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Devi Gita (Class 30): ”May I Become One With You” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 71-74 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 13 April 2023.
न जानेऽस्मत्पितॄणां किं स्थानं स्यान्निर्मितं परम् |
एतादृशानां वास्याय येषां वंशेऽस्ति मादृशः || ७१ ||
na jāne’smat-pitṝṇāṃ kiṃ sthānaṃ syānnirmitaṃ param |
etādṛśānāṃ vāsyāya yeṣāṃ vaṃśe’sti mādṛśaḥ || 71 ||
71. "I know not what heavenly realm has been prepared for my ancestors to rest in, so blessed are they to have one such as myself born in their family.
 
इदं यथा च दत्तं मे कृपया प्रेमपूर्णया |
सर्ववेदन्तान्तसिद्धं च त्वद्रूपं ब्रूहि मे तथा || ७२ ||
idaṃ yathā ca dattaṃ me kṛpayā prema-pūrṇayā |
sarva-vedantānta-siddhaṃ ca tvadrūpaṃ brūhi me tathā || 72 ||
72. "As you have already granted me one favor through Your loving compassion, would You also please describe for me Your true nature as explained in all the Upanishads."
 
योगं च भक्तिसहितं ज्ञानं च श्रुतिसम्मतम् |
वदस्व परमेशानि त्वमेवाहं यतो भवेः || ७३ ||
yogaṃ ca bhakti-sahitaṃ jñānaṃ ca śruti-sammatam |
vadasva parameśāni tvamevāhaṃ yato bhaveḥ || 73 ||
73. "And further describe the paths of both yoga and knowledge combined with devotion, as approved by scripture.
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रसन्नमुखपण्कजा |
वक्तुमारभथाऽम्बा सा रहस्यं श्रुतिगूहितम् || ७४ ||
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā prasanna-mukha-paṇkajā |
aktumārabhathā’mbā sā rahasyaṃ śruti-gūhitam || 74 ||
74. (Vyasa spoke): "Hearing these words of Himalaya, and with Her lotus face kindly disposed, the Mother undertook to reveal the mystic teachings hidden in scripture."

Devi Gita (Class 29): ”The World Mother Become Daughter” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 66-70 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 29 March 2023.
व्यास उवाच
vyāsa uvāca
Vyasa said:
 
हिमालयोऽपि तच्छ्रुत्वात्यनुग्रह-करम् वचः |
बाष्पैः संरुद्धकण्ठाक्षो महाराज्ञीं वचोऽब्रवीत् || ६६ ||
himālayo’pi tacchrutvātyanugraha-karam vacaḥ |
bāṣpaiḥ saṃ-ruddha-kaṇṭhākṣo mahā-rājñīṃ vaco’bravīt || 66 ||
66. "Hearing Her exceedingly kind words, Himalaya on his part replied to the Great Sovereign Queen, his eyes and throat congested with tears."
महत्तरं तं कुरुषे यस्यानुग्रहमिच्छसि |
नोचेत् क्वाऽहं जडः स्थाणुः क्व त्वं सच्चित्स्वरूपिणी || ६७ ||
mahattaraṃ taṃ kuruṣe yasyānugraham-icchasi |
nocet kvā’haṃ jaḍaḥ sthāṇuḥ kva tvaṃ sac-cit-svarūpiṇī || 67 ||
67. "You greatly ennoble whomever You wish to favor. For who am I, so dull and motionless, compared to You who embody infinite being and consciousness?"
 
असम्भाव्यं जन्मशतैस्त्वत्पितृत्वं ममानघे |
अश्वमेधादिपुण्यैर्वा पुण्यैर्वा तत्समाधिजैः || ६८ ||
asambhāvyaṃ janma-śataistvat-pitṛ-tvaṃ mamānaghe |
aśvamedhādi-puṇyairvā puṇyairvā tat-samādhijaiḥ || 68 ||
68. "That I should become Your father in the course of hundreds of births is astonishing, O Faultless One, even with all the merit gained by performing horse sacrifices and other religious penances."
 
अद्य प्रपञ्च कीर्तिः स्याज्जगन्माता सुताभवत् |
अहो हिमालयस्यास्य धन्योऽसौ भाग्यवानिति || ६९ ||
adya prapañca kīrtiḥ syāj-jagan-mātā sutā-bhavat |
aho himālayasyāsya dhanyo’sau bhāgyavān-iti || 69 ||
69. "Now I shall be renowned, for all the world will think: 'The World Mother has become the daughter of that Himalaya, wonder of wonders! How blessed and fortunate is he'."
 
