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We are going to discuss the second verse of the Sarva Mangala Sthothram. 

Shristi-sthiti-vinashanam shakti-bhute sanatani;

Gunasraye gunamaye Narayani namo'stu te ||2||…This verse also is related to the first verse of the Prarkruthim paramam. Abhedanandaji had embodied this, The meaning of this one in that verse in his own way. So whenever we see, look at this, any object in this world, it must have a cause. And who is the cause of the entire universe? That is, the We usually call it mother shakthi. Without shakthi  There would be no creation, no preservation, no destruction. So Shakhty, or what Sri Ramakrishna  used to call Brahma yoni. Female is called Shakhty. Male is called knowledge. Knowledge by itself can never become useful without the aid of Shakhty. That is why the very first verse of the Soundarya Lahari , Shankara

Charia tells..

Shivah shakthya yukto yadi bhavati shaktah prabhavitum

Na chedevam devo na khalu kusalah spanditumapi;

If  Shakhty is not associated with Shiva, Shiva will be unable to do anything. In funny language it is called Shiva becomes a Shava without Shivaa. Male  Word it called Shiva? And female is called Shivaa. 

So this is the idea of the motherliness of Shakhty. Whenever we observe in this world any object, this object is an effect. Every effect must have a cause. So, in this world, when we analyze any particular object, even inert object also. So, for example, let us take the chair, A wooden chair. Is it a cause or is it an effect? It is an effect. So this a very object is an effect. Every effect must have cause. How many causes? Usually three causes are posited. How many? Three. What are they? The first cause is called material cause, The material out of which it comes. Second is called intelligent cause. Because, without conceiving what this object should be, it is impossible for the object to come into being. Then what is the third cause? Instrumental cause there must be an instrument. Material, intelligent and instrumental cause. every single object in this world. So I cited the example of chair. Let us take the example. Natural example, say mountain. So in a mountain, we perceive it. Therefore it must be an effect. It must be an effect. If it is an effect, it must have a cause. So any mountain is eternal. Were Himalayas there billions of years ago. No were there any reverse billions of years ago or their forests? So nothing is there, but they must have a cause. Some natural forces, you know what they call how mountains come? when the whole Earth. Is it solid tectonic plates. ets. So when these two plates come too near in between, whatever is there, it is squeezed out like toothpaste When you press it. Something comes out. So the mountains are growing now. And after whatever That is the birth of the mountains. And whatever has birth will also have a growth  And there is a. Birth there is a growth.  I mean, there is a change. Then it becomes old. Then it dies.

Take a desert. The desert also, in the beginning, they were known what is called natural desserts. It is all manmade desserts. That is why they say thousand years, city, thousand years, a desert, not really thousand years. Maybe a million years like that. So everything in this universe must have the three causes. Here is where vedanta steps in and says that there must be not only a material cause for a material cause to make an effect, there must be an intelligent cause. So who is the intelligent cause of the mountains, the rivers etc. Only God. That is what we call mother Brahma Yoni. Then we have got another angle. See for a Carpenter to make a chair.

The Carpenter is the intelligent cause. The wood is the material cause. He must have some implements like hammer, saw, planar, etcetera, etcetera, screwdriver, etcetera For making that in the desired shape. That is how we call human being the most tool making animal on Earth.

In fact, at one time, human beings were distinguished the only tool makers in the whole world. But now I find even ants also make tools. They make tools best tools for their own survival. We are all doing it. For whose for our survival.  So this is the most wonderful idea that we ever have got. When we take the whole world as an example them that the whole world becomes one object, and every object is an effect. And every effect must have cause three causes. So then before the world was created, world was not there. So there must be somebody an intelligent cause, a material cause, as well as a instrument. Who is that? There is only God. There are no three things is matter material. And there is intelligent cause God. And there are some implements. Because in this world, Carpenter is different, wood is different, and the instruments are different. But in God, there cannot be any. He is three in 1, 1 in three. That is why he's called Abinna, Namitha, uPadhana Karana. Nimitha means intelligent, uPadhana  means material. So he is combined both the material intelligent as well as instrumental cause. That is what is being said. So everything in this world that we find is an effect the effect has a Birth, the effect has a certain period of living in that particular form. And then it goes back into its material. Here an important point. Many times we discussed whatever we see here, birth means nothing new.

