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BHAJA GOVINDAM - 25. Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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  ================================================================================= Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================================= Wednesday 24, Apr 2024. 05:30. Song - 25: Beyond All Sense of Difference  ================================================================================ Song - 25: Beyond All Sense of Difference  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 oneself 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 verse suggests to us that they should be based on the underlying T...

BHAJA GOVINDAM - 24. Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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============================================================================== Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ================================================================================= Tuesday 12, Mat 2024. 05:30. Song - 24: Enquiry into the Self ================================================================================ Song - 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 astoundi...

BHAJA GOVINDAM - 23. Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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================================================================ Chaturdasha Manjarika Stotram PART III – Songs: 14-27 “Where Is Happiness?” ======================================= Thursday 08, Feb 2024. 05:30. Song - 23: Enquiry into the Self =========================================================== Song-23: "Kastvam Ko'ham Kuta Ayatah Ka Me janani Ko Me Tatah Iti Paribhavaya Sarvamasaram Visvam Tyaktva Svapnavicaram ( Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam .....) =============================================================== Word Meaning:  kah - who,  tvam- (are) you,  kah - who,  aham- am I,  kuta - from where,  ayatah - did I come,  ka - who (is),  me - my,  janani - mother,  kah - who (is),  me - my,  tatah - Father,  iti - thus,  paribhavaya - enquire,  sarvam- all,  asaram- essenceless,  visvam - the entire world of experience,  tyaktva - leaving aside,  svapna vicaram - a mere dreamland...