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BHAJA----Worship

Govind– 1..He who finds or knows the earth.

Substratum

2..Lord of the cattle---life-giving factor behind all animal passions, essence of all living beings in the animal kingdom.

3..He who confers speech

In short the essence of all ..the atman--truth

Bhakti YogaThe Science of Yoga - Topmost Yoga system

Nine processes of Devotional service

“Culmination of all yogas”

1. Sravanam (Hearing) 2. Kirtanam (chanting)

3. Smaranam (remembering)

4. Pada-sevanam

(serving the lotus feet)5. archanam(worship)

6. Vandanam (Offering Prayers)

7. Dasyam (servant) 8. Sakhyam(friendship)

9. Atma-nivedanam (surrendering)

• The most powerful of the nine process of

bhakti is the Hearing & Chanting of the

Lord’s holy name

NAVADHA BHAKTI-9 STEPS OF DEVOTIONWhat is

They are:. Sravanam – Listening to the glories of

the Lord

2. Kirthanam – Singing His glories

3. Vishnusmaranam – Chanting His name and

remembering Him

4. Padasevanam – Serving His lotus feet

5. Archanam – Worshipping Him

6. Vandanam – Paying obeisance to Him

7. Dasyam – Considering oneself His servant

8. Sakhyam – Considering Him as the best friend

9. Atmanivedanam – Total Surrender

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Do not fall prey to infatuation upon seeing a woman’s bosom or navel.These are nothing but the modification of flesh, etc. Deliberate on thisrepeatedly in your mind.

The life of a man is as uncertain as rain

drops trembling on a lotus leaf. Know that

the whole world remains a prey

to disease, ego and grief

Nalini dalagata jalamati taralamTattvam jeevitam adhisaya chapalam

Viddhi vyadhyabhimaanagrastamLokam shoka hatam cha samastam

Nalini dalagata jalam: water drop on the lotus leafAtitharalam: extremely uncertain…..Tat:so…..Jeevitam: life…..Adhisaya: …..extremely…..Chapalam: unstable……Vidhi: understand…..Vyadhi abhimaanagratham: consumed by disease and conceit…..Cha:and…..Samastham: the whole…..Lokam: world…..Shoka hatham: is riddled with pain

As long as you have the ability to earn money, so long will your dependents be attached to you. After that, when you live with an infirm body no one world even speak to you a word.

YaavadvithopaarjanasakthahaThaavanni japarivaaro rakthahaPashchaaj jeevathi jar jaradehae

Vaarthaam kopi na prichchathi gehe

Yaavath: as long as…….Vith:wealth…..Upaarjana: to earn…..Sakthaha: has the ability…..Thaavath: so long……Nijaparivaaraha: your dependents…..Rakthaha: attached…..Pashchaath: afterwards…..Jeevathi: lives…..Jarjara: infirm…..Dehe: body…..Vaarthaam: word……Ko api na: there is no one…..Prichchathi: cares to speak…..Gehe: at home

When money you earn, and are capable still

Your kith and kin see so much to love

Capacity lost, old and sick, you drag on still

None to enquire your health even at home!

Swamini Saradapriyananda

When one is alive, his family members

enquire kindly about his welfare . But

when the soul departs from the body,

even his wife runs away in fear of the

corpse.

Yāvatpavano nivasati dehetāvatpṛcchati kuśalaṁ gehe |

Gatavati vāyau dehāpāyebhāryā bibhyati tasminkāye ..6

Yaavad: as long as…..Pavanaha: the breath…..Nivasathi: dwells…..Dehe: in body……Taavath: so long…..Pruchchathi: enquires…..Kushalam: of your welfare…..Gathavathi vayau: when the breath leaves…..Deha: body…..Apaayae: the body decays…..Bhaarya: (even) your wife…..biBhyathi: fearstasmin kaayae: that very body

Life pulsating still, when air moves in and out

Others make enquiries anxious of your health

Life gone, when body falls down dead and inert’

Even your wife, dear, fears to be near!

Baalah Taavat - so long as one is in his childhood,

Kreedaa - (towards play) to play,

Aasaktah - (one is) attached,

Tarunah Taavat - a youth (so long as one is in youth),

Tarunee - towards young women (towards passion),

Saktah - (one is) attached,

Vriddhah Taavat - so long as one is old (an old man),

Chintaa - towards anxiety, Aasaktah - (one is) attached,

Pare - to the Supreme, Brahmani - Brahman,

Kah Api - any one (alas),

Kopi na - no one is (seen), Saktah - attached.

A child thinks naught of aught, but of it’s play,

A lad is engrossed in full in a youthful lass’

The old with a glory and a gloom both past, has much to worry

Alas no one I free to think of Him the Supreme