Kali Sahasranama (talk 42): ”She Who is Delightful” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 249 & 250 of verse 33 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 2 December 2023, followed by arati and kirtan.
सुनन्दा नन्दिनी स्तुत्या स्तवनीयस्वभाविनी |
 रण्किणी भण्किनी चित्रा विचित्रा चित्ररूपिणी |३३|sunandā nandinī stutyā stavanīya-svabhāvinī |
 raṇkiṇī bhaṇkinī citrā vicitrā citra-rūpiṇī |33|
249. सुनन्दा sunandā 250. नन्दिनी nandinī
 

Devi Gita (class 23): ”The Goddess Who is Speech” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 46 - 48, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 8 February 2023.
 
देवीं वाचमजनयन्त देवास्तां विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति |
सा नो मन्द्रेषमूर्जं दुहाना धेनुर्वागस्मानुप सुष्टुतैतु || ४६ ||
devīṃ vācam-ajanayanta devā-stāṃ viśva-rūpāḥ paśavo vadanti |
sā no mandreṣam-ūrjaṃ duhānā dhenur-vāg-asmān-upa suṣṭutaitu || 46 ||
46. "The gods created the Goddess Speech, whom animals of all sorts speak. This Speech is pleasing to us, this cow yielding food and strength. She is well praised; may She come to us."
 
कालरात्रीं ब्रह्मस्तुतां वैष्णवीं स्कन्दमातरम् |
सरस्वतीमदितैं दक्षदुहितरं नमामः पावनां शिवाम् || ४७ ||
kāla-rātrīṃ brahma-stutāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ skanda-mātaram |
sarasvatīm-aditaiṃ dakṣa-duhitaraṃ namāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām || 47 ||
47. "To Kalaratri, praised by Brahma, to Vaishnavi, to the Mother of Skanda, to Saraswati, to Aditi, the Daughter of Daksha, we bow, to the pure Auspicious One."
 
महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे सर्वशक्त्यै च धीमहि |
तन्नो देवी प्रचोदयात् || ४८ ||
mahā-lakṣmyai ca vidmahe  sarva-śaktyai ca dhīmahi |
tanno devī pracodayāt || 48 ||
48. "We know You as Mahalakshmi, we meditate on You as the Shakti of all.May the Goddess inspire that knowledge and meditation of ours."
 
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Kali Sahashranam: She Who is the River Ganga

Pravachan (discourse) by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Goddess Kali. Swamiji discuses name 207 “Ganga”.

Kali Sahashranam: She Who Is Immovable

Pravachan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali). 203. Niścalā – She who is immovable (om niścalāyai namah) 204. Lolā – She who has lolling tongue (om lolāyai namah) 205. Sarva-vidyā – She who is all knowledge (om sarva-vidyāyai namah) 206. Tapasvinī – She who performs austerities (om tapasvinyai namah)

Kali Sahashranam: Aparna

Satsang with Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Kali
 
Verses 98-202

Kali Sahashranam: She Who is What is Heard (Vedas)

Satsanga with Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahasranama (the Thousand Names of Goddess Kāli). In this discourse Swamiji discusses names 195 through 198 from verse 27 (given below). śrutiḥ smṛtir-mahā-vidyā guhya-vidyā purātanī | cintyācintyā svadhā svāhā nidrā tandrā ca pārvatī |27| 190. Śrutiḥ– She who is what is heard (Vedas) 191. Smṛtiḥ - She who is what is remembered 192. Mahā-vidyā– She who is the great knowledge 193. Guhya-vidyā– She who is hidden knowledge 194. Purātanī– She who is ancient 195. Cintyā – She who is thinkable 196. Acintyā– She who is unthinkable 197. Svadhā– She who is the mantra “svadhā” 198. Svāhā– She who is the mantra “svāhā” 199. Nidrā– She who is sleep 200. Tandrā – She who is half awake 201. Pārvatī– She who is the daughter of the mountain

Kali Sahashranam: She Who Knows Knowledge

Satsang by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali). 
In this class Swamiji discusses names 185 through 194 from verses 26 and 27 (given below). vidyā-dharī vasumatī yakṣiṇī yogini jarā | rākṣaśī dakini veda -mayī veda-vibhūṣaṇā |26| 181. Vidyā-dharī– She who holds knowledge 182. Vasumatī– She who is wealth 183. Yakṣiṇī– She who is a Yakshi/ who guards wealth 184. Yogini– She who is in union 185. Jarā– She who is elderly 186. Rākṣaśī– She who is a demon 187. Dakini– She who is a Dakini 188. Veda-mayī – She who is the Vedas 189. Veda-vibhūṣaṇā – She who is decorated by the Vedas śrutiḥ smṛtir-mahā-vidyā guhya-vidyā purātanī | cintyā-cintyā svadhā svāhā nidrā tandrā ca pārvatī |27| 190. Śrutiḥ– She who is what is heard (Vedas) 191. Smṛtiḥ - She who is what is remembered 192. Mahā-vidyā– She who is the great knowledge 193. Guhya-vidyā– She who is hidden knowledge 194. Purātanī– She who is ancient 195. Cintyā – She who is thinkable 196. Acintyā– She who is unthinkable 197. Svadhā– She who is the the mantra “svadhā” 198. Svāhā– She who is the mantra “svāhā” 199. Nidrā– She who is sleep 200. Tandrā – She who is half awake 201. Pārvatī– She who is the daughter of the mountain

Kali Sahashranam: She Whose Light Destroys Darkness

Discourse on “Kali Sahashranam” by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Swamiji discusses names 177 through 185 from verses 25 & 26. nāga-kanyā deva-kanyā gandharvī kinnareśvarī | moha-rātrir-mahā-rātrir -dāruṇā bhāsvarāsurī |25| 177. Moha-rātriḥ– She whothe night of ignorance 178. Mahā-rātriḥ - She who is the great night 179. Dāruṇā – She who is severe/ferocious 180. Bhāsvarāsurī– She whose light destroys darkness (who is both light and darkness) vidyā-dharī vasumatī yakṣiṇī yogini jarā | rākṣaśī dakini veda -mayī veda-vibhūṣaṇā |26|

Kali Sahashranam: She Who is the Supreme Ruler of Heavenly Beings

Pravachan (discourse) by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Goddess Kali. Swamiji discuses names 173-176. Verse 25

Kali Sahashranam: She Who Descends from the Himalayas

Satsang: Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Saharanama (Thousand Names of Kali). jagaj-jīva-mayī haimavatī māyā mahā-mahī | nāga-yajño-pavītāṅgī nāginī nāga-śāyinī |24| 166. Jagaj-jīva-mayī - She who is Herself the world and living beings 167. Haimavatī – She who descends from the Himalayas 168. Māyā – She who is the illusion 169. Mahā-mahī – She who is great and wonderful 170. Nāga-yajño-pavītāṅgī – She who wears a serpent as the sacred thread on Her body. 171. Nāginī – She Who is a serpant 172. Nāga-śāyinī – She who Rests upon serpents