Module 5: Bhakti Flashcards
Vachanāmrut Gaḍhaḍā I-40
“‘Shravaṇam kīrtanam Viṣhṇoho
Vachanāmrut Gaḍhaḍā I-40
“‘Shravaṇam kīrtanam Viṣhṇoho smaraṇam pād-sevanam |
Archanam vandanam dāsyam sakhyam-ātmanivedanam ||’
“Evī rīte nav prakāre karīne je Bhagwānne bhajvā tene bhakti kahīe.
Vachanāmrut Gaḍhaḍā III-5
“Shuk-Sankādik jevā je
Vachanāmrut Gaḍhaḍā III-5
“Shuk-Sankādik jevā je Moṭā-Puruṣh tenī je sevā ne prasang temāthī māhātmye sahavartmān evī je bhakti te jīvnā hṛudaymā uday thāy chhe.”
Satsang Dikshā Shloka 125
Sevā, kathā, smaraṇ
Satsang Dikshā Shloka 125
Sevā, kathā, smaraṇ, dhyān, paṭhanādi tathā bhagwat-kīrtan vagerethī samayne sufaḷ karvo
Vachanāmrut Gaḍhaḍā II 52
Shraddhāe sahit ne
Vachanāmrut Gaḍhaḍā II 52
Shraddhāe sahit ne īrṣhyāe rahit je bhakti kare te amane atishay game chhe
Vachanāmrut Kāriyāni-6
“Je bhaktajan kām
Vachanāmrut Kāriyāni-6
“Je bhaktajan kām, krodh, lobh, kapaṭ, mān, īrṣhyā ane matsar eṭlā vānāe rahit thaīne Bhagwānnī bhakti kare tenī upar Bhagwān rājī thāy chhe.
2013
Selvās
Swāmishri had come to Selvās in 2013. Local organizers had forgotten to inform him that the mangaḷā ārti in Selvās occurred every day at 5.45 a.m., as opposed to 6.00 a.m. So, on his first day there, Swāmishri thus made his way to the mandir at 5.57 a.m., thinking that he would be just in time for the arti. However, as he climbed the steps, he saw people descending the mandir.
“Aarti thai gai (Is the [mangaḷā] arti over)?” he asked.
“Yes,” someone replied.
Disheartened, Swāmishri decided to atone for missing the arti by fasting for the day. Breakfast had been served to him, but he refused to eat. Local organizers apologized for not communicating the time to him and their eyes welled up with tears as they requested him not to fast. To please them, he took a morsel of food in his hand; just then, however, a devotee arrived.
As everyone’s attention turned to the devotee, Swāmishri nonchalantly put the morsel down. In this way, he resolutely refused to eat breakfast. Yet, as the organizers lovingly pressed for him to eat, Swāmishri said, “I wanted to fast all day but because all of you are insisting, I will eat in the afternoon. However, I do not wish to eat right now.” This incident illustrates the profundity of Mahant Swāmi Mahārāj’s devotion. No mangaḷā, no food. This, too, at the age of 80!
