tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74572660227460745012024-03-27T16:53:08.978-07:00HariHarjiHariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.comBlogger937125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-74930764471119610172024-02-25T19:00:00.000-08:002024-02-26T06:48:44.465-08:00Boboji's Punya Tithi: 26th February,2024<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;">Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;">Lord Krishna with whose wishes Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji had manifested on earth, forcefully stole her heart today.The purpose for which Bobo, as she was fondly called, had been sent to this temporal world had reached its zenith and her task was over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The handsome Shyam summoned her and the question of staying back on earth did not arise.Ardently longing for Krishna, she got an indication to leave this mundane world and proceed to that eternal <i>dham</i> where Radha-Krishna forever dwell, to take part in their divine play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Dark-hued Krishna played His flute and the enraptured village girls were passionately drawn.The greatly fortunate cowherdesses were not even conscious of decking themselves and moved in a delicious anguish to the side of their teasing, elusive and insistent paramour.Longing for union with the Supreme Lover. The love of the <i>gopis</i> is seen as transcendental love of the highest order so why would His hungering devotees think of anything else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Well the joyous and enchanting days of the rainy season transformed into the mild winter of autumn, which was very pleasant. Soon after a biting cold wind banished the autumnal season and reigned supreme. Gathering all its achievements and failures with each passing day,1991 passed away.The year 1992 began with the dawn of a winter morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Episodes of joy and sorrow do not have much significance in a saint's life very much like the rotation of a cycle.They hold <i>modakas</i> in both hands. While living in this mundane world the memory of Shyama-Shyama overwhelms them whereas relishing the constant closeness and divine play of Radha-Krishna </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">on going to their </span><i style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">nitya</i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">dham</i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;"> is easily feasible for them. Hence it is the society and devotees who have to bear the loss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The same year snatched away several great <i>siddh</i> luminaries and presented the never to be filled vacuum .Who will ever forgive this year laden with the dreadful <i>kaa</i>l (eventual destiny or fate). Oh! How ironical that we lose out on those saints whose separation is so painful. What shall we call this farewell which has been ordained by destiny?Saints are never absent or mortal.They are forever present,giving assurance to their followers in a hidden and visible manner, making themselves available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Bobo's physical health was deteriorating.Diabetes had attacked her, and an ailing heart creeped in simultaneously.The cold of the cold season escalated.During this time span her body had become extremely weak but her spiritual strength had become as powerful.She was always indifferent to a medical examination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Ailments do not have any particular importance for saints. What would be an ordeal of their suffering and condition of inborn virtues? The body becomes the reason for departing, and that is what they have wanted and is meritorious. Taking its support, they reach their destination for which they have taken birth. Thereafter, they rest in the eternal proximity of Shyama-Shayma, the wealth of their hearts, and all this was being completely realised in Bobo's life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Even in such an ailing condition she was always alert and enthused in attending to the needs of Thakurji, doing His <i>shingara</i>,incessant seva round the clock, and devotedly fulfilling her routine.Gradually the body became increasingly frail and everyone insisted on a medical check up followed by medication.Surprisingly she did not oppose this suggestion very adamantly this time. Absent mindedly she agreed to go ahead which seemed absolutely contradictory to her temperament.Obviously this was the final contribution connected to her body as mentally she had become totally indifferent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> “Why don't you ask the Mother Goddess to make you recoup.”N</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">arendra had once told Shri Ramkrishna Paramahamsa,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">“Do you think that I have been undergoing this suffering voluntarily? I do wish to recover. But how is that possible? It all depends upon the Mother,”</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Ramakrishna Paramahamsa had answered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">“Then please pray to Her for your recovery. She cannot but listen to you,” Narendra had suggested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">“ It is easy for you to say so,but such words I can never utter,” had been</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's response. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The conduct of saints depends on the Lord's wishes and they are themselves devoid of definite intentions and uncertainty. Therefore Shri Paramahamsa was always disinterested in the body and his mind was way above this mundane world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">“The task of attending to my Thakurji should go on perfectly.He may keep me as He wishes. Should I stoop to use the power of my desire for getting rid of physical illness?”Bobo had said while</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> narrating the above incident to Sushila Bahenji </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">When the disciples of Shri Ramana Maharshi had suggested the surgery of his arm he was</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> quite unconcerned and was supremely indifferent to suffering, “You may throw the leaf plate in which I have eaten by shredding it to pieces or else throw the whole of it. My purpose of attaining the Divine has been fulfilled thus take me as you wish now.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Similarly Swami Shivanandji Maharaj would eat from delicacies offered to him by the <i>bhaktas</i> even though he was suffering from diabetes.How could he disrespect the Supreme Being pervading this temporal world to safeguard his body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Around this time Swami Sharnanandji Maharaj had suffered seven heart attacks one after the other.All the doctors had recommended that he should not meet anyone and take rest.But he felt that the body has to depart one day as per the laws of nature so why should he hurt the sentiments of those dropping in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">On the other hand saints are unanimous in not being bothered whether this earthly body remains or does not-least worried as they are,and there is no uncertainty regarding the protection of their body.When they are getting an indication from Shyama-Shyam who are wanting to take them along,how can they oppose the sacred Couple. Their lot is readily waiting for Radha-Krihsna's constant closeness on getting a signal from the Supreme Lover. </span></div>
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HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-2600381823134548702024-01-18T15:23:00.000-08:002024-01-19T04:34:46.396-08:00Sri Sri Radha Baba Janamutsav (19th January,2024)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">In 2011-2012, the birth centenary of Sri Sri Radha Baba is being celebrated at His birthplace, Gorakhpur, Kolkatta and Delhi to spread the message of love. In quest of the divine, He came in contact with Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar through Jai Dayalji Goenka, a spiritual personality and the founder of Gitapress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The life-story of Sri Radha Baba is beautifully showcased in the book 'Preetirasawtar Mahabhavnimagna Sri Radha Baba' by Bankaji.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">I would like to mention the most beautiful relationship Bhai Poddarji shared with Sri Radha Baba. Just like Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu revere each other, in the same manner Bhai Poddarji used to respect Sri Radha Baba and vice versa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Highly revered Sri Radha Baba had the most devout of parents and used to enjoy the Ramlila since childhood. Being a brilliant student, His proficiency in Hindi, English, Bangla and Sanskrit was most remarkable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">A y<i>ogbhrasta</i>, He had implicit faith in God ever since His birth on 16-01-1913. During the spiritual journey, He began worshipping Shiva in childhood and was a great Shiva devotee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Every week Baba would go for sankirtan of Lord Sri Hari, without fail. Having an instinctive flair for music, He had a melodious voice and other divine traits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">1928-1931: Sri Radha Baba actively participated in the Freedom movement and went to jail twice during this period. The first time it was for a span of 6 months and then for 5 months! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">1.1.1934 – 14.10.1935: Writing letters to God were a part of Sri Radha Baba's daily regime. These were gathered and complied into the book 'Antarvedana' which has 204 pages. Five such letters have been reproduced in the current book 'Preetiraswawtar Mahabhavnigmagna Sri Radha Baba'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Sri Sri Radha Baba, the Pride of India</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">12<sup>th</sup> October, 1935: Finally the moment of truth arrived with Sri Sri Radha Baba renouncing the world. He became the pride of India till His <i>Golokgaman</i> on 13th Oct 1992, exactly 57 years after His rebirth as a Sadhu. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">1936: At the young age of 23,Sri Radha Baba first met Ramsukhdasji who gave Him the Gita-commentary of Seth Goenkaji to read. Inspired by this book on 'Bhagavad Gita', Sri Sri Radha Baba travelled to Bankura to meet Seth Jai Dayalji Goenka who in turn directed Him to see Bhai Poddarji. It was on 27th Oct, 1936 that both the sublime Saints met each other. But it was the touching of His feet by Bhaiji, which changed Radha Baba's life for all times to come. He became a Bhakti Margi and staunch devotee of Lord Krishna.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">In the year 1936 on Sharad Poornima, Sri Sri Radha Baba heard the mahamantra:<i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">When Sri Sri Radha Baba had seen God-realised Saints like Jai Dayalji Goenka and Bhai Poddarji, could the first ever darshan of Lord Krishna be far behind? It happened in the same year 1936 when Sri Sri Radha Baba was hardly 23 years of age. Earlier He used to chant: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">His heart was full of <i>prema</i> for Sri Krishna and Radha Rani. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Hanuman Garhi: The place where Sri Sri Radha Baba had the very first <i>darshan</i> of Lord Krishna in 1936.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"> The pride of India,Sri Sri Radha Baba is said to belong to Gita Press which lies to the north of Gorakhpur. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Geeta Vatika: However, the place where Sri Sri Radha Baba attained the gopi bhava in 1937 was Bhai Poddarji's room at Geeta Vatika. Radha Baba was a follower of Vedanta philosophy and very much an intellectual. But after coming into contact with Shri Bhai ji, He followed the path of Braj Sadhana and worshipped Lord Krishna in the Radha Bhava.During his life time, Sri Sri Radha Baba used to always say that it was by only because of the grace of Bhai Poddarji that He switched over to worshipping the <i>sakar</i> form of God, having name, form and qualities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Bankura: The place where Sri Sri Radha Baba had continuous <i>raasmayi </i> position, is situated in West Bengal. Highly revered Sethji belonged to this place and invariably Sri Sri Radha Baba used to accompany Him to hear the religious discourse on 'Bhagvad Gita'. ( Later the discourses were published as 'Gita Tattva Vivechani' by Gitapress , Gorakhpur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Sri Radha Baba describes the instruction given to Him by Bhai Poddarji of the final stage of worship, which is to discontinue preachings and concentrate on the gopi bhava of <span style="font-style: italic;">madhurya</span>, the sweet and total commitment and love for Krishna; as mentioned in verse 15 of chapter 44 of Xth Canto of Srimad Bhagwatam. (</span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">'Preetirasawtar Mahabhavnimagna Sri Radha Baba',</span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">pages 199-203)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">An account of the divinity experienced by Sri Radha Baba from 1939-45 at Ratangarh, the ancestral place of Sri Hanuman Prasad Poddarji. It's here that the foundation of books like 'Satsung Sudha Mala' and 'Keli Kunj ' were laid. Keli Kunj is a separate publication which showcases 29 out of 38 <span style="font-style: italic;">lilas</span> in all. Mainly they relate to Sri Radhakund at Goverdhan.(</span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">'Preetirasawtar Mahabhavnimagna Sri Radha Baba',</span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">pages 204-223,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Thereafter he recited the Sri Radhakrishna Mantra and finally he just chanted Radha-Radha as this pleases Lord Krishna the most. Sri Radha Baba considered Himself a sakhi of Sri Radha and such a bhava is the most sublime of them all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Disclose how the chanting of " Sri Hari : sharnam " saved Radha Baba's father. Actually his father had expired on 9th April, 1943 but did not get <i>mukti </i>or salvation because he had erred by not endorsing renunciation of his son, Sri Radha Baba . (pages 240-242)So Sri Radha Baba arranged for 1.25 lakh <i>japa</i> of " SRI HARI : sharnam "and His father got<i> mukti</i>. In fact , his father got immersed in Sri Bhaguri Rishi ( Kulpurohit of Sri Vrishbhanu Baba just like sage Shandilya is of Nandbaba. )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">which means that God is the real donor whereas we mortals are just distributors of that money ! (pages 243-246)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The 33 verses of Surdas ji's meaning were written by Sri Radha Baba but as Bhai Poddarji wanted His name to be published in monthly Kalyan, it got discontinued somehow . In 1952, Poddarji published them as ' Satsung-Sudha' from Gitapress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Similarly 'Sri Krishna Leela Chintan' contains series of articles published from 1946 onwards in Kalyan for about 10 years. In 1948, revered Baba gave 4 articles for the special Naari-edition later which were published as Brajleela's main woman characters and the headings were :--</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">which Sri Radha Baba had thought of. Soon after Ghanshyam ji danced also in the same style as Baba was thinking of.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Another incident shows that Thakur, Ghanshyam Bhaiya placed two garlands on Sri Radha Baba's bed in exactly the same manner as He had seen in His <i>dhyan</i> or Lord Krishna's divine play. Sri Radha Baba was convinced now that Thakur Ghanshyam Bhaiya had vibrations of Lord Sri Krishna.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Pages 273-274: Around the year 1950 when Sri Radha Baba and Thakur Ghanshyam Bhaiyaji wrote a play depicting Sri Kishoriji 's <i>kripa</i> or grace on sage Narada under the inspiration from Bhai Poddarji. On Sharad-Poornima this year, the play was enacted in Geeta Vatika under instructions of both the saints! Devotees reached the heights of elation and ecsatasy, and it seemed as if Sri Radha Rani was performing Herself and others were simply following Her directions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">9th May , 1951-- Goddess Sri Tripura Sundari (Parvati, beautiful goddess of the three cities) also called Sodasi [sixteen],Lalita [she who plays] and Rajarajesvari [queen of queens] She is one of the group of ten goddesses of Hindu belief, collectively called the Mahavidyas) <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">gives darshan to Sri Radha Baba. Sri Radha Rani's parents Kirti Devi and Vrishbhanu ji worshipped Goddess Sri Tripur Sundari, and by Her <i>kripa</i> Sri Radha Rani incarnated in their home. As Sri Radhaji was Isht of Radha Baba, in 1951 , Lord Sri Krishna instructed Him to worship Goddess Sri Tripura Sundari. But the mischievous Lord Krishna did not give Baba any instuctions. Therefore Baba Himself made 1,000 <i> mantras</i> on the basis of Sri LalitaSahstranaam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Now started the worship of Goddess Sri Tripura Sundari. At least 1000 lotuses were required daily. As it was difficult to arrange for them, <i>akshat chawal </i>or unbroken rice was a substitute and kumkum was the third alternative. This is how 1 crore mantras were chanted in honour of Goddess Sri Tripursundri for several weeks. And on 9th May, 1951 Goddess Sri Tripursundriji gave darshan to Sri Radha Baba. The <i>anushthaan</i> was successful and finally Baba had the grace of Sri Kishori ji. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Sri Sri Nathdwara .....let us humbly bow to Bhagwan Vallabhacharyaji for kripa of Sri Nathji or Giriraj Goverdhan ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Pages 322 onwards: describe further actual pilgrimage sites visited by the duo of Bhai Poddarji and Sri Sri Radha Baba. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">A trip to Sri Rameshwaram, Ma Meenakshi Devi darshan at Madurai, Lord Shiva's darshan at Chidambaram, Ma Arvind Ashram at Pondicherry, Prabhu Sri Jagannathji darshan at Puri ... Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the pilgrimage of entire India got over on 26th April 1956 !</span></div>
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HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-90237159141198425072023-10-14T23:00:00.000-07:002023-10-15T06:48:54.583-07:00Navratri: 15th October to 24th October, 2023<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrZbz72xRx8F8QKMHXE6nNBrOMyaJnQiOq3LGUUbMOe-E3Ky8DWwlJCjG9EDaj2KcA2eI69XscA1ywDXQdQZkOo3vfDq-gzfDxN9aJFychctQvAYp-N-WX1cssDHnEq0jtvqGVyg5mb4/s1600-h/Durga.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251143611100041490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrZbz72xRx8F8QKMHXE6nNBrOMyaJnQiOq3LGUUbMOe-E3Ky8DWwlJCjG9EDaj2KcA2eI69XscA1ywDXQdQZkOo3vfDq-gzfDxN9aJFychctQvAYp-N-WX1cssDHnEq0jtvqGVyg5mb4/s320/Durga.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>
<div style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(255, 255, 204); border-bottom: thin solid rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 4px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><i>Navratri</i> means nine nights. <i>Nav</i> means nine and <i>ratri</i> stands for night, so combined it means Navratri. In northern India the festival is called <i>Navratra</i>. A nine day religious festival, Navratri is celebrated to propitiate Goddess Durga, the Mother Goddess. </span></div><div style="margin: 1ex;"><div> <p align="justify"><a name="0.1_graphic05"></a></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">In Hindu mythology Durga is Shakti, the divine feminine energy. According to a legend, Lord Brahma granted a boon to Mahishasur, the buffalo demon. As of now armed with infinite power, the <i>asura</i> created havoc in the universe, and no one could dare defeat or kill him. Equipped with unprecedented might he became so atrocious, that he started terrorizing the deities as well. One fine day he ventured to Heaven or<i> Swargaloka</i> to kill Indra, the King of the Gods. Greatly distressed, Indra and other deities entreated Lord Shiva for help. Enraged at such blatant misuse of Brahma’s boon, Lord Shiva along with Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma, released their energies. The <i>shaktis</i> of the gods flashed forth and fused together, bringing to life a magnificent Goddess resplendent with many arms.
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</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Acclaimed as Durga, she was ravishingly beautiful and deadly. The<b> </b>armed Durga rode a Lion and fought a fiercely bloody battle with Mahishasur, raging for nine days and nights. During the course of this combat Mahishasur changed his form many times. Finally on the tenth day, Durga trampled him under her foot and Mahishasur was killed, saving the universe from his reign of terror. The Goddess’s triump because of her innate divinity symbolizes the victory of good over evil. These nine days are solely devoted to propitiation of the Mother Goddess or Shakti Incarnate. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>
</b></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>Navratri is Celebrated Twice a Year</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">As per astrological predictions there are two major solar influences each year, the seasons being determined by the directions in which the sun moves. So one is the<i> Dakshinayana</i> period when the Sun crosses the Equator moving towards the southern hemisphere, heralding the start of winter. The second is the <i>Uttarayana </i> period when the Sun crosses the Equator moving towards the northern hemisphere, indicating the onset of summer.
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</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The arrival of the summer and winter seasons are two crucial junctures of solar influences when people undergo a substantial change physically and mentally due to climatic variations. These two periods are cited as the sacred time for worshipping the Mother Goddess or Shakti Incarnate and chosen for celebrating Navratras. <i>Ram Navratri</i> is celebrated in the Chaitra Month (first month of the year according to Hindu Calendar, beginning on 22 March and ending on 20 April) and the <i>Durga Navratri</i> in the first nine days of the light half of the month Ashvin (seventh month of the year as per the Hindu calendar, starting on 23 September and ending on 22 October).</span>
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</b></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>Navadurga</b></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Durga, the Mother Goddess of the Hindus is an amalgam of Devi (consort of a God) and Shakti (the energy of a deity personified as his wife). Believed to have manifested in various forms, the <i>Navadurga</i> are said to be the most sacred aspects of Durga. According to Hindu tradition, Durga incarnated herself in three major forms of Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali who owe their origin to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva respectively. These three further appeared in three more forms of Durga each and thus the nine forms of Durga collectively called the Navadurga or Nine Durgas evolved.</span>
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Shailputri is the daughter of Himalaya, king of the Mountains. Shail means mountain and putri stands for daughter. She is the first among the nine Durgas married to Lord Shiva and mother of Ganesha, the remover of obstacles and Kartikeya, god of war. The first navratra is devoted to the worship of Shailputri. Her two hands hold a trident and a lotus. Her mount is a bull.
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</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">In her previous birth she was Sati, the wife of Lord Shiva and daughter of Daksha and Bhavani. Once Daksha had organized a grand Yagna and did not invite Shiva. Sati being obstinate however reached there and consequently Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati could not tolerate her husband being slighted and burnt herself in the fire of the Yagna. In the next birth she was Parvati, born as the daughter of Himalaya and married to Shiva. As per the Upanishadas she had shattered the egoism of Indra and other Deities. Ashamed, they made obeisance to her, "In fact, thou are Shakti, we all - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv are empowered by getting Shakti or power from you."
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</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">A tale is famed about her. In her previous birth she was Parvati or Hemvati the daughter of Himvan. Once when she was busy frolicking with her friends, Naradaji came and seeing her palm predicted, "You will get married with a naked-terrible Bhole Baba who was with when you were Sati, the daughter of Daksha in your previous birth. But now you have to perform penance for him." There upon Parvati insisted and told her mother Menaka that she would marry none except Shambhu, or remain unwed. Saying this she did austere penance. Ever since she is famed as <i>tapacharini</i> or Brahmacharini and since then her name Uma became familiar.
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The name of the third Shakti is Chandraghanta who establishes righteousness. There is a crescent moon on her forehead. She is charming and radiant. Her colour is golden and She is endowed with three eyes and ten hands. Eight of her hands display weapons like swords and arrows while the remaining two are in the <i>mudras</i> of giving boons and warding off harm. Chandra plus Ghanta signifies supreme bliss and knowledge, the showering of peace and serenity. This power of Durga rides a tiger ready for waging a battle. An unprecedented image of bravery, the frightful sound of her bell terrifies all the villains, demons and <i>danavas</i>. Changraghanta is mainly worshipped in Tamil Nadu.
