manobodhaH - 8

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mano dehaapaate.api kiirtiH sthiraa syaat.h

yayaa taa.n kriyaa.n sarvadevaa.a.arabhasya |

manashchaandana.n sadguNa.n saMpraguhya

tvayaa sarvathaa sajjanaaH priiNaniiyaaH || 8||

 

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dehe tyaagitaa kiirti maage uraavii .

manaa sajjanaa hechi kriiyaa dharaavii ..

manaa cha.ndanaache parii tvaa.n jhijaave .

parii a.ntarii sajjanaa niivavaave .. 8..

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%meaning

##dehe ## = body;

##tyaagita ## = give up;

##kiirti ## = fame;

##maage ## = behind;

##uraavii ## = should leave.

##manaa ## = oh, my mind!;

##sajjanaa ## = cultured;

##hechi ## = this alone;

##kriiyaa ## = acts;

##dharaavii ## = perform.

##cha.ndanaache ## = sandalwood;

##parii ## = like;

##tvaa.n ## = you;

##jhijaave ## = suffer for others' sake.

##parii ## = however;

##a.ntarii ## = in the heart;

##sajjanaa ## = gentle,upright people;

##niivavaave ## = offer joy.

 

%versemeanings

Let fame prevail after one's death,

Thus alone lead your life, oh! my gentle and upright Mind!

Like the sandalwood, endure selflessly, that more fragrance emanate,

And yet, oh Mind! offer joy to the hearts of other gentle souls.. 8..

 

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Original Marathi manaache shloka by Samarth Ramadas.

Translations by Sunder Hattangadi.

 

ITRANS 5.1 scheme: http://www.alkhemy.com/sanskrit/itrans_short.txt

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namaskaaraM,

 

Viji has expressed what I feel about this cyber-satsangh so well

that I quote:

 

Viji Raghunathan wrote:

> It occured to me that the net is a great medium for relating to each other

> as Atmas, all in search of the same Paramaatma. We are mainly known to each

> other through our thoughts alone. It is as if our philosophy has come to

> life and all matter has turned to energy. Like our munis and rishis who

> traveled time and space, we are able to send and receive thoughts and

> prayers across the seas as electrical impulses. It matters not if a person

> is a millionaire or a hunchback, no such extraneous cover colours our

> vision, and we receive with all humility their offerings towards furthering

> us on our chosen path. (Who is to say that it is not a perfect setting for

> someone like Sage Narada to quietly acquire an id and start up a discussion

> that will end in all of us holding even more tightly to the Lotus Feet of

> SrimanNaaraayaNa... )

 

Giridhar Srinivasaraghava Varadachari wrote:

> Namaskarams to u

>

> Felt very nice reading the manobhodah -8th verse. Whatever acts are

> performed by us we always expect something in return. And was reminded

> very much of guruji's statement that whatever we do offer it to the Lord.

> Was recollecting of an example quoted in the satsangh - that when the

> prasad of the Lord is given to us at the temple even it be the smallest

> piece of Laddu we try to partake it with as many people as possible whereas

> the material things that we possess we do not share in the same way. if we

> treat that also as the prasad of the lord then the sharing becomes easy.

> Thanks for the verse. Please send anything u may lay your hands on.

>

> With love and regards

>

> shanthi and giri

 

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and experiences regarding

the posts. Please keep sharing :-)

 

shrii kR^ishNaarpaNamastu

 

shree

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