With the union of Shiva and Shakti, spring stalks the earth afresh and the cosmos blossoms like a lotus.

Razdan Sahib is convinced that spiritual progress is realizable only through regular Yogic exercises.

Lord Shiva is the creator of the cosmos; He is the bestower of respectability; being free from greed, material riches have absolutely no significance for him. Krishna Joo prays before Lord Shiva for spiritual enlightenment, leading to the attainment of salvation.

He was a great Sadhak and "SHIV LAGAN" is a great poem written by him. He ended his journey of life at his birth place in 1926 and took Mahasamadhi there.