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 parameśv...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 191
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 || i ti 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." श्रीदेव्...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 190
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 || i ti 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." श्रीदेव्...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 189
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 b...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 188
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 for...
Feb 17, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 187
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 Spe...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 186
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 jvalantīṃ vairovcanīṃ karmā-phaleṣu juṣṭām | durgāṃ devīṃ śaraṇamaham prapadye sutarasi tarase namaḥ || 45 || 45. "To Her, the color of fire, blazing like the sun with ascetic power, and who is ...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 185
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 10 September 2022. Swamiji gives the gist of one of his untranslated Bengali articles.
Sep 11, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 184
Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 44, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 7 September 2022. नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सत्तं नमः | नमः प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम् || ४४ || namo devyai mahā-devyai śivāyai sattaṃ namaḥ | namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām || 44 || 44. "Hail to the Goddess, to the Great Goddess; to the Auspicious One always hail! Hail to Nature, to the Propitious One; we humble ou...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 183
Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 38-39, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 31 August 2022. सर्वशृङ्गारवेषाढ्यां सर्वदेवनमस्कृताम् | सर्वाशापूरिकां सर्वमातरं सर्वमोहिनीम् || ४० || sarva-śṛṅgāra-veṣāḍhyāṃ sarva-deva-namaskṛtām | sarvāśā-pūrikāṃ sarva-mātaraṃ sarva-mohinīm || 40 || 40. "Richly adorned in garments all suited for love, She was worshiped by all the gods. Satisfying all desires, She is the Mother of all, the Delu...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 182
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 27 August 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. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 174
Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 38-39, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 24 August 2022. मल्लिकामालतीमालाकेशपाविराजिताम् | काश्मिऋरबिन्दुनिटिलां नेत्रत्रयविलासिनीम् || ३८ || mallikā-mālatī-mālā-keśapā-virājitām | kāśmiṛra-binduni-ṭilāṃ netra-traya-vilāsinīm || 38 || 38. "A garland of jasmine flowers brightened Her luxuriant hair. Her forehead sported a saffron dot, while Her three eyes reflected Her playful mood." पाशाण्...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 181
Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 36-37, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 17 August 2022. अष्तमीचन्द्रबिम्बाभललाटामायतभ्रुवम् | रक्तारविन्दनयनामुन्नसां मधुराधराम् || ३६ || aṣtamī-candra-bimbābha-lalāṭā-māyata-bhruvam | raktāravinda-nayanām-unnasāṃ madhurādharām || 36 || 36. "Above long eyebrows Her forehead shone with an image of the crescent moon. Her eyes were red lotus petals, Her nose dignified, Her lips like nectar."...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 180
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 20 August 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. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>...
Aug 17, 2022•59 min•Ep. 168
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 13 August 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. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>...
Aug 14, 2022•56 min•Ep. 169
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 ...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 179
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. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>...
Aug 07, 2022•58 min•Ep. 165
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." __...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 178
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. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 164
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. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 167
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.
Jul 24, 2022•57 min•Ep. 160
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." ____...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 177
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 a...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 176
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 mo...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 175
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 th...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 173
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 24 & 25 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 1 June 2022. मन्त्रपारायणपराः केचित् कृच्छ्रादिकारिणः | अन्तर्यागपराः केचित् केचित् न्यासपरायणाः || २४ || mantra-pārāyaṇa-parāḥ kecit kṛcchrādi-kāriṇaḥ | antaryāga-parāḥ kecit kecit nyāsa-parāyaṇāḥ || 24 || 24. "Some were devoted to chanting mantras, or practicing severe austerities. Some were absorbed in mental sacrifices, ...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 172
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 24 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 25 May 2022 on Zoom. मन्त्रपारायणपराः केचित् कृच्छ्रादिकारिणः | अन्तर्यागपराः केचित् केचित् न्यासपरायणाः || २४ || mantra-pārāyaṇa-parāḥ kecit kṛcchrādi-kāriṇaḥ | antaryāga-parāḥ kecit kecit nyāsa-parāyaṇāḥ || 24 || "Some were devoted to chanting mantras, or practicing severe austerities. Some were absorbed in mental sacrifices, and ot...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 171
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 23 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 18 May 2022 on Zoom. केचित्समाधिनिष्नाताः केचिन्नामपरायणाः | केचित्सूक्तपराः केचिन्नामपारायणोत्सुकाः || २३ || kecit-samādhi-niṣnātāḥ kecin-nāma-parāyaṇāḥ | kecit-sūkta-parāḥ kecin-nāma-pārāyaṇot-sukāḥ || 23 || 23. "Some gods were fully absorbed in meditation; others were focused on Her name. Some concentrated on Her hymn, while others were int...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 170
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 22 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on Zoom on 4 May 2022. अम्बायज्ञविधानज्ञा अम्बायज्ञं च चक्रिरे | तृतीयादिव्रतान्याशु चक्रुः सर्वे सुरा नृप || २२ || ambā-yajña-vidhānajñā ambā-yajñaṃ ca cakrire | tṛtīyādi-vratānyāśu cakruḥ sarve surā nṛpa || 22 || 22. "They all performed the Mother’s sacrifice, knowing well Her ceremonial rites. All the gods hastened to perform Her ritual observ...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 163
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 20 & 21 giveento students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 27 April 2022. इत्यादिश्य सुरान्सर्वान्महाविष्णुः स्वजायया | संयुतो निर्जगामाऽशु देवैः सह सुराधिपः || २० || ityādiśya surān-sarvān-mahā-viṣṇuḥ svajāyayā | saṃyuto nirjagāmā'śu devaiḥ saha surādhipaḥ || 20 || 20. "Thus enjoining all the gods and accompanied by his wife, the great Vishnu, as chief of the gods, set forth at once with hi...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 162
