Intellect – Steady and Unsteady Verse 2.41: व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन | बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ||vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana | bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām || For the intellect which has been cultivated...
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The Abhang – Abhir Gulal
Saint-poet Chokhamela (चोखामेळा), a 14th-century saint from Maharashtra, is known for his deep devotion to Lord Vitthal despite the social hardships he faced. He belonged to what was, in those...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 15
A win-win situation Verse 2.39: एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु।बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि॥ Eṣā te ’bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhir yoge tv imāṁ śṛṇu | Buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi...
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The Abhang – Anandace Dohi
This beautiful Abhang by the 17th-century Marathi saint-poet Sant Tukaram Maharaj describes the state of spiritual ecstasy and the non-dual experience of bliss. Click here to listen Verse 1 आनंदाचे...
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Sankara Bhashya–Part 14
If you do not act! Verse 2.32: अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं सङ्ग्रामं न करिष्यसि | ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि || Atha chet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi | Tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ...
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Komal Vacha De Re Ram
‘Komal Vacha De Re Ram’ is an earnest prayer by Samarth Ramadas Swami, a 17 th century Marathi saint, to the Lord Ram. He has written it in the format...
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