यस्यास्तु जठरे सन्ति ब्रह्माण्डानां च कोटयः |
सैव यस्य सुता जाता को वा स्यात्तत्समो भुवि || ७० ||
yasyāstu jaṭhare santi brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca koṭayaḥ |
saiva yasya sutā jātā ko vā syāt-tat-samo bhuvi || 70 ||
70. "She whose womb contains tens of millions of worlds has been born as his daughter—who on earth is his equal?"
 
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Devi Gita (Class 28): ”Daughter of the Mountain” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 63-65 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 15 March 2023.
इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच परमेश्वरी |मम शक्तिस्तु या गौरी भविष्यति हिमालये || ६३ ||iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā provāca parameśvarī |mama śaktistu yā gaurī bhaviṣyati himālaye || 63 ||63. (Vyasa continued): "The Supreme Ruler listened to these words of theirs and gave reply." (The Goddess spoke): "My potency who is Gauri will be born to Himalaya."
शिवाय सा प्रदेया स्यात् सा वः कार्यं विधास्यति |भक्तिर्यच्चरणाम्भोजे भूयाद्युष्माकमादरात् || ६४ ||śivāya sā pradeyā syāt sā vaḥ kāryaṃ vidhāsyati |bhaktiryaccaraṇāmbhoje bhūyādyuṣmā-kamādarāt || 64 ||64. "She will be given in marriage to Shiva and will furnish what you need. You shall be devoted to My lotus feet due to Your earnest desire."
हिमालयो हि मनसा मामुपास्तेतिभक्तितः |ततस्तस्य गृहे जन्म मम प्रियकरं मतम् || ६५ ||himālayo hi manasā mām-upāste’ti-bhaktitaḥ |tatastasya gṛhe janma mama priyakaraṃ matam || 65 ||65. "Himalaya, moved by intense devotion, truly worships Me in his heart. Thus I consider it a pleasure to take birth in his house."
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Devi Gita (Class 27): ”Our Foremost Wish” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 58-62 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 8 March 2023.
 
ना’ज्ञातं किञ्चिदप्यत्र भवत्या’स्ति जगत्त्रये || ५८ ||
nā’jñātaṃ kiñcidapyatra bhavatyā’sti jagat-traye || 58 ||
58. (The Gods said): “Nothing here in the three worlds is unknown to You
 
सर्वज्णया सर्वसाक्षिरूपिण्या परमेश्वरि |
तारकेणासुरेन्द्रेण पीडिताः स्मो दिवानिशम् || ५९ ||
sarva-jṇayā sarva-sākṣi-rūpiṇyā parameśvari |
tārakeṇāsurendreṇa pīḍitāḥ smo divāniśam || 59 ||
59. Who are omniscient, the incarnate witness of all, O Supreme Ruler. The demon chief Taraka torments us day and night.
 
शिवाङ्गजाद्वधस्तस्य निर्मित्तो ब्रह्मणा शिवे |
शिवाण्गना तु नैवास्ति जानासि त्वं महेश्वरि || ६० ||
śivāṅgajādvad-hastasya nirmitto brahmaṇā śive |
śivāṇganā tu naivāsti jānāsi tvaṃ maheśvari || 60 ||
60. His death shall come only at the hands of Shiva’s son—so has Brahma arranged, O Auspicious One. But as You know, Great Ruler, Shiva has no wife.
 
सर्वज्ञपुरतः किं वा वक्तव्यं पामरैर्जनैः |
एतदुद्देशतः प्रोक्तमपरं तर्कया’म्बिके || ६१ ||
sarva-jña-purataḥ kiṃ vā vaktavyaṃ pāmarairjanaiḥ |
etaduddeśataḥ proktama-paraṃ tarkayā’mbike || 61 ||
61. What can ignorant beings reveal to one who is omniscient? Such is our situation in brief; You can infer the rest, O Mother.
 
सर्वदा चरणाम्भोजे  भक्तिः स्यात् तव निश्चला |
प्रार्थनीयमिदं मुख्यमपरं देहहेतवे || ६२ || ||
sarvadā caraṇāmbhoje  bhaktiḥ syāt tava niścalā |
prārthanīyamidaṃ mukhyamaparaṃ dehahetave || 62 ||
62. May we always show unswerving devotion to Your lotus feet; This is our foremost wish. We also pray that You will assume a body."
 