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The sixth Durga is Katyayani. The son of Kat is Rishi Katyayan born in the Katya lineage. Katyayan had observed penance with a desire to get Paramba as his daughter. Consequently she took birth as his daughter. Therefore her name is Katyayani. She has three eyes and eight hands. There are eight types of weapons in her seven hands. Her vehicle is the lion. She persistently and relentlessly battles against the evil, deceitful and devious entities.</span></p> <p align="justify" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
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</b></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>Ma Kaalratri:</b></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWrTCtT_wqlOeg50NE8o05alCSu6NgxE589HPqDEE-cYWteplnzAZenzEulfi5RHwgNHIFJJDMWqMzlFVP3dGdop4TGn6Ge1ACLEn5vuCfnzcIGNh-rtFO9Z71bzfKnSau6Z5waR4J98/s1600-h/New+Image.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251146411820108498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWrTCtT_wqlOeg50NE8o05alCSu6NgxE589HPqDEE-cYWteplnzAZenzEulfi5RHwgNHIFJJDMWqMzlFVP3dGdop4TGn6Ge1ACLEn5vuCfnzcIGNh-rtFO9Z71bzfKnSau6Z5waR4J98/s320/New+Image.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">She killed Raktabeeja (A demon who had the power to produce a demon from every drop of blood that fell from his body.) The Goddess eventually licked the blood before it could reach the ground and hence conquered and overpowered him. Black or blue-hued like the <i>ratri</i> or night with flowing tresses, Kaalratri is the seventh form of Nav-Durga. Having four hands; two of them clutching a cleaver and a <i>mashal</i> or torch; while the other two are in the <i> mudras</i> of blessing and protecting thus making her devotees fearless. Her vehicle is a faithful donkey.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"> Acclaimed as the destroyer of darkness and ignorance, Kaalratri stands for scourer and enemy of darkness.<b> </b> Adorned with necklaces shining like lightening, She has three bright eyes which are round like the universe. Thousands of flames emanate while respiring from Her nose. Being auspicious she is acclaimed as Shubhamkari.
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</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">She is endowed with three eyes, rides a bull and has four hands. The above left hand is in the fearless <i>mudra</i> and the lower left hand holds the <i>trishul</i> or trident. The above right hand has the tambourine and lower right hand is in a blessing <i>mudra</i>. She is calm, peaceful and exists in serenity. It is said that when the body of Gauri became dirty due to dust and earth while doing austere penance, Shiva cleansed it with the water of Ganges. Soon after, Her body became bright like lightening leading to her name Maha Gauri.
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</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">iding a lion, She is the bestower of 26 different wishes to Her <i>bhaktas</i> or devotees. A treasure house of mystic powers or <i>yantra tantra</i> and knowledge or <i>gyaan</i>, this form of Durga is worshipped by all Gods, Rishis-Munis, Siddhas, Yogis, Sadhakas and devotees for attaining the best religious asset. On the ninth day of the Navratras is Ramnavami when Lord Rama is worshipped.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Navadurga is the Kuldevi (family goddess) of several Gaud Saraswat Brahmins in India. There are many Navadurga temples in Goa such as at Madkiam, Kundaim, Pale, Poingueinim, Borim. The temples at Redi and Vengurla of Maharashtra are famed.</span>
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<b>The Mother Goddess</b></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"> Hinduism is the only religion in the world which has glorified to such an extent the motherhood of God. Durga represents the Divine Mother and is the energy aspect of the Lord. Shiva and Durga are in essence a singly entity.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Shakti is the Cosmic Energy of the Lord. She keeps up the play of the Lord through the three attributes of Nature, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. Knowledge, peace, lust, anger, greed, egoism and pride, are all Her forms.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">You will find in the Devi Sukta of the Rig Veda Samhita that Vak, the daughter of sage Anbhirna, realised her identity with the Divine Mother, Power of the Supreme Lord, which manifests throughout the universe among gods, men and beasts and creatures of the ocean.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">In the Kena Upanishada, the Divine Mother bestows wisdom on Indra and the gods, affirming that the gods were able to defeat the demons only with the help of the power of the Supreme Lord.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The worship of Devi, the universal Mother, leads to the attainment of knowledge of the Self. The story in the Kena Upanishad known as the ‘Yaksha Prasna’ endorses this view. Goddess Shakti thus showers wisdom on Her devotees</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Adi Shakti is beyond human comprehension. Bhagavan Krishna clarifies in the Gita: "This is only My lower nature. Beyond this is My higher nature, the life-principle which sustains the universe"</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>
</b></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>The</b> <b> Spiritual Significance of Navaratri</b></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The focus of existence is to comprehend your eternal identity with the supreme Spirit. The aspirant has to get rid of countless impurities and acquire divine virtues. When purified, knowledge dawns upon him.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Thus it is the Divine Mother who has to operate through the aspirant. On the first three days, you pray to Ma Kali to destroy all your vices. She is the power that protects your spiritual practice from its many pitfalls so we worship the destructive aspect of the Mother.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The next step is to build a spiritual persona. Divine virtues that Lord Krishna enumerates in the Gita, have to be acquired for divine wisdom. This pleasanter side of the aspirant's <i>sadhana</i> or devotion is depicted by the worship of Mother Lakshmi who bestows inexhaustible divine wealth on Her devotees. Epitomizing purity, Ma Lakshmi is propitiated during the second set of three days.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Once the aspirant imbibes <i>Sattwic</i> or divine qualities, he is competent to attain wisdom and knowledge of the Self. At this stage comes the devout worship of Ma Saraswathi, the embodiment of knowledge of the Absolute, represented by Her pristine white apparel.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The tenth day, Vijaya Dasami, marks the triumph of the soul at having attained liberation while living in this world, through the dawning of knowledge by the grace of Goddess Saraswati. The soul rests in his own Supreme Self or <i> Satchidananda Brahman.</i> </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>
</b></span></p><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b><div><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Celebration</b></span> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Many devotees fast on all the nine days of this celebration of nights. Devotees throng the Devi temples all over India where the idol of the Goddess is adorned beautifully. The festivities are observed with joyous abandon in Gujarat where the nine nights of Navratris are enthused with the joyous abandon of the Garba and Rasa dance performances. Ma Durga is an object of widespread public worship as the Mother Goddess in West Bengal’s Durga Puja. Undisputedly the most important festival in this state it is celebrated with gaiety and enthusiasm.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">On the first day of Navratri barley seeds are sown in a small earthen pot in the Puja room. When these seeds sprout into small shoots on the tenth day they are uprooted and given to devotees as blessings. During Navratris most people eat vegetarian food, some do not have cereal while others fast for all the nine days.
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</i></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><i>Kirtans</i> or devotional songs and <i>jagratas</i> are in full swing in various temples and community centres bythe religious-minded. On the fifth day known as Lalita Panchami, it is a tradition to exhibit all literary texts in the house and light a lamp to invoke Saraswati Ma, the Goddess of knowledge and art. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">On the 8th day of this colorful festival, <i>yagna</i> or religious sacrifice and <i> homa</i> or holy fire is performed. Pure ghee, kheer and sesame seeds are offered to Goddess Durga. Many people in north India celebrated the 8th day as <i>ashtami</i> when nine young girls symbolizing Navdurge are fed with halwa, puri and kale chane. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Sri Rama is worshipped during Ramnavami, the ninth day and Ma Durga during Navaratri. The tenth day of this festival is celebrated as Vijaydashmi or Dussehra.</span></p> <p align="justify"><a name="0.1_graphic06"></a></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">People in North India invariably visit the famed holy shrine of Ma Vaishnodevi, situated on Trikoot Mountain near Jammu during this time span. <i>Bhandaras</i> or meals for devotees are organized in temples and community centres. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The potter flaunts his skill in making images, the painter in drawing pictures, the songster in playing on his instrument, and the priest in reciting the sacred texts. The Bengalis save money throughout the year only to spend lavishly during the Puja days. Cloth is freely distributed to the Brahmins and they are fed. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">In West Bengal during Navratras, Goddess Durga is worshipped. The pujas are held over a five day period, viewed as the home-coming of the married daughter, Durga, to her father, Parvatraj Himalaya's home. It is considered to be the most important festival when Bengalis buy new clothes, exchange sweets and make new purchases. Decked in the best of finery, the family goes out to see the 'pandalas' (temporary structures set up to venerate the goddess Durga) with musical evenings being organized. On the last day of the puja, the idol of the Goddess is taken with great fanfare and immersed in the river. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Another version states that Durga’s mother (wife of the King of the Himalayas) longed to see her daughter. Durga was permitted by Lord Shiva to visit her mother only for nine days in the year. The festival of Durga Puja marks this brief visit and ends with Vijaya Dashami, when Goddess Durga leaves for Her return to Mount Kailash. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">The woman of Bengal welcome the Goddess with maternal tenderness and teary-eyed send away the idol on the last day, adorned with every ceremony associated with a daughter's departure to her husband's home. This signifies the parting of Durga from Her beloved mother.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">But the basic aim of this celebration is to propitiate Shakti, the Goddess of Power, to bestow wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge and other powers upon us. By relating with Her we are blessed with Her loving mercy and protection.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">
</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Apparently, the nine-day worship of Durga is a celebration of triumph, propitiating the Mother for Her successful struggle with the formidable demons led by Mahishasura. On the spiritual plane it epitomises the stages of the evolution of man, from <i>jivahood</i> or the state of an individual to<i> Shivahood</i> or the state of self-realisation. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>
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<span face="">Shri Radha, the Godhead in Female Form</span></div>
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<span face="">Sri
Radha is the most baffling among all the female deities in the Hindu
pantheon. The Godhead in female form, She is the divine feminine energy
or <i>shakti</i> implying a divine energetic source or <i>shaktiman.</i> The <i>maha-mantra</i>
is a prayer to Shri Radha, to engage us in Lord Krishna’s service. As
Krishna is the source of all manifestations of God, Sri Radha, His
consort, is the source of all feminine manifestations of cosmic
energy..Shri Radha-Krishna are in essence a single entity who manifest
as two distinct individuals for the sake of interpersonal romantic
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<span face=""> Shri Radha-Krishna, Two Bodies & One Soul</span><br />
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<span face="">"Know
that prakriti, the power of the earth, and purusha, the power of heaven
are the same. We have two bodies but the soul is identical...I created
you for the sake of joy," Krishna tells Radha.</span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Vishnu-Lakshmi Incarnate as Shri Radha-Krishna</span><br />
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<span face="">The Brahmavaivarta Purana</span></div>
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<span face="">The Brahmavaivarta Purana, composed later,
describes Radha as a consort of Krishna’s in the heavenly sphere called
<span style="font-style: italic;">golok</span> who due to a curse was
destined to come to earth reborn as a milkmaid and be re-united with
Krishna. Radha is foremost of the <span style="font-style: italic;">gopis</span>
able to please Krishna with little more than a glance. Other
interpretations reveal, just as Vishnu appeared in the incarnation of
the human hero Krishna to save the earth, His consort Laxmi also came
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<span face="">Shri Radha Enchants Krishna</span><br />
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can not savour the romantic sentiment without the beloved as love
requires not only the self but equally the object of love for its
expression, which is<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="font-weight: bold;">Kishori Radha</b><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span>
Lord Krishna enchants the world but She enchants even him. Radha is
acknowledged as the supreme deity for She controls Krishna with her love
and perfect spiritual life is unattainable without Her grace.</span></div>
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<span face="">Gita Govinda by Jayadeva</span><br />
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<span face="">In the sensuous lyrics of ‘Gita Govinda’ by Jayadeva, Sri Radha is exalted as Lord Krishna’s <i> hladini shakti</i>
or blissful energy. In this position it is Sri Radha who is the
principal idol of devotion and the symbol of divine love. There is no
greater symbol to denote the longing of the soul in its quest for the
divine than the characterization of Sri Radha. Her sentiment expresses
the longing of the <span style="font-style: italic;">nayika</span> for her beloved; experienced through <i>madhura rasa</i> or sweet romance.</span></div>
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<span face="">Shri Radha, the Goddess of Love </span></div>
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<span face="">The Shringara Rasa of Shri Radha-Krishna</span><br />
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<span face="">Devotees are required to savour the <i>shrinagara rasa</i> of Sri Radha by <i>smarana </i> or living through the countless legends of the playful dalliance of Sri Radha-Krishna. Lord Krishna is conceived as the sole <i>purusha</i>,
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<span face="">Shringara Bhakti whether of the<span style="font-style: italic;"> Pushti Margis</span> or the Gaudiyas is suffused with <i>madhurya</i>,
the key to understanding and celebrating the love of Shri Radha-Krishna
and in doing so get a glimpse of one’s own transcendental self. As<span style="font-style: italic;"> madhurya</span> translates into<i> ananda</i> comes the realization that everyone is ultimately a <i>nayika</i> searching for Krishna.</span></div>
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<span face="">Shri Radha Was Born in Barsana</span><br />
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<span face="">Sri
Radha was born in Barsana, a suburb of Mathura as the daughter of
Vrashbhanu and Kirti, some 5000 years ago. The festive occasion is
celebrated as Radha-Ashtami throughout the country with dedicated
devotion and joyous abandon; 15 days after Lord Krishna's Janmashtami,
on the sacred eighth day of the Bhadrapada month of the Hindu calendar,
in the waxing phase of the moon somewhere between (August-September). </span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Sites of Braj Bhoomi closely related to Sri Radha are mentioned below:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Rawal</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Radha in Her Lalan (child) Form, Rawal</span><br />
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<span face="">Rawal is the only place in the world where Shri Radha is worshipped in Her Lalan (child) form.</span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Radha Was Found Lying in an Open Lotus</span></div>
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<span face="">This
is the site where Radha Rani's father Shri Vrishbhanu found Her lying
in an open lotus. Rawal is 9 kms south of Mathura, on the other side of
the Yamuna river. It is about halfway between Mathura and Gokul.</span><br />
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<span face=""><span face="">Raja
Suchendra born as Vrashbhanu the cowherd in Braj and his wife
Kalavati born as Kirtida, the cowherdess, were blessed with Shri Radha
as their daughter. On her incarnation a wave of rejoicing swept the
place with auspicious songs being sung. The site of Her manifestation
is famed as Rawal with a temple on the banks of the Yamuna citing this
miracle. Born at Her grandparents’ house, she later came to Vr</span><span face="">ashbhanupur. Baba Vrashbhanu came to Vrashbhanu Sarovar on <i>ashtami</i> of the <i>Bhadra</i>
month and spotted a small girl atop a lotus flower, swimming in the
pond and attracting his gaze. She was Sri Radha Herself.</span></span></div>
<span face=""><span face=""> </span> </span><br />
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<span face="">Lord Krishna and <b>Sri Radha</b>
are in essence a single entity who manifest as two distinct
individuals for the sake of interpersonal romantic exchange. To express
His charm as an amorous lover, Shri Krishna manifested Himself in the
Radha form. Two bodies and one soul are Sri Radha-Krishna and Surdas
sings ecstatically of their passionate union. Shri Radha is Lord
Krishna’s power of pleasure, delighted in Her beloved’s joy. Radha
above all the other cowherdesses and all other souls of the world,
ultimately emerges as the supreme object of Krishna’s passionate love.
Braj’s highly revered Shri Usha Bahenji’s experiences throw light on
the pivotal concept of <i>madhurya</i>, taking us to the very heart of the love of Radha and Krishna.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Shri Radha Kund and Shri Krishna Kund:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Shri Radha Kund, North West Braj</span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Krishna Kund, Madhuvana</span><br />
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<span face="">Gaudiya
Vaishnavas consider Radha Kund to be the most sacred place on
earth.Shri Radha and Krishna Kunds absolve all sins and bless us with
the worship of Lord Krishna. On reading certain <i> stotras</i> (hymns
of praise) religiously on the banks of Radha Kund one benefits with the
grace of Lord Radha-Krishna. In the same fashion as Shri Radhaji is
the supreme Beloved of Lord Krishna the pond is extremely dear to Her.</span></div>
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<span face="">Bathing in Krishna and Radha Kunds on Krishanashtami of the <i>Kartik</i>
month, one attains the same fruits as performing the Rajsuya and
Ashvamegha sacrifices. Hordes of Vaishnavas throng this site in the
Kartik (eighth month of the Hindu lunar year, October-November) month
and on Diwali.</span></div>
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<span face="">The
Puranas authenticate their appearance. Motivated by the Lord, Shri
Radhika along with Her sakhis inaugurated the enchanting Shri Radha
Kund which blesses us with all joys and worship of Lord Radha-Krishna.
All pilgrimage sites merged and stepped into Shri Krishna Kund and
since its waters filled the Radha Kund they resided in both of them.</span><br />
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<span face="">Actually these <span style="font-style: italic;">kunds</span> arose from Gaulok where Lord Krishna and Shri Radha reside in its enchanting <i> nikunjas</i> amidst the loving service of their sakhis. </span><br />
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<span face=""><span face="">Tears Streamed Down Shri Radha's Cheeks</span></span></div>
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<span face=""><span face="">Overcome
by Shri Radha Bhava, Krishna assumed that He was Radha. Overwhelmed by
Shri Krishna Bhava, Shri Radha was forlorn at their separation and
tears streamed down Her cheeks. On Shri Krishna’s reciting the Radha
Mantra, Shri Radha was drawn to Him along with Her sakhis. He stated
that the kund filled with Her tears of anguish will be known as Shri
Radha Kund and His will be famed as Shri Krishna Kund. They playfully
frolicked in both the ponds and returned to their respective forms. By
the grace of Shri Radha-Krishna Kunds in Gaulok, the two ponds were
incarnated in Vrindavan.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""><b>The Twin Kunds Are a Pilgrimage Site:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Radha-Krishna Kund</span></div>
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<span face="">Shri
Radha Kund is suffused with divine love. Shri Radha-Krishna, divine
incarnations as human lover and His beloved, along with their many
sakhis, are forever engrossed in the sheer sensuality and serene
spirituality of their romantic dalliance. </span><br />
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<span face="">Dark-hued Krishna's Flute Plays Draws the Gopis & Cows</span></div>
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<span face="">Sitting
on its banks, playing the melodious flute, the breath of His love, Lord
Krishna draws the cows and attracts the gopis, captivating all. </span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Shri Krishna Kund:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""> Shri Krishna Kund, Madhuvana</span><br />
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<span face="">Shri
Radha, the female Godhead, bathes here daily. The site is extremely
dear to Her; very much like She is the most beloved of Lord Krishna. To
its north is Madhu Manglananda Kund which is shaped by Shri Lalitaji.
To its north-east is Ujvala Nanda Kund belonging to Ujvala Sakha and
adorned by Vishakaji.</span><br />
<span face=""><b><br /></b></span>
<span face=""><b>Shri Radha Kund:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Radha Kund</span></div>
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<span face="">Close
to Krishna Kund, Shri Radhikaji inaugurated this kund by embracing
Shri Krishna. Bathing in Shri Radha and Sri Krishna Kunds one is
freed from the grave sins of killing Brahma, cows and men thus
attaining the fruits of Rajsuya and Ashvamegha sacrifices.</span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Shri Radha-Krishna Mandir:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Shri Radha-Krishna Mandir, Radha Kund Goverdhan</span></div>
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<span face="">Bathing
in the kunds, sighting Kundeshwar Bhagwan Shankar and worshipping Shri
Radha-Krishna one fulfills all desires. Goswami Vithal Nathji handed
over the service of the twin idols to Baba Gopaldas. Deities of Shri
Radha-Krishna are resplendent in this temple.</span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Nauka Leela (In Mansi Ganga):</b></span><br />
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<span face=""> Radha-Krishna on a Boat in in Mansi Ganga</span><br />
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<span face="">Lord
Krishna and His beloved Sri Radha were keen for boating. Ferrying the
boat in Mansi Ganga, the Lord rocked it purposely and Priyaji clung to Him in fear. The incidence led to an unprecedented dalliance with the
Lord captivated by the sheer sensuality of His beloved <b>Sri Radha</b>.
Sri Gangaji, a witness to these amorous frolics, destroys all earthly
drawbacks and blesses us with the worship of Lord Krishna.</span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Shri Vrashbhanupur</b></span></div>
<span face=""><b>(Spiritual Bliss showered on Barsana)</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Radha-Krishna Romantic Dalliance in Barsana</span></div>
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<span face="">Nature reflects the delights of Paradise onto the environs; with the
peacocks dancing in ecstasy and birds singing passionately. The site is
extremely dear to the Vaishnavas since it weaves the divine play, the
mazes and mysteries of Shri Radha-Krishna romantic dalliances, their
pathos and pleasure in its womb. The fields, forests and streams are
resplendent with the dark-hued Krishna fluting in the blossoming
pastures, an idyllic landscape where madhurya unfolds. </span></div>
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<span face="">Every site of Braj is related to the various divine plays of the Lord.
