Bhaja Govindam : ( 23/11/2012. )

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, March 18,  2021. 08 : 54. AM. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam -9 : Satsang Liberates Us SATSANG  NON-ATTACHMENT  NON-DELUSION  SELF-REALISATION  LIBERATION "Atsaṅgatve nissaṅgatvaṁ nissaṅgatve nirmohatvam | nirmohatve niścalatattvaṁ niścalatattve jīvanmuktiḥ." || 9 || ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word Meaning: satsaṅgatve - through the company of the good, nissaṅgatvaṁ - (there arises) non-attachment, nissaṅgatve - through non-attachment, nirmohatvam - (there arises) freedom from delusion, Nirmohatve - through the freedom from delusion, niścala - Immutable, tattvaṁ – Reality, niścalatattve - through the Immutable Reality, jīvanmuktiḥ - (comes) the state of 'liberated-in-life'. ---------------------------------------...

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, January 24, 2021. 10:31. AM.  Sloka#8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam : kāte kāntā kaste putraḥ saṁsāro'yamatīva vicitraḥ | kasya tvaṁ kaḥ kuta āyātaḥ tattvaṁ cintaya tadiha bhrātaḥ || 8 || ------------------------------------------------------- Meaning :  Who is your wife? Who is your son? Strange is this samsara. Of whom are you? From where have you come? Brother, ponder over these truths here. ------------------------------------------------------ Interpretation : This verse focuses on intellectual bondage. Who is your wife? Wife, in this context, is taken to mean all partners – in business, in a team sport, in a musical orchestra. In the larger context it means anybody we look to for comfort. Son or child refers to anyone who looks up to us for support. Who are they? Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? Have we e...

------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September  30, 2020.  Dvadasha Manjarika Stotram Part - 2. Slokam-s - 2-13 (12 No) "Pitfalls to Bewarw of" Slokam 7: Attachment in Boyhood, Youth and Old Age. -------------------------------------------------------- Sloka#7 : Attachment in Boyhood, Youth and Old Age "bala stavat kridasaktah taruna stavat tarunisaktah | vrddha stavat-saktah parame brahmani kopi na saktah. || 7 || ------------------------------------------------- Tattvam : (Essence) So long as one is in one’s boyhood, one is attached to play; so long as one is in youth, one is attached to one’s own young woman (passion); so long as one is in old age, one is attached to anxiety (pang); yet hardly anyone who yearns to be attached to Brahman that is limitless. ----------------------------------------------- Translation :  bala stavat  =  So long as one in one's boyhood; krida  =  (towards play) to play; asaktah  = ...

  -------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September  30, 2020.  Dvadasha Manjarika Stotram Part - 2. Slokam-s - 2-13 (12 No) "Pitfalls to Bewarw of" -------------------------------------------------------- Slokam-6 :  Only While There is Life "Yaavat pavano nivasati dehe taavat pricchati kushalam gehe;  gatavati vaayau deha- apaaye bhaaryaa bibhyati tasmin kaaye." --------------------------------------------------------------------------  Translation : 1 yaavat pavano nivasati dehe         =  As long as there dwells breath in your body, 2 taavat pricchati kushalam gehe;    =  so long they enquire of your welfare at home; 3 gatavati vaayau deha-                  =  apaaye when the breath leaves and body decays, 4 bhaaryaa bibhyati tasmin kaaye.   =  even the wife is afraid of such a body! ----------------------------------...

-------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September  30, 2020.  Dvadasha Manjarika Stotram Part - 2. Slokam-s - 2-13 (12 No) "Pitfalls to Bewarw of" -------------------------------------------------------- Slokam - 5: The Selfishness of Dependents "1 yaavad- vitta- upaarjana saktah  2 staavad- nijaparivaaro raktah; 3 pashchaad- jeevati jarjara dehe  4 vaartaam ko’pi na pricchati gehe." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traslation : 1 yaavad- vitta- upaarjana saktah   =  As long as one has the ability to earn wealth 2 staavad- nijaparivaaro raktah;      = so long dependents are attached to you; 3 pashchaad- jeevati jarjara dehe    = Later on,  when infirmity comes upon you, 4 vaartaam ko’pi na pricchati gehe. =  none at home cares to speak even a word! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------...

-------------------------------------------------------- Monday, August  31, 2020. 04:50. AM. Dvadasha Manjarika Stotram Part - 2. Slokam-s - 2-13 (12 No) "Pitfalls to Bewarw of" -------------------------------------------------------- Slokam - 4 : The Instability of Life "1 Nalinee- dalagata jalam- ati- taralam, 2 tadvat- jeevitam- atishaya- chapalam; 3 viddhi vyaadhy- abhimaana grastam, 4 lokam shoka- hatam cha samastam." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Translation : 1 nalinee- dalagata jalam- ati- taralam    =  The water-drop playing on a lotus petal has an extremely uncertain existence; 2 tadvat- jeevitam- atishaya- chapalam;  =  so also is life ever unstable. 3 viddhi vyaadhy- abhimaana grastam    =  Understand it to be consumed by disease and conceit; and 4 lokam shoka- hatam cha samastam.     =  this entire world is riddled...

-------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, July 09, 2020. 9:36. AM. Dvadasha Manjarika Stotram Part - 2. Slokam-s - 2-13 (12 No) "Pitfalls to Bewarw of" -------------------------------------------------------- Slokam 3: Kamini : The Attraction for Woman "Nari-stana bhara nabhi-desam  Drishtva  Ma’Ga Moha- avesam; Etan mamsa vasadi vikaram Manasi Vichintaya varam varam." ---------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 nari-stana bhara nabhi-desam            =  Seeing the weighty bosoms of young maidens, and their navel – 2 drishtva ma’ga moha - avesam;         =  do not fall a prey to maddening delusion. 3 etan mamsa vasadi vikaram               =  These are but modifications of flesh and fat. 4 manasi vichintaya vaaram vaaram.     =    Reflect well in your mind again and again. ----------------...