[AUDIO ONLY] Devi Gita (Class 26): ”The Goddess Speaks” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 54- 57 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 1 March 2023.
इति स्तुता तदा देवैर्मणिद्वीपाधिवासिनी |
प्राह वाचा मधुरया मत्तकोकिलनिःस्वना || ५४ ||
iti stutā tadā devair-maṇi-dvīpādhi-vāsinī |
prāha vācā madhurayā matta-kokila-niḥsvanā || 54 ||
54. "Thus praised by the gods, She who dwells in the Jeweled Island then answered in the sweet, joyous tones of the cuckoo."
 
श्रीदेव्युवाच वदन्तु विबुधाः कार्यं यदर्थमिहिअ सङ्गताः |
वरदा हं सदा भक्तकामकल्पद्रुमा स्मि च || ५५ ||
śrī-devyuvāca vadantu vibudhāḥ kāryaṃ yadarthamihia saṅgatāḥ |
varadā haṃ sadā bhakta-kāma-kalpa-drumā smi ca || 55 ||
55. The blessed Goddess said: “O wise gods, explain the reason that brings you together here. I am ever the bestower of boons, a wish-yeiliding tree to devotees.”
 
तिष्ठन्त्यां मयि का चिन्ता युष्माकं भक्तिशालिनाम् |
समुद्धरामि मद्भक्तान् दुःखसंसारसागरात् || ५६ ||
tiṣṭhantyāṃ mayi kā cintā yuṣmākaṃ bhakti-śālinām |
samud-dharāmi madbhaktān duḥkha-saṃsāra-sāgarāt || 56 ||
56. "You shine with devotion, so why are you anxious when I stand nearby? I rescue my devotees from the troubled ocean of samsara."
 
इति प्रतिज्ञां मे सत्यां जानीथ विबुधोत्तमाः |
इति प्रेमाकुलां वाणीं श्रुत्वा सन्तुष्टमानसाः || ५७
iti pratijñāṃ me satyāṃ jānītha vibudhottamāḥ |
iti premākulāṃ vāṇīṃ śrutvā santuṣṭamānasāḥ || 56.
56. "Know this promise of Mine to be sincere, O best of the gods." (Vyāsa continued): "Hearing these words infused with loving joy, the gods were satisfied in their hearts."
 
निर्भया निर्जरा राजन्नूचुर्दुःखं स्वकीयकम् | ५८ |
nirbhayā nirjarā rājannūcurduḥkhaṃ svakīyakam | 58 |
58. "Freed from fear, the immortals described their own ordeals, O King."

[VIDEO] Devi Gita (Class 26): ”The Goddess Speaks” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 54- 57 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 1 March 2023.
इति स्तुता तदा देवैर्मणिद्वीपाधिवासिनी |
प्राह वाचा मधुरया मत्तकोकिलनिःस्वना || ५४ ||
iti stutā tadā devair-maṇi-dvīpādhi-vāsinī |
prāha vācā madhurayā matta-kokila-niḥsvanā || 54 ||
54. "Thus praised by the gods, She who dwells in the Jeweled Island then answered in the sweet, joyous tones of the cuckoo."
 
श्रीदेव्युवाच वदन्तु विबुधाः कार्यं यदर्थमिहिअ सङ्गताः |
वरदा हं सदा भक्तकामकल्पद्रुमा स्मि च || ५५ ||
śrī-devyuvāca vadantu vibudhāḥ kāryaṃ yadarthamihia saṅgatāḥ |
varadā haṃ sadā bhakta-kāma-kalpa-drumā smi ca || 55 ||
55. The blessed Goddess said: “O wise gods, explain the reason that brings you together here. I am ever the bestower of boons, a wish-yeiliding tree to devotees.”
 
तिष्ठन्त्यां मयि का चिन्ता युष्माकं भक्तिशालिनाम् |
समुद्धरामि मद्भक्तान् दुःखसंसारसागरात् || ५६ ||
tiṣṭhantyāṃ mayi kā cintā yuṣmākaṃ bhakti-śālinām |
samud-dharāmi madbhaktān duḥkha-saṃsāra-sāgarāt || 56 ||
56. "You shine with devotion, so why are you anxious when I stand nearby? I rescue my devotees from the troubled ocean of samsara."
 