What was in the form of UN manifested becomes manifested, remains manifested

for some time and goes back into unmanifest again. That is what the scientists are discovered. Matter cannot be created destroyed. It can only be transformed. That energy when it transformed becomes a matter. This is the most wonderful thing we have to discuss here. So srishti means the Unmanifest  becoming manifest. Sthithi means maintaining all the changes. But this word maintenance also means that it is constantly undergoing change. Maintenance is always change your house. You maintain it is dirty. So before it was clean, then it became dirty. And after some time, what do you do? Clean the dirt and everything is a change without dirt. That is one state. With dirt It's  another state. Again, without that another state.

So change means continuously. It is going through this. And then a time will come.

It has to become go back to its UN manifested state. And here is a point. You have to know them. When we are talking about an UN manifested state we have to think about. But this UN manifested state of everything in this world, in its ultimate cause is only one. For example, human beings unmanifested state is what the seed of the male seed of the female say, human being is the cause of other human beings. A female dog and male dog is the cause of the puppies. Understand? So human cause. And then the cause of the dog. They are not the same at this level. But if you go back, what was the dog before? What was human being before? What was a plant before? Ultimately this whole thing. So you imagine like that inverted triangle. That is why I have this very interesting concept.

A triangle. You know, this is a triangle. Just for your information, when we are worshipping a male deity, any male deity we use yantras, we draw there. So observe carefully. We do like that. So the point one point will be above when two points will come down and they are United when we are worshiping a female deity Rather it is just the opposite. So it will be top. Most will be the bottom of the male. And then it comes like this. Now, what is the symbolism of this? So this top is from this bija It goes on manifesting, manifesting, manifesting, manifesting like that. Millions billions of infinite varieties will be there. That  is represented. But when you go on analyzing what is the cause of this? This one. What is the cause of this one? Remember, just watch me. Does not come like that. It comes like that. Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly it comes down to one singular point of singularity. And that point of singularity is called Bindu In tantric language. Then that is why this sree Chakra, whatever chakras you see, you will see. It is all made up of 3 or 4 verities triangles, squares and Circles. 99%. It is like that. So behind each one of them There is a meaning those who are initiated into Tantric lore They will have that one. So now you understand srishti, sthity and Vinasha. All these three They come only from one source. 1 point when it becomes variated manifested after some time again they go back.

So that is indicated here.. Shristi-sthiti-vinashanam - So don't talk on vinasha..

Shristi-sthiti-vinasha, Shristi-sthiti-vinasha, Shristi-sthiti-vinasha – is an ongoing process. Now why do we need to find out this? What I am talking? Why not simply use Shristi-sthiti-vinasha then fear comes in Vinasha.  That means I am going to die. No, you are not going to die. You are going to come back again in a different form. That is what I every being in this world in the beginning was in the state of non manifestation viaktha  Madyani. After some time they become manifested. Manifested means they become objects of our experience. And after some time again they become unmanifested. So this is a continuous process. But there is no destruction. There is no new creation. There is no destruction. That is why SRISTI is called anadhi.

Anadhi  means what? It is  beginning less. beginning less means what it is eternal. Eternal eternity can belong only to one being. And that is called God. When God is looked upon without activity, he is called Brahman. And when Brahman is looked upon with activity it is called Shakthi. Mother  Kali represents Maha kala – the Brahman. I am Mother Kali represents shakthi. I think I explained four hands. This is called abaya. This is called Vara. And this is called Laya. This is srishti, This is sthithi and this is Laya. it is a continuous process that goes on and on and on and on. Only one small doubt may come if they say so. Suppose a person does a lot of spiritual practice. And in the end he becomes completely released. Jivanmukta then will he come back again? Because if this is the process, how do you know that you are not going to come back? So that problem is solved in two ways. What is the first way? Only those who are not having knowledge, they will come back like a man who goes to sleep. And then it comes back again to the same form. But the other example is when a man dies, nobody is ever going to see him again. Exactly in the same form you understand now is a beautiful concept. But the second answer that is given is if this is this srishti sthithi Laya is real then there is a fear. But supposing what if it is like a cinema cinema? NT Ramarao,  how many times he died? That is what I am telling exactly. In the same way. We also have born billions of times. We are also going to die. And what is mukthi ? prakruti is going to change its shape all the time. But we as what we call Paramatma Atma. We are never going to change. This is a fact of life. So that is why these two answers. 1 answer is first. Is what according to data srishti  is real. Sthithi is real. Laya is real & mukthi is also real. Once they get mukthi Then they are not going to come back.

