Kali Mandir Satsang

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 10-13, given on Zoom to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 30 March 2022.

ब्रह्मदत्तवरो दैत्योऽभवत्त्रैलोक्यनायकः | शिवौरसस्तु यः पुत्रः स ते हन्ता भविष्यति || १० ||

brahma-datta-varo daityo'bhavat-trailokya-nāyakaḥ | śivaurasastu yaḥ putraḥ sa te hantā bhaviṣyati || 10 ||

10. "The fiend became master of the three-tiered universe after procuring from Brahma this boon: 'Only a legitimate son of Shiva shall be your slayer.'”

इति कल्पितमृत्युः स देवदेवैर्महासुरः | शिवौरससुताभावाज्-जगर्ज च ननन्द च || ११ ||

iti kalpita-mṛtyuḥ sa deva-devair-mahāsuraḥ | śivaurasa-sutā-bhāvāj-jagarja ca na-nanda ca || 11 ||

11. "With his death thus fixed by Brahma, the great demon, realizing no lawful son of Shiva existed, roared and rejoiced."

तेन चोपद्रुताः सर्वे स्वस्थानात्प्रच्युताः सुराः | शिवौरससुताभावाच्चिन्तामापुर्दुरत्ययाम् || १२ ||

tena copadrutāḥ sarve svasthānāt-pracyutāḥ surāḥ | śivaurasa-sutā-bhāvāc-cintāmā-purduratyayām || 12 ||

12. "And all the gods, attacked by Taraka and driven from their own homes, lived in a state of persistent anxiety due to the absence of any legitimate son of Shiva."

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Scripture class on the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam's Devi Gita , Chapter I, verses 6 to 9, by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Sarasawati given on Zoom to students of Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 23 March 2022.

सौभाग्यरहितं जातं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् | शक्तीहीनं जगत्सर्वं साब्धिद्वीपं सपर्वतम् || ६ ||

saubhāgya-rahitaṃ jātaṃ trailokyaṃ sa-carācaram | śaktī-hīnaṃ jagat-sarvaṃ sābdhi-dvīpaṃ sa-parvatam || 6 ||

6. "Meanwhile, the three-tiered universe, with all that is mobile and immobile, lost its auspicious charm when the entire world with its oceans continents, and mountains, was bereft of energy."

आनन्दः शुष्कतां यातः सर्वेषां हृदयान्तरे | उदासीनाः सर्वलोकाश्चिन्ताजर्जरचेतसः || ७ ||

ānandaḥ śuṣkatāṃ yātaḥ sarveṣāṃ hṛdayāntare | udāsīnāḥ sarva-lokāścintā-jarjara-cetasaḥ || 7 ||

7. "Joy shriveled up in the heart of each and every being. All peoples were despondent, their careworn spirits exhausted."

सदा दुःखोदधौ मग्ना रोगग्रस्तास्तदाऽभवन् | ग्रहाणां देवतानां च वैपरीत्येन वर्तनम् || ८ ||

sadā duḥkho-dadhau magnā roga-grastās-tadā'bhavan | grahāṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca vaiparītyena vartanam || 8 ||

8. "Then, ever drowning in a sea of misery, they were consumed by disease. The planets retrograded ominously; the fortunes of the gods declined."

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Scripture class on Devi Gita, Chapter I, verses 3-5, by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Sarasawti given on Zoom to students of Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 16 March 2022.

व्यास उवाच धन्य्ऽओसि कृतकृत्य्ऽओसि शिक्षित्ऽओसि महात्मभिः | भाग्यवानसि यद्-देव्यां निर्व्याजा भक्तिरस्ति ते || ३ ||

vyāsa uvāca dhany'osi kṛta-kṛty'osi śikṣit'osi mahātma-bhiḥ | bhāgyavān-asi yad-devyāṃ nirvyājā bhaktirasti te || 3 ||

Vyasa said: "You are blessed and completely fulfilled; you have been taught by those of great heart and you are fortunate, for you possess true devotion to the Goddess."

शृणु राजन्पुरा वृत्तं सतीदेहेऽग्निभर्जिते | भ्रान्तः शिवस्तु बभ्राम क्वचिद्देशे स्थिरोऽभवत् || ४ ||

śṛṇu rājan-purā vṛttaṃ satī-dehe'gni-bharjite | bhrāntaḥ śivastu babhrāma kvacid-deśe sthiro'bhavat || 4 ||

"Hear, O King, this ancient tale. When the body of Sati was consumed in flames, the bewildered Shiva wandered about, falling here and there motionless on the ground."

प्रपञ्चमानरहितः समाधिगतमानसः | ध्यायन्देवीस्वरूपं तु कालं निन्ये स आत्मवान् || ५ ||

prapañca-māna-rahitaḥ samādhi-gata-mānasaḥ | dhyāyan-devī-svarūpaṃ tu kālaṃ ninye sa ātmavān || 5 ||

"He was unaware of the manifest world, His mind being fully absorbed. Regaining His self-composure, He passed the time contemplating the true form of the Goddess."

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Scripture class on Devi Gita, Chapter I, verses 1 & 2, by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati given on Zoom to students of Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 9 March 2022.

जनमेजय उवाच

janamejaya uvāca

Janamejaya said:

धराधराधीश मौलावाविरासीत्परं महः | यदुक्तं भवता पूर्वं विस्तरात् तद्वदस्व मे || १ ||

dharādharādhīśa maulāvāvirāsīt-paraṃ mahaḥ | yaduktaṃ bhavatā pūrvaṃ vistarāt tad-vadasva me || 1 ||

"You said earlier that the supreme lustrous power manifested itself on the crest of the Himalaya, the Mountain Lord. This you mentioned only in passing. Now explain it to me in full detail."

को विरज्येत मतिमान् पिबञ्छक्तिकत्ःआमृतम् | सुधां तु पिबतां मृत्युः स नैतच्छृण्वतो भवेत् || २||

ko virajyeta matimān pibañchakti-katḥāmṛtam | sudhāṃ tu pibatāṃ mṛtyuḥ sa naitacchṛṇvato bhavet || 2||

"What thoughtful person would ever tire of drinking the nectarine tales of Shakti? Death comes even to those who drink divine ambrosia, but not to one who hears this act of Hers."

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