A Discussion on Bhajagovindam : ( 19/01/2013. )

======================================================================== ========================================================================= Thursday, December 15, 2022. 06:00. Slokam - 12.The Stubborn Gusts of Desire (with Translation) ========================================================================= Slokam-12. (with Translation) 1 dinayaaminyau saayam praatah       = Day and night, dawn and dusk, 2 shishira vasantau punara- ayaatah; = winter and spring, again they come (and go). 3 kaalah kreedati gacchaty- aayuh    = With the play of time, life ebbs away. 4tadapi na munchaty-aashaa vaayuh.   = And yet, one leaves not the gusts of desires. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) : The Cycle of Joy and Sorrow : 1-2 The opposites mentioned can be interpreted in two ways: i) Literally: They indicate the relentless march of Time – day ...

 ======================================================================== ========================================================================= Saturday, October 22, 2022. 08:00.  “Hammer Blows to Delusion” Composed by Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharyaji. ========================================================================= Slokam-11 : The Props of the Ego - 1 maa kuru dhana jana yauvana garvam; 2 harati nimeshaat kaalah sarvam; 3 maayaam ayam idam akhilam buddhvaa; 4 brahma-padam tvam pravisha viditvaa.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 maa kuru dhana jana yauvana garvam   = Take no pride in wealth, status or youth; 2 harati nimeshaat kaalah sarvam;      = time loots away all these in a moment. 3 maayaam ayam idam akhilam buddhvaa   = Know that all this is full of illusion only; 4 brahma-padam tvam pravisha viditvaa. = so realize ...

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================== Saturday, September 24, 2022. 08:00.  “Hammer Blows to Delusion” Composed by Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharyaji. ========================================================================= Slokam-10 : vayasigate kaḥ kāmavikāraḥ śuṣke nīre kaḥ kāsāraḥ | kṣīṇevitte kaḥ parivāraḥ jñāte tattve kaḥ saṁsāraḥ || 10 || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : vayasigate - when the age (youthfulness) has passed,  kaḥ - where is,  kāmavikāraḥ - lust and its play,  śuṣke nīre - when water is evaporated (dried up),  kaḥ - where is, kāsāraḥ - the lake,  kṣīṇevitte - when the wealth is reduced,  kaḥ - where is,  parivāraḥ - the retinue  jñāte tattve - when the Truth is realized,  kah - where is,  saṁsār...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Friday, August 05, 2022. 08:00.  “Hammer Blows to Delusion” Composed by Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharyaji. ======================================================================== Slokam-9. "Satsaṅgatve 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-...

 ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Friday, June 03, 2022. 6:00. AM. “Hammer Blows to Delusion” Composed by Sri Swami Adi Shankaracharyaji. Song. 8 - Start Questioning ========================================================================= Song. 8 - Start Questioning : "ka te kanta kaste putrah samsaro- ayam- ativa vichitrah kasya twam kah kuta ayatah   tattvam chintaya tadiha bhratah."  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1.ka te kanta kaste putrah                  = Who is your wife? Who is your son? 2 samsaro- ayam- ativa vichitrah;     = Supremely wonderful indeed is this Samsara. 3 kasya twam kah kuta ayatah          = Whose are you? From where have you come? 4 tattvam ...

 =============================================================== ================================================================ On the 12 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayananda, Acharyaji, 15th Batch Vedanta Course, AT SANDEEPANY SADHANALAYA, POWAI, MUMBAI - Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda ================================================================ Monday, April 11, 2021. 6:00. AM. Song. 7 : Attachment in Boyhood, Youth and Old Age : =============================================================== Song-7. 1 Balasta-vat-krida-saktah 2 Tarunasta-vat taruni-saktah;   3 Vriddhasta-vat chinta-saktah   4 Parame brahmani ko’pi Na saktah.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 Balasta-vat-krida-saktah                  =  In childhood one is attached to one’s play; 2 Tarunasta-vat taruni-saktah;        ...