Advaitha vedanta says srishti never happened. It is only Brama in the mind and therefore Sadhana is a Brama. See this a Brahma bond is a Brahma. Liberation is also Brama. But do not take it because we do not know that truth. We know that we are bound. Although we know what is the proof that you are attending my geeta a class is a proof that you believe that you are bound.  Where a Jivanmukta the Go? I don't hear your question is redundant. If you understood Jivanmukta is never born where the question of is going anywhere you follow what I'm saying. You can. If you believe that statement you can't call his born –he  is never born only what is born will go away. Otherwise it is like asking. We mistake something, we see a snake and when light is brought, what happens? There is no question merging with ours. It has never come out. The question is the anticancer. No, I your question confine yourself only to that you used the wrong word. Anything that is UN manifested is only with the relationship to manifest it. I hope you are able to if you say black, you must have the

idea of white. So if you say manifested, then you have the idea UN manifested. If you have the idea of UN manifested, you have the idea manifested. So according to Advaitha, nobody is ever born like your dream. Every day experience somebody came and then did something to you in your dream upon waking up. What is your understanding? Let's continue. Nothing had happened. I am just here on my bed, happily asleep. Is it not? And this is a basic view and it is true.

But for us it is theoretically true. So let us not think of it now because we are all bound here and we want to get liberation. And if we sincerely strive by God's Grace, we are going to get completely liberated. Okay, so keep that in mind. Now let us deal with this before that. I want to tell you the srishti sthity vinasa it is going on continuously. Every Billy second. Don't only think in terms of human beings. It could be bacteria. It could be virus. It could be cells of our body. It could be anything continuous process. Anantha koti  BRAmanda means Anantha koti   srishti. Anantha Coati sthithi, Anantha Coati Lia is going on and on and on and it will go on because whatever is anadi will also become anantha endless. Ok. I hope you are able to follow this one. Now let me give you once Sri Ramakrishna  was walking on the banks of Ganga. I hope you remember that incident. Suddenly he saw a most beautiful woman come out of the Ganges. She stepped out of the Ganga onto the shore. And Sri Ramakrishna was observing it as if all the beauty in the world has become concealed, embodied, compressed in that person. This  all that had happened in the twinkling of an eye. Immediately he found she was with a child and the child was growing all within it fast, like Fast cinema they show, you know, a huge tree from the seed. Within a minute it will become a big tree like that. 22:43-9

Presently she gave birth a more beautiful child, loveliest child. All the loveliness, all the sweetness embodied in that child. And she was playing with the child and feeding the child and playing with the child as if she was the very life of that mother.

She was not a mother. She became a mother and she was loving her child. Next  second she took on a ferocious form her and then put her child where in her mouth like Arjuna saw in Vishwaroopam Darshan yoga. How Bhishma Drona were entering Laly say Grassman Samantha as a patrani like that. So Ah Ah. She went on chewing and so and then swallowed & slowly so entered into the Ganga and disappeared.

What is this vision about? Srishti, sthithi and Laya.  And I but what is most important if it is true, it is the Most shocking and a painful incident in life. But what did Ramakrishna do? There was no child. I had come out. The child has come out from where? From the mother and the child went back into her mom. This is constant process going on. This is what is Shristi-sthiti-vinashanam shakti-bhute sanatani;. Without that Shakhty, a collective universal Shakhty is called the Divine Mother. That is why Sri Ramakrishna's teachings are so deep. There are only two realities  in life Brahman and shakthi. 

