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

2023-03-29

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 ...

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 ||