Vrindavan, Madhupuri, Barsana and Nandgaon are the duo’s lovable sites.</span><br />
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<span face="">Child Radha's Tinkling Anklets</span></div>
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<span face="">Now
doting mother Kirtida and Vrashbhanu Baba are delighted by Shri
Radha’s prattle, the tinkling of Her anklets, the sweet sound of Her
dangling earrings as she roams in their courtyard and now She is the
Godhead in female form, with Her male counterpart Nandnandan who rules
her heart. Shri Radha interacts with Her sakhis and bursts out laughing. At times she waves the <i>anchal</i> of Her saree and attracted by the glittering work on Her <span style="font-style: italic;">lehenga</span>
is delighted. Brajwasis dote on Her and child Radha is radiant as She
cuddles in the lap of Her parents. Shri Krishna often ventures from
Nandgaon to Vrashbhanupur, Kirtidaji fusses over him and soon both Shri Radha-Krishna are engrossed in love sports. </span></div>
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<span face="">Shri Radha Dallies with Nandnandan</span><br />
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<span face="">Vrashbhanupur
resonates with the innocent prattle of Shri Radha and on growing up She
romantically dallies with Her beloved Brajraj Nandnandan in Gaharvan,
Sankrikhor, Vilasgarh, Mangarh, Dangarh and other sites. Villages of
the <i>ashtasakihs </i> or the eight primary sakhis namely Shri Lalita,
Vishakha, Chitra, Indulekha, Champakalata, Tungavidya, Rangadevi and
Sudevi are located nearby.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Teerth Darshan:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Vishnu and Brahmagiri Parvat face each other. On the southern side is Brahmagiri Parvat and opposite to it is Vishnu Parvat. <b>Radha-Krishna Temple</b>
is on top of the Brahmagiri Parvat. </span><br />
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<span face=""> </span><span face=""> </span><span face=""><span face=""><span face="">Shri Kirti Mataji, Vrashbhanu Baba & Sridama</span></span></span></div>
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<span face=""><span face=""><span face="">The Vrashbhanu temple below enshrines
the idols of Vrashbhanuji, Kirtidaji and Shridama. </span></span></span><br />
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<span face="">Priyaji Temple, Barsana</span></div>
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<span face="">Close to it is the
temple of Shri Priyaji along with Shri Lalitaji.Dan Mandir, Hindola
Sthan, Mayur kuti and Raas Mandala are on Mount Brahma.</span><br />
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<span face=""> Sankari Khor</span></div>
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<span face="">The site of
Sankari Khor is nestled between both the mountains. Shri Radha Mandir
is on Mount Brahma with the site of Leela Nritya Mandal ahead. Vilas
Mandir is close by, with Gahvar Van next to it. The region below has
the Raas Mandala and Shri Radha Sarovar and Dohni Kund. Mayur Sarovar
created by Shri Chitralekhaji is near it. Herein we have Bhanu Sarovar,
Brajeshwari the idol of Maha Rudra and opposite is Kirti Sarovar.</span></div>
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<span face="">As
of now the region’s name is Barsana. Shri Bhanusur in its eastern
portion, Kirtida Kund in the northern corner, Vihar Kund is in its
south-western corner. Chaksauli Village and other pilgrimage sites are
near the Sankari Khor.</span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Sri Radha Krishna Darshan:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Love of Shri Radha-Krishna</span><br />
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<span face="">The
love of Shri Radha-Krishna is renowned the world over. Shri
Vrashbhanuji and Kirtidaji coupled with Nand Baba and Yashodaji always
participate in this divine tale. Occurring every day, the divine play
of the Lord and His beloved is eternal.<i> Rasiks</i> have expressed Sri Radha-Krishna as one
soul and two bodies with Radhaji being compared to the moon beams and
Krishnaji to the moon.</span></div>
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<span face="">Enraptured, the two of them meet daily. Sometimes<b> </b>
Kishoriji ventures to Nandgaon and at times Shr Krishna arrives at
Vrashbhanupur. Love makes even a moment of separation unbearable. Once
innocently Shri Radha requested Her beloved Shri Krishna to stay on
with her at her father’s town which would make the place lovable.
Unable to refuse, He gladly accepted her entreaty. The temple is
resplendent with the idols of Shri Radha-Krishna. </span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Kushal Bihariji Mandir, Barsana</span></div>
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<span face="">Shri Kushal Bihariji Mandir, another Radha -Krishna temple made b</span><span face="">y Maharaj Sawai Madho Singh of Jaipur is close by.</span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Gahvar Van:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Gahvar Van, Barsana</span></div>
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<span face="">Gahvar
Van as the name indicates is a dense forest. It is the idyllic
landscape for the romantic escapades of Sri Radha-Krishna, the longing
of the gopikas, and the unfolding of their <i>madhurya</i>.<b> </b>
Dearly loved by Sri Radha, a site where gopikas giggle and the place
resounds with their tinkling anklets as they wander around the trees. </span><br />
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<span face=""> Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji</span></div>
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<span face="">Highly revered Ushaji Bahenji visited the place, expressing the ambience
beautifully. Shri Hit Harivanshji Maharaj said that if <b>Sri Radha</b>
is graceful in love’s fulfillment and dignified in love’s separation,
the sakhi is the love messenger. The sakhis’ sole concern is to see
Shri Radha-Krishna united and joyous in love. Till date these divine
dalliances are prevalent in Gahvar Van. Only the very fortunate of
devotees are able to sight them.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Mayur Kuti:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Mayur Kuti</span></div>
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<span face=""><b> </b>Located
in the upper segment of Brahmachal Mount the Mayur Kuti is an
enchanting place. Belonging and longing are the essential parts of<span style="font-style: italic;"> madhurya rasa</span>.
Belonging imparts pleasure and desire for more and more of the sweet
love. Shri Radha-Krishna who are one soul, one mind can not even dream
of separation for a moment. Even so at times <b>Shri Radha</b> is
somewhat offended and Lord Krishna has a tough time placating her. He
came up with a new gimmick and acquiring the form of a peacock danced
ecstatically in front of her. She could not make out it was the Lord
and forgot her pride. In glee she called out ‘Mor Mor’ which also means
‘Mera’ in the Braj dialect. Hearing this Shri Krishna came close to
her and assuming his original form, exulted that he was hers forever.
Weaving this divine union in its ethereal environs the site is famed as
Mayur Kuti.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Maangarh:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Maan Mandir, Maangarh</span></div>
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<span face="">Reaching the zenith of love is easily attainable for the innocent Braj Gopikas and <b>Sri Radha</b>, their <i>swamini</i>
or devotional ideal because of their selfless devotion .Belonging and
longing are two different aspects of love. The gopikas who are always
expressing and experiencing their love for Krishna can not possibly
think of self gratification, eternally striving for the Lord’s joy but
distraught at times by His disappearance.</span></div>
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<span face="">Shri Radha Sulking</span></div>
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<span face="">Once
Sri Radha sulked when Shri Krishna did not turn up even after assuring
that He would. He tried hard to appease her but in vain. The sakhis
made an effort to placate her but it was of no use. Finally Shri
Krishna in connivance with the sakhis, disguised as one of them came
close to Sri Radha. Observing a new sakhi she was amused and began
questioning her. The moment she knew that the sakhi was adept at
singing she give her a warm hug. The touch enlightened Sri Radha that
it was the Lord himself and she cooled down. In a unique manner Shri
Krishna blessed the sight known as Mangarh, located on the top of Mount
Brahmachal. It is picturesque during the rainy season. Hindola, Raas
Mandala and Ratnakar Sarovar are close by.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Shri Radha Sarovar:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Shri Radha Sarovar, Barsana</span></div>
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<span face="">Kishori
Shri Radhika along with her sakhis used to frolic with water in this
pond, resulting in its name. A fascinating place it gratifies all
deities and grants <i>moksha</i> or salvation in all the three worlds.</span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Vilasgarh:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Vilasgarh Temple, Barsana</span></div>
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<span face="">Vilasgarh is a site of Shri Krishna’s romantic dalliance with the gopis. As
Sri Radha and Lord Krishna’ sole purpose is to engage in a loving
exchange the gopis, considered the <i>kaya-vyuha</i> (replications) of Shri Radha exist to assist them in the love-play in these isolated <i>nikunjas</i>. <b>Sri Radha</b>
feels that her love for Krishna can always expand to greater heights
and therefore manifests herself as the many gopis of Braj. Though
Sri-Radha Krishna meet daily, their longing and yearning always desires
more and more of their union. Once all of a sudden, Shri Krishna with
his beloved Sri Radha came to this isolated bower where the pathos of
their longing and the pleasure of belonging converged. When the Braj
Gopikas came by they saw the duo’s dishevelled appearance, ruffled
hair, loose necklaces, clothes out of place, musky spots on their
bodies and faces awash with langour. Situated on Mount Vishnu the site
recounts their passionate love.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Vrashbhanu Sarovar:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Vrashbhanu Sarovar</span></div>
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<span face=""><b> </b>Expiating all sins, the site was created by Gopraj Vrashbhanu. His daughter <b>Sri Radha</b>
and Shri Krishna dearly loved the place. Frolicking here, the two of
them were often enchanted with each other as they sported in its water.
Situated in the east of Barsana is Vrashbhanu Sarovar. It is believed
that when Vrashbhanu Baba in the month of Bhadra on the eighth day of
Shuklapaksh came here; he spotted a small girl cradled in a lotus
flower floating in this sarovar. Baba got Her to the palace; She was
Sri Radha, the Godhead in female form.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Chaksauli:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Chitra Sakhi Darshan, Chaksauli Barsana</span></div>
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<span face=""><b> </b>The gopikas expert at doing <i> shringara</i>, beautifully adorned <b>Sri Radha</b> for a dalliance with the Lord and brought Her here. It is the village of Chitra Sakhi, adjacent to Sankari Khor.</span><br />
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<span face=""><b>Mayur Sarovar:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Shri Radha-Krishna Are Very fond of Dancing Peacocks</span></div>
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<span face=""><b> </b>Showing the path to the three worlds the site blesses us with <i>moksha</i>
or salvation. The dancing of peacocks is very dear to Shri Chitraji
who ventures here daily. Flocks of peacocks inevitably swarm the place
surrounding her as she plays with them at times. Flirtatiously
loitering around, occasionally <b> Sri-Radha</b> Krishna arrive and are
welcomed by the peacocks’ delighted cries. Forever dancing in ecstasy
the birds go to Sri Radha and at times hover around Shri Krishna. Shri
Chitraji is joyous on observing their <i> madhurya</i>. The site has carefully treasured the mysterious dalliances for its devotees. </span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Mukta Kund:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Muktas or<b> </b>Pearls</span></div>
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<span face=""><b> </b>Shri Krishna and Sri Radha had an amusing argument once. Whereas Lord
Krishna is the God of the entire universe, His most beloved <b>Sri Radha</b>
is the embodiment of Shakti and the gratifier of His love. During this
dispute Sri Radha sowed some pearls in a field and they blossomed.
Both the lover and His beloved adorned themselves with these gems, an
outward expression of their love-play which resulted in its name<b>.</b></span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Sunehra Gram (Swaran Haar) and Kadamba Khandi:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Shri
Vallabhacharyaji also ventured to the golden mountain and the ethereal
Kadamba Khandi, a site of Raas abounding with swings and an expanse of
water. This isolated place of Raas is surrounded by kadamba trees
wherein its cool environs incapacitate the sweltering heat. The
fragrance of its flowers bathed in rain; enchant us as they blossom
with the touch of <i>madhurya</i> or sweet love. The trees form a sort of canopy beneath which <b>Sri Radha-Krishna</b>
fix their tryst. The Ratan Kund is nearby. </span><br />
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<span face="">Ashtasakhis Rangdevi & Sudevi</span></div>
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<span face="">Sunehra Gram is the
birthplace of both the sakhis, Rangdevi and Sudevi. Sudevi is adept at
applying <i> mahavar</i> on Shri Radha’s feet and Rangdevi is skilled at decking Shri Radha’s hair with <i>veni</i> or a string of flowers.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Dabharo:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Shri Radha-Krishna, the Pleasure of Belonging</span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Love
has a uniique trait. The pathos of separation though very painful
somehow enlightens the mind. Forgetting the self in belonging due to
the gush of love, sometimes leads to separation. Shri Krishna who daily
undergoes the pathos of longing and the pleasure of belonging was
ecstatic and turned dewy-eyed on spotting His beloved, <b>Sri Radha</b>,
as He gave Her a flirtatious glance. With such an idyllic setting it
was but natural for their love to reach its zenith at this site. </span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Anjnauk (Anjan Van):</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Lord Krishna Applies Kajal to Radha's Eyes</span></div>
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<span face=""><b> </b>What
delights the Lord is unique, an eternal desire for a romantic
dalliance. His love refuses to get into any saintly straitjacket. One
day sitting in Her chamber, <b>Shri Radha</b> was doing <i>shringara.</i>
A parrot named Vichshan narrated the scenario to Shri Krishna.
Suddenly an idea struck the Lord and taking out the flute from his
waistband He began to play it melodiously. The sound of the flute which
is the breath of their love; drew Shri Radha and her sakhis and they
headed to this forest. Making Shri Radha sit on the front boulder, He
absorbed Her ravishing beauty. Seeing Her eyes not darkened enough, He
applied collyrium and purposely smeared it right upto the eyebrows.
Soon after with a mirror he went upto her and holding her hand, wiped
it neatly to make up for his error. He repeated this incidence several
times which led to an unprecedented dalliance. The sakhis planned to
shower them with flowers and after plucking them savoured their
romantic escapade which gave them divine joy. Renowned as Anjnauk
(Anjan Van) it recounts those pleasurable efforts.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Prem Sarovar:</b></span><br />
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<span face=""><b> </b>Prem Sarovar</span></div>
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<span face=""><b> </b>Love is predominant in the realm of Shri Radha-Krishna. Whatever the Lord does pleases <b>Shri Radha</b>
and he does whatever she fancies. Saying so, Shri Manmahaprabhu Hit
Harivanshji has thrown light on the subject. Striving for the happiness
of the lover, transcendental love or the zenith of spiritual awareness
is worth calling love. This is the same Prem Sarovar where Shri
Radha-Krishna and their <i>kaya-vyuha</i> gopikas have savoured several
charming episodes of love. Beneath the canopy of fragrant kadamba
trees they are engaged in love talk, as they fix their tryst. During
the rainy season this site comes to life with the merriment of swings
and at times resounds with the sound of tinkling anklets. Fragments of
these dalliances scattered around are woven around this site known as
Prem Sarovar.</span></div>
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<span face=""><b>Raas Mandal:</b></span><br />
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<span face="">Raas Mandal</span></div>
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<span face="">I
salute you hey Raas Mandal made for the Raas or pleasure of the Lord!
If there is one aspect to Shri Krishna’s enigmatic persona which
distinguishes him from all other deities it is his leela. This divine
play which is both real and illusionary makes him both human and divine
at the same time. Delighting in play, he endears himself and brings
delight to all his devotees. Who can possibly describe the good fortune
of Braj Bhoomi where every site has been touched by the feet of <b>Shri Radha- Krishna</b>
and their group of sakhis, thereby making it even highly honored for
saints. Raas Mandala has a distinct significance since it weaves the
lovable escapades of the Lord and his beloved.</span></div>
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<span face="">Arisen
from the rejoicing of the Shravan month, the site blesses us with joys
and strives for the well-being of mankind. The Jhoolna Utsav in
Shravan enhances the beauty of Braj. Merriment all around, rustling
creepers embracing tree trunks, ecstatic dance of the peacocks,
passionate singing of the black cuckoos, glistening expanse of
greenery, rising waves in the sarovars, fragrance of the kadamba trees
and melodious songs resounding from gathered crowds, all add up to an
event of magical time, a nostalgia for a lost paradise. The elements
of nature are entranced by the magic of Shri Radha-Krishna and their
Braj Gopikas. Herein is an excerpt from revered Usha Bahinji’s
experience from a Jhoolna incidence. <b>Sri Radha </b> arrived to swing
at the Prem Sarovar where a dark-complexioned sakhi was already
present. Sighting her, the sakhi was delighted and the two of them
began conversing as they enjoyed the swings. Shri Radha asked the
sakhis to move her and this new friend. With the rocking of the swing
the new sakhi’s <i>anchal</i> slipped and Sri Radha was stunned on
sighting her body, it was none other than Lord Krishna himself. The
environs of this site are bathed with such delightful memories.</span></div>
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<span face="">The nature of love is strange. Sometimes overwhelming restlessness
makes us experience the pathos of longing even on being close to one’s
beloved, as the Raas Shastra explains. Once sitting in a garden of
Vihval Kund, Shri Krishna was anxiously waiting for <b>Sri Radha</b>. A
mynah began singing her glories which further aggravated his longing.
When soft-hearted sakha Subal came to know of this scenario, he figured
out a way for their rendezvous. Soon after, moving the creepers in
front, Sri Radha arrived with her sakhis. The Lord was delighted but
his yearning knew no bounds. Even on being so near to his beloved, he
was unable to savour the proximity and remained perturbed. This led to
the place being named Vihval which means restless.</span></div>
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metaphorical search of the impassioned soul for union with Lord
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The pivotal
concept of </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>madhurya</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> defines the love of Krishna and an important
Vaishnava concept of </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>shringara
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evolves in "Braj Vaibhav ki Apoorv Shri Bhaktimati Usha Bahemji.'.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Whether it is in the pleasure of belonging or
the pathos of longing, participating in the innocent </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>lilas
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Krishna or being charmed by His flute, Usha Bahenji, fondly known as Bobo, reflects
the </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>madhurya</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">
of Krishna in equal measure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pujya Bobo is Passionately Drawn to Vrindavana</span></span></div>
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transcendental love. This intense attraction to Vrindavan is
apparent in Bobo. She lived in Vrindavan for over half a century, inspiring
educated youth to live lives of celibacy and </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>tapa</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">.
Shunning self-publicity, she led a life of stern simplicity and
attained great heights of spiritual realization.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Revered Ushaji
was born in the city of Ambala on 30th of July, 1925. Her parents
Shri Manamohan and Syama brought her up with loving care. Educated in
a reputed school, she went on to take up the job of teaching and
subsequently became principal of Sanatan Dharma Girls School in the city. But
these felicities did not bind her down to Ambala. Right from the
start, Bobo intensely felt as if she belonged to Vrindavan and she was born elsewhere by a matter of chance.</span></span></div>
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the course of passionately being drawn to Vrindavan an interesting
incident took place on 30th July 1954, her thirtieth birthday.
While she was pondering over the meaning of </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>nila
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a saintly figure dropped in all of a sudden, uttering </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>jaya
jaya radhika madhava </i>and thus </span><span style="font-size: medium;">creating a peculiar vibration in the room. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On being asked the </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>siddha </i>mystically<i> </i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">replied that he was Charan Sakha and he lived at Kusuma Sarovara in Vraja where Uddhava also lived.