So why two realities? They are not two realities. When we have mind, we perceive Brahman As shakthi. When we do not have mind, we ourselves know We are Brahman. So these are not two different realities, but reality appearing as a two reflecting as a two in our mind. This is a most marvelous thing. We have to understand. shakti-bhute sanatani and how does she do it. Gunashraye -  she she is the repository. She is the Foundation. She is the platform of three Gunas. So what is the Divine mother? Three Gunas. What are the Gunas SATVA Rajas and Thamas? So when we are talking about Guna has we are talking two ideas. We have to keep that in mind. We are talking about two ideas. What are the two ideas? SATVA Rajas and Thamas are  the Mula karana Foundational material. But when we are talking, this is sweet. This is the beautiful. This is ugly. This person is very Dharmic person. This person is Adharmic. This person is strong. This person is weak. This person is intelligent. This person is very dull. Any number of these manifest they're all belonging to whom? A combination of SATVA Rajas and Thamas. So These are two ideas. The Moola Gunas and the Manifested Gunas. The Foundational Gunas are called SATVA Rajas and Thamas the Manifested qualities are called all our other qualities. Good and bad Both. Quality doesn't mean that only good qualities, both good and everything that we experience in this world that anyone.

So how does it work here? That Gunasraye - She manifests as infinite varieties of beings. And every being is a manifestation of Guna. Then Guna mayi.  she is not only gunasraye.

I understand the original material from which everything else comes. gunamaye and she is also herself. Then you can't even contemplate the divine mother or Saguna

Brahma. That is why. What is it called Saguna? Brahma Saguna along with Gunas here Saguna Brahma means what both the and then also the manifested qualities. What are the manifested Mola Karana SATVA Rajas and Thamas.  What are the manifested causes? Srishti sthithi and Laya Shristi-sthiti-vinashanam shakti-bhute sanatani; sanatani means the ancient.  Ancient  doesn't mean old. Ancient means eternal. That is why. There is one word of Purana. You know, bagavatha Purana. What is the meaning of Purana? Pura Ape Nava. Even though it is old, it is still new.

How can we say that something old is new, something old. I'll give two examples. So food, rice. Since how long have you been eating rice? Ever since you are before you were born? Also you were born out of what? Only this. So so you understand now this beautiful concept pura. But  today, if I don't eat race, what happens? The same rice? Same means not that 50 years old Rice. What it means is now in the same rice In a new form. I have to go on eating and then you are what you eat. So if you are eating rice and Idly and dosa what would you become? And that is why when Tiger, etc look at 5, 6 of us, then we look which is masala dosha, which is tasteless boiled Idly for convalescent people.

Yes. It Is the manifestation of the prakruti.  That is why it is called Purana. This is ordinary meaning. But Purana means like Bagavatha  et cetera. What are Puranas? The ancient eternal Vedic truths put in the form of stories, Illustrations for ordinary people that is called Purana. So anybody who requires a spiritual food 50,000,000,000 years back somebody required spiritual food, purana gives. Now we require same food or different food? Are we going to go to a different God or same God? Therefore we need the same truth. Truth never changes. So that is why Purana is valuable for all times. That is true. But in which way you can change your what is called practice. That is my eternal values for a changing society. For example, when when we were children, the spiritual practice should be one particular format. We go to the shrine room and we sit along with parents. And at the end we are looking at the all the time. What are we meditating upon prasada? And that is a appropriate for. But if an adult also is going on looking at prasada for , that is not a very good thing. And that is why we know what happens in temples when anna bhog is given The temple doors are closed. Have you noticed here? So I don't know here it are going or not, but in belur Matt and other places they are completely close. Very interesting fact. So why do they close? Because this is for the benefit of mustached  children. Because, when they see such first class food, naturally temptation Will come. Now another doubt Will come. You may not know it. I am creating it out. The pujari  is there. He is seeing.  So that is why in Belur Matt. You know what they do? He he had to work very hard. So whatever is offered to Takur in abundant  and quantity, it is given to the pujari so that he will not feel tempted. Supposing it is after offering it is taken away to senior citizens and never goes to the pujaris   then you know what he will do? You know what he will do? He has a choice of before offering itself. He will take his portion or after offering. Before anybody can take away, he will keep his own portion.

It is a very psychological treatment. That's why Pujari have to be well fed.  Otherwise they will become really Pujaris. You understand real Pujari. Pooja are instead of devoting themselves to God, they will be devoting themselves to.

