Class by Rev. Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, chapter 13, verses 6 - 8 of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 21 June 2025.

Brahma said:

तथापि भूमन् महिमागुणस्य ते विबोद्धुम् अर्हत्य् अमलान्तरात्मभिः |

अविक्रियात् स्वानुभवाद् अरूपतो ह्य् अनन्यबोध्यात्मतया न चान्यथा || ६ ||

tathāpi bhūman mahimāguṇasya te viboddhum arhaty amalāntar-ātmabhiḥ |

avikriyāt svānubhavād arūpato hy ananya-bodhyātmatayā na cānyathā || 6 ||

6. "Nevertheless, Oh Infinite One (tathāpi bhūman), Your infinite nature beyond the gunas (mahimā aguṇasya te), changeless (avikriyāt), formless (arūpataḥ), and self-effulgent (hi ananya bodhya can be known by self realization (ātmatayā viboddhum) by one whose mind and senses are pure and in-drawn (arhati amala antar-ātmabhih), through one's own direct perception (sva anubhava), and not otherwise (na ca anyathā)."

गुन्̣आत्मनस् तेऽपि गुन्̣आन् विमातुं हितावतीर्̣नस्य क ईशिरेऽस्य |

कालेन यैर् वा विमिताह्̣ सुकल्पैर् भूपांशवह्̣ खे मिहिका द्युभासह्̣ || ७ ||

guṇātmanas te 'pi guṇān vimātuḿ hitāvatīṛnasya ka īśire 'sya |

kālena yair vā vimitāḥ su-kalpair bhū-pāḿśavaḥ khe mihikā dyu-bhāsaḥ || 7 ||

7. "Oh Self of the gunas (guṇa-ātmanaḥ), to count Your qualities ( te api guṇān vimātum) -- You who have incarnated for the good of all ( hita-avatīrṇasya ) -- is like a geniuses, for all eternity, counting (asya kālena yaiḥ vā vimitāḥ su-kalpaiḥ) all the grains of sand on the earth (bhū-pāḿśavaḥ), all water drops in the air ( khe mihikāḥ), and all the stars in the sky (dyu-bhāsaḥ)."

तत् ते ऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्स्̣अमान्̣ओ भुञ्जान एवात्मक्र्̣तं विपाकम् |

ह्र्̣द्वाग्वपुर्भिर् विदधन् नमस् ते जीवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दायभाक् || ८ ||

tat te 'nukampāṃ su-samīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṃ vipākam |

hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk || 8 ||

8. "Therefore (tat) whoever lives (jīveta yaḥ) depending upon Your compassion (te anukampām su-samīkṣamāṇaḥ), tolerating the results of their own actions (bhuñjānaḥ eva ātma-kṛtam  vipākam) and surrendering to You with heart, words and body (hṛt vāk vapurbhiḥ vidadhan namaḥ te), becomes the rightful heir of liberation (mukti-pade saḥ dāya-bhāk)."

Class by Rev Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 14 June 2025. 

Brahma said:

ज्ञाने प्रयासम् उदपास्य नमन्त एव 

श्रेयह्̣स्र्̣तिं भक्तिम् उदस्य ते विभो

पुरेह भूमन् बहवोऽपि योगिनस्

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 27-34, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 18 June 2025.

The Goddess said:

तस्मादाकाश उत्पन्नः शब्दतन्मात्ररूपकः |

जलं रसात्मकं पशात् ततो गन्धात्मिका धरा |

शब्दस्पर्शरूपगुणं तेज ईत्युच्यते बुधैः |

शब्दस्पर्शरूपरसगन्धैः पञ्चगुणा धरा |

सर्वात्मकं तत्सम्प्रोक्तं सूक्ष्मदेहोऽयमात्मनः |

यस्मिन् जगद्बीजरूपं स्थितं लिङ्गोद्भवो यथः |

पञ्चसङ्ख्यानि जायन्ते तत्प्रकारस्त्वथोच्यते |

एकैकं भागमेकस्य चतुर्धा विभजेद् गिरे |

तत्कार्यं च विराड्देहः स्थूलदेहोऽयमात्मनः | 

Class by Rev Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, Chapter 14 of Srimad Bhagavatam, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 7 June 2025. 

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच

śrī-brahmovāca

Sri Brahma said:

अस्यापि देव वपुस्̣ओ मदनुग्रहस्य स्वेच्छामयस्य न तु भूत-मयस्य कोऽपि

2. "Lord, Your body (asya api deva vapuṣaḥ), which is the instrument of grace to me (mat-anugrahasya), appears by Your will (sva-icchā-mayasya), and not by the power of the material elements (na tu bhūta-mayasya). Even with my mind withdrawn in meditation (manasā antareṇa sākṣāt) I cannot grasp its glory (kaḥ api na īśe mahi tu avasitum).  What to speak then of understanding Your blissful Self (ava eva kim uta ātma sukha anubhūteḥ)."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 22-26, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 28 May 2025.

