Class by Rev. Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, chapter 13, verses 6 - 8 of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 21 June 2025. Brahma said: तथापि भूमन् महिमागुणस्य ते विबोद्धुम् अर्हत्य् अमलान्तरात्मभिः | अविक्रियात् स्वानुभवाद् अरूपतो ह्य् अनन्यबोध्यात्मतया न चान्यथा || ६ || tathāpi bhūman mahimāguṇasya te viboddhum arhaty amalāntar-ātmabhiḥ | avikriyāt svānubhavād arūpato hy ananya-bodhyātmatayā na cānyathā || 6 || 6. "Nevertheless, Oh Infinite One (tat...
Jul 05, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 251
Class by Rev Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 14 June 2025. Brahma said: ज्ञाने प्रयासम् उदपास्य नमन्त एव जीवन्ति सन्मुखरितां भवदीयवार्ताम् | स्थाने स्थिताह्̣ श्रुतिगतां तनुवाङ्मनोभिर् ये प्रायशोऽजित जितोऽप्य् असि तैस् त्रिलोक्याम् || ३ || jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva jjīvanti sanmukharitāṃ bhavadīyavārtām | sthāne sthitāḥ śrutigatāṃ tanuvāṅmanobhir ye prāyaśo'jita jito'py asi tais trilokyām || 3 || 3. "Thos...
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 250
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 27-34, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 18 June 2025. The Goddess said: तस्मादाकाश उत्पन्नः शब्दतन्मात्ररूपकः | भवेत् स्पर्शात्मको वायुस्तेजोरूपात्मकं पुनः || २७ || tasmādākāśa utpannaḥ śabda-tanmātra-rūpakaḥ | bhavet sparśātmako vāyus-tejo-rūpātmakaṃ punaḥ || 27 || 27. "Out of that primal substance arose ether, endowed with the subtle quality of sound. Then arose air,...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 249
Class by Rev Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, Chapter 14 of Srimad Bhagavatam, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 7 June 2025. श्रीब्रह्मोवाच नौमीद्̣य तेऽभ्रवपुस्̣ए तद्̣इदम्बराय गुञ्जावतम्́सपरिपिच्छलसन्मुखाय वन्यस्रजे कवलवेत्रविस्̣आन्̣अवेन्̣उलक्स्̣मश्रिये म्र्̣दुपदे पशुपाńगजाय śrī-brahmovāca 1. naumīḍya te 'bhra-vapuṣe taḍid-ambarāya guñjāvataḿsa-paripiccha-lasan-mukhāya vanya-sraje kavala-vetra-viṣāṇa-veṇu- lakṣma-śriye mṛdu-pade paśu-pāńgajāya Sri Brahma said: "I wo...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 248
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 22-26, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 28 May 2025. स पुनः कामकर्मादियुक्तया स्रीयमायया | पूर्वानुभूतसंस्कारात् कालकर्मविपाकतः || २२ || sa punaḥ kāma-karmādi-yuktayā srīyamāyayā | pūrvānubhūta-saṃskārāt kāla-karma-vipākataḥ || 22 || 22. "This Self, however, by its own power of Maya conjoined with desires, actions, and the like, through the influence of prior experienc...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 247
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.
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 246
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 w...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 245
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verse18, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 9 April 2025. मा न भूवं हि भूयासमिति प्रेमात्मनि स्थितम् | सर्वस्याऽन्यस्य मिथ्यात्वादसङ्गत्वं स्फुटं मम || १८ || mā na bhūvaṃ hi bhūyāsamiti premātmani sthitam | sarvasyā'nyasya mithyātvādasaṅgatvaṃ sphuṭaṃ mama || 18 || 18. "The feeling "Let me not cease to be; let me exist forever," is rooted in love for the Self. Certainly there i...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 244
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 d...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 243
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 rāgiṇī 341. शोभनस्वरा śobhana-svarā 342. कलकण्ठी kala-kaṇṭhī 343. कम्बुकण्ठी kambu-kaṇṭhī 344. वेणुवीणापरायणा veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā...
Mar 30, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 242
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 9 & 10 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 26 March 2025. एवं नानाविधानि स्युर्नामानि निगमादिषु | तस्या जडत्वं दृश्यत्वाज्ज्ञाननाशात् ततोऽसती ||११|| evaṃ nānāvidhāni syurnāmāni nigamādiṣu | tasyā jaḍa-tvaṃ dṛśya-tvāj-jñāna-nāśāt tato'satī ||11|| 11. Such are its various names found in the Vedic and other sacred texts. Since Māya is something we can perceive, it has th...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 241
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-priyā 339. 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 || ऋक्सा...