Yeah, most pujaris. That is why, you know, rich people they construct the temples and then the employ pujari. They don't pay adequately. So naturally he is a human being. He goes on looking at the devotee. How much can I squeeze from this devotees? If you want proof of what I am talking about that you attend any temple you give. Every time you visit, you give 1,000 rupees in his that arathy plate and 2, 3 times he will look at you and then he is fixated. This is a very good Milking cow. Next time when you visit first time full Arathy will be given to whom and then best to Prasada will be given to whom and even best Garland also will be given to whom. Yeah. So we should not criticize the because we are at fault. We have created them.

We have not looked up after them. That is the problem We are coming across.

Anyway  Coming back - Shristi-sthiti-vinashanam shakti-bhute sanatani; sanatane means ancient. Gunasraye gunamaye Narayani namo'stu te -this sthuthi occurs in markandeya purana.  This is supposed to be extolling the greatness of the Devi. Devi  we means  Kali, Parvati, Durga, etc. But we hear you notice Narayani belongs to Vaishnava Sampradaya or sastra r Sampradaya So then they don't have the President. She is called COwMARi. She is called Narayani. She is called Durga. She is called chendika any number of days. So in the second chapter I think no third chapter Sumba nishumba yudhdha, Sumba accuses. So in your shameless one. Why are you calling me? I am one fighting with you and you are all you shake this and he says, Oh, foolish fellow, there are no different goddesses other than me. Look. And they all merge in her. Previously they were manifesting outside her. Now all of them are manifesting from within her after that. So very interesting. You know, you fellow.

Wait. Made at Bay until I take one glass or to one or 2 glasses. Then I will get tremendous strength. Then I will look as soon as she took it went and then simply finished  the fellow. So what does the tradition prove?..36:24-4

So this comes in all the three. Not only that at the end, how many times do we sing? Four times a victory to the in the third? Sharan'agata dinarta paritrana parayane; Sarvasy'arti-hare devi Narayani namo'stu te …So Sharana agata dinarta - people are categorized into two categories, but

according to Bagavad Gita, there are four categories, but always we start with the DHEENA means a person who is helpless. That is why thasmat tvameva sharanam mama dhena bando.. So Sharanagata - ultimately, after we exhaust every energy, we're intelligence that we have, we find we cannot solve even the simplest problem in this world. But until we do that, it is not possible for us to surrender ourselves to God. It's after trying all these things, we know that there is no other go like the gajendra Mokshana, No, not first. What did he do? He fought with all his strength, but ultimately he had to give away. Then he said oh Narayana , so please come and help me. And then Narayana comes. Why was he not calling Narayana? Earlier he was calling in, but it was not coming because like the Saint was walking and then he unconsciously drawed upon the drying was should cloths of A dhobi.  Then the washer man got angry and they took up sticks to beat him up. Suddenly the devotee had become conscious. Then he took up some brick. Narayana was about to come and save him. Then he saw and he said, If he were Capable of  protecting yourself, where I need for me to go. And he went back smiling. So so long as we think, even in our depths of unconscious that we are able to do something ourselves, SharanaGathy will not come. So in the end, when all Purusha prayatna now self effort fails, then dawns the helplessness. Such a person is called dheena. 

And he is also called Artha.  What do they do? Sharana Agatha, they take refuge ultimately in God. How does Mother respond? You fellow? I was waiting for you to call upon me. You never called upon me. And in the end, because you are helpless, useless. You are calling. I will not come. She is ever ready to hear the call of the her children in whatever were condition, happy, unhappy proud do not proud e everyone is her children. As our child, Kashipur Comes, who and all these mother and Kataba and Mahisha and humans who are the mothers children only. So she cannot abandon them. In the end, that is what Holy Mother said, even to what we call bad monks. You know that story. Holy Mother initiated one sanyasi and he was living in udhbothan along with Mother. And then one day Sharath Maharaj came said, Ma, if please tell this child that child mention our child, tell me, says, please listen, at least to be same Brahman as the President of the full order, Mother laughed and said, My son, she was his guru. Even he doesn't listen me not to speak out of Brahmananada and you. I told him many times he's not listening. And that's how they was saying nobody could do anything. You know, their policy was not to throw them out. After a mother's child. Mother can never say Get out. Mother never told one word. You are not leading an obedient life. You gave not a single word. And then Mother used to watch. That was her habit to watch how the children are taking with 1,000 eyes as I love when she was watching which child likes which particular type of food and she will instruct the server to that child. You give that one more to the other child. You give the other one, which he liked very much, even without being told. So she could never say, Get out.