It was by the bidding of Lord Krishna that he had come to Ambala.</span></span></div>
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Ushaji's house for years together and his mystic revelations had a tremendous
impact on her. Deciding to leave for her chosen destination Vrindavan for good on 17th November,1959, Ushaji left behind her parents,
friends, students, institution and job. She soon became a paradigm of
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English version of 'Braj Vaibhab Ki Apoorv Shri Bhaktimati Usha
Bahenji (Poojya Bobo)' is available on this site. Her </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>seva</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">
to </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">the
Yugal Sarkar, the living presence of Shri Radha-Krishna,</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">
made Boboji attend selflessly to their needs. Soon after, she developed an all-consuming intimacy with them.</span></span></div>
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devotional practices require the devotee to savour the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i>shringara
rasa</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">
of Radha by </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i>smarana,</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"> a concentrated internal practice of imaginative recollection by
living through the countless legends of Shri Radha-Krishna's playful dalliance. For both the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i>bhakta</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">
and the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i>rasika</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">,
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is the key to understanding and celebrating the love of Radha and
Krishna and in so doing get a glimpse of one's transcendent self. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Everyone is a Nayika Searching for Krishna</span></div>
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the realization that everyone is ultimately a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><i>nayika</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
searching for Krishna. Thereafter worshippers come to find the god within
themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">You are the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">true</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">benefactor</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">both</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vaishnavas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Shaivites,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Shankar,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">innocent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">treasurer,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Namah</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shivaya</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">means</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">adoration</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(namas)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Śiva,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">preceded</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">by</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mystical</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">syllable</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">"Aum".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">dharam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">na</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">artha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">na</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kaam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">ruchi,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gati</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">na</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">chahaun</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">nirvaan</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">have</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">neither</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">any</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">interest</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">righteousness,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">wealth</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">desire,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">nor</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">do</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">want</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gati, the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">state</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*nirvana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Give</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">me</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">no</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">other</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">boon</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">than</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">continuous</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">love</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lotus</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">feet</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Krishna,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">every</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">single</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moment</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Uma-Mahadev</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Ki</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Jai...*Harisharnam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Glory</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Radha-Krishnachandra</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Glory</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Uma-Mahadev...I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> take </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">refuge</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Lord Hari.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">chandrashekhar,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">chandrashekhar,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">chandrashekhar</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">paahimaam</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Chandrashekar:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">epithet</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Chandraśekhara</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">means</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bears</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">crescent </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">head.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">chandra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">=</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon;</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">śekhara</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">=</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">crest,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">crown</span></div>
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HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-40852178726081755662023-07-08T19:28:00.000-07:002023-07-08T19:36:36.958-07:00Shri Vandana by Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji (Shravan & Mahashivratri)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva Grants us Krishna's <i>madhurya</i> or sweet Love</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Usha Bahenji fondly Known as Bobo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Bhaktimati</i> Usha Bahenji insisted that we chant this particular Shiv Vandana during the month of Shravan, the special month for worshipping Shiva. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Aum</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">at</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">feet</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Krishna,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vallabha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beloved</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">gopis</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">seek</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">refuge</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Aum!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vallabha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(Krishna)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">most</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dear</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">gopis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Aum!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sri</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Radha-Krishna.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Lord Shiva, Gauri's Consort</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Aum!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">consort</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Gauri</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(Shiva.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Aum!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Adoration</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(namas)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">yåbhyåm</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vinå</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">na</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pasyanti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">siddhåh</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">svåntahsthamisvaram</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">||2||</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(Sloka2,Baalkaand,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Ramcharitmanas)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhavåni</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sankarau</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vande</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sraddhåvisvåsarupinau</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pray</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Goddess</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Pårvati</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Her</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">consort,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Bhagavån</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sankara,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">svarupas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">embodiments</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">reverence</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">faith,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The Eternal Guru, Lord Shiva</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vande</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bodhamayam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">nityam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gurum</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sankararupinam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">yamåsrito</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">hi</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vakro'pi</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">candrah</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sarvatra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vandyate</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">||3||</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">make</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">obeisance</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">all-knowing,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">eternal</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">spiritual</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">preceptor</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva..Taking</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">refuge</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Him</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(by resting</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">His</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">brow)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">even</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*crescent-shaped</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is adored</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">world</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">over.(3)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The Dust of Shiva's Feet Destroys Worldly Diseases</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bamdau</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">guru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pada</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">paduma</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">parågå,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">suruci</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">subåsa</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sarasa</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">anurågå</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">|</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">samana</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sakala</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhava</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">ruja</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">parivåru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">||1||</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sukrti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sambhu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">tana</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bimala</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bibhuti,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mamjula</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mamgala</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">moda</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">prasuti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">|</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pray</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pollen</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dust</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lotus</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">feet</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">my</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> guru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">gleaming,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">flavoured</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">full</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">rasa</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">love.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">It</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">l</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ovely</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">powder</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">life </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">giving</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">herb</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(sanjeevani)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">destroys</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">family</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">all</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">diseases</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">abounding</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">this</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mundane</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">That</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dust</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pure</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vibhuti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> (</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">white</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ash)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">adorns</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> meritorious (virtuous) </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow";">gives birth to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beautiful</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">blessings</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">joys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bamdau°</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">guru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pada</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kamja</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">krpå</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">simdhu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">nararupa</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">hari</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">|</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mahåmoha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">tama</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pumja</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">jåsu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bacana</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">rabi</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kara</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">nikara</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">||5||</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pray</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lotus</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">feet</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> great </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">guru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">an</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ocean</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mercy</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">none</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">other</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">than</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vishnu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Himself</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">human</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">form.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Whose</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">words</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cluster</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">sunbeams</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dispersing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">deep</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">darkness</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">great</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">delusion</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(especially</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> regarding </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">supposed</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">reality</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">this</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">world.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> Sri Radha-Krishna & Sri Uma-Mahadev</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Radha-Krishna</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Chandra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> K</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">i</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Jai,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Uma-Mahadev</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> K</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">i</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Jai</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Glory be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sri</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Radha-Krishna</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Chandra, Glory be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sri</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Uma-Mahadev</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">jaya</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">jaya</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">giribararaja</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kisori,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">jaya</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mahesa</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mukha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">camda</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">cakori</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">||</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Glory,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">all</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">glory</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">You,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Parvati,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Daughter</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Himachal,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow";">supreme</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mountain-king</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> . Glory </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">You,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">gazes</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">at</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moonlike face</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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font-size: 11pt;">You,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Mother</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">elephant-headed</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Ganesha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Goddess Paravati</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">You</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">very</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> well </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">know</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">my</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">heart's</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">longing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">because</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">you</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">forever</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dwell</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">town</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">everyone's</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">patidevatå</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sutiya</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mahu°</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">måtu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">prathama</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">tava</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">rekha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Shri Radha-Krishna</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Chandra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> K</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">i</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Jai,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Uma-Mahadev</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> K</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">i</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Jai</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Glory be </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sri</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Radha-Krishna</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Chandra,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow";">Glory be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sri</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Uma-Mahadev</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Om</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">::</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mystical</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">sound</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sanskrit</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">origin</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">sacred</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Hnduism.It</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">placed</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">at</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beginning</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">most</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Hindu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">texts</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">sacred</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">incantation</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">intoned</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">at</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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<i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal;">*Crescent:</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">figure</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">its</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">first</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">last</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">quarter,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">resembling</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">segment</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ring</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">tapering</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">points</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">at</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*<i>Cakori::</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">type</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">partrige</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">traditionally</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">supposed</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">live</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moonbeams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Lord Shiva as Adi Dakshinamurthy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The
highest form of a Guru is Lord Shiva Himself ( *Adi Dakshinamurthy) or
ultimate knowledge, whereas a guru is the
manifestation of that knowledge. </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva, the supreme Vaishnava, is
often venerated as the Adi Guru who resides in the spiritual mentors of
this mundane world. </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Guru Purnima is such an important annual festival
that most Indians visit the ashrams of their respective gurus or
spiritual preceptors in Rishikesh, Haridwar, Mathura and Vrindavan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva Bestows Religious Devotion to Krishna</span><br />
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Shiva, 'The Auspicious One', works for our well being, is the refuge
of loving tenderness, is splendidly generous, bestows religious devotion
to Krishna and is Maha Yogeshwar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Easily pleased, Lord Shankar manifested for Usha Bahenji (fondly known as Bobo), a great saint of Vrindavan, and
made the spectral revelation that He was her guru who would take her to the
pivotal concept of Krishna's <i>madhurya</i> or sweet love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Highly Revered Usha Bahenji in Vrindavan</span><br />
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incident dates to the time when Bobo had come to Vrindavan. After a
bath in the Yamuna she was heading homewards accompanied by Sushila
Bahenji, Vijayji and others. It was Guru Purnima, (the full moon day in
the month of Ashadh of the Hindu calendar).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Religious devotion makes the Supreme Being and devotee merge with each other and become one.God ultimately dwells in the bhakta's heart and the devotee in turn resides in the heart of the Divine.It is the bhakta who bestows godliness, sweetness,compassion, loving tenderness and other virtues on the <i> svarupa</i> of the Supreme Being.Whereas God grants religious devotion, love and divine traits to the bhakta and enhances his glory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Even on being a destitute only that living being is blessed in all the <i>lokas</i> (cosmological regions)in whose heart the<span style="font-style: italic;"> bhakti</span> of Sri Hari (Vishnu or Krishna) resides solely. Lord Vishnu invariably abandons Vaikunth, His own <i> loka</i> & supreme abode, and bound by the bond of bhakti, gains entry into the heart of the fortunate bhakta, dwelling there forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Endowed with these virtues of religious devotion, the bhakta takes birth anywhere and is least affected by <i> maya</i> or illusion, delusion (esp as to the supposed reality of the world) and infatuation of this mundane world. Even on staying in the marshy land of a family he does not love the lotus like mire and its water. Surprisingly he loves the sun his lover, on the contrary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Similarly even after staying in the ocean of this temporal world, the bhakta becomes disconnected, is not apprehensive and is fearless of this world, as he resolutely begins loving Sri Hari. hereafter on finding time and being summoned by his supremely favoured deity, the devotee renounces the worthlessness of this world and ardently longing to meet Him, meets up with the loved ones of his deity.</span></div>
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HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-83923478434183799572023-04-05T12:02:00.000-07:002023-04-06T06:37:53.152-07:00Shri Hanuman Chalisa: Introduction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;">Hanuman also famed as Anjaneya and Maruti is an ardent devotee of Lord Rama in the Ramayana, a celebrated Indian epic.The eleventh incarnation of Lord Shiva (Rudra), Hanuman leads an army of monkeys to battle Ravana, the demon king who has abducted Sita. Having a body as strong as a thunderbolt (the weapon of Indra) and as fast as lightning, Hanuman is also adulated as Bajrang Bali. He is often called Pavan Putra because the Wind God had played an important role in Anjana's giving birth to Hanuman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;">Hanuman Chalisa is a devotional song consisting of forty or <i>chalis chaupais </i> (a quatrian usually printed as two rhyming lines of verse) composed by Goswami Tulsidas in the Awadhi language in the 16<sup>th</sup> century.Singing the glories of Lord Hanuman as the model devotee, the poem expounds the monkey-god's parentage, physique, intelligence, valour, heroic deeds and devotion to Lord Rama and Sita. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;">Lord Hanuman is a bachelor deity and millions recite the chalisa to seek his blessings.Hanuman Chalisa has gained tremendous popularity amongst Hindus in the new millennium. Many of them recite the composition as a prayer every day of the week or generally on Tuesdays and Saturdays, considered sacred days for devotees of Hanuman when <span style="font-style: italic;">bhaktas</span> throng temples of the deity, offering sweets like bundi laddoos and Hanuman Vastras (red-coloured cloth for the idol.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;">It is said that chanting the Hanuman Chalisa a hundred times for a span of 100 days, frees one from the cycle of birth and death. Soon after, one reaches the heights of elation and ecstasy as stated in the 38<sup>th</sup> verse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;">Each of the 40 <span style="font-style: italic;">chaupais</span> or verses of the chalisa convey a distinctive blessing. Depending on the <span style="font-style: italic;">bhava</span> (love flowing towards the Lord Hanuman) and the devotee's <span style="font-style: italic;">shraddha</span> or implicit faith, the fruits of the particular verse are attained.The invocation, the main body (chalisa) and the final entreaty are the three parts of the Hanuman Chalisa, which have been identified after studying its structure and content.</span></div>
HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-16444983213286945512023-03-26T06:00:00.000-07:002023-03-27T05:52:57.414-07:00Sri Yamuna Stuti by Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji<span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey Krishna prem pravaahinee| Hey Krishna prem pradaayinee |</i></span><br /><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkyXnAm-0n0-eSy8kiWfDokJwKLFuGGOoyvpBKOlypzqfMzZqEAoTMGfh8qn1uo-u5y9-43Fvu5cg_7d3D3ZdhTDFILq0M7yt30mXEvrmWxMJY8Yuhdi9un9McO2CUjFZd1X4CqS785s/s1600/420571.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkyXnAm-0n0-eSy8kiWfDokJwKLFuGGOoyvpBKOlypzqfMzZqEAoTMGfh8qn1uo-u5y9-43Fvu5cg_7d3D3ZdhTDFILq0M7yt30mXEvrmWxMJY8Yuhdi9un9McO2CUjFZd1X4CqS785s/s320/420571.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548680015412201218" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Yamuna Maharani</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O Yamuna Maharani, the carrier of Krishna's gushing love. Oh bestower of Krishna's divine and transcendental love.</span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey Krishna preeti sushobhne !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey Krishna roop vilobhne !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXvbdJOWAdBzODB_IIaCuISD0-Fphvt7h7fdFcsA-1md3FUrZzn0uNybgB6E9jR_oTh-G7jygO1PyYkvE__wVtAoa5VOvUmE0aA0wCEnWBAjk_28wl3kTxQTZbSVcgq2Sy0fxTo2ZAk0/s1600/yamuna.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXvbdJOWAdBzODB_IIaCuISD0-Fphvt7h7fdFcsA-1md3FUrZzn0uNybgB6E9jR_oTh-G7jygO1PyYkvE__wVtAoa5VOvUmE0aA0wCEnWBAjk_28wl3kTxQTZbSVcgq2Sy0fxTo2ZAk0/s320/yamuna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548680883418449010" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O provider of Krishna's loving affection which you are well-adorned with!</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O temptress who allures us with with your attractive form which is just like Krishna's. </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Krishna Sri Krishna svarupini !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey prem nem niroopinhi !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX-2iWiK9wNRlTjNSYaJcTBeH_u9WuXhJMISPsOa68JqBgXkP1uBR-ctZ-CBPpBSMItpK8gXUZnK9SgjpqIjhHsb_jZHowshMFkO3yRBPQ6gIH0s55GKiF_CHEyz92zzvi2vx1p7_IGc/s1600/2711303360060501294S500x500Q85.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX-2iWiK9wNRlTjNSYaJcTBeH_u9WuXhJMISPsOa68JqBgXkP1uBR-ctZ-CBPpBSMItpK8gXUZnK9SgjpqIjhHsb_jZHowshMFkO3yRBPQ6gIH0s55GKiF_CHEyz92zzvi2vx1p7_IGc/s320/2711303360060501294S500x500Q85.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548680006026142130" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >You are the <span style="font-style: italic;">svarupini</span> or a form of Krishna, who has a living divine presence. Oh definer of the principles of love! </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey Sri Krishna-sparsh modini !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Nav nav vihar vinodinee!</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4MQzXvo24iPSSah9mlj9YgJlYwIwQQAwNrNJ6-8cS3TbygirLTbFFlCThyT_hYKRlb2D0hMRi3iM_lYzS-AL9RA_B-LyD9o57lJU0agmYTRLT-5J971AFGIeUBZKnjIqOoO8j0JWjVI/s1600/radha_krishna1+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4MQzXvo24iPSSah9mlj9YgJlYwIwQQAwNrNJ6-8cS3TbygirLTbFFlCThyT_hYKRlb2D0hMRi3iM_lYzS-AL9RA_B-LyD9o57lJU0agmYTRLT-5J971AFGIeUBZKnjIqOoO8j0JWjVI/s320/radha_krishna1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678642041739202" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Sri Radha-Krishna</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O the one who is ecstatic at Krishna's divine touch !</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And the one who delightfully arranges for new romantic dalliances of Sri Radha-Krishna in quick succession. </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri Krishna roopasaktinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey Krishna snehanuraktinee !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MJ_ElEk6lzAa5cuOlpKeutmweBM1ohh8vTIH6J2iK3dbHyEh8JEM7-GcL4ijr_GojG5bmopvykMKW-D3SAfs7n61lzo0lrU_OBbHVb1yPAYGydkPCMBMdJTQphIMUKPlbk-S2mihDSo/s1600/krishnji.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MJ_ElEk6lzAa5cuOlpKeutmweBM1ohh8vTIH6J2iK3dbHyEh8JEM7-GcL4ijr_GojG5bmopvykMKW-D3SAfs7n61lzo0lrU_OBbHVb1yPAYGydkPCMBMdJTQphIMUKPlbk-S2mihDSo/s320/krishnji.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548682580658813154" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O the one who is passionately drawn by the lovely form of Sri Krishna !</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And the one who is closely attached to Krishna's loving affection. </span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna bhushaadharinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna sang vihaarini !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTZaFRZ2_J3ISbmE4HCUq8m6ZB8kQz3kS6G5PgzDOUb8fn5cSnKc-ZsdLIO725voE1j0ReyD8cDrT8fwjb_MFlaGb1JDJmOJglth8SDHce2AmakksfesPHUvB1RtSIfqBlRqrXckO8vM/s1600/0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTZaFRZ2_J3ISbmE4HCUq8m6ZB8kQz3kS6G5PgzDOUb8fn5cSnKc-ZsdLIO725voE1j0ReyD8cDrT8fwjb_MFlaGb1JDJmOJglth8SDHce2AmakksfesPHUvB1RtSIfqBlRqrXckO8vM/s320/0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548680024813321346" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Your attire is identical to that of Lord Krishna's !</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >You roam around and dally with Lord Krishna every moment !</span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna prannay prasaarinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Nav raas-ras vistaarinee !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbnREBPiq0paHX0rQHUtCcrWtCK1xMcbPItGe6BUrDFd0ydqlkwkblbA23rvLWQl2KI20N8fdnU26eXtVo3fno3bXPFd2SqZS6YFbl7kThkaoUuowIt2h-CnenNbfC8dFb_0oiYI6l7Q/s1600/Yamunaji.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbnREBPiq0paHX0rQHUtCcrWtCK1xMcbPItGe6BUrDFd0ydqlkwkblbA23rvLWQl2KI20N8fdnU26eXtVo3fno3bXPFd2SqZS6YFbl7kThkaoUuowIt2h-CnenNbfC8dFb_0oiYI6l7Q/s320/Yamunaji.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678035704930770" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >You spread the sweet love of Lord Krishna !</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And elaborately expand the new romantic sentiments of <i>raas</i> (the round dance of Krishna with the herdgirls of Braj)! </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna keli vilaasinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Ras ranjitaa mridu haasinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpdd_eiDcWSan8jFobswJVpU8El4QDGTdhF9LpRFmOaAk68EPHuJTZxeqLvBrVJiVnMxr9JZJAWJMobF6B3Mzd_KFCk2mZNP5w9KzHhF36WgnS4_Paa_IztR8HwGR6nXO13a75mPqraU/s1600/yamunaji2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpdd_eiDcWSan8jFobswJVpU8El4QDGTdhF9LpRFmOaAk68EPHuJTZxeqLvBrVJiVnMxr9JZJAWJMobF6B3Mzd_KFCk2mZNP5w9KzHhF36WgnS4_Paa_IztR8HwGR6nXO13a75mPqraU/s320/yamunaji2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678032135418658" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Lord Krishna's amorous frolics are more enjoyable because of you.</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Relishing His romance becomes delightful because of your sweet smile. </span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey pran vallabh-vallabha !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna tulya sutnu prabha !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSsDCAiIxrnW05Iyvnt5Ml3fgAYTEDllN62i1kV-Q0aQq5_u-StWS9TQP2gnzsJHoysgBpe9e8DDAgwDHl_kw2h_3mlfjKRH3Ag-8usyRo3y7QoIkhGxJWXtekh-mhXQ7EkIvbhWvu20/s1600/LORD+KRISHNA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSsDCAiIxrnW05Iyvnt5Ml3fgAYTEDllN62i1kV-Q0aQq5_u-StWS9TQP2gnzsJHoysgBpe9e8DDAgwDHl_kw2h_3mlfjKRH3Ag-8usyRo3y7QoIkhGxJWXtekh-mhXQ7EkIvbhWvu20/s320/LORD+KRISHNA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678647998376450" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Krishna, the Supreme Lover</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O beloved of Krishna, the supreme lover who rules our hearts !</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Your bluish colour can be equated to Lord Krishna's dark hue. </span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Krishnanurag taranginee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey radhika priya sangini !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tFPiPTgTFbE0vsCYpLYoSZHOHiyRYm-Jc_Tc343sTsJWrndAyZHKOMKUGhd2BHE_bk8Abu80Kbcem_8AZHiZj18BBqfopLMuTN-hWngaO6twzHnMVBuBhEdsCxpExvvZRA26twwo8DM/s1600/Srimati_Radharani_y_la_flauta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tFPiPTgTFbE0vsCYpLYoSZHOHiyRYm-Jc_Tc343sTsJWrndAyZHKOMKUGhd2BHE_bk8Abu80Kbcem_8AZHiZj18BBqfopLMuTN-hWngaO6twzHnMVBuBhEdsCxpExvvZRA26twwo8DM/s320/Srimati_Radharani_y_la_flauta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678055070184242" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Sri Radha</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O river who spreads the gushing love of Krishna with your towering waves!</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And the one who enjoys the company of Sri Radha ! </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna ras unmaadinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Mad bhaar harsh ninaadinee !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlV8V7gjhY8pLdy944YBJs4essKuJb6SmDP3WkfNOwfo3jSYszeS1n7d3wknm3kbm2vTMS7P4bi8xXCnS89mey98ainedFRFxvjfAPjq5IcVsgZFzw1tY_9g-h2-WHJCI6XrvTc9BrFk/s1600/yamuna.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlV8V7gjhY8pLdy944YBJs4essKuJb6SmDP3WkfNOwfo3jSYszeS1n7d3wknm3kbm2vTMS7P4bi8xXCnS89mey98ainedFRFxvjfAPjq5IcVsgZFzw1tY_9g-h2-WHJCI6XrvTc9BrFk/s320/yamuna.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678045326303394" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O the one who is impassioned by Lord Krishna's <i>rasa</i> or romantic sentiment !</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And the one who cries out in joyous abandon because of being intoxicated by Krishna's love !</span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna chit aakarshinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna rati ras-varshinee !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4LZdshmisdhFmiwtzeMuEALYxh0wi-68CDQF8bFgyE-7bQMoSIAth8EJciBSbbaEcimGxKZXt-jVX0yMUqDRFW6NK786xDZJrRTimgSEwwolmw_1hbzwRBBlo76u-j8bDOLC5D5CVGw/s1600/images.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4LZdshmisdhFmiwtzeMuEALYxh0wi-68CDQF8bFgyE-7bQMoSIAth8EJciBSbbaEcimGxKZXt-jVX0yMUqDRFW6NK786xDZJrRTimgSEwwolmw_1hbzwRBBlo76u-j8bDOLC5D5CVGw/s320/images.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678661737973858" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >The one who attracts Lord Krishna's heart !</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And the one who showers Krishna's sentiment of sweet romance. </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna sukh sanvardhinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna rasvashvartinee !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7u-rtquCcyex4IqZ8U9Y_FptsrlyDc0uevoFDaJnKqYQV4tUBfUvfm9OnAkko8a5IRYrZb31zoW9j5OEXZz032QLsVD-QZJCxOXBOUGgGjcWXaCxykFvrVWBZMwugQzteuxBgIqZlko/s1600/yamuna.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7u-rtquCcyex4IqZ8U9Y_FptsrlyDc0uevoFDaJnKqYQV4tUBfUvfm9OnAkko8a5IRYrZb31zoW9j5OEXZz032QLsVD-QZJCxOXBOUGgGjcWXaCxykFvrVWBZMwugQzteuxBgIqZlko/s320/yamuna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548685225520810018" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >The one who escalates Lord Krishna's joy ! </span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >And the one who transforms the power of Krishna's sentiment of sweet love ! </span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Sri krishna ras sandohinee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey pranpresht vimohinee ! </i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyd1Llnwe20VTmHcj0namizzZtm5jD1otLcxuM7tdvn7AGf_wqwzslqpcodmVkvR9HL_XuXVQ6-U5M3OEiQYuFVzyJU3YwFY4BjHDRGPPb9THLSCKyse2HzWQM_p1Jp48LZjcCr_7Lsk0/s1600/krishna-lotus-mala1a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyd1Llnwe20VTmHcj0namizzZtm5jD1otLcxuM7tdvn7AGf_wqwzslqpcodmVkvR9HL_XuXVQ6-U5M3OEiQYuFVzyJU3YwFY4BjHDRGPPb9THLSCKyse2HzWQM_p1Jp48LZjcCr_7Lsk0/s320/krishna-lotus-mala1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548678656912848546" border="0" /></a></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >The one who milks Lord Krishna's <i> rasa</i> of sweet love !</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" > O the one who enchants the supreme lover ! </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey Bhaanuja ! Hey svamini </i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey Krishna ! Manabhiraaminee !</i></span><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2TtnECMB8OzTn8-IWVwSLBR-4ctthIHTKSnTy2n1YnkBcOmmstpI6REkCyCd1A0fhDd7_neEaGJTl6sHwWkSw2eiMg8hyTAM7bG8yAi5VJzrGrOeo_TN0pgmwY44nfERyVB0I_0nHx8/s1600/RK.Boat.pastime.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2TtnECMB8OzTn8-IWVwSLBR-4ctthIHTKSnTy2n1YnkBcOmmstpI6REkCyCd1A0fhDd7_neEaGJTl6sHwWkSw2eiMg8hyTAM7bG8yAi5VJzrGrOeo_TN0pgmwY44nfERyVB0I_0nHx8/s320/RK.Boat.pastime.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548685223183956226" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Sri Yamuna Attracts dark-hued Krishna</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >O Sri Yamuna, daughter of the Sun God ! Oh <i>svamini</i> or devotional ideal</span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >who passionately draws the mind of Lord Krishna ! </span><br /><br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Karke kripa karunamayee !</i></span></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><i>Hey rasmayee ! 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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The highest form of a Guru is Lord Shiva Himself ( *Adi Dakshinamurthy) or ultimate knowledge, whereas a guru is the manifestation of that knowledge. </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva, the supreme Vaishnava, is often venerated as the Adi Guru who resides in the spiritual mentors of this mundane world. </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Guru Purnima is such an important annual festival that most Indians visit the ashrams of their respective gurus or spiritual preceptors in Rishikesh, Haridwar, Mathura and Vrindavan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva, 'The Auspicious One', works for our well being, is the refuge of loving tenderness, is splendidly generous, bestows religious devotion to Krishna and is Maha Yogeshwar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Easily pleased, Lord Shankar manifested for Usha Bahenji (fondly known as Bobo), a great saint of Vrindavan, and made the spectral revelation that He was her guru who would take her to the pivotal concept of Krishna's <i>madhurya</i>or sweet love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Highly Revered Usha Bahenji in Vrindavan</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The incident dates to the time when Bobo had come to Vrindavan. After a bath in the Yamuna she was heading homewards accompanied by Sushila Bahenji, Vijayji and others. It was Guru Purnima, (the full moon day in the month of Ashadh of the Hindu calendar).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">As she walked in the fields opposite the Yugal Ghat. Instantly the great Vaishnava, Lord Shankar with his wife Parvati and son Ganesha were clearly visible in the sky, which soared slightly higher than the temple's platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Mother Parvati was clad in a red sari and adorned in the best of finery. Child Ganesha was also present with His spirited antics. Whereas Lord Shankar was resplendent with matted yellow hair which shone like heated gold.The holy Ganges and crescent moon rested on His head and a beautiful blue hue was apparent in His throat. </span><br />
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HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-86606559781384400042020-10-21T12:05:00.000-07:002020-10-22T08:25:33.813-07:00Navratras<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">In Hindu mythology Durga is Shakti, the divine feminine energy. According to a legend, Lord Brahma granted a boon to Mahishasur, the buffalo demon. Armed with infinite power, the <i>asura</i> created havoc in the universe, and no one could dare defeat or kill him. One fine day he ventured to Heaven or <i>Swargaloka</i> to kill Indra who entreated Lord Shiva for help. Enraged at such blatant misuse of Brahma’s boon, Lord Shiva along with Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma, released their energies. The <i>shaktis</i> of the Trinity flashed forth and fused together, bringing to life a magnificent Goddess resplendent with many arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Acclaimed as Durga, she was ravishingly beautiful and deadly. The armed Durga rode a Lion and fought a fiercely bloody battle with Mahishasur, raging for nine days and nights.Finally on the tenth day, Durga trampled him under her foot and Mahishasur was killed, saving the universe from his reign of terror. The Goddess’s triumph because of her innate divinity symbolizes the victory of good over evil. These nine days are solely devoted to propitiation of the Mother Goddess or Shakti Incarnate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>Navadurga</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Durga, the Mother Goddess of the Hindus is an amalgam of Devi (consort of a God) and Shakti (the energy of a deity personified as his wife). Believed to have manifested in various forms, the <i>Navadurga</i> are said to be the most sacred aspects of Durga.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">According to Hindu tradition, Durga incarnated herself in three major forms of Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali who owe their origin to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva respectively. These three further appeared in three more forms of Durga each and thus the nine forms of Durga collectively called the Navadurga or Nine Durgas evolved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Navratri's each night is dedicated to one form of Goddess Durga who creates, sustains and destroys the Universe. <b>Mahakali</b> Goddess of valor, power and energy is propitiated for the first three days to end our vices. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><b>Durga Shailputri</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;">Shailputri is the daughter of Himalaya, king of the Mountains. Shail means mountain and putri stands for daughter. She is the first among the nine Durgas married to Lord Shiva and mother of Ganesha, the remover of obstacles and Kartikeya, god of war. The first navratra is devoted to the worship of Shailputri. Her two hands hold a trident and a lotus. Her mount is a bull.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: 100%;"><br />In her previous birth she was Sati, the wife of Lord Shiva and daughter of Daksha and Bhavani. Once Daksha had organized a grand Yagna and did not invite Shiva. Being obstinate Sati however reached there and consequently Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati could not tolerate her husband being slighted and burnt herself in the fire of the Yagna.<br /><br />In the next birth she was born as Parvati, daughter of Himalaya and married to Shiva. As per the Upanishadas she had shattered the egotism of Indra and other deities. Ashamed soon after, they made obeisance to her, "In fact, thou are Shakti.Whereas all of us - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv are empowered by drawing <span style="font-style: italic;">shakti</span> or power from you."</span></div>
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HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-53086125017878964982020-08-12T08:08:00.000-07:002020-08-12T08:08:12.350-07:00<p>Shri Krishna Janamashtami: 12th August, 2020</p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f7f0e9; color: #8f3213; font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial; font-size: 15.6px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f7f0e9; color: #8f3213; font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial; font-size: 15.6px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #f7f0e9; clear: both; color: #8f3213; font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial; font-size: 15.6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijq4qhHbas6V-kkiubz40HuTr8uMTmVJjogPyN1byVHgeDqgenHAKd0gxCX7O8uaRvVJWru_kkMXpPvZ1uU5YXkfp0THlfe3IynO4qkUG_SeiQgTF6Jjl41MACbjT5VooNqDvPyPnnoKHP/s1600/lord-krishna_K4Du4_25806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ba742a; 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Towards the end of the Dwapar Era, in the Hindu month of Bhadra, Mathura had the great fortune of witnessing Lord Krishna’s birth on Krishan Ashtami. Atrocities were on the rise, religion had become a mere farce and the deities were great pained. King Kansa terrified of his own death had imprisoned Vasudev and Devki, having killed six of their earlier children. 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Its enraptured village girls representing Krishna's hungering devotees are passionately drawn to dark-hued Krishna's lyrical softness, innocent pranks, beautiful adornments and serene sensuality which add to His madhurya or sweet love.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f7f0e9; color: #8f3213; font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial; font-size: 15.6px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f7f0e9; color: #8f3213; font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial; font-size: 15.6px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Krishna's playful dalliance is nitya or eternal. One aspect of Lord Krishna’s enigmatic persona which distinguishes Him from all other deities is His lila or divine play which makes the dark-hued Supreme Lover both human and divine at the same time, and becomes Him ,most of all.Delighting in play Krishna endears himself and brings joy to all His devotees.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>HariHarjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876693266228945744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457266022746074501.post-50363719538033285952020-05-28T10:01:00.001-07:002020-12-08T09:02:26.723-08:00Revered Usha Bahenji Meets Sushila Bahenji (Sushila Bahenji - Nikunj Pravesh: 25th May, 2020)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Sushilaji's father left Lahore as 1946 set in and willingly joined the post and telegraph service in Ambala. He began staying at his brother's house with his two daughters. Sushila Bahenji took her younger sister Nirmala Sharma to the Sanatan Dharm Girls School for admission to the first class. At this end the lawyer's daughter, at whose <span style="font-style: italic;">bhavan</span> Pandit Jai Narayan stayed on, took Sushlilaji to make friends with Usha Bahenji.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The protagonist of our biography was president of the Congress. She asked the lawyer's daughter to get Sushila Bahenji to the Party's meeting. All members were present next day and Sushilaji also came. Several discussions ensued on patriotism, politics and spiritual topics. Ushaji's sweet voice, lovable and impressive persona moved Sushilaji. A mere introduction turned into serious friendship but Sushilaji could not be particularly influenced by Ushaji's political life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Always eager to catch up with each other, their discussions were soon confined to spirituality. Dark-hued Krishna, His <i>leelas</i> or divine play, Beloved Shri Radha, and the gopis, Her <i>kayavyuhas</i> or replications, became the centre of their talk. They appeared as two distinct individuals but were in essence a singly entity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Once Sushila could not attend a Congress meeting. The next day when Ushaji asked the reason for her absence Sushila hesitantly showed greater interest in the sermon on <span style="font-style: italic;">Vaisakh</span> (the second month of the twelve lunar months of the Hindu calendar) at the temple. Bahenji was certain that religion had more weightage than politics. Now their kinship became more intense and transformed into <i>satsang</i> because of spirituality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">They often met, discussed <i>shringara bhakti</i> (a certain spirituality that can arise by indulging in love) and the Lord's divine play. Krishna existed intensely in their hearts when they sang His praise and dwelt in their longing for him. They began to know their friend not as a separate singular god-like body but mystically visualized Him as the world around them.</span></div>
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<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">At the other end Pandit Jai Narayan had taken <i>deeksha</i> from Shri Purnanandji Giri. A desire to live as a renunciate, tugged him intermittently. Consequently he resigned and the entire family had to shift to Kandhla, their ancestral village. Sushila Bahenji was to give an examination and both the like-minded friends got a chance to live together. Enraptured by Lord Krishna, their nights transformed into dawn but they constantly relished His <i>rasa</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Work pressure increased for Usha Bahenji. Creating poetry was her innate virtue and it was her disposition to talk of God's glories. She had to work for the Congress due to love for her nation and simultaneously run the school . Alongside, she was steeped in spirituality and passionate assurances of Krishna.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">After giving the examination, Sushila Bahenji had to shift to Kandhla (Muzzafarnagar). Soon after, their conversation on the divine play of Krishna transformed into correspondence. A letter was penned every day to be posted and a reply was sent from the other end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Sushila Bahenji and her family came to live with an uncle in Delhi for some reason. Her love for gradually the dark-hued god escalated and singing Krishna's glories was at its zenith. An ardent longing to relish the joy of His presence tugged Sushilaji and she wanted to run to Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">One morning in October 1950 there was absolute silence in the house located on Baird Road, Delhi. Scouting around, asking relatives, a vigilant search was on for Sushila Bahenji. She was nowhere to be found and they even inquired at Usha Bahenji's residence in Ambala.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Hungry for Krishna Sushilaji had fled to Vrindavan, to hear the dark god fluting in its blossoming pastures. She knew nobody except Shyam, the colour of the condensed sky and spent the night in a field in front of the Madan Mohan Temple located on the banks of the Yamuna. In joyous abandon she braved the biting cold without any woolens on her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">While having <i> darshan</i> of Bihariji she met a family of Bengal and they took her along. Moved by her loving tenderness, they were instrumental in getting Bahenji a ticket for Delhi. Spending some days in Vrindavan and Mathura, Sushilaji returned to Delhi. The religious rapture she experienced on coming close to Radha-Krishna, lent a certain stability.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Straight away she went to Usha Bahenji. Everyone was thrilled on getting news of her arrival. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Usha Bahenji felt that love for Krishna,the focus of their ardour, should not be flaunted ,"Don't toss your heart in the street." </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">She considered Shri Thakurji, whose seva she did, to be a<i> svarupa</i> or living presence of Lord Krishna. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">"Cant you clearly see Krishna in Him?"</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 16px;"> she asked as she pointed towards Thakurji.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Even on seeing her religious devotion it was tough to ascertain the access revered Ushaji had to the most intimate transcendental exchanges of Radha-Krishna. She had close contact with the greatest of saints but remained an enigma, being secretive about her sentiments and due to her austere simplicity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Krishna alone produces from Himself the spectral revelation wherein worshippers come to find the god within themselves. Thus the ultimate lesson of Krishna for His devotees is that the search for the other is the search for the self. The multiple is ultimately one. And yet this search for purity and peace cannot be made except with energy, and joyfulness and love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Revered Usha Bahenji and Shri Sushila Bahenji shared a lifelong association and we will narrate its episodes from time to time. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">(Shri</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Krishna</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Karnamrita,</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">2<sup>nd</sup></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">shloka)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Lord</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Krishna</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">was</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">compassionate</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; 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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">With Bobo ji's grace I had begun writing a blog named hariharji.blogspot.com in 2008. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7457266022746074501#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""></a></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Posting</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">'Smriti</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; 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we <span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif";">had visited</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Tamal</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Kunj</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">to</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">hear</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">the</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">vocal</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">rendition</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">of</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">padhati,a</span></i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">traditional</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">form</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">of</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">kirtan</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">as</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">was</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">sung b</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;">y</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"> Swami Shri Haridas ji. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Select</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">also rendered vocally</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">by talented</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">singers. The</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";">ambiance had</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";">seemed</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";">loaded</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: " "arial";"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">One</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">Avtar j<span style="font-family: "arial narrow";">i in Mumbai</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow";"> and</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">could</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">translate 'Charit Vaibhav'and its</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">Sanskrit</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Shri Manohar Das ji, the Author of 'Charit Vaibhav'</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">My</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">prayers bore</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">fruit</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">and</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">wa<span style="font-family: "arial narrow";">s soon given</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">chance</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">on</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">'Charit</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Vaibhav.'</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">were</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">so</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">many</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Bihar Panchami</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">On</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Bihar</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">grace I</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">began working.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Every</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">state</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">of</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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Shri’s many</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">bhava</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">stithis</span></i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
, </span><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">bhava</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">aveshas</span></i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">,</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">the</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">awakening</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">of</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">sattvik</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">bhavas,</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">and passionate</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">weepin<span style="font-family: "arial narrow";">g</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;"> was depicted</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">as</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">if</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">Shri</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">Manohar</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">Baba</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">was</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">by</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">my</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">side</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">and</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">telling</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">me</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">exactly</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">what</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">to</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">write.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">The Lilas of Shri Radha-Krishna</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">As</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">I</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">worked</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">on</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">the</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">text</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">there</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">were</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">certain</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">passages</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">in</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Sanskrit</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">which</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">seemed</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">so</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">tough</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Thereupon</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">the</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Divine</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">intervened and</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">I</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">got</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">in</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">touch</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">with</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">a</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">member</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">of</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">saint</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Usha</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Bhatnagar's</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">parikar</span></i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: "arial narrow";"> for help. At times</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">the</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">dalliance</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">hours</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; line-height: 120%;">together.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Shri Balkrishna Das ji Maharaj(right) & Manohar Bhaiya</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">The</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">work</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">went</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">on</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">for</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">almost</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">two</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">years</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">The</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">end</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">result</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">of</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">translating and</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">editing</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Charit</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Vaibhav'</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">was</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">so touching</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">that many a time</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">I</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">would get sentimental</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">on</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">reading</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">the</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">English</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">version</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">This venture</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">has been successfully accomplished</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">only</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">because</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">of</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Shri</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Maharajji's</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">grace</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">and</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">the</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">mercy</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Manohar</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">Finally,</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Narrow\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Narrow\;">
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">text which showcases Shri Balkrishna Das ji Maharaj absorbed in the Mahabhava also known as Radha Bhava. In this state the devotee is required to assume the nature, nuances and psychological state of Shri Radha in Her loving devotions to Krishna.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: x-large; line-height: 120%;">We have now come out with an English version of 'Charit Vaibhav' to coincide with the centenary celebrations of Shri Balkrishna Das ji Maharaj.The chapters of this biography will be posted in due course for the benefit of readers. 'Charit Vaibhav' will surely emerge as a legacy for future generations who want to tread on the path of spirituality.</span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-IN">fondly</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span lang="EN-IN">known</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span lang="EN-IN">as</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span lang="EN-IN">Bobo</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Shri
Vijay had been transferred to Ambala in January 1958. As a matter of chance his
office was in the same neighbourhood as Bobo (Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji) and he
had rented a room nearby. He had spent four years in Ambala studying till the
tenth class. His friend Satya Prakash studied from Bahenji and requested Vijay
to continue his studies in the last quarter. However, Vijay had a fixed mindset
because a certain friend had foreseen that he would not study any more than the
tenth class. Therefore he turned a deaf ear to the suggestion but it evoked a
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vijay's
friend approached Usha Bahenji but she refused, not wanting to teach anyone
other than Acharyaji's abandoned class. On suggesting again he got the same
curt answer. At this end Vijay had lost patience and asserted that if needed he
would study from someone else. But destiny had something else in store. A
divine force urged his friend Satya Prakash and he entreated Bahenji yet again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bobo was moved this time and the future became explicit. She had to go
Chandigarh University for some work and Vimla Nevile accompanied her. While
singing God's glories Bobo's sight was instantly fixed on the sky outside the
bus. She saw a boy posited there and instantly the vision of three boys she had
glimpsed earlier flashed across like lightning. Consenting to have the boy
brought, she would consider if he was worth being taught.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Several
thoughts tugged at that shy innocent boy. Learning weighed against the realm of
ignorance and he could not take any decision. Somehow time at his office passed
by and the glorious moment arrived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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class was to be held at Vimla Nevile's residence in the Punjabi <i>Mohalla</i>.
