Bhaja Govindam : ( 23/11/2012. )

==================================================================================== Friday 20, September 2024, 05:30.  Bhaja Govindam Slogam - 23: Enquiry into the Self  ==================================================================================== Slogam - 23: Enquiry into the Self 1  kastvam ko’ham kuta aayaatah = Who are you? Who am I? From where did I come?  2   kaa me jananee ko me taatah; =Who is my mother? Who is my father?  3 iti paribhaavaya sarvam- asaaram = Thus, enquire and find that all is essenceless:  4  vishvam tyaktvaa swapna vichaaram. = abandon the entire world as a mere dream, born of imagination!  =============================================================================================== In this slogam we are taken into the most important step in Vedantic Sadhana. The  very heart of Vedantic Sadhana lies in making a deep enquiry as outlined here. What  digestion in the stomach is to the whole process of alimentary system, this Self-enquiry is to  the who

==================================================================================== Tuesday 20, Aug 2024. 05:30.  Bhaja Govindam Slogam - 22:  The Path to Liberation  ==================================================================================== 1  rathyaa charpata virachita kanthah =  The Yogin who wears but a godadi,  2  punya- apunya vivarjita panthah; =  who walks the path beyond merit and demerit,  3   yogee yoga niyojita vitto =  whose mind is joined in perfect union with its goal,  4 ramate baala-unmattavad eva. = revels (in God), and lives as a child or a madman.  =========================================================================== The previous slogam ended with the two essential qualities an aspirant has to possess  to tread this path. The essence of this verse is to spell out the means or the Sadhana that  identifies the spiritual path to the goal of Liberation, as opposed to the means to any other  goal. The spiritual goal is made reachable through Sadhana or s

================================================================= Friday 16, Feb 2024. 05:30.  Bhaja Govindam Slogam - 21:  ================================================================= Slogam - 21. (What is Liberation?): 1."Punarapi jananam punarapi maranam  2.punarapi jananee jathare shayanam;  3.iha samsaare bahu dustaare 4.kripaayaa’paare paahi muraare."  ================================================================= Translation: 1.  punarapi jananam punarapi maranam   = Once again birth, and again death,  2.  punarapi jananee jathare shayanam;   = and again lying in mother’s womb –  3.  iha samsaare bahu dustaare   = this Samsara process is very hard to cross over…  4.  kripaayaa’paare paahi muraare. = Save me, Murari, through Thy infinite kindness!  ================================================================= Commentary: The topic of Liberation, which popped up its head in the last verse, is here taken up  for its full definition and explanation. From “a lit