How can how can the divine Mother make anybody get out? Where will they go? Wherever they go, they will be only in her. Only so one day the Monk came off his own accord and then he bade good bye to Mother. Then Mother was looking with such eyes. Tears were coming at you. Now you all know. What did Mother say? My child? Do not forget you have a mother. I am always behind you. Be fearless whether you are in the order outside the order. I am not going to abandon you, even if the whole world abandons you, I cannot abandon you. So with that assurance, even though he was not in a listening mood anyway, he made pranams and then go Saranagati deenarththa parithrana parayane.  

This word Parayana is the most powerful word. Parayana means  This is the only goal of my life. What is it parithrana to save, to protect, to support, to help, to make people more knowledgeable, more healthy, more wealthy, etc. Sharanagata. But they have to take her help completely relying upon her. That Act of completely relying upon her. Not relying upon anything else is called Saranagati. So RAmanuja Charia was a teacher of Saranagati.  is it a a that is called praPana? This is a very specially part of Vaishnavism. What is propaNa? There are so many people capable of doing Japa, tapas, meditation and the pilgrims, et cetera. But ultimately some people. We are not learned.. We do not know what is Sadhana, but we just depend upon you. This is called Prapana Marga and Ramanujacharya  year was one of the greatest, so he embodied. What are the conditions to be fulfilled? And I think we discussed it, Six qualities. How many six conditions have to be fulfilled? What is the first condition?

Anukulasya sankalpa pratikUlsya varjanam

raksisyati iti visvAso goprtve varanam tathA

Atmaniksepa kArpanye Sadvidha saranAgati

Anukolasia Sankalpa, second reason, third Reich, which was a fourth gotta, fifth manic shape and last Carpe. I already discussed in detail. You go back. I am not going to discuss in detail what is the first thing? I take a bow. I will do only what Pleases the Lord, This is Called An klashka Kripa analacia Kari, And Eva Maya Karam. I have no other duty accepting to do those things by doing which I am going to please you. Whether world is pleased or not, you are going to be pleased. What does that mean?

That means Oh, Lord, whatever you ask only I will do, what did the Lord ask me to do? Your teachings of Shastras, teaching of the Gospel teaching of the same on the Holy Mother? What did the Holy Mother teaching? Do not find fault with others. Find your own faults. No one is a stranger and make the whole world yours. If we don't follow these things, then we are not devote of Divine Mother the following, we are followers of what? Devil.

Okay, so pratikUlsya varjanam So Similarly, I will never do consciously Whatever displeases you – pratikUlsya.  Then  only comes that understanding that there is no one in this world who can help me. That is the meaning of Nirjana. Jana means people -  Nirjana  means nobody in this world can really do anything. We are under the delusion. My wife does. My husband does my father do? My children do nothing. They can provide you a little bit food, but they can't digest for you. They can't sleep for you. They can't suffer for your disease. Everything has to be done by ourselves. They are not born with you. They can't also die with you. This is the simple truth. And for this you don't need scriptures. We know day to day experience.

anuBava is more than enough. 

So only the Lord can help me. That ultimate faith only in the Lord and the last resort is called third characteristic of Saranagati. Then if that is fulfilled, what is next – goprtve varanam or I don't want to anybody else I only want God. Then what is the next one? Transfer all your responsibilities, place all your responsibilities at is feet  and say, Oh, Lord, I belong to you. If all world belongs to you and you look after it. And what is the last characteristic? kArpanye Sadvidha saranAgati – kArpanye means what? All these five characteristics have been fulfilled by me only because of your Grace. Otherwise I would never have been able to even understand the matter. And when we fulfill this “parithraana paraayanae”   the Divine Mother will come to our rescue.  Sarvasy'arti-hare devi Narayani namo'stu te – sarvasya  Everybody is her child. Therefore, servasya aarthi - aarthi means distress, not Arthi North Indian Arthi

What we do at seven o'clock in the evening that is called by some people as what we call as “A R A T H I”  is pronounced as what  ARTHI the so that is a wrong pronunciation. “A R A T H I”  means Vesper service. ARTHI means distress. Sarvasy'arti-hare devi. You  alone -  Nobody else can take away my ARTHI.

