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

=========================================================== Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================ Wednesday, 29 Nov 2023. 05:30. Song - 21: What is Liberation? =============================================================== Song - 21: What is Liberation? 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! =============================================================== 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 little of everything” we have leaped “into the  Infinite”!  Definition of Liberation: In Vedanta, Liberation is a tech...

========================================================================= Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ========================================================================= Monday, 23 Oct 2023. 05:30. Song - 20: Taking the First Few Steps ======================================================================== Song - 20: Taking the First Few Steps "Bhagavad geetaa kinchid adheetaa gangaa jala lava kanikaa peetaa;  sakrid-api yena muraari-sam-archaa kriyate tasya yamena na charchaa." ======================================================================== 1 bhagavad geetaa kinchid adheetaa   = To one who has studied the Gita even a little, 2 gangaa jala lava kanikaa peetaa;      = who has sipped even a drop of Ganges water, 3 sakrid-api yena muraari-sam-archaa = who has worshipped Lord Murari even once, 4 kriyate tasya yamena na charchaa.   = he has no quarrel with Yama at the time of death. ======...

================================================================ Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Slokas : 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================ Sunday, 03 Sep 2023. 05:30.  Song - 19: The Source of Happiness ================================================================ Song - 19: The Source of Happiness 1 yogarato vaa bhogarato vaa  = Whether reveling in restraint or enjoyment, 2 sangarato vaa sanga- viheenah;  = whether in company or in solitude, 3 yasya brahmani ramate chittam  = so long as he revels in the Self within, 4 nandati nandati nandaty-eva. =  he alone truly enjoys, without any doubt. ============================================================== Thus far we have traced both Dispassion and Desire to its first principles. We have  seen the importance of going back to the very roots of these. Without having clarity of  thought on such matters, we can easily make incorrect asse...