Kali Mandir Satsang

Devi Gita (class 17): ”She Was Adorned” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 33-35, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 10 August 2022.
कनकाण्गदाकेयूरग्रैवेयकविभूषिताम् |
अनर्घ्यमणिसम्भिन्नगलबन्धविराजिताम् || ३३ ||
kanakāṇgadā-keyūra-graiveyaka-vibhūṣitām |
anarghya-maṇi-sambhinna-gala-bandha-virājitām || 33 ||
33. "She was adorned with a necklace, armlets, and bracelets of gold, Her throat resplendent with a chain of priceless gems."
 
तनुकेतकसंराजन्नीलभ्रमरकुन्तलाम् |
नितम्बबिम्बसुभगां रोमराजिविराजिताम् || ३४ ||
tanu-ketaka-saṃrājan-nīla-bhramara-kuntalām |
nitamba-bimba-subhagāṃ romarāji-virājitām || 34 ||
34. "The locks on Her cheeks shimmered like black bees swarming on delicate Ketka blooms. An exquisite line of down on Her midriff enhanced the charm of Her shapely hips."
 
कर्पूरशकलोन्मिश्रताम्बूलपूरिताननाम् |
कनत्कनकताटङ्कविटङ्कवदनाम्बुजाम् || ३५ ||
karpūra-śakalon-miśra-tāmbūla-pūritānanām |
kanat-kanaka-tāṭaṅka-viṭaṅka-vadanāmbujām || 35 ||
35. "She was chewing on Tambula mixed with bits of (mint) camphor. Pendent earrings of shining gold graced Her lotus face."
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”Stories of Swami Saradeshananda” (Part II) by Swami Chetanananda

Discourse by Rev. Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louise on his book "Stories of Vedanta Monks", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 6 August 2022.
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Devi Gita (class 16): ”Swelling Buds of the Lotus” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 32, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 3 August 2022.
उद्यत्पीनकुचद्वन्द्वनिन्दिताम्भोजकुड्मलाम् |
रणत्किण्किणिकाजालसिञ्जन्मञ्जीरमेखलाम् || ३२ ||
udyat-pīna-kuca-dvandva-ninditām-bhoja-kuḍmalām |
raṇat-kiṇkiṇi-kājāla-siñjan-mañjīra-mekhalām || 32 ||
32. "Her full, upraised breasts put to shame the swelling buds of the lotus.Her girdle and anklets jingled with clusters of tinkling bells."
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”Stories Swami Sharadeshananda” (Part I) by Swami Chetanananda

Discourse by Rev. Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louise on his book "Stories of Vedanta Monks", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 30 July 2022.
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”Storeis of Swami Saradeshananda” part IV, by Swami Chetanananda

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 30 July 2022. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks) as he remembers Gopesh Maharaj, Swami Saradeshananda, the great ascetic disciple of Holy Mother.
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”Control of the Mind” from the letters of Swami Madhavananda, by Swami Chetanananda

Discourse by Rev. Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louise on his book "Stories of Vedanta Monks" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 23 July 2022.

Devi Gita (class 15): ”In the Form of a Woman” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 31 given to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 29 June 2022.
तावत्तदेव स्त्रीरूपेणाभाद्दिव्यं मनोहरम् |अतीव रमणीयाङ्गीं कुमारीं नवयौवनाम् || ३१ ||
tāvat-tadeva strī-rūpeṇābhād-divyaṃ mano-haram |atīva ramaṇīyāṅgīṃ kumārīṃ nava-yauvanām || 31 ||
"…that light appearing now in the form of a woman, charming and delightful. She was exceedingly beautiful of limb, a maiden in the freshness of youth."
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Devi Gita (class 14): ”Without Beginning or End” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 28 - 30 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 22 June 2022 on Zoom.
विद्युत्कोटिसमानाभमरुणं तत्परं महः |नैव चोर्ध्वं न तिर्यक्च न मध्ये परिजग्रभत् || २८ ||
vidyut-koṭi-samānā-bhamaruṇaṃ tat-paraṃ mahaḥ |naiva cordhvaṃ na tiryak-ca na madhye pari-jagrabhat || 28 ||
"Flashing like ten million streaks of lightning tinged with red, that supreme lustrous power shone forth encompassed above, across, and in the middle."
आद्यन्तरहितं तत्तु न हस्ताद्यङ्गसंयुतम् |न च स्त्रीरूपमथवा न पुंरूपमथोभयम् || २९ ||
ādyantara-hitaṃ tattu na hastādyaṅga-saṃyutam |na ca strī-rūpam-athavā na puṃ-rūpam-athobhayam || 29 ||
"Without beginning or end, it had no body, no hands, no other limbs, nor did it have a woman’s form, a man’s form, nor the two combined."
दीप्त्या पिधानं नेत्राणां तेषामासीन्महिपते |पुनश्च धैर्यामालम्ब्य यावत् ते ददृशुः सुराः || ३० ||
dīptyā pidhānaṃ netrāṇāṃ teṣāmāsīn-mahipate |punaśca dhairyām-ālambya yāvat te dadṛśuḥ surāḥ || 30 ||
"The dazzling brilliance blinded the eyes of the gods O King. When again their vision returned, the gods beheld..."
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Devi Gita (class 13): ”Like Ten Million Suns” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 27 & 28 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 15 June 2022 on Zoom.
चतुर्दिक्षु चतुर्वेदैर्मूर्तिमद्भिरभिष्टुतम् |कोटिसूर्याप्रतीकाशं चन्द्रकोटिसुशीतलम् || २७ ||
catur-dikṣu catur-vedair-mūrtimadbhir-abhiṣṭutam |koṭi-sūryā-pratīkāśaṃ candra-koṭi-suśītalam || 27 ||
"Praised on all sides by the four Vedas incarnate, It blazed like ten million suns, yet soothed like ten million moons."
विद्युत्कोटिसमानाभमरुणं तत्परं महः |नैव चोर्ध्वं न तिर्यक्च न मध्ये परिजग्रभत् || २८ ||
vidyut-koṭi-samānā-bhamaruṇaṃ tat-paraṃ mahaḥ |naiva cordhvaṃ na tiryak-ca na madhye pari-jagrabhat || 28 ||
"Flashing like ten million streaks of lightning tinged with red, that supreme lustrous power, shone forth encompassed above, across, and in the middle."
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Devi Gita (class 12): ”Appeared before the Gods” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 26 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 8 June 2022 on Zoom.
अकस्माच्चैत्रमासीयनवम्यां च भृगोर्दिने |प्रादुर्बभूव पुरतस्तन्महः श्रुतिबोधितम् || २६ ||
akasmāc-caitra-māsīya-navamyāṃ ca bhṛgordine |prādurbabhūva purata-stan-mahaḥ śruti-bodhitam || 26 ||
"Suddenly, on the ninth lunar day in the month of Caitra, on a Friday, That lustrous power revealed in scripture appeared before the gods."_____________________
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