Vijay arrived there with his friend. Everyone spread out their mats and sat
down with students streaming in one by one. The new entrant Vijay sat on one
side and waited for Bobo's arrival.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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after, a clicking sound could be heard. The door opened and short statured,
frail, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with loose hair, large eyes and a
red <i>bindi</i> radiating on her high forehead, Bobo entered with
another Bahen. She was clad in a white dhoti and full sleeved white printed
blouse of coarse cotton and wore padukas on her feet. She had a lustrous face
and a keen eye which could see right through your innards. Her enigmatic person
cast a spell on Vijay. Studying with lowered eyes he strived to see her
countenance and she occasionally glanced at him. He seemed to have one
peculiarity but it did not take her long to identify the third boy. Time got
over and the class was dismissed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">On coming home Vijay was sceptical
about whether he would be allowed to attend class tomorrow. The next day he
went to study, well groomed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">On seeing his shaven beard, Bobo
naturally remarked,"You did well. The Lord does not approve of our
dressing in a slovenly fashion." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A recipient of Shri Vimla Nevile and
her mother's kindness, this boy came to study with an intense affinity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the term got over. Two to three other girls enrolled but Vijay was the only
boy. The text was needed while teaching and he had the good fortune to sit next
to her on the <i>takht</i> (seat made of planks)making us all
envious. Boys would come to study but would generally quit after a couple of
days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was irritated but instantly repentant. This was just an amusing remark by one
who had showered love on him.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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had some interest in bhakti literature. Bobo knew about his attraction,
dedication and infatuation with the Divine which was making him circulate
mechanically. He fervently looked out for opportunities to visit Bobo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day the sky was overcast with clouds. Bobo was enchanted by the <i>madhurya </i>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>blue-hued Krishna on seeing the gathered
clouds. Taking along a couple of students she came to the terrace for relishing
the dark beauty of Krishna, the colour of the condensed sky. She asked Vijay if
he could write some lines on the captivating scene. He penned a write up and
she was touched on seeing her sentiments somewhat expressed. Vijay would attend
classes at Vimlaji's house but now he had permission to come to Bobo's
residence. Bobo's asceticism and simplicity steadily entered his life, with a
sublimation of his waywardness. With her divine energy Bobo had become aware of
everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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routine of going to class everyday had begun. An attraction of Shri Thakurji
abiding in Bobo was fabricating a chance. Going to office and an eagerness to
visit her soon after was apparent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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class. An icon of loving tenderness she would sit for hours with him, drawn by
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would ask at times if he was bored but invariably got this precise answer,
"No, certainly not". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in a peculiar joy Vijay never found this practice strange. Bobo very well knew
the secret of his getting <i>prasad</i> along with her when it was
distributed. He had certainly sobered down and had no friend in particular.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">All students were charmed and
spell-bound by Shri Usha Bahenji’s manner of teaching marked by true
friendship. What she had taught for six days Bobo had them write on the same
subject on the seventh day of the week. When electricity went off the students
were engrossed in giving the examination while she would continue fanning them
with a hand fan. Not just a student and teacher relationship this bond is can
be shared by great personages steeped in the sweet love of blue-hued Krishna.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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passed by and the sequence of studying continued. That boy due to her fondness
was absorbed in further studies. A test was organized for sending fees to the
University. To inspire students, Bahenji declared that she would teach the
student who scored the maximum marks for a month by giving extra time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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results of examination had yet to be declared. The contact which had started as
a student turned into affinity along with religious devotion. Now delighting in
Krishna's playfull dalliances, Vijay's life which had revolved around the
mundane turned towards spiritual evolution because of Bobo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She often narrated the incident of sufi saint Bulleh Shah. Saint Inayat Shah
was his guru. Once Inayat Shat was busy working as a gardener when Bulleh Shah
happened to pass by. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">"<i> Bullya
Rabb da ki pauna, Aidhron putna audhar launan</i>." Which meant that it is
very simple to attain God. Moving away your mind from here(material world),
immerse it there (in God), he had promptly replied on Bulleh Shah's asking how
to attaint God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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results of her last class were out and everyone had passed with good grades.
Some students who were only concerned with studies got busy in their respective
jobs. Others attracted by Bobo's lifestyle, considering her as the refuge of
their quest or rather Krishna making them relish His <i>madhurya</i> through
Bobo, flocked to her at all hours.</span><span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br />
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Bobo had taken birth for a cause. Conscious of this fact, she distributed the
deeper ecstasies of devotion with a free hand and endowed the competence to
grasp it. Those steeped in her terrifying rush of love are well aware of the
attachment, ardent longing and curiosity which urged them to be by her side, as
she filled their lives with inspiration and delight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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here refers to Saint Ushaji of Vrindavan and Vijayji was Her student since the
age of 16. Born on 19th December 1938, he passed MA in 1965 and got a Govt
Officer's job. Thereafter he quit this post to become a denizen of Braj in
1972, renouncing all worldly pleasures to attain spiritual bliss. During this
long span of 36 years from 1972 to the date of His <i>Gaulokgaman</i> (
24th May, 2008) Sadhu Vijayji widely journeyed all over Braj . He wrote
the ‘Braj Bhoomi Mohini’. There is something strikingly enchanting about the
text as it describes the celestial land of dreams and Lord Krishna's divine
play. When Saint Ushaji, His ideal and Guru, wrote the foreword of this deeply
moving work, She was actually laying the foundation of a Devotee-writer in
Vijayji. Later, he edited several of Her works. Of late, ‘Shri Krishan
Leelalok’ was the latest 21<sup>st</sup> book to be published while ‘Shri
Krishan Karnamrit’ is still in the press.</span><span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow";">Madhurya, the Watchword of Shringara Bhakti</span></div>
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Vijay’s greatest work has been ' Braj Vaibhav Ki Apoorv Shri Bhaktimati Usha
Bahenji,' the biography of Bahenji. Herein Supreme Lover Krishna is seen as the
repository of <i>madhurya</i> and Bobo, as she was fondly called, is
equally tender in expressing and experiencing her love for Krishna<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shri Vijay writes beautifully about her life wherein Bobo becomes a paradigm of
the perennial quest of mankind for a divine and transcendental love. </span><span style="background: #f7f0e9; color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As <i>madhurya</i> translates into <i>ananda </i>comes
the realization that everyone is ultimately a <i>nayika</i> searching
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Lord Krishna is construed as the quintessential romantic hero with tenderness and teasing and the beauty of His dark body, inflaming the desire of the individual soul for union with God; the Supreme Lover towards whom the enraptured village girls with whom He sported in his youth are passionately drawn. The Lord makes us cross a new threshold of awareness that He exists intensely in our hearts when we sing His praises and dwells in our longing for Him. Love for Him can only be savoured by gifted devotees, not flawed by conceit or pride but striving towards complete absorption in the joy of Krishna, interpreted as the cry of the enraptured soul for God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;"><i>Gopivallabha </i>or beloved of the gopis is one of Lord Krishna’s epithets. The gopi <i>bhava</i> (love flowing towards the Lord) which leads us to Krishna is the zenith of spiritual awareness. The undivided whole that is God requires the absorption of its parts to be restored to wholeness once again. These cowherdesses representing souls in search of salvation are hungry for the fulfillment of their love. As Udhavaji says that so steeped in the love of Krishna are the hearts of the gopis that while others may only aspire to reach the state of oneness with the Lord these simple cowherdesses have already attained it. The longing of the gopikas and the calming of their desires by Lord Krishna is centred within Vrindavan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">On Sharad-Poornima, Vrindavan devotees celebrate the divine union of the ascending soul with the descending God Krishna, a moment of purity and effulgence when the god and the gopis are in unison. The miracle of the Raas Lila: that supreme moment of Krishna’s manifestation as human lover and divine incarnate dancing with the gopis in the forest of Madhuvana and bathing with them in the flowing waters of the Yamuna on the radiant night of Sharad Poornima, the autumnal full moon, enchants us. It is experienced through a celebration of nature in her most glorious state which comes with Sharad Ritu, the autumnal season when the skies are cleared of black clouds, the waters flow clear and the whole earth rejoices on being cleansed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">On Sharad Poornima, Krishna picks up His flute and breathes music into it. Its magical sound intoxicated nature and all living beings,overwhelming them with ecstatic devotion. The gopis had prayed for the Raas Lila to goddess Katyayani and can not resist the call.<b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Lord Krishna the lover with His beloved Shri Radha and gopis on the celestial banks of the Yamuna, in the dense nikunjas, gleaming in the light of the full moon commenced the rapturous dance, holding hands to complete a circle. Amidst the idyllic environs and showering merriment the tempo grew faster and faster. Krishna duplicated Himself through His </span><i style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">maya</i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;"> so that between two gopis was found a Krishna, sporting with them in the magical dance of the Raas Mandala, assuming as many forms as was necessary to make each gopi happy. The gopis lost in their passionate desire for Krishna, delicately stepped to and fro with ringing bracelets, moving kundals, evocative clothes; the Lord welcomed them with a charming smile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The Raas brings to halt the course of the moon and the planets as they watch the beauty of the dance. Kam (god of love) and Rati his wife are wonder struck at this divine sight with no distinction between earthly sensual love and spiritual ecstacy, a moment of eternity. The site is closely related to the mysteries of intense passion reflected in the sensuous dance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji, the epitome of infinite love came to give us direction by bringing alive the concept of <i>bhakti</i> <i>shringara</i>..Self-assured and dignified she was to show us the path of union with the Divine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">An absolutely simple personality,she distributed religious devotion with a generous hand. Several seekers could attain the ultimate reality because of her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Beautifully decked in silvery white dresses all the Thakurs of the Behanas in Vrindavan gather around Boboji's Yugal Sarkar to celebrate Sharad Poornima.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;"> So enchanting is the Rasa lila because when the divine suffers division when it literally comes down to earth; it must be sustained and restored to wholeness once again by an absorption of its parts, like Lord Krishna’s union with the gopis steeped in His love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;"> The rush of <i>shringara rasa</i> made Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji a paradigm of the perennial quest of mankind for a divine and transcendental love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">In celestial Vrindavan the most popular deity Shri Banke Bihariji is resplendently decked with <i>mormukut, katikachini</i> and <i>vanshi</i> on Raas Poornima. Millions of devotees from all over Punjab, Delhi, UP and the entire world throng to have His radiant <i>darshan</i> which is possible only once a year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Durga, the Mother Goddess of the Hindus is an amalgam of Devi (consort of a God) and Shakti (the energy of a deity personified as his wife). Believed to have manifested in various forms, the <i>Navadurga</i> are said to be the most sacred aspects of Durga. According to Hindu tradition, Durga incarnated herself in three major forms of Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali who owe their origin to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva respectively. These three further appeared in three more forms of Durga each and thus the nine forms of Durga collectively called the Navadurga or Nine Durgas evolved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">In her previous birth she was Sati, the wife of Lord Shiva and daughter of Daksha and Bhavani. Once Daksha had organized a grand Yagna and did not invite Shiva. Sati being obstinate however reached there and consequently Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati could not tolerate her husband being slighted and burnt herself in the fire of the Yagna. In the next birth she was Parvati, born as the daughter of Himalaya and married to Shiva. As per the Upanishadas she had shattered the egoism of Indra and other Deities. Ashamed, they made obeisance to her, "In fact, thou are Shakti, we all - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv are empowered by getting Shakti or power from you."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">She blesses the world with the gift of differentiation and discrimination of right from wrong. The fifth name of Durga is Skanda Mata. Riding a lion, Her chosen vehicle, She holds Her son Skanda on her lap. Endowed with three eyes and four hands; two hands holds lotuses while the other two display defending and granting <i>mudras</i>, respectively. It is said that by the grace of Skanda Mata even a fool transforms into an ocean of knowledge.<b> </b>The fifth name of Durga is Skanda Mata. The daughter of Himalaya, after observing penance She got married to Shiva. She had a son named Skanda who is a leader of the army of Gods. The Shakti is a deity of fire, white-hued and seated on a lotus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The sixth Durga is Katyayani. The son of Kat is Rishi Katyayan born in the Katya lineage. Katyayan had observed penance with a desire to get Paramba as his daughter. Consequently she took birth as his daughter. Therefore her name is Katyayani. She has three eyes and eight hands. There are eight types of weapons in her seven hands. Her vehicle is the lion. She persistently and relentlessly battles against the evil, deceitful and devious entities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">She killed Raktabeeja (A demon who had the power to produce a demon from every drop of blood that fell from his body.) The Goddess eventually licked the blood before it could reach the ground and hence conquered and overpowered him. Black or blue-hued like the <i>ratri</i> or night with flowing tresses, Kaalratri is the seventh form of Nav-Durga. Having four hands; two of them clutching a cleaver and a <i>mashal</i> or torch; while the other two are in the <i>mudras</i> of blessing and protecting thus making her devotees fearless. Her vehicle is a faithful donkey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Acclaimed as the destroyer of darkness and ignorance, Kaalratri stands for scourer and enemy of darkness.<b> </b>Adorned with necklaces shining like lightening, She has three bright eyes which are round like the universe. Thousands of flames emanate while respiring from Her nose. Being auspicious she is acclaimed as Shubhamkari.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The Eighth Durga is Maha Gauri<b>.</b> She is pristine white as a conch, moon and the jasmine blossom. She is eight years of age equipped with four arms and the fairest complexion of all the Durgas Shaktis. Maha Gauri radiating peace and compassion is usually draped in a white or green sari. She holds a drum and a trident and is often depicted as riding a bull.<b> </b>Maa Maha Gauri also liberated the world from the evil forces.<b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">She is endowed with three eyes, rides a bull and has four hands. The above left hand is in the fearless <i>mudra</i> and the lower left hand holds the <i>trishul</i> or trident. The above right hand has the tambourine and lower right hand is in a blessing <i>mudra</i>. She is calm, peaceful and exists in serenity. It is said that when the body of Gauri became dirty due to dust and earth while doing austere penance, Shiva cleansed it with the water of Ganges. Soon after, Her body became bright like lightening leading to her name Maha Gauri.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The ninth Durga is <b>Siddhidatri</b>. There are eight <i>siddhis</i> or supernatural powers, Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima, Prapti, Prakamya, Iishitva and Vashitva. It is stated in the ‘Devi Purana’ that the Supreme God Shiv acquired all these <i>siddhis</i> by worshipping Maha Shakti. With Her grace the half body of Shiv is composed of Goddesses leading to his name ‘Ardhanarishvar’ which is famed the world over. Usually shown ensconced in a lotus with four arms, She looks pleased.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Riding a lion, She is the bestower of 26 different wishes to Her <i>bhaktas</i> or devotees. A treasure house of mystic powers or <i>yantra tantra</i> and knowledge or <i>gyaan</i>, this form of Durga is worshipped by all Gods, Rishis-Munis, Siddhas, Yogis, Sadhakas and devotees for attaining the best religious asset. On the ninth day of the Navratras is Ramnavami when Lord Rama is worshipped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Navadurga is the Kuldevi (family goddess) of several Gaud Saraswat Brahmins in India. There are many Navadurga temples in Goa such as at Madkiam, Kundaim, Pale, Poingueinim, Borim. The temples at Redi and Vengurla of Maharashtra are famed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Hinduism is the only religion in the world which has glorified to such an extent the motherhood of God. Durga represents the Divine Mother and is the energy aspect of the Lord. Shiva and Durga are in essence a singly entity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Shakti is the Cosmic Energy of the Lord. She keeps up the play of the Lord through the three attributes of Nature, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. Knowledge, peace, lust, anger, greed, egoism and pride, are all Her forms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">You will find in the Devi Sukta of the Rig Veda Samhita that Vak, the daughter of sage Anbhirna, realised her identity with the Divine Mother, Power of the Supreme Lord, which manifests throughout the universe among gods, men and beasts and creatures of the ocean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">In the Kena Upanishada, the Divine Mother bestows wisdom on Indra and the gods, affirming that the gods were able to defeat the demons only with the help of the power of the Supreme Lord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The worship of Devi, the universal Mother, leads to the attainment of knowledge of the Self. The story in the Kena Upanishad known as the ‘Yaksha Prasna’ endorses this view. Goddess Shakti thus showers wisdom on Her devotees</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Adi Shakti is beyond human comprehension. Bhagavan Krishna clarifies in the Gita: "This is only My lower nature. Beyond this is My higher nature, the life-principle which sustains the universe"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The focus of existence is to comprehend your eternal identity with the supreme Spirit. The aspirant has to get rid of countless impurities and acquire divine virtues. When purified, knowledge dawns upon him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Thus it is the Divine Mother who has to operate through the aspirant. On the first three days, you pray to Ma Kali to destroy all your vices. She is the power that protects your spiritual practice from its many pitfalls so we worship the destructive aspect of the Mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The next step is to build a spiritual persona. Divine virtues that Lord Krishna enumerates in the Gita, have to be acquired for divine wisdom. This pleasanter side of the aspirant's <i>sadhana</i> or devotion is depicted by the worship of Mother Lakshmi who bestows inexhaustible divine wealth on Her devotees. Epitomizing purity, Ma Lakshmi is propitiated during the second set of three days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Once the aspirant imbibes <i>Sattwic</i> or divine qualities, he is competent to attain wisdom and knowledge of the Self. At this stage comes the devout worship of Ma Saraswathi, the embodiment of knowledge of the Absolute, represented by Her pristine white apparel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The tenth day, Vijaya Dasami, marks the triumph of the soul at having attained liberation while living in this world, through the dawning of knowledge by the grace of Goddess Saraswati. The soul rests in his own Supreme Self or <i>Satchidananda Brahman.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Many devotees fast on all the nine days of this celebration of nights. Devotees throng the Devi temples all over India where the idol of the Goddess is adorned beautifully. The festivities are observed with joyous abandon in Gujarat where the nine nights of Navratris are enthused with the joyous abandon of the Garba and Rasa dance performances. Ma Durga is an object of widespread public worship as the Mother Goddess in West Bengal’s Durga Puja. Undisputedly the most important festival in this state it is celebrated with gaiety and enthusiasm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">On the first day of Navratri barley seeds are sown in a small earthen pot in the Puja room. When these seeds sprout into small shoots on the tenth day they are uprooted and given to devotees as blessings. During Navratris most people eat vegetarian food, some do not have cereal while others fast for all the nine days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;"><i>Kirtans</i> or devotional songs and <i>jagratas</i> are in full swing in various temples and community centres bythe religious-minded. On the fifth day known as Lalita Panchami, it is a tradition to exhibit all literary texts in the house and light a lamp to invoke Saraswati Ma, the Goddess of knowledge and art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">On the 8th day of this colorful festival, <i>yagna</i> or religious sacrifice and <i>homa</i> or holy fire is performed. Pure ghee, kheer and sesame seeds are offered to Goddess Durga. Many people in north India celebrated the 8th day as <i>ashtami</i> when nine young girls symbolizing Navdurge are fed with halwa, puri and kale chane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Sri Rama is worshipped during Ramnavmi, the ninth day and Ma Durga during Navaratri. The tenth day of this festival is celebrated as Vijaydashmi or Dussehra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">People in North India invariably visit the famed holy shrine of Ma Vaishnodevi, situatued on Trikoot Mountain near Jammu during this time span. <i>Bhandaras</i> or meals for devotees are organized in temples and community centres.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The potter flaunts his skill in making images, the painter in drawing pictures, the songster in playing on his instrument, and the priest in reciting the sacred texts. The Bengalis save money throughout the year only to spend lavishly during the Puja days. Cloth is freely distributed to the Brahmins and they are fed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">In West Bengal during Navratras, Goddess Durga is worshipped. The pujas are held over a five day period, viewed as the home-coming of the married daughter, Durga, to her father, Parvatraj Himalaya's home. It is considered to be the most important festival when Bengalis buy new clothes, exchange sweets and make new purchases. Decked in the best of finery, the family goes out to see the 'pandalas' (temporary structures set up to venerate the goddess Durga) with musical evenings being organized. On the last day of the puja, the idol of the Goddess is taken with great fanfare and immersed in the river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Another version states that Durga’s mother (wife of the King of the Himalayas) longed to see her daughter. Durga was permitted by Lord Shiva to visit her mother only for nine days in the year. The festival of Durga Puja marks this brief visit and ends with Vijaya Dashami, when Goddess Durga leaves for Her return to Mount Kailash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The woman of Bengal welcome the Goddess with maternal tenderness and teary-eyed send away the idol on the last day, adorned with every ceremony associated with a daughter's departure to her husband's home. This signifies the parting of Durga from Her beloved mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">But the basic aim of this celebration is to propitiate Shakti, the Goddess of Power, to bestow wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge and other powers upon us. By relating with Her we are blessed with Her loving mercy and protection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Apparently, the nine-day worship of Durga is a celebration of triumph, propitiating the Mother for Her successful struggle with the formidable demons led by Mahishasura. On the spiritual plane it epitomises the stages of the evolution of man, from <i>jivahood</i> or the state of an individual to<i> Shivahood</i> or the state of self-realisation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Many devotees fast on all the nine days of this celebration of nights. Devotees throng the Devi temples all over India where the idol of the Goddess is adorned beautifully. The festivities are observed with joyous abandon in Gujarat where the nine nights of Navratris are enthused with the joyous abandon of the Garba and Rasa dance performances. Ma Durga is an object of widespread public worship as the Mother Goddess in West Bengal’s Durga Puja. Undisputedly the most important festival in this state it is celebrated with gaiety and enthusiasm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">On the first day of Navratri barley seeds are sown in a small earthen pot in the Puja room. When these seeds sprout into small shoots on the tenth day they are uprooted and given to devotees as blessings. During Navratris most people eat vegetarian food, some do not have cereal while others fast for all the nine days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;"><i>Kirtans</i> or devotional songs and <i>jagratas</i> are in full swing in various temples and community centres bythe religious-minded. On the fifth day known as Lalita Panchami, it is a tradition to exhibit all literary texts in the house and light a lamp to invoke Saraswati Ma, the Goddess of knowledge and art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">On the 8th day of this colorful festival, <i>yagna</i> or religious sacrifice and <i>homa</i> or holy fire is performed. Pure ghee, kheer and sesame seeds are offered to Goddess Durga. Many people in north India celebrated the 8th day as <i>ashtami</i> when nine young girls symbolizing Navdurge are fed with halwa, puri and kale chane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Sri Rama is worshipped during Ramnavmi, the ninth day and Ma Durga during Navaratri. The tenth day of this festival is celebrated as Vijaydashmi or Dussehra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">People in North India invariably visit the famed holy shrine of Ma Vaishnodevi, situatued on Trikoot Mountain near Jammu during this time span. <i>Bhandaras</i> or meals for devotees are organized in temples and community centres.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The potter flaunts his skill in making images, the painter in drawing pictures, the songster in playing on his instrument, and the priest in reciting the sacred texts. The Bengalis save money throughout the year only to spend lavishly during the Puja days. Cloth is freely distributed to the Brahmins and they are fed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">In West Bengal during Navratras, Goddess Durga is worshipped. The pujas are held over a five day period, viewed as the home-coming of the married daughter, Durga, to her father, Parvatraj Himalaya's home. It is considered to be the most important festival when Bengalis buy new clothes, exchange sweets and make new purchases. Decked in the best of finery, the family goes out to see the 'pandalas' (temporary structures set up to venerate the goddess Durga) with musical evenings being organized. On the last day of the puja, the idol of the Goddess is taken with great fanfare and immersed in the river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Another version states that Durga’s mother (wife of the King of the Himalayas) longed to see her daughter. Durga was permitted by Lord Shiva to visit her mother only for nine days in the year. The festival of Durga Puja marks this brief visit and ends with Vijaya Dashami, when Goddess Durga leaves for Her return to Mount Kailash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">The woman of Bengal welcome the Goddess with maternal tenderness and teary-eyed send away the idol on the last day, adorned with every ceremony associated with a daughter's departure to her husband's home. This signifies the parting of Durga from Her beloved mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">But the basic aim of this celebration is to propitiate Shakti, the Goddess of Power, to bestow wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge and other powers upon us. By relating with Her we are blessed with Her loving mercy and protection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 15.6px;">Apparently, the nine-day worship of Durga is a celebration of triumph, propitiating the Mother for Her successful struggle with the formidable demons led by Mahishasura. On the spiritual plane it epitomises the stages of the evolution of man, from <i>jivahood</i> or the state of an individual to<i> Shivahood</i> or the state of self-realisation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The weather is very pleasant as rumbling clouds overcast the sky. Nature reflects the delights of Paradise onto the environs; with the peacocks dancing in ecstasy and birds singing passionately. Lost in a reverie, Shri Radha steps out of her <span style="font-style: italic;">bhavan</span> and gazes at the scenario. The rustling breeze plays with Her clothes and soaking in Her fragrance, it crazily searches for Shyam Sundar in Nandgaon. The touch of this gentle wind captivates</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> the Lord with its charm, tugging at His heart strings. He is sure the waft is from Vrashbhanupur as its makes Him long for His beloved Shri Radha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The site is extremely dear to the Vaishnava world since it weaves the play between Shri Radha-Krishna as they move into the mazes and mysteries of love in its womb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Krishna produces from Himself the spectral revelation,"Know that <span style="font-style: italic;">prakriti</span>, the power of the earth, and <span style="font-style: italic;">purusha</span>, the power of heaven are the same," He tells Radha. "There is a difference only in word...We have two bodies but the soul is identical...I created you for the sake of joy."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Towards the end of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Krit Yuga</span> Brahmaji requested Shri Krishna for sighting His playfull dalliance with the Braj Gopis. Shri Hari asked him to proceed to Vrashbhanupur and remain there in the form of a mountain, enabling him to savour land’s rainy season and festivities of Holi. Brahmaji followed the instructions and thus fulfilled his wish. Shri Radha is said to stay here and bless the site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Gahvar Van as the name indicates is a dense forest. It is the idyllic landscape for the romantic escapades of Shri Radha-Krishna, the longing of the gopis, and the unfolding of their <span style="font-style: italic;">madhurya</span> or sweet love.<b> </b> Dearly loved by Shri Radha, a site where the gopis giggle and which resonates with their tinkling anklets as they wander around the trees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Highly revered Ushaji Bahenji visited the place and has expressed the scenario with enthused exultation. Shri Hit Harivanshji Maharaj said that if Shri Radha is graceful in love’s fulfillment and dignified in love’s separation, the <span style="font-style: italic;">sakhi</span> is the love messenger, whose </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">only concern is to see Shri Radha-Krishna united and joyous in love. Till date these divine dalliances are prevalent in Gahar Van. Only the very fortunate of devotees are able to sight them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Shri Manmahaprabhu Vallabhacharyaji came here and got the 'Bhagwat' read. A python used to live in Gahvar Van, who was troubled by ants. Seeing His anguish Manmahaprabhuji revealed his previous birth. He was a <i>mahant</i> of Vrindavan who would gather wealth in the name of Vaishnava Sewa but not putting it to good use, spent it lavishly on himself. After passing away, he was born as a python and his <i>sewaks</i> took birth as the ants who would sting him.Acharyaji gave him Prasad and thus he was freed from the python <span style="font-style: italic;">yuni</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Located in the upper segment of Brahmachal Mount, the Mayur Kuti is an enchanting place. Belonging and longing are the essential parts of <i>madhurya rasa</i>. Belonging imparts pleasure and desire for more and more of the sweet love. The two who are one soul, one mind can not even dream of separation for a moment. Even so at times Shri Radha is somewhat offended and Lord Krishna applies all His skills to placate her.Once when She was distraught he had a tough time trying to please Her and came up with a new gimmick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Acquiring the form of a peacock He danced in ecstasy before her. She could not make out it was the Lord and forgot about Her pride. In glee she called out ‘Mor Mor’ which also means ‘Mera’ in the Braj dialect. Hearing this Shri Krishna came close and assuming His original form, exulted that he was forever Hers.Weaving this divine union in its ethereal environs the site is famed as Mayur Kuti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The tradition of selling milk and curd in Braj is prevalent since time immemorial. It is the daily regime of the Braj Gopis or probably a pretext to meet their supreme lover Shri Krishna. When they ventured to sell the products, all of a sudden the adorable son of Nand Baba would block their path, which they secretly desired. Once these cowerdesses with pots precariously perched on their heads, were walking through this forest path; the longing to meet the Lord evident from their tinkling anklets. When the group was about to cross this secluded <span style="font-style: italic;">nikunja</span>, coming upon Lord Krishna they were captivated by His loving tenderness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">He inquired who they were and why they went through this forest path without paying toll or <i>daan</i>; ascertaining that the God of love had deputed him to do so. Turning a bit cautious they asserted that this was the domain of their <span style="font-style: italic;">svamini</span> Shri Radha and without Her permission God Cupid could not enter here. Shunting Shri Radha to the front, the instant they were about to move on Lord Krishna </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">blocked their path. Surdasji has expressed beautifully how their terrifying love rushed forth. Thus this ethereal site situated on Brahmachal Mountain is renowned as Daan Garh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Once Shri Radha sulked when Shri Krishna did not turn up even after assuring that He would. He tried hard to appease Her but in vain. The </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">sakhis</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> made an effort to placate Her but it was of no use. Finally Shri Krishna in connivance with the sakhis, disguised as one of them came close to Shri Radha. Observing a new sakhi She was amused and struck up a conversation. The moment She knew that the sakhi was adept at singing She give her a warm hug. The touch enlightened Shri Radha that it was the Lord Himself and she cooled down. In a unique manner Shri Krishna blessed the sight known as Maangarh, located on the top of Mount Brahmachal. It is picturesque during the rainy season. Hindola, Raas Mandala and Ratnakar Sarovar are close by.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Situated between dark and pale boulders, the narrow lane used for going to and fro, is known as Sankari Khor. The isolated site has been a witness to several spirited antics of Lord Krishna.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">A form of Lord Shiva grants prosperity to all Braj denizens. Close to Bhanu Sarovar, it is enshrined by Vrasbhanu Baba and cowherds for <span style="font-style: italic;">Isth Sidhi</span>. It is said that once the people wanted to shift the idol elsewhere. The deeper they dug the more the icon’s huge magnificence was apparent. Finally they gave up and let he svarupa be where he was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">I make obeisance to you the giver of virtues, meaning, work, <span style="font-style: italic;">moksha</span> and showing us the path to Vaikuntha.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Vilas Garh is a site of Shri Krishna’s romantic dalliance with the <span style="font-style: italic;">gopis</span>. As Shri Radha and Lord Krishna’ sole purpose is to engage in a loving exchange, the gopis considered the <i>kaya-vyuha</i>s of Shri Radha, exist to assist them in this love play in these isolated <span style="font-style: italic;">nikunjas</span>. Though Shri-Radha Krishna meet daily, their longing and yearning always desires more and more of their union.