Bhaja Govindam : ( 23/11/2012. )

================================================================================= Saturday 07, November 2024, 011:20.  Bhaja Govindam Song - 25: Beyond All Sense of Difference  Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya. ================================================================================= 1  shatrau mitre putre bandhau = With your opponent, well-wisher, son or relative,  2   maa kuru yatnam vigraha- sandhau= strive not to be at strife or make friendship;  3  sarvasmin api pashy-aatmaanam : but see the one Self in everything and  4   sarvatra- utsrija bheda- ajnaanam.=  everywhere; tear down all sense of difference.  =================================================================================== Here we have a model to base all our human relationships in life. The whole song suggests to us that they should be based on the underlying Truth (Brahman) that unites all  creation. It may appear to be a tall order, but it is guarante...

================================================================================== Friday 29, No4ember 2024, 05:30.  Bhaja Govindam Slogam - 24: The All-Pervading Reality Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya. ==================================================================================== Slogam - 24: The All-Pervading Reality: 1  tvayi mayi cha-anyatra-iko vishnuh = In you, in me, and in all other places too, there is but one all-pervading Reality.  2  vyartham kupyasi mayyi- asahishnuh; = Being impatient, you are unnecessarily getting angry with me.  3  bhava samachittah sarvatra tvam = Become even-minded – see Him everywhere  4  vaanchasy-achiraad-yadi vishnutvam. = if you want soon the vision of the Lord. =================================================================================== Self-enquiry reveals some astounding facts about Reality. This is a vast subject in itself but sufficient for the purpose of this verse is that the seeker grows da...

==================================================================================== 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 pro...