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Full Meaning of Yamunashtak with Explanation -Shlok 2

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Sanskrit -

 Kalind Girimastake, Pata-d-mand Poorojjwalaa, Vilas Gamanollasat, Prakatgand Shailonnata, Sagosh-gantidantura, Samadhiroodh Dolottama, Mukund Rati Vardhinee, Jayati Padma Bandho Suta

Gujarati -

Maa suryamandal chodine bahu veg thi aavi rahya, Tya kalindi na shikhar upar shobha ati sundar dise, Ae veg ma patthar ghana harkhaine uchali rahya ne aap pan ullas purvak uchalata shobhi rahya, Hari het na jula upar jane birajya aap ho, Vandan karu shri yamunajine shri krishna aashraya aapjo

Explanation -

In this shlok, Shri Mahaprabhuji describes that how Shri Yamunaji can bless her devotees to increase their love towards Shri Mukund Prabhu. Also, Shri Mahaprabhuji describes the physical existence of Yamunaji as river. It flows enthusiastically (With speed and splendour Poorojjwalaa) from the top of Kalind mountain. The water appears to be as milk because of the force and twirls. It seems like Shri Yamunaji is very eager to go in Vraj and meet Shri Krishna. It also gives impression as Shri Yamunaji is swinging of (Dolottama) jhula. Shri Yamunaji is a daughter of Sun, who is the friend of lotus(Padma).

Nine fold Devotion (Navdha Bhakti)

 There is nine ways of Bhakti. One can practice any one to seek salvation.

(1) Sravana is hearing of Lord’s Lilas. 

Sravana includes hearing of God’s virtues, glories, sports and stories connected with His divine Name and Form. The devotee gets absorbed in the hearing of Divine stories and his mind merges in the thought of divinity; it cannot think of undivine things. The mind loses, as it were, its charm for the world. The devotee remembers God only even in dream.

The devotee should sit before a learned teacher who is a great saint and hear Divine stories. He should hear them with a sincere heart devoid of the sense of criticism or fault-finding. The devotee should try his best to live in the ideals preached in the scriptures. One cannot attain Sravana-Bhakti without the company of saints or wise men. Mere reading for oneself is not of much use. Doubts will crop up. They cannot be solved by oneself easily. An experienced man is necessary to instruct the devotee in the right path.

King Parikshit attained Liberation through Sravana. He heard the glories of God from Suka Maharishi. His heart was purified. He attained the Abode of Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha. He became liberated and enjoyed the Supreme Bliss.

(2) Kirtana is singing of Lord’s glories. 

The devotee is thrilled with Divine Emotion. He loses himself in the love of God. He gets horripilation in the body due to extreme love for God. He weeps in the middle when thinking of the glory of God. His voice becomes choked, and he flies into a state of Divine Bhava. The devotee is ever engaged in Japa of the Lord’s Name and in describing His glories to one and all. Wherever he goes he begins to sing and praise God. He requests all to join his Kirtana. He sings and dances in ecstasy. He makes others also dance.

(3) Smarana is remembrance of the Lord at all times. 

This is unbroken memory of the Name and Form of the Lord. The mind does not think of any object of the world, but is ever engrossed in thinking of the glorious Lord alone. The mind meditates on what is heard about the glories of God and His virtues, Names, etc., and forgets even the body and contents itself in the remembrance of God, just as Dhruva or Prahlada did. Even Japa is only remembrance of God and comes under this category of Bhakti. Remembrance also includes hearing of stories pertaining to God at all times, talking of God, teaching to others what pertains to God, meditation on the attributes of God, etc. Remembrance has no particular time. God is to be remembered at all times without break, so long as one has got his consciousness intact.

(4) Padasevana is serving the Lord’s Feet.

Actually this can be done only by Lakshmi or Parvati. No mortal being has got the fortune to practice this method of Bhakti, for the Lord is not visible to the physical eyes. But it is possible to serve the image of God in idols and better still, taking the whole humanity as God. This is Padasevana. Padasevana is service of the sick. Padasevana is service of the whole humanity at large. The whole universe is only Virat-Swarupa. Service of the world is service of the Lord.

(5) Archana is worship of the Lord. 

Worship can be done either through an image or a picture or even a mental form. The image should be one appealing to the mind of the worshipper. Worship can be done either with external materials or merely through an internal Bhava or strong feeling. The latter one is an advanced form of worship which only men of purified intellect can do. The purpose of worship is to please the Lord, to purify the heart through surrender of the ego and love of God.