<br /><br />Once all of a sudden, Shri Krishna with his beloved Shri Radha came to this isolated bower where the pathos of their longing and the joy of belonging converged. When the Braj Gopis came by they saw the duo’s dishevelled appearance, ruffled hair, loose necklaces, clothes out of place, musky spots on their bodies and faces awash with languor. Situated on Mount Vishnu the site recounts their passionate love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><b> </b>Vrashbhanu Sarovar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Washing away all sins the site was created by Gopraj Vrashbhanu. His daughter Shri Radha and Shri Krishna dearly loved the place. Frolicking, the two of them were often enchanted with each other as they sported in its water. Situated in the east of Barsana is Vrashbhanu Sarovar. It is said that when Vrashbhanu Baba in the month of Bhadra on the eighth day of<span style="font-style: italic;"> Shuklapaksha</span> came here; he spotted a small girl cradled in a lotus flower swimming in this <span style="font-style: italic;">sarovar</span>. Baba got her to his palace; she was Shri Radha, the Godhead in female form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Shri Vallabharyaji visited this place also known as Priya Kund,surrounded by</span><i style="font-size: 100%;"> peelu</i><span style="font-size: 100%;"> trees.Shri Radha applied </span><i style="font-size: 100%;">ubtan</i><span style="font-size: 100%;"> (paste) and bathed here, which led to the water turning yellow, resulting in its name. The </span><i style="font-size: 100%;">dongi leela</i><span style="font-size: 100%;"> or boat race held on </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Shrivaman Dwadashi</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> is worth watching.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The gopis expert at doing <i> shangar</i>, beautifully adorned Shri Radha for a dalliance with the Lord and brought her to Chaksauli. It is the village of Chitra Sakhi, adjacent to Sankri Khor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Once Shri Krishna along with his <span style="font-style: italic;">sakhas</span> came to a field to thieve <i>hare chane</i>.When he broke the chanas the woman on guard came to know and ran to catch hold of him. The Lord fled with the loot hidden beneath his arm pit and stopped only at Gahar Van. The other <span style="font-style: italic;">gopas</span> sqatting there, roasted the booty and relished it. The cowherdess finally caught up but on sighting the loving tenderness of the Lord, overwhelmed with maternal love she ended up feeding him the shelled <span style="font-style: italic;">chane</span> instead. Shri Nagridasji Maharaj has perfectly expressed this interesting incidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Showing the path to the three worlds, the site blesses us with <i>moksha</i>. The dancing of peacocks is very dear to Shri Chitraji who ventures here daily. Flocks of peacocks inevitably swarm the place. She plays with them as they surround her at times. Flirtatiously loitering around, occasionally Shri-Radha Krishna arrive and are welcomed by the peacocks’ delighted cries. Forever dancing in ecstasy the birds are drawn to Shri Radha and at times surround Shri Krishna. Shri Chitraji is also joyous as she observes their <span style="font-style: italic;">madhurya </span>or loving tenderness<span style="font-style: italic;">.</span> The site has carefully treasured the mysterious dalliances for its devotees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Shri Krishna and Shri Radha had an amusing argument once. Whereas Lord Krishna is Divine Incarnate, his beloved Shri Radha, the emobodiment of Shakti, is the gratifier of his love. During this dispute Shri Radha sowed some pearls in a field and they blossomed. Both the lover and his beloved adorned themselves with these gems, which resulted in its name<b>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">He was born in Pay village of Vrindavan and stayed as a recluse in Kadamba Khandi near by. Always eager to travel in Braj, he became engrossed in the joys of Shri Radha-Krishna. Once when journeying, his matted hair which were long and unruly got entangled in the branch of a tree. Enraptured, he stood in a trance for three days at a stretch. Shri Krishna came himself to unravel his ruffled hair. A great devotee of Radhaji, on inquiring who it was, Shri Radha manifested herself as she always accompanies the Lord. Blessed with the <i>madhur</i> or sweet perception of their forms, Nagaji came to Vrindavan and resided at Vihar Ghat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Shri Lalitaji is the predominant of Shri Krishna’s chief <span style="font-style: italic;">sakhis</span>. When Shri Radha-Krishna are engaged in their most intimate transcendtal exchanges (leela) she is allowed to stay on. This is Lalitaji’s birthplace, blessed with worldly naivete and purity, her temple is worth a visit. Her devotion to Shri Radha-Krishna makes her the most fortunate of all gopis when she serves the needs of the divine couple in their private moments.<br /><br />Her only concern is to see Shri Radha and Shri Krishna united and joyous in love. Overcome by her selfless devotion, Lord Krishna always has her by <b>H</b>is side. Serving them with dedication, Lalitaji is very sharp-witted and also well-versed in illusion. Shri Baldev temple lies to its east and the Samadhi of Narayan Bhattji is close by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">At Madhurpatan in the south, Narayan's Bhatt's father Shri Bhatt Bhaskar was renowned among the Telinga Brahmans. Around the year 1602, at the age of fourteen Narayan Bhattji came to Braj. Shriji <span style="font-style: italic;">svarupa</span> Thakurji resplendent in present Vrashbhanupur, manifested in the year 1626 thereby blessing him. Having dedicated devotion towards Braj and highly learned, he authored several holy texts. bequeathing the ‘Braj Bhakti Vilas’ to the Vaishnava world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Enraptured by Shri Krishna’s numerous virutes, the Braj Gopis have been amused in various ways which fames this site as Sakhigiri in the Braj region. Shri Krishna’s <span style="font-style: italic;">madhurya</span> or loving tenderness intoxicates the elements of sensuous nature and thus it is but natural that it captivates the innocent gopikas. They longed for a glimpse of him wandering in the <span style="font-style: italic;">nikunjas</span>, on banks of streams, at wells and wherever possible.<br /><br />Overwhelmed by their selfless love, the Lord is forever hungry for romantic dalliances with them. The landscape provides a perfect setting for romantic interludes where Lord Krishna is the focus of the ardour of the gopis whose passions he arouses. The divine Krishna, ineffably beautiful has been worshipped over the centuries and is celebrated even today amongst the caverns of the mount. The site is famed as Sakhi Giri.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">This <i>shila</i> or boulder is planted next to the <span style="font-style: italic;">phislani shila</span>. An excellent example of paintings by sakhis, it is worth a visit. The work coloured in various hues has a distinct pattern. Rain, sunshine and cold waves have not affected the pieces which appear the same since ages. When the sakhis did <span style="font-style: italic;">shangar</span> of the lover and His beloved,planning Shri Lalitaji’s wedding with Shyam Sunder; her palms adorned with <i>mehndi</i> rested on this shila. In anticipation of witnessing this miracle once again, the shila imprinted the love-soaked coloured palmprints of Shri Lalitaji on its heart and is very proud of the fact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><b> </b>At the age of seven Shri Krishna fulfilled Lalitaji’s heart’s desire and married her. Till date the site resounds with celebrations of their marriage on <span style="font-style: italic;">Bhadra’s Shukla Dwadashi</span> which falls after Radha Ashtami. An enchanting and isolated site it captivates us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The pilgrimage site was founded by Shri Krishna’s wish. It blesses us with supreme <span style="font-style: italic;">moksha</span> and grants us wealth, grain and joys. Smearing its dust on our forehead we are blessed with a bath in the Triveni.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Close to the mount is Sakhi Koop. On assurance from Shri Krishna, the group of <span style="font-style: italic;">sakhis</span> waited anxiously for their <span style="font-style: italic;">svamini</span>, Shri Radha. Soon after Kishoriji arrived; the divine play gushed forth in full swing. After feasting, the sakhis inaugurated the well and made all present sip its water as they did so themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Sakhi Giri Mount is the site of the <span style="font-style: italic;">sakhis’</span> escapades. They bathed in the pond floating with lotuses, located on the mountain’s peak. This isolated place is imprinted with the footprints of their childhood days, which can be seen even today if we look minutely. The lotus pond fulfills all desires, gives salvation and destroys all sins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">It is believed that on some special occasion Shri Radha-Krishna came and bathed in this pond. This site rings with their splashes in water, merriment and melodious songs. One day a Brahman came and begged for gold. Always respecting his beloved, Shri Krishna gave gold equivalent to her weight and fulfilled the Brahman’s wish.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Resplendent on the banks of the Deh Kund, Veni Shankar Mahadev was enshrined by the </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">gopas.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> He blesses the gopas with prosperity and by his </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">darshan</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> we attain the fruition of bathing at the Triveni, where the rivers converge.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">With Shri Radha to his right and Chandravaliji on his left, Shri Krishna is engrossed in exquisite dance as he exudes </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">madhurya</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> through his acts and gestures. Like Radharani, Chandravaliji was the beloved of Shri Krishna. The Chandravali Sarovar and Vithal Nathji’s Baithak are located here.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Love has a unique trait. The pathos of longing though very painful somehow enlightens the mind. Forgetting the self in belonging due to the rush of love, sometimes leads to separation. Shri Krishna who daily undergoes the pathos of longing and the pleasure of belonging was ecstatic and turned dewy-eyed on spotting his beloved, Sri Radha as he gave her a flirtatious glance. With such an idyllic setting it was but natural for their love to reach its zenith at this site.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">This is the birthplace of Shri Vishaka ji who is held in great esteem. One of Shri Krishna’s eight </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">primary</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> sakhis, her </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">seva</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> is to smear fragrant camphor on the bodies of Shri Radha-Krishna as she decks them. She is an expert at embroidering creepers and shrubs on garments which adorn the Lord.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">This is the site of </span><i style="font-size: 100%;">Dadhi Daan</i><span style="font-size: 100%;"> (a ritual celebration of Krishna’s birthday involving the throwing of </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">dahi</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> mixed with turmeric). The Jalgarha Kund and Shri Manmahaprabhuji’s </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">baithak</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> is located here. Shri Gosain Vithalnathji authored the text ‘Raspanchadyayi Par Tippani’ at this place. It is believed that the </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Raas Leela</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> was inaugarated here by Shri Ghamand Devji. Karhala is considered the navel of Braj.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Born in Rajasthan, Shri Ghamandiji was very dedicated to saints. At a tender age, he became a disciple of Shri Haridevji and began residing in Braj. Having great faith in his worship, he became arrogant and was known as </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Ghamandi</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> in society. He would often journey in Braj. A Mahatama of the highest order, once he came to Karhala village and stayed on. Shri Radha-Krishna ordered him to take Brahman boys and propagate </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">leela</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> or divine play through </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Raas</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">. Thakurji presented him his </span><i style="font-size: 100%;">mukut</i><span style="font-size: 100%;"> and Shri Radha’s </span><i style="font-size: 100%;">chandrika</i><span style="font-size: 100%;">.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Grazing cows who are the wealth of his small village is a distinctive trait of Shri Krishna’s daily regime. Rising early in the morning he gets busy, preparing to leave. His mother feeds him with a <i>kalehu </i>or a light morning snack and he reaches the forest along with his <i>chak</i>. Tending the cows he is famished around the afternoon and takes his chak or midday meal. Once as he ate there was no water nearby. Dau Bhaiya ran to get it and quenched his thirst. Thus this place was named Piyasu. Kishori Kund, Shyam Talai and Svaminiji’s secret Jhoolan Sthal are situated here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Shri Nandraiji’s pampered Shri Krishna and Shri Vrashbhanu Baba’s darling Shri Radha are always absorbed in joyous frolicking, their love peaks in this dalliance. The creepers, trees, animals, birds and every site of Braj, even nature herself assists them in their love sport. It seems as if the delights of Paradise have been reflected as if by a cosmic mirror onto the plains of earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">The parrot and mynah are the messengers of Shri Radha-Krishna. The two are very smart in transporting their indications in Braj. The Lord and his beloved sometimes play and at times doting on the two, pamper them; actually the<span style="font-style: italic;"> sakhis</span> adopt the form of parrots and mynahs to savour their dalliance. Once taking a mynah in his hand and patting her, Shri Krishna coaxed her to say “Shri </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Radha” and she said “Shri Radha Shri Radha”. At the same time Shri Radha insisted that she should call out “Shri Krishna” and the bird said “Shri Krishna”. They wanted her to follow this routine over and over again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Before she could clearly say a word, twin mynahs perched on a tree shrilled and captivates us with its musical quality. The Maan Sarovar is here. Shri Upandji resided he</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">“Shri Radha-Krishna” repeatedly, their voices resonating at this ethereal site. Stunned the Lord and his beloved doting on the two birds, cuddled them, lost in their melodious voice. This place came to be known as (Sarika Van) Sahar</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">re. His son Samudra married Shri Kundaltaji who is a devoted </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">sakhi</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> of Shri Radha.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">What delights the Lord is unique, an eternal desire for a romantic dalliance. His love refuses to get into any saintly straitjacket. One day sitting in her chamber, Shri Radha was doing <span style="font-style: italic;">shangar</span>. A parrot named Vichshan narrated the scenario to Shri Krishna. Suddenly an idea struck the Lord and taking out the flute from his waistband he began to play it melodiously. The sound which is the breath of their love; drew Shri Radha and her <span style="font-style: italic;">sakhis</span> and they headed to this forest. Making Shri Radha sit on the front boulder, he absorbed her beauty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Seeing her eyes not darkened enough, he applied collyrium and purposely smeared it right upto the eyebrows. Soon after with a mirror he went upto her and holding her hand, wiped it neatly to make up for his error. He repeated this incidence several times which led to an unprecedented dalliance. The sakhis planned to shower them with flowers and after plucking them savoured their romantic escapades with joyous abandon. Renowned as Anjnauk (Anjan Van) it recounts those pleasurable efforts.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Love is predominant in the realm of Shri Radha-Krishna. Whatever the Lord does pleases Shri Radha and he does whatever she fancies. Saying so, Shri Manmahaprabhu Hit Harivanshji has thrown light on the subject. Striving for the happiness of the lover, transcendental love or the zenith of spiritual awareness is worth calling love. This is the same Prem Sarovar where Shri Radha-Krishna and their </span><i style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> kaya-vyuha</i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> gopis have savoured several charming episodes of love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Beneath the canopy of fragrant </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">kadamba</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> trees they are engaged in love talk, as they fix their tryst. During the rainy season this site comes to life with the merriment of swings and at times resounds with the sound of tinkling anklets. Fragments of these dalliances scattered around are woven around this site known as Prem Sarovar.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Hey Shri Krishna immersed in love! Hey Lalita Mohan! I make obeisance to you, the bestower of love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"> salute you <span style="font-style: italic;">Raas Mandala</span> made for the Raas or pleasure of the Lord! If there is one aspect to Shri Krishna’s enigmatic persona which distinguishes him from all other deities it is his <span style="font-style: italic;">leela</span>. This divine play which is both real and illusionary makes him both human and divine at the same time. Delighting in play, he endears himself and brings delight to all his devotees. Who can possibly describe the good fortune of Braj Bhoomi where every site has been touched by the feet of Shri Radha- Krishna and their group of <span style="font-style: italic;">sakhis</span>, thereby making it highly honoured for even saints. Raas Mandala has a distinct significance since it weaves the lovable escapades of the Lord and his beloved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">Arisen from the rejoicing of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Shravan</span> month, the site blesses us with joys and is present for the well-being of mankind. The <i>Jhoolna Utsav</i> in Shravan enhances the beauty of Braj. Merriment all around, rustling creepers embracing the trunks of trees, ecstatic dance of the peacocks, passionate singing of the black cuckoos, glistening expanse of greenery, rising waves in the <span style="font-style: italic;">sarovars</span>, fragrance of the <span style="font-style: italic;">kadamba</span> trees and melodious songs resounding from gathered crowds, all add up to an event of magical time, a nostalgia for a lost paradise. The elements of nature are entranced by the magic of Shri Radha-Krishna and their Braj Gopis.<br /><br />Herein is an excerpt from revered Usha Bahenji’s experience from a Jhoolna incidence.Once Shri Radha came to swing at the Prem Sarovar where a dark-complexioned sakhi was already present. Sighting her, the sakhi was delighted and the two of them began conversing as they enjoyed the swings.Shri Radha asked the sakhis to rock them and the motion of the swing made the new sakhi’s <span style="font-style: italic;">aanchal</span> slip and Shri Radha was stunned on sighting her body, it was none other than Lord Krishna himself. The environs of this site are bathed with such delightful memories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">The nature of love is strange. Sometimes intense restlessness makes us experience the pathos of longing even on being close to one’s beloved, as the </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Raas Shastra</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> explains. Once sitting in a garden of Vihval Kund, Shri Krishna was anxiously waiting for Shri Radha. A mynah began singing her glories which further aggravated his longing.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">When soft-hearted </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">sakha</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> Subal came to know of this scenario, he figured out a way for their tryst. Soon after, moving the creepers in front, Shri Radha arrived with her sakhis. The Lord was delighted but his yearning knew no bounds. Even on being so near to his beloved, he was unable to savour the proximity and remained perturbed. This led to the place being named Vihval which means restless.</span></div></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;"><u> </u>Sanket embraces Lord Krishna love sport which is resplendent in several acts and veils mysterious escapades of the gopis. The luxuriant environs make it a perfect landscape for </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 100%;">the Lord’s frolicking. Taking the flute, the breath of love, in his hands Lord Krishna began playing mellifluous notes which drew the Braj Gopis and they gathered where he was. As of now he gestured with his smiling face, the patting of his hair, lifting his arm, smoothening his <span style="font-style: italic;">vanamala</span>, straightening his <span style="font-style: italic;">pitambar</span>, which thrilled the gopis. Braj a land of messages and gestures is embellished by the Lord himself. Once Lord Krishna got up early in the morning and when his mother asked the reason he evaded her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pivotal concept of </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>madhurya</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"> defines the love of Krishna. An important Vaishnava concept of </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>shringara bhakti, </i>it</span><span style="font-size: small;"> evolves in '</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Braj Vaibhav Ki Apoorv Shri Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji',</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">.the biography of revered Usha Bahenji. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Whether it is in the pleasure of belonging or the pathos of longing, participating in the innocent </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>lilas </i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">of Krishna or being charmed by His flute, Boboji reflects the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>madhurya</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> of Krishna in equal measure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji becomes a paradigm of the perennial quest of mankind for a divine and transcendental love. This intense attraction to Vrindavan is apparent in Bobo as she was fondly called. She lived in Vrindavan for over half a century, inspiring educated youth to live lives of celibacy and </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>tapa</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">. Shunning self-publicity, she led a life of stern simplicity and attained great heights of spiritual realization.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ushaji was born in the city of Ambala on 30th of July, 1925. Her parents Shri Manamohan and Syama brought her up with loving care. Educated in a reputed school, she went on to take up the job of teaching and subsequently became principal of Sanatan Dharma Girls School in the city. But these felicities did not bind her down to Ambala. Right from the start Bobo intensely felt as if she belonged to Vrindavan and she was born elsewhere by a matter of chance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the course of passionately being drawn to Vrindavan an interesting incident took place on 30th July 1954, her thirtieth birthday. While she was pondering over the meaning of </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>nila parivestita</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">, a saintly figure dropped in all of a sudden, uttering</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>jaya jaya radhika madhava</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">, creating a peculiar vibration in the room. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Her devotional practices require the devotee to savour the</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><i>shringara rasa</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> of Radha by </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><i>smarana,</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> a concentrated internal practice of imaginative recollection by living through the countless legends of the playful dalliance of Radha and Krishna. For both the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><i>bhakta</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><i>rasika</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;">, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><i>madhurya</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> is the key to understanding and celebrating the love of Radha and Krishna and in so doing get a glimpse of one's transcendent self. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva, the Consort of Parvati</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shankar</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhole</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhandari</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">* Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Shankara,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">innocent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">treasurer is</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Dear</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Hari</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">consort</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Parvati,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva Works for the Well-being of Vaishnavas & Shaivites</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">You are the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">true</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">benefactor</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">both</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vaishnavas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Shaivites,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Aashutosh, the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">spreader</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> of </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">compassion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Do</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">not</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pay</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">heed</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">my</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> shortcomings,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">priti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pragadh</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shyam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">charnan</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> me</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">nh</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">giver</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">boons!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Grant</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">me</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">immense</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">love</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dark-hued</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Krishna's</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">feet,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Shankar,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">innocent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">treasurer,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Mahesvara, the Consort of Parvati, & Lord of Mount Kailash</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">salute</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">merciful</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Mahesvara,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">repository</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">delight</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">consort</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Parvati.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">you</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Sharv,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Kailash,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">working</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">well-being</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">this</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mundane </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">world</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Master</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">entire</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">universe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Jatadhari Shiva Wearing the Crescent Moon & Gurgling Ganga</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva is Half Gauri</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">neelkanth</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">*bhujangbhushnam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhasam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">ang</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">digambare</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">*ardhaang</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gauri,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vishalur,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">*shirmaldhar</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">karunakare</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Blue-throated,wearing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">curled</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">snake</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vasuki</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">an</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ornament,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ne</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">digambar</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">whose</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">unclad</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">smeared</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ashes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">one</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">half</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Gauri,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">has</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">broad</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">chest, wears</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">garland</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">skulls</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mine</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">compassion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The Five-faced Lord Shiva</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">ardhang</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">karpoor</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gaur</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">prasann</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">aanan,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> *</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">panchvaktra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">trilochane</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Half</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">fair</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">camphor.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> He </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">has</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">delightful</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">countenance, has</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">five </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">faces and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three-eyed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva Reduces Manmatha to Ashes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhagwan</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhaau</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhavbhay</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">haran,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">*bhootadhipati</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shambu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">hare</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Tripurari, Your mount is the bull, and You wear *skins of the deer and elephant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Secretly Praying for the Love of Krishna </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O Lord, praying to Your lotus feet, we secretly long for Krishna to become our husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva you are omniscient as well as discerning,and very well know the pain of your devotees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O Shiva, May Our Hearts be Constantly Absorbed in the Lotus Feet of Krishna</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O Shiva, we ask for no other boon from you except this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>tripundra</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">: </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">saivite</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">tilaka.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">There</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">horizontal</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lines</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">vibhuti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(holy</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ash)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">brow,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">represent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">soul's</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bonds:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">anava,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">karma,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">maya. </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Holy</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ash,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">made</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">burnt</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dung,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">reminder</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">temporary</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">nature</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">physical</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">urgency</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">strive</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">spiritual</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">attainment</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">closeness</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>kundals</i>:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">large</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">earrings</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">worn</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">by</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">yogis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>neelkanth</i>::epithet</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">refers</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">story</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">drank </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">poison</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> which came</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> out</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">when</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">gods</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">demons</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">churned</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">world</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ocean</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">order</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">obtain</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">nectar</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">immortality.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">drank</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">deadly</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">poison</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">made</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">throat</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">turn</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">blue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>bhujanghushnam</i>:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vasuki</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Naga</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">shown</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">curled</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">times</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">around</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">neck</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">looking</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">towards</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">His</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">right</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">side.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">hree</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">coils</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">snake </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">symbolize</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">past,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">present</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">future</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cycles.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">wearing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">curled </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">snake</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">an</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ornament</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">signifies</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">creation</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">proceeds</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cycles</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">time </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dependent. However,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Himself</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">transcends</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">time and is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">symbolic</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cosmic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">force</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">about</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> H</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">im.