So this arthi or this distress has got four steps. Every arthi  in this world, anybody's mosquitoes or anybody? Only four steps. And each step is a progress towards the Mother. What is the first one, Artha  Man or any creature in distress? What is the second? I am not in distress, but I have unfulfilled desires. This is one or the after. Some time we find the Nisara the worthlessness of anything. But I am longing for a stable platform upon which I can really rest. Then comes the inquiry. What is it that can give me out of jignash? Nahum Isha Ignas Deep  unquenchable desire to know what is truth and how to attain that truth that is called jignasha.

And the last arthi is gnani. Who can give the Gnana. because only gananaki  can give Gnana, who can give money, only a person who has got money, who can give happiness, only a person who is happy, who can give peace, only a person who has got peace. Therefore the Divine Mother she alone can fulfill the arthi of everybody. She is already doing it, whether we acknowledge it or not. That is what swami AKandanandaji I think I posted yesterday or today or I don't remember that in the form of the Sun and moon, he provides the aHara for is outside. But okay, you eat this, drink this. But who is going to convert it into useful things? Only God. God, from outside manifests in the form of the Sun and the moon. God inside transforms this, Whatever is eaten in the former energy. 

It  is called Jataraagni. It is called Vaishvanara Agni. 

अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रित: |

प्राणापानसमायुक्त: पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् || 14||

ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥ

prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pachāmy annaṁ chatur-vidham

So and then at the end of it Jaya Narayani namo'stu te, I don't know why four times we say, but my guess is everything is to be uttered the thrice. But in case we make some unconscious mistake of repeating it for the fourth time. Also you add it. It doesn't matter or some people interpret it four times jayaNarayani give me dharma. jayaNarayani give me artha. jayaNarayani give me comma. jayaNarayani give me moksha. What is Moksha? You know, make me free from dharma, artha & kama that is called moksha. So. These are the three steps. You do not need a boat after you reached the other shore.  So with this we conclude the is hymn, and it is addressed

to whom? Holy Mother Sarada devi. Why  is it addressed? If you remember Sri Ramakrishna worshipped her when she was 18 years old at Dhakshineswar Kali temple and his in his own room on Palaharini  Kali Pooja day. And then at the end of the worship, he did Sthothram  to the Divine Mother in the form of these three verses.

Later on, when Sri Ramakrishna  mission was established, so these three verses have become have been incorporated as part of our daily ritual. This is how it has come, and we are blessed to even to so much meaning.Is there. 

the next Sthothram  is the fourth and our daily forms the part of our four Hymns, Kandana, OM Hrim,  Sarva Mangala and Parkruthim Paramam.  So Swami Abhedanandaji, He was one of the greatest devotees of Holy Mother. So he understood by the grace of course, Takur, as well as mother that our Mother Holy Mother is real divine Mother. How do we know when there is a Sri Ramakrishna’s? Mini statements, but there are two statements. 1 statement is she is Saraswati Man in this age, born as the manifestation of Bagala Muki. And she has come to give knowledge, and in that context, also, he said, Mother Saraswati is the  most beautiful, divine deity  in the whole universe. But lest, the people may look upon her as an object of enjoyment. She came in this form where she is not attracting. But if you look at Holy Mother, really, she is beautiful. Really  she is beautiful. But if this is the concealed form of the Holy Mother, then you can understand what is the real real form of the Holy Mother? So Sri Ramakrishna  said once when I was practicing tantric disciplines, I saw the form of Raja raJeswari. She is the all the beauty of the three worlds as it were, had become embodied there. And at the mere movement of her eye, the whole universes coming into existence, is being maintained and also is being set in South India. We have to two important Divine Mother temples. One is called Kamakshi, Another is a call Meenakshi. So what? Why this peculiar names Kamakshi means what if you know a little bit of Sanskrit It is very dangerous. Kamakshi  means an eye full love desires. No, here Kamakshi means she a kama here means it is full of objects needed by her children. So, if any child wants - whatever the child wants - immediately by just looking, Oh, you want this one - I grant it to you. That is why she is called Kamakshi.