Mar 23, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 240
Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Mahara, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 25 January 2025.
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 239
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 Contr...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 238
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 bhīm...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 237
Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Mahara, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 18 January 2025.
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 236
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 |320 dharma-niṣṭhā |321 śreṣthā |322 niṣṭhura-vādinī |323 gariṣṭhā |324 duṣa-saṁhartī |325 viśiṣṭā...
Dec 29, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 235
Discourse by Pujya Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, given on Dattatreya Jayanti at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 14 December 2024.
Dec 15, 2024•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 234
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...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 233
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. trapā 315. trapāvatī 316.lajjā 317. vilajjā 318. hrīḥ 319. rajovatī...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 232
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 17 February 2024.
Jul 28, 2024•58 min•Ep. 231
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 298 through 309 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 15 June 2024, followed by arati and kirtan. कर्त्री हर्त्री पालयित्री शर्वरी तामसी दया | तमिस्रा तामसी स्थाणुः स्थिरा धीरा तपस्विनी || ३८ || kartrī hartrī pālayitrī śarvarī tāmasī dayā | tamisrā tāmasī sthāṇuḥ sthirā dhīrā tapasvinī || 38 || 298. कर्त्री kartrī 299. हर्त्री hartrī 300. पालयित्री pālayitrī 301. शर्वरी śarvarī 302. तामस...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 230
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 293 and 294 from verse 37 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 18 May 2023. 293. siddhidā 294. siddhā सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्वाणी हरवल्लभा | सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्धा भव्या भाव्या भयापहा || ३७ || sarveśvarī sarva-mātā śarvāṇī hara-vallabhā | sarva-jñā siddhidā siddhā bhavyā bhāvyā bhayāpahā || 37 ||
May 19, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 229
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on name 293 from verse 37 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 11 May 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. 293. siddhidā सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्वाणी हरवल्लभा | सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्धा भव्या भाव्या भयापहा || ३७ || sarveśvarī sarva-mātā śarvāṇī hara-vallabhā | sarva-jñā siddhidā siddhā bhavyā bhāvyā bhayāpahā || 37 ||
May 12, 2024•2 hr•Ep. 228
New moon worship of Ma Dakshineswari Kali.
May 08, 2024•3 hr 20 min•Ep. 227
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 290 through 292 from verse 37 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 4 May 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. 290. śarvāṇī 291. hara-vallabhā 292. sarva-jñā सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्वाणी हरवल्लभा | सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्ध भव्या भाव्या भयापहा || ३७ || sarveśvarī sarva-mātā śarvāṇī hara-vallabhā | sarva-jñā siddhidā siddha bhavyā bhāvyā bhayāpahā || 37 ||...
May 05, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 226
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 287 through 289 the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 27 April 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. 287. pati-vratā 288. sarveśvarī 289. sarva-mātā सूर्यात्मिका रुद्रपत्नी रौद्री स्त्री प्रकृइः पुमान् | शक्तिः सूक्तिर्मतिर्माता भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः पतिव्रता || ३६ || sūryātmikā rudra-patnī raudrī strī prakṛiḥ pumān | śaktiḥ sūktir-matir-mātā bhuktir-muktiḥ pati-vratā || 36 || सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 225
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Swami Sarvadevananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of Southern California and is associated centers, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 20 April 2024.
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 224
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 272 through 280 of verse 36 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 13 April 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. सूर्यात्मिका रुद्रपत्नी रौद्री स्त्री प्रकृइः पुमान् | शक्तिः सूक्तिर्मतिर्माता भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः पतिव्रता |३६| sūryātmikā rudra-patnī raudrī strī prakṛiḥ pumān | śaktiḥ sūktir-matir-mātā bhuktir-muktiḥ pati-vratā || 36 || śaktiḥ | 281 sūktiḥ | 282 matiḥ | 283 mātā | 284 bhuktiḥ | 2...
Apr 14, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 223
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 272 & 280 of verses 35 & 36 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 6 April 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. भ्रान्तिर्भवानी रुद्राणी मृडानी शत्रुमर्दिनी । उपेन्द्राणी महेन्द्राणी ज्योत्स्ना चन्द्रस्वरूपिणी ॥ bhrāntir-bhavānī rudrāṇī mṛḍānī śatru-mardinī | upendrāṇī mahendrāṇī jyotsnā candra-svarūpiṇī || 35 || सूर्यात्मिका रुद्रपत्नी रौद्री स्त्री प्रकृइः पुमान् | शक्तिः सूक्तिर्म...
Apr 07, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 222