इति प्रतिज्ञां मे सत्यां जानीथ विबुधोत्तमाः |
इति प्रेमाकुलां वाणीं श्रुत्वा सन्तुष्टमानसाः || ५७
iti pratijñāṃ me satyāṃ jānītha vibudhottamāḥ |
iti premākulāṃ vāṇīṃ śrutvā santuṣṭamānasāḥ || 56.
56. "Know this promise of Mine to be sincere, O best of the gods." (Vyāsa continued): "Hearing these words infused with loving joy, the gods were satisfied in their hearts."
 
निर्भया निर्जरा राजन्नूचुर्दुःखं स्वकीयकम् | ५८ |
nirbhayā nirjarā rājannūcurduḥkhaṃ svakīyakam | 58 |
58. "Freed from fear, the immortals described their own ordeals, O King."

Devi Gita (Class 25): ”Tat Tvam Asi” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 51-53 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 22 February 2023. 
नुमस्तत्पदालक्ष्यार्थां चिदेकरसरूपिणीम् |अखण्डानन्दरूपां तां वेदतात्पर्यभूमिकाम् || ५१ ||numastat-padālakṣyārthāṃ cide-kara-sarūpiṇīm |akhaṇḍānanda-rūpāṃ tāṃ veda-tātparya-bhūmikām || 51 ||51. "We glorify Her whose essence is pure consciousness, represented by the world Tat, and whose nature is undiminished bliss. It is She to whom the Vedas refer as their goal."
पञ्चकोषातिरिक्तां तामवास्थात्रयसाक्षिणीम् |पुनस्त्वम्पदलक्ष्यार्थां प्रत्यगात्मस्वरूपिणीम् || ५२ ||pañca-koṣā-tiriktāṃ tāmavāsthā-traya-sākṣiṇīm |punas-tvam-pada-lakṣyārthāṃ pratyagātma-svarūpiṇīm || 52 ||52. "Transcending the five sheaths, witness of the three states of consciousness, She is also in essence the individual soul, represented by the word Tvam."
नमः प्रणवरूपायै नमो ह्रींकारमूर्तये |नानामन्त्रात्मिकायै ते करुणायै नमो नमः || ५३ ||namaḥ praṇava-rūpāyai namo hrīṃ-kāra-mūrtaye |nānā-mantrātmikāyai te karuṇāyai namo namaḥ || 53 ||53. "Hail to Her in the form of the syllable Om, hail to Her embodied in the syllable Hrīm. To Her composed of manifold mantras, that is to You the compassionate Goddess, hail! Hail!"

Devi Gita (Class 24): ”She Shows Herself as the World” by Swami Bhajananananda Saraswati

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 49 - 50, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 15 February 2023.
(Note: We are having trouble uploading the video of this class. At present only the audio is available.)
नमोविराट्स्वरूपिण्यै नमः सूत्रात्ममूर्तये |
नमोव्याकृतरूपिण्यै नमः श्रीब्रह्ममूर्तये || ४९ ||
namo-virāṭ-svarūpiṇyai  namaḥ sūtrātma-mūrtaye |
namo'vyākṛta-rūpiṇyai namaḥ śrī-brahma-mūrtaye || 49 ||
49. "Hail to Her in the form of the Cosmic Body; hail to Her in the form of the Cosmic Soul; Hail to Her in the Unmanifest State; hail to Her in the form of the glorious Brahman."
 
यदज्ञनाज्जगद्भाति रज्जुसर्पस्रगादिवत् |
यज्ज्ञानाल्लयमाप्नोति नुमस्तां भुनेश्वरीम् || ५० ||
yad-ajñanāj-jagad-bhāti rajju-sarpa-sragādivat |
yaj-jñānāl-layamāpnoti numastāṃ bhuneśvarīm || 50 ||
50. "Through Her power of ignorance, She shows Herself as the world, like a rope appearing as a serpent, wreath, and the like. Through Her power of knowledge, She dissolves the world back into Herself. We glorify Her, Ruler of the Universe."

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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Devi Gita (class 22): ”The Color of Fire” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 45, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 14 September 2022.
तामग्निवर्णां तपसा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोव्चनीं कर्माफलेषु जुष्टाम् |दुर्गां देवीं शरणमहम् प्रपद्ये सुतरसि तरसे नमः || ४५ ||
tām-agni-varṇāṃ tapasā jvalantīṃvairovcanīṃ karmā-phaleṣu juṣṭām |durgāṃ devīṃ śaraṇamahamprapadye sutarasi tarase namaḥ || 45 ||
45. "To Her, the color of fire, blazing like the sun with ascetic power, and who is worshiped for attaining the fruit of action, to Her, the Goddess Durga, I go for refuge. Hail to the raft of swift crossing."
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