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>digambar</i>:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">title</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">having</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">regions</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(i.e.space</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">clothing)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>bhasama</i>:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">means</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ashes,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva's</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">unclad</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">covered</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ashes:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">unclad</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">symbolizes</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">transcendental</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">aspect</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Since</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">most</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">things</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">reduce</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ashes</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">when</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">burned,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ashes</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">symbolize</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">physical</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">universe.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ashes</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">unclad</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">signify</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">source</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">entire</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">universe</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">emanates</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">from</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Him,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">but</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">He</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">transcends</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">physical</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">phenomena</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">not</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">affected</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">by</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Ardhang</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Gauri</i>:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">this</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">used</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">visualize</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">belief</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">had</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">sacrificed</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">half</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shakti,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">goddess</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Gauri</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Parvati,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">sign</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">love</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">her;</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">thus</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">endorsing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shakti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(male</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">female)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">principle</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>shirmaldhar</i>:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">necklace</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">skulls</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">His</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">necklace</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">skulls</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Brahma,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vishnu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">others</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">proclaims</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">he</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">arbiter</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">numberless</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">creations</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">destructions.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">panchvaktra</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:These</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">represented</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">five</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">faces</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">associated</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">various</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">texts</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">five</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">elements,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">five</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">senses,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">five</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">organs</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">perception,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">five</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">organs</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">action.[</span></div>
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font-size: 11pt;">Tarakasur,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cannot</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">be</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">defeated</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">except</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">by</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva's</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">son.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Brahma </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">advises</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Parvati</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">woo</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Indra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">assigns</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Kamadeva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">break</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva's </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">meditation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Tripurari</i>: an epither of god Shiva; the foe of demon Tripurasura. Tripurasura had conquered the whole world and defeated the gods. He also created three cities in space, together called Tripura. Shiva killed the demon and destroyed his cities with a single arrow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> <i>Deer and elephant skin</i>: Shiva also wears elephant skins. Elephants represent pride. Wearing an elephant skin, Shiva indicates that He has conquered pride. Similarly deer represent the flickering mind. Shiva wears deer skin which indicates that He has controlled the mind perfectly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>threefold suffering</i>: daihik which is caused by one's mind or body, daivik which is divinely caused like floods and drought, and bhautik caused by other living beings like flies, wild animals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Shankara</i>: means beneficent or conferring happiness, reflecting the benign form of Shiva</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Balbir</i>: an epithet of Krishna, which means powerful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> <wbr></wbr> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pranamami</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shivam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kalpatarum</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">||1||</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva is Likened to the Kalpataru</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">respectfully</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> before Lord </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">works</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">our</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">well-being</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*kalpataru. You</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">storehouse</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">all</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">qualities</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">godly</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">not</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">godly,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beyond</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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font-size: 11pt;">your</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">throat and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">triumph</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">over</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">hordes</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">demons</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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font-size: 11pt;">works</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">our</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">well-being</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">kalpataru.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> <wbr></wbr> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">tanu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">nindita</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">rajita</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">koti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vidhum</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vidhi</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vishnu-shirodhrita</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pada-yugam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Goddess Parvati is the Left Half of Lord Shiva's Body</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">daughter</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Himachal</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> constantly radiant </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">your</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva Wearing the Crescent Moon & river Ganga</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Whose</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beautiful</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">crest</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">adorned</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">by</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">wearing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> an </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*elephant</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">skin</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">around</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> H</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">waist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Whose</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">matted</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">locks</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">have</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">been</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">purified</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">by</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">gurgling</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Ganga.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> O Shiva! </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">respectfully</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Y</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ou</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">working</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">our</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">well-being very much</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">kalpavriksha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">nayanatraya</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhushita</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">charu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mukham</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">mukha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">padma</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">parajita</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">koti</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vidhum</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">|</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vidhu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">khanda</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vimandita</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhalatattam</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The Beautiful Lord Shiva is Three-eyed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Embellished</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beautiful</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">face</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">having</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">eyes,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">endowed</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lotus</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">face</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">which</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">outstrips</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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font-size: 11pt;">bears</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">new</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*crescent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">respectfully</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">salute</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">our</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">well-being</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">just</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">kalpataru.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Gurudev Shiva Drank Poison & Rides the Bull</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Great</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">guru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">riding</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bull,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">known</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">drink</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">even</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*poison.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Holding</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*horn</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">weapon</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">battle.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> <wbr></wbr></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Whose</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">loving</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sevakas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">are</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhutas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pretas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">. I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">respectfully</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">salute</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">such</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">so</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">much</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">kalpataru.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">makaradhwaja-matta</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">matanga</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">hari</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kari</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">charmana</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">naga</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vibodha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">karam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">|</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva Controls Kamdev, The god of Love</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Having</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">control also</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">over</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*Kamdev</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lives</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">life</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">carefree</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">elephant.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Making</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">even</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">living</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beings</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">elephants</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">understand</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">identity</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">self</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Ultimate</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Being.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Holding</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">weapons</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">trident</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">horn</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">your</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">beautful</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> hands</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">salute</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">you,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">fulfills</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">each</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">wish</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ours</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">kalpataru.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">tridivesha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shiromani</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">grhista</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">padam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">priya</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">manava</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sadhu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">janaikagatim</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pranamami</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shivam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kalpatarum</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">||</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">7||</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva, Deva of the Trinity</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Deva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">even</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">carry</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">out</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cosmic</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">functions</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">creation,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">maintenance,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">destruction.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Supreme</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">amongst</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">all</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*<i>shiromanis</i>, giving</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">very</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">same</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">*</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gati</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">loved</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ones</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ascetics</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">respectfully</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">salute</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">complete</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">anatham</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">sudinam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vibho</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">vishwanahta</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">|</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">bhajato</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">akhilo</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">dukha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">samuha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">haranam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">pranamami</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shivam</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kalpatarum</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">||8||</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord Shiva, Isvara of the Universe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Isvara!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Universe!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Save</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">me,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">helpless</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">destitute,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">from</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> misery </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">rebirth.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">O</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> identical to </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">kalpataru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">destroying</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">multitudinal</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">griefs</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Your</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">devotees</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">worship</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> Y</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ou!</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">respectfully</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">bow</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">before</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">You</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Bhaktimati Usha Bahenji</b>, a famed saint of Vrindavan, who was fondly known as Bobo wanted us to chant this Shiv Stuti on Gurupurnima and Mondays, in particular.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">kalpataru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">mythological,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">wish-fulfilling</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">divine</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">tree</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">said</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">fulfill</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">all</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">desires.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">kapataru</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">originated</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">during</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Samudra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">manthan</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">'churning</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ocean</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">milk'</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">along</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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font-size: 11pt;">returned</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">this</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">tree</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">paradise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gunas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">sattva,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">rajas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">tamas</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">consituents</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">nature</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Naga</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:A</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">snake</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vasuki</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Naga</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">shown</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">curled</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">times</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">around</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">neck</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">looking</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">towards</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">His</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">right</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">three</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">coils</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">snake</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">symbolize</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">past,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">present</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">future</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cycles.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">wearing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">curled</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">snake</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">an</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ornament</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">signifies</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">creation</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">proceeds</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cycles</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">dependent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">time,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">but</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Lord</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Himself</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">transcends</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">time</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">symbolic</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">cosmic</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">force</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">about</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Paravti is the left half of Shiva: Ardhanarishvara is depicted as half male and half female, split down the middle. The right half is usually the male Shiva. Ardhanarishvara represents the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies of the universe (Purusha and Prakriti) and illustrates how Shakti, the female principle of God, is inseparable from Shiva, the male principle of God. The union of these principles is exalted as the root of all creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">elephant</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Elephants</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">represent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pride.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Wearing an</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">elephant</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">skin,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">indicates</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">he</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">has</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">conquered</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">pride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Crescent</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">new</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">moon</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">second</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">day</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">lunar</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">fortnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">poison</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">According</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">to</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Puranas,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Shiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">was</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">named</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Neelkanth</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">as</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">he</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">drank</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">poison</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">emerged</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">from</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">oceans</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">after</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">it</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">was</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">churned</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">(Samudra</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">manthan)</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">for</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">getting</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">'amrit'</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">nectar</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">immortality.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">With</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">yogic</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">powers,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">he</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">stopped</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">poison</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">in</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">throat,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">preventing</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">it</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">from</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">going</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">any</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">further</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">harming</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">body.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">But</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">poison</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">did</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">turn</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">his</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">neck</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">blue</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">hence</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">he</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">got</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">this</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">triden</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">t: Shiva's distinctive</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">weapon</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">trident</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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font-size: 11pt;">evil</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">ignorance.</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">As</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">His</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">instrument</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">punishment</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; 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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Kamdev</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">HIndu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">god</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">love</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">desire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Trinity</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">personified</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">by</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">forms</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">of</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Brahmā</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">creator,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Vishnu</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">maintainer</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">preserver,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">Śhiva</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">destroyer</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">or</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">transformer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Shiromani</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">jewel</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">worn</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">on</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">head,one</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">who</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">supreme,</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">paragon</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">gati</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> the supreme movement of the astral body after death is </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">moksha</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> or </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">becoming</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">one</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">with</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">supreme</span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 11pt;">being</span></div>
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Krsne matir astu” [Let your attention be on Krsna’s feet”]</span><span style="color: #8f3213; font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">True Prema Does Not Expect Love in Return</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">The path of love is
so strange. Prema or pure love does not expect love in
return. There is no doubt that one does get love in return. However, the
beloved does not keep this fact in mind and loves just because he has to. In
addition, he has to bear the anguish of separation. If someone nurses him it is
fine and if someone doesn’t then also it is fine. He just has to love or ‘</span><i style="font-family: "arial narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">do
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Supreme Lover Krishna is Mesmerized by the Beloved</span></div>
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appropriate word. It is the instinctive trait of prema but this is the middling
state. The Supreme Lover is ultimately mesmerized by the beloved. It is His
very nature to be controlled by prema. Action or thought have no accessibility
to this state. There is no place for disappointment if there is everlasting
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Interaction Between the Supreme Lover & His Beloved</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Watered by prema, the creeper of hope grows. Clinging to every limb of
the Supreme Lover, the creeper gets entwined in each fiber of our being. It is
the creeper’s nature to cling and Supreme Lover Krishna’s nature to become
entwined. This divine play, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an interaction
between the Supreme Lover and beloved, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>takes play daily.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A true, selfless and loving resolve are of utmost important. Promptness or delay depends on the
intensity of our ardent longing. Pure thoughts, devoid of other intrusive
disturbing ones, quickly bring the desired Supreme Object Krishna close to
us. The cluster of samskaras or innate impressions are washed away by our yearning and gush of love for Krishna.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In this manner samskaras or inborn impressions are
naturally turned to ashes in a mind passionately drawn to dark-hued Krishna. But all
this depends on the intensity of our longing. True longing never goes waste. Yearning
is a source of attraction. Attraction and a passionate craving for Krishna are
no different. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We can call it an
ardent longing or being a worthy recipient. Attaining the Supreme Object
Krishna depends on how passionate one is as a recipient. Supreme Object
Krishna is laden with rasa and fickle. How strongly Krishna is drawn to a recipient
depends on the shape of the receiver. It is the very nature of the Supreme
Lover to take on the shape of the receiving container.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Connection with Krishna is the unique trait of
being a worthy recipient. Attachment resides in striking a close relationship
with Krishna. There is music and merriment and a connect with Krishna when we
love Him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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