Kali Mandir Satsang

Kali Sahashranama (talk 10) "Galand of Heads" etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 65 through 73 from verse 9 and 10.
māheśvarī ca cāmuṇdā vārāhī nāra-siṁhikā | vajrāṅgī Vajra-kaṅkālī nṛmuṇda-sragviṇī śivā |9|
Vajrāṅgī– She who has limbs of lightning/diamond
Vajra-kaṅkālī– She who has bones of lightning/diamond
Nṛmuṇda-sragviṇī– She who is adorned with a garland of human heads
Śivā– She who is Shiva
mālinī nara-muṇdālī galat-rudhira-bhūṣaṇā | rakta-canda-nasiktāṅgī sindūrāruṇa-mastakā |10|
Mālinī – She who wears a garland
Nara-muṇdālī– She who holds a human head
Galat-rudhira-bhūṣaṇā– She whose neck is adorned with blood
Rakta-canda-nasiktāṅgī– She whose limbs are smeared with red sandal paste
Sindūrāruṇa-mastakā– She whose forehead is marked with vermillion
 

Krishna Knocks Over the Arjuna Trees: The Hymn of the Guhyakas Part 1

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 10, V. 23-29

Divine Mother

by Swami Sarvadevananda of Vedanta Society of Hollywood

Talk on Phalaharani Kali Puja

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Discourse given during Kali Mandir's Annual Festival

Kali Sahashranama (Talk 9): "The Man-lion" etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 61 through 64 from verse 9.
māheśvarī ca cāmuṇdā vārāhī nārasiṁhikā | vajrāṅgī vajrakaṅkālī nṛmuṇdasragviṇī śivā |9|
Māheśvarī – She who is Shiva, the great controller
Cāmuṇdā– She who beheaded Chanda and Munda
63. Vārāhī – She who has the form of boar
Nārasiṁhikā – She who has the form of a man-lion

Krishna Tied to the Mortar / Narada's Curse of Kubera's Sons

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 9, V. 1-22

Kali Sahasranama (Talk 8): "Lover of Devotees" etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 52 through 59 from verse 8.
nīlā-ghanā valākā ca mātrā mudrāmitāsitā | brāhmī nārāyaṇī bhadrā subhadrā bhakta-vatsalā |8|
Nīlā-ghanā– She who is blue like a rain cloud
Valākā – She who is swan-like
Mudrāmitā-sitā – She who shows elegant gestures
Brāhmī – She who is Brahma
Nārāyaṇī – She who is Narayana
Bhadrā – She who is good
 Subhadrā– She who is excellent
Bhakta-vatsalā– She who loves devotees

Mother Yashoda Sees the Universe in Sri Krishna's Mouth

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 8, V. 21-52

Kali Sahashranama (Talk 6): "The Dark One" etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 34 through 43 from verse 6.
kumārī kulajā kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇa-dehā kṛśo-dārā | kṛśāṁgī kuliśāṁgī ca krīṁ-kārī kamala kalā || 6 ||
Kumārī – She who is a young girl
Kulajā – She who is well born
Kṛṣṇā– She who is dark
Kṛṣṇa-dehā – She who has a dark body
Kṛśo-dārā – She who has a thin waist (holds all action)
Kṛśāṁgī – She who has a thin body
Kuliśāṁgī – She whose body is like a lightning bolt
Krīṁ-kārī – She is the sound “Kring”
Kamala– She who is a lotus (Lakshmi)
Kalā – She who is art
 
 

Name Giving Ceremony of Krishna and Balaram by Garga Muni

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 8, V. 1-20