(6) Vandana is prayer and prostration.

Humble prostration touching the earth with the eight limbs of the body (Sashtanga-Namaskara), with faith and reverence, before a form of God, or prostration to all beings knowing them to be the forms of the One God, and getting absorbed in the Divine Love of the Lord is termed prostration to God or Vandana. The ego or Ahamkara is effaced out completely through devout prayer and prostration to God. Divine grace descends upon the devotee and man becomes God.

(7) Dasya Bhakti is the love of God through servant-sentiment. 

To serve God and carry out His wishes, realizing His virtues, nature, mystery and glory, considering oneself as a slave of God, the Supreme Master, is Dasya Bhakti. Serving and worshipping the idols at home/haveli’s, sweeping the temple premises, meditating on God and mentally serving Him like a slave, serving the saints and the sages, serving the devotees of God, serving poor and sick people who are forms of God, is also included in Dasya-Bhakti.

To follow the words of the scriptures, to act according to the injunctions of the Vedas, considering them to be direct words of God, is Dasya Bhakti. Association with and service of love-intoxicated devotees and service of those who have knowledge of God is Dasya Bhakti. The purpose behind Dasya Bhakti is to be ever with God in order to offer service to Him and win His Divine Grace and attain thereby immortality.

(8) Sakhaya bhava utilizes friendship which exist only between equals,

God raises the human to His level and becomes one with the soul. As a friends, sakhas look to each others comforts. The “Sakhaya-Bhakta” follows this ideal further by not hurting the Lord and His feelings by words or action. All arguments and friendly tiffs are resolved amicably and quickly.

Sudama is an ideal sakhya-bhakta who did not ask any favours from his divine friend. The central theme / idea is to have friendship for friendship sake. Sakha bhakta see the universe, and all within it, as friends and so works for the universal good without seeking or expecting rewards.

(9) Atma-Nivedana is self-surrender.

The devotee offers everything to God, including his body, mind and soul. He keeps nothing for himself. He loses even his own self. He has no personal and independent existence. He has given up his self for God. He has become part and parcel of God. God takes care of him and God treats him as Himself. Grief and sorrow, pleasure and pain, the devotee treats as gifts sent by God and does not attach himself to them. He considers himself as a puppet of God and an instrument in the hands of God.

This self-surrender is Absolute Love for God exclusively. There is nothing but God-consciousness in the devotee. Even against his own wishes, the devotee shall become one with God and lose his individuality. This is the law of being. The highest truth is Absoluteness and the soul rises above through different states of consciousness until it attains Absolute Perfection when it becomes identical with God. This is the culmination of all aspiration and love.

The nine modes of Bhakti are the ways in which a devotee attains the Supreme Ideal of life. A devotee can take up any of these paths and reach the highest state. The path of Bhakti is the easiest of all and is not very much against the nature of human inclinations. It slowly and gradually takes the individual to the Supreme without frustrating his human instincts. It is not direct assertion of God, but a progressive realization of Him.

Full Meaning of Yamunashtak with Explanation -Shlok 1

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Sanskrit -

Namami Yamuna Maham, Sakal Siddhi Hetum Muda, Murari Padpankaj-Sfuradmand, Renoot-katam, Tatasth Nav Kanan, Prakat Mod Pushpambunaa, Suraa Sur suPoojitaha, Smara Pituh Shri yam-bibhrateem

Gujarati -

Shri krishna na charanarvind ni raj thaki shobhi rahya, siddhi alaukik aapnara vundu shri yamunajine, Supushpa ni suvas thi jungle badhu meheki rahyu ne mand shital pavan thi jal pan sugandhit thai rahyu, Puje surasur sneh thi vali sevata daivi jivo, Vandan karu shri yamunajine shri krishna aashraya aapjo

Explanation -

I (shri mahaprabhuji) bow (Namami) to Shri Yamunaji with my full love and devotion. She is capable of giving fulfillment of all the desires(Sakal Siddhi) of the devotee in enjoying God’s love. Shri Yamunaji is capable of giving all kind of achievements. This first shlok describes the physical state of the river. Its both banks are full of glittering sand which is believed to be as soft as lotus feet of Shri Murari Prabhu (Shri Krishna.) Also, there are various kind of EVERGREEN gardens of the both banks of the river. The river water is full of scent due to flowers of the garden. Shri Yamunaji is also worshipped by two kinds(Suraa -Sur)of vraj devotees.

