"Reintroducing the Bhagavatam" Satsang with Swami Bhajanananda

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.

Devi Gita (Class 40): "Self is Consciousness & Bliss" by Swami Bhajanananda

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."

Devi Gita (Class 38): "Consciousness is Eternal" by Swami Bhajanananda

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 |संविदो व्यभिचारश्च नाऽनुभूतोऽस्ति कर्हिछित् || १५ ||jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptyādau dṛśyasya vyabhicārataḥ |saṃvido vyabhicāraśca nā'nubhūto'sti karhichit || 15 ||15. "The visible world appears and disappears constantly in the various states of waking, dream, and deep sleep."
यदि तस्याऽप्यनुभवस्तर्ह्ययं येन साक्शिणा |अनुभूतः स एवाऽत्र शिष्टः संविद्वपुः पुरा || १६ ||yadi tasyā'pyanubhavastarhyayaṃ yena sākśiṇā |anubhūtaḥ sa evā'tra śiṣṭaḥ saṃvidvapuḥ purā || 16 ||16. "Even if this consciousness itself became an object of perception, then the witness of that perception would abide as the real pure consciousness, as before."
अत एव नित्यत्वं प्रोक्तं सछास्त्रकोविदैः |आनन्दरूपता चऽस्याः परप्रेमास्पदत्वतह् || १७ ||ata eva nitya-tvaṃ proktaṃ sachāstra-kovidaiḥ |ānanda-rūpatā ca'syāḥ para-premāspadatvatah || 17 ||17. "And so those versed in religious treaties regarding the real declare consciousness to be eternal. Its nature is bliss, for it is the object of supreme love."

Kālī Sahasranāma (talk 52): "She Who is Music" etc. by Swami Bhajanananda

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 |कलकण्ठी कम्बुकण्ठी वेणुवीणापरायणा || ४२ ||ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā rāgiṇī śobhana-svarā |kala-kaṇṭhī kambu-kaṇṭhī veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā || 42 ||
340. रागिणी rāgiṇī341. शोभनस्वरा śobhana-svarā 342. कलकण्ठी kala-kaṇṭhī343. कम्बुकण्ठी kambu-kaṇṭhī344. वेणुवीणापरायणा veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā

Kālī Sahasranāma (talk 51): "She Who Resides in the Vedas" etc. by Swami Bhajanananda

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 337 through 339 of verses 41 & 52of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 22 March 2025.
337. यज्ञकर्त्री yajña-kartrī  338. यजुःप्रिया yajuḥ-priyā339. ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā
 
भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती |वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया || ४१ ||bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī |vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā || 41 ||
ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया रागिणी शोभनस्वरा |कलकण्ठी कम्बुकण्ठी वेणुवीणापरायणा || ४२ ||ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā rāgiṇī śobhana-svarā |kala-kaṇṭhī kambu-kaṇṭhī veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā || 42 ||

Kālī Sahasranāma (talk 50): "She Who is the Goddess of Vibration" etc. by Swami Bhajanananda

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 334 through 336 of verse 41 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 15 March 2025.
भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती |वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया |४१|
bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī |vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā |41|
 vāgīśvarī– She Who is the Supreme Ruler of All Vibrations |334 śrīḥ - She Who is Respect |335 yamunā– She Who Manifests Complete Control |336

Kālī Sahasranāma (talk 49): "She Who is Terrible" etc. by Swami Bhajanananda

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 327 through 332 of verses 40 & 41 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 9 March 2025.
 
सत्यवती धर्मनिष्ठा श्रेष्था निष्ठुरनादिनी |
गरिष्ठा दुष्टसṁहर्ती विशिष्टा श्रेयसी घृणा |४०|
भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती |
वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया |४१|
satyavatī dharma-niṣṭhā śreṣthā niṣṭhura-nādinī |
gariṣṭhā duṣṭa-saṁhartī viśiṣṭā śreyasī ghṛṇā |40|
bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī |
vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā |41|
 
śreyasī |327
ghṛṇā |328
bhīmā |329
bhayānakā |330
bhīma-nādinī |331
bhīḥ |332

Kālī Sahasranāma (talk 48): "She Who is Distinct" etc. by Swami Bhajanananda

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 320 through 325 of veres 40 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 28 December 2024.
सत्यवती धर्मनिष्ठा श्रेष्ठा निष्ठुरवादिनी । गरिष्ठा दुष्टसंहर्त्री विशिष्टा श्रेयसी घृणा ॥ ४०॥satyavatī dharma-niṣṭhā śreṣṭhā niṣṭhura-vādinī । gariṣṭhā duṣṭa-saṃhartrī viśiṣṭā śreyasī ghṛṇā ॥ 40॥
satyavatī |320dharma-niṣṭhā |321śreṣthā |322niṣṭhura-vādinī |323gariṣṭhā |324duṣa-saṁhartī |325viśiṣṭā |326

Kālī Sahasranāma (talk 46): "She Who Has A Lolling Tong" etc. by Swami Bhajanananda

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 310 through 313 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 23 November 2024.
चार्वङ्गी चञ्चला लोलजिह्वा चारुचरित्रिणी |
त्रपा त्रपावती लज्जा विलज्जा ह्रीः रजोवती |३९|
cārvaṅgī cañcalā lola-jihvā cāru-caritriṇī |
trapā trapāvatī lajjā vilajjā hrīḥ rajovatī |39|
 
310. cārvaṅgī
311. cañcalā
312. lola-jihvā
313. cāru-caritriṇī

Kālī Sahasranāma (talk 47): "She Who is Modest" etc. by Swami Bhajanananda

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 314 through 319 of verese 39 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 7 December 2024.
चार्वङ्गी चञ्चला लोलजिह्वा चारुचरित्रिणी |त्रपा त्रपावती लज्जा विलज्जा ह्रीः रजोवती |३९|cārvaṅgī cañcalā lola-jihvā cāru-caritriṇī |trapā trapāvatī lajjā vilajjā hrīḥ rajovatī |39|
314. trapā315. trapāvatī316.lajjā317. vilajjā318. hrīḥ319. rajovatī