Bhaja Govindam : ( 23/11/2012. )

 ======================================================================== ========================================================================= Sunday, December 04,  2022. 06:00.  Slokam-16 Fooled by Austerity ========================================================================= Slokam - 16: Fooled by Austerity With Translation : 1 agre vanhih prishthe bhaanuh      = In front is the fire, at the back the sun; 2 raatrau chubuka samarpita jaanuh; = at night he sits with knees held to his chin; 3 karatala bhikshas-taru-tala-vaasah= with a tree as shelter, his alms in his palms – 4 tadapi na munchaty-aashaa paashah.= yet the noose of Desire spares him not! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhashyam (Vyakyanam ) : This slokam depicts the other extreme – utter self-denial – in the hope that it will  exhaust all desire. Aversion, as opposed to indulgence, is attempted. If some have  discovered t

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================= Monday, August 08,  2022. 09:00.  Slokam 15: Fooled by Desire - ======================================================================== Slokam : aṅgaṁ galitaṁ palitaṁ muṇḍaṁ daśanavihīnaṁ jātaṁ tuṇḍam | vṛddho yāti gṛhītvā daṇḍaṁ tadapi na muñcatyāśāpiṇḍam || 15 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Word Meaning: aṅgaṁ - the body,  galitaṁ - (has been) worn out,  palitaṁ - has turned grey,  muṇḍaṁ - the hair (the head),  daśanavihīnaṁ - toothless,  jātaṁ - has become,  tuṇḍam - mouth,  vṛddho - the old man,  yāti - moves (goes) about,  gṛhītvā - having taken (leaning on),  daṇḍaṁ - (his) staff,  tadapi - even then,  na - never,  muñcaty- leaves,  āśāpiṇḍam- the bundle of desires. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

 ==============================================================   =============================================================== Monday, February 28,  2022. 06:00.  Slokam 14 : The Abuse of Outward Symbols (Reflection by Swami Guru Bhaktananda - Chinmaya Mission.). =============================================================== Slokam#14 : "1 jatilo, munde, lunchita keshah 2 kashaya-ambara bahukrita veshah; 3 pashyan-api cha na pashyati mudho 4 hy-udara nimittam bahukrita veshah." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 jatilo, mundee, lunchita keshah              =  An ascetic with matted locks; with shaven head; with hairs pulled out one by one; 2 kaashaaya-ambara bahukrita veshah;      = another parading in his ochre robes – 3 pashyan-api cha na pashyati moodho     = these fools, though seeing, do not see. 4 hy-udara nimittam bahukrita veshah.       = Indeed, as different disguises or appa