Shri Sarvottam Stotra

Shri Sarvottam Stotra

1. Prakurta dharmaana shreyam prakurt nikhil dharm roopmiti Nigam prati pandhyam tachund saakruti staumi 2. Kalikaal tamashchan dhrasti tavadi dhushampi Sampratya vishyastasya mahatma yan samabhud bhuvi 3. Dayaya nij mahatmayam karishyan prakurt Hari Vadya yada tada syasyan pradurbhutam chaakara hi 4. Tadhukatmapi durbodhan subodhan sayadhyata tatha Tannamaash tottar shatan pravshyamkhilad hat. 5. Rishiragni kumarstu naamna chando jagatyasu Shri Krishnasyam Devta cha, bijan karurik Prabhu. 6. Viniyogo bhaktiyog pratibandh vinashane Krishnadhara mrataswad sidhiratra na sanshey 7. Anand Parmanand Shri Krishna swayam krapanidhi Devodwarprayatnatma smrutimatrar ti nashan 8. Shri Bhagvad guddaarth prakashan parayaan Saakaarbrahmavaadekstapko vedparag 9. Mayavad niraakarta sarva vadiniraaskruta Bhaktimargabaj maartand strishudradudratishum 10. Angikrutyev Gopishvallabhikrutmanav Angikruto samaryado mahakarruriko vibhu 11. Adaydhan dhaksh shrach mahodaarcharitravaan Prakurtanukrutit vyaj mohitasurmanush 12. Vaishvanro Vallabhbhay sadrupohitkrutastaama Janshikshakrutteh Krishna bhakti krannikhileshtadha

13. Sarvalakhshasampan Shri Krishna gyan-do Guru Svanan datundil Padmadalaayat vilochana 14. Kripadrag vrashti sanharst daasdaasipriya pati Roshdak paat sanploosht bhaktdweeta bhaktsevit 15. Sukhsevyo duraradhyo dhurlabbhandhri saroruha Ugrapratapo vaaksidu puritashesh sevak 16. Shri Bhagvatpiyush samudramathansham Tatsaarbhutraas stri bhavpuritvigraha 17. Saananidhya matra dat shriKrishnaprema vimukh teed Raaslile kataatparia krupye tat kathaprad 18. Varihanubhave kaart sarva tayago padeshaka Bhaktyacharo padeshta cha karmamargpravartak 19. Yagado bhaktimargek saadhan tavopdeshak Purnanand purakaamo vaak patir vibudeshravar 20. Krishnanaam sahastrasya vaakta bhaktparayan Bhaktyacharop deshaart na na vaak nirupak 21. Swarthojjitaakhilpran priyastadrushveshteed Swadasarthkrutashesh saadhan sarvashaktidruka 22. Bhuvi bhaktipracharakkrute Svanveykrute pitah Savvansheystapitaasheshsavmahatmeya samyapah 23. Pativratapati paarlaukikehidhaankrute Nigudherdheyo nenyabhakteshu gyapitasheya 24. Upasnadimargatimughadmohnivarak Bhaktimarge sarvamargveylakshaadyaanobutikrute 25. Prathaksharanmargopdeshta ShriKrishnahardvita Prtishannikunj-jastlilarassupurit 26. Tatkaathashipathchitasatdhvismrataanyo vrajpriya Priyavrajstiti pushtililakarta raha priya 27. Bhaktechapurak Sarvaagyaatlilotimohan Sarvaasakto bhaktmaatraskut patitpavan 28. Savyashogaansanharshthardeyyanmbhojvishtar Yash piyushlahriplavitaanyaras par 29. Lilamratrasaardhrardhrikrutakhil sharirbruteh Govardhanstitatyutsaahsatlilaprempurit 30. Yaagyabhokta yaagyakarta chaturvargvisharad Satyapratigyastrigudatito nayvisharad 31. Savkirtivardansatatva sutrabhashyapradarshak Mayavaad dhakya tulagni brahmavaadnirupak 32. Aprakurta khilakalpa bhushit sahajasmeet Trilokibhushan bhumibhagyan sahajsunder 33. Asheshbhaktsanpratarya charanbij rajodhan Ityanandnide proktan naamna mashtotaran shatam 34. Shradavishudbhudirya Pathatyanudinan jun attadekamna sidhimuktaan prapnotysanshayam 35. Tadprapto Vratha Mokshasatdapto Tadagataarthta Ataha Sarvotam Stotran japyan Krishnarasaarthibi Iti Shrimad Agnikumar proktam Shri Sarvottamam Stotram Sampurnam

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