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

Swami Nikhilananda Saraswati Chinmaya Mission Hari om dear Friends, Wish you all a very Happy New Year 2024. It will be a New Year only if we take a firm resolve to transform ourselves. Otherwise it will be an old year repeated all over again. There is no better way to transform ourselves into a new person other than through Satsang. Tulsidasji says in Sri Ramacharitamanas, मज्जन फल पेखिअ ततकाला।  काक होहिं पिक बकउ मराला॥ सुनि आचरज करै जनि कोई।  सतसंगति महिमा नहिं गोई॥1॥ इस में स्नान का फल तत्काल ऐसा देखने में आता है कि कौए कोयल बन जाते हैं और बगुले हंस। यह सुनकर कोई आश्चर्य न करे, क्योंकि सत्संग की महिमा छिपी नहीं है॥1॥ =============================================================== Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================ Wednesday, 03 Jan  2024. 05:30. Song - 22: The Path to Liberation ================================================================ Song - 1.  भज गो...

=========================================================== 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. ======...