स पुनः कामकर्मादियुक्तया स्रीयमायया |

पूर्वानुभूतसंस्कारात् कालकर्मविपाकतः || २२ ||

sa punaḥ kāma-karmādi-yuktayā srīyamāyayā |

pūrvānubhūta-saṃskārāt kāla-karma-vipākataḥ || 22 ||

22. "This Self, however, by its own power of Maya conjoined with desires, actions, and the like, through the influence of prior experience ripening in time in accord with the law of karma, ..."

अविवेकाच्च तत्त्वस्य सिसृक्षावान् प्रजायते |

अबुद्धिपूर्वः सर्गोऽयं कथितस्ते नगाधिप || २३ ||

avivekāc-ca tattvasya sisṛkṣāvān prajāyate |

abuddhi-pūrvaḥ sargo'yaṃ kathitaste nagādhipa || 23 ||

23. "And by confounding the primal elements, being desirous to create, begins to bring forth. The resulting creation, devoid of intelligence, will be further described to you, O Mountain King."

एतद्धि यन्मया प्रोक्तं मम रूपमलौकिकम् |

अव्याकृतं तदव्यक्तं मायाशबलमित्यपि || २४ ||

etaddhi yanmayā proktaṃ mama rūpa-malaukikam |

avyākṛtaṃ tadavyaktaṃ māyāśabalamityapi || 24 ||

24. "This extraordinary form of mine which I have mentioned is unevolved and unmanifest, yet becomes segmented through the power of Maya."

प्रोच्यते सवशास्त्रेषु सर्वकारणकारणम् |

तत्त्वानामादिस्भूतं च सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहम् || २५ ||

procyate sava-śāstreṣu sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam |

tattvā-nāmādis-bhūtaṃ ca sac-cid-ānanda-vigraham || 25 ||

25. "All the religious treatises declare it to be the cause of all causes, The primal substance behind the elements, and as having the form of being, consciousness, bliss."

सर्वकर्मघनीभूतमिच्छाज्ञानक्रियाश्रयम् |

ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रवाचयं तदादितत्त्वं तदुच्यते || २६ ||

sarva-karma-ghanī-bhūtam-icchā-jñāna-kriyā-śrayam |

hrīṇ-kāra-mantra-vācayaṃ tadādi-tattvaṃ taducyate || 26 ||

26. "It is the condensation of all karma; it is the seat of will, knowledge, and action; it is expressed in the mantra Hrim; it is the primal principle—so it is said."

Class by Rev Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam introducing the story of Brahma stealing the cows and cowherd boya given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 19 May 2025.

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 19-21, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 16 April 2025.

अपरिच्छन्नताऽप्येवमत एव मता मम |

तच्चज्ञानं नात्मधर्मो धर्मत्वे जडताऽत्मनः || १९ ||

aparicchannatā'pyevamata eva matā mama |

taccajñānaṃ nātma-dharmo dharmatve jaḍatā'tmanaḥ || 19 ||

19. "Therefore I am regarded truly as an undivided whole, and that consciousness is not an attribute of the Self, for then the Self would be like an object."

ज्ञानस्य जडशेषत्वं म दृष्टं न च सम्भवै |

चिद्धर्मत्वं तथा नास्ति चितश्चिन्न हि विद्यते || २० ||

jñānasya jaḍaśeṣatvaṃ ma dṛṣṭaṃ na ca sambhavai |

cid-dharma-tvaṃ tathā nāsti citaścinna hi vidyate || 20 ||

20. "In consciousness no possible trace of the object state can be found. And so consciousness also has no attributes: consciousness is not a quality separable from consciousness itself."

तस्मादात्मज्ञानरूपः सुखरूपश्च सर्वदा |

सत्यः पूर्णोऽप्यसङ्गश्च द्वैतज्जालविवर्जितः || २१ ||

tasmād-ātma-jñāna-rūpaḥ sukha-rūpaśca sarvadā |

satyaḥ pūrṇo'pyasaṅgaśca dvaitajjālavivarjitaḥ || 21 ||

21. "Therefore the Self in essence is consciousness, and bliss as well, always, it is the real and complete, beyond all relation, and free from the illusion of duality."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verse18, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 9 April 2025.

मा न भूवं हि भूयासमिति प्रेमात्मनि स्थितम् |

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 15 through 17 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 2 April 2025.

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्यादौ दृश्यस्य व्यभिचारतः |

यदि तस्याऽप्यनुभवस्तर्ह्ययं येन साक्शिणा |

अत एव नित्यत्वं प्रोक्तं सछास्त्रकोविदैः |

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 340 through 344 of verses 42 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 29 March 2025.

ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया रागिणी शोभनस्वरा |

340. रागिणी rāgiṇī