And why is she called Minakshi? Mina means fish. Fish eye does not have a eyelid.

That means 24 hours She is watching her children. Which child of mine really requires what? What thing? So she is ready to grant it whether he's a devotee or not. A mother doesn't say a baby is not expected to love because he doesn't know the baby doesn't know how to express the love. Love is there. How confidence? As soon as when there are strangers, the baby goes on crying. The moment it perceives the mother, immediately she feels I am at home, I am safe, etc. So we will just briefly discuss the first one. Swami Abhedanandaji has written, he went to Holy Mother, and then he he chanted, and mother was highly pleased and blessed him. And that is why this has become a most important thing. Oh, I forgot. Sri Ramakrishna made two statements he made. One statement she is Saraswati in the form of Bagala. This second statement that if anybody might offend me and escape. But if anybody offends her, even Brahma Vishnu Mahesha cannot save such a person. Who is talking?, Sri Ramakrishna is talking. 

What is he talking? If somebody offends me, then it is okay. He might escape. But if anybody, if she becomes angrier annoyed, offends her, then there is no because that is the Shakthi. So  the hymn starts

( Composer : Swami Abedhananda )

Prakruthim Paramam Abhayam Varadham Nararoopa dharma Janathapaharam

Sharanagatha Sevaka thoshakareem Pranamami Param Jananim Jagatham

Pranamami we salute.  Whom Jananim Jagatha -  A mother of the entire universe. Who the mother of the entire universe - Parham. There is nobody higher than that. So what is it? Parama Prakruti. She is this Supreme Prakruti. And then Abhayam Varadham. She always in the form of aBaya. we discussed already srishti It is symbolic of abhaya.  Do not fear. Only after abhaya  comes. Vardah. 

I am okay. Now, how can I be a happier person? This is the varatha she got and all whatever she grants as a number of times we discussed are only four. What are they, dharma, artha, kama  and ultimately moksha. And to help to take part in the yuga dharma along with Incarnation, she is incarnated that's Nara Rupa Dara. Because we can never understand her greatness unless she becomes like an ordinary mother. The meaning we will further explore in our next class. Nara roopa dhara  to set an example to bestow her Grace. Two  purposes, to set an example to everybody, especially to women and Holy Mother's. Advent is most appropriate, timely, and it is most needed ideal in this world nowadays. Why we will discuss in our next class when a Jena tapa Haram Jenna Tapa Haram Jenna means people. Tapa means dhukka,  kashsta (troubles we encounter) Haram one who completely removes makes a person very, very happy.

Sharanagatha Sevaka thoshakareem - She who bestows her Grace toshaKari means one who is highly pleased. Sharanagatha Sevaka - , sevaka not attendants – don’t use that limited meaning. You know, she was there. A few attendants were taking care of serving her like GoPal ma, not golAPMA Yoginma, few sadhus, , a fewservants. No.

Anybody who does worship, who repeats her name and who everyday praise to her.

He is the sevaka And there is a Sanskrit word. Yes, I'm giving me hint. Baja sevayam 

But just say why, whenever we do bajan that is, we are all become Savas. Say, who can serve really divine mother? Anybody can serve divine Mother. Our divine Mother is serving you our service to divine Mother. She would have disappeared long back. Pranamami Param Jananim Jagatham Any anybody who takes refuge sharanagatha that is the condition. Then on that that is the greatest seva Anybody can do. Funny, you know, one person was it he was writing and somebody came. I think his wife or somebody. And how can I help you so that you can - You can write.

He said the only service you can do is get the hell out of here. That is the best service I can continue share most of the time. If we can get out of the divine mother so that she can go on without any interruption from us, that is the greatest service anybody can render to the Pranamami. Ultimately, all salutations – sarva deva namaskaram kesavam prathi gachchathi.are a so this is briefly we have discussed, but we will have it a little more detail from the next class onwards.
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