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Dhruva Stuti from Bhagavatam (v. 1.0)

VedanTech LLC опубликовал приложение 2012-11-22
(обновлено 2012-11-22)

Dhruva, ध्रुव, in Hindu scriptures, was an ardent young devotee of Vishnu, a prince blessed to eternal existence and glory as the Pole Star (Dhruva Nakshatra in Sanskrit) by Lord Vishnu. The story of Dhruva's life is often told to Hindu children as an example for perseverance, devotion, steadfastness and fearlessness. The original sources are Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana, Canto 4.

Dhruva was born a son of the King Uttānapāda (the son of Svayambhuva Manu) and his wife Suniti (or Sunrita, the daughter of Dharma). The king also had another son Uttama, born to his second queen Suruchi, who was the preferred object of his affection. Once, when Dhruva was but a child of five years of age, the two princes playfully raced towards their father's lap. But, the headstrong Suruchi chided Dhruva and insulted him for trying to woo the attention of his father, when he did not deserve it because "he was not born to her." She further mocked at his plight, by asking him to redeem himself by seeking Vishnu's blessings.

Suniti consoled the distraught child, by asking him to take Suruchi's words seriously and to observe penance in meditation of the Lord. She bid him farewell as he set out on a lonely journey to the forest. Dhruva was determined to seek for himself his rightful place, and noticing this resolve, the divine sage Narada appeared before him and tried to desist him from assuming a severe austerity upon himself at such a tender age. But, Dhruva's fierce determination knew no bounds, and the astonished sage guided him towards his goal by teaching him the rituals and mantras. The one mantra which Narada taught and which was effectively used by Dhruva was OM NAMO BHAGAVTE VĀSUDEVĀYA.

Bhishma Stuti from Bhagavatam (v. 2.0)

VedanTech LLC опубликовал приложение 2012-11-06
(обновлено 2012-11-06)

This hymn is a lesson on the best death possible for human beings: available only for human beings. This possibility is the reason why human existence is an invaluable one. Almost each shloka of Bhishma stuti is a deep and powerful capsule demonstrating the most important lesson and act of life: how best to die so as to acquire a spiritual body in Vaikunth directly and be liberated from this material world's bondages.

One of the pancha stutis (five hymns) of the Srimad Bhagavatam Maha Puran, Bhishma stuti is similar to Gajendra stuti (also known as Gajendra Moksha), as both are released from the cycle of birth and death.

Bhishma withdraws all his senses into their master, the mind and focusses this mind on the One Lord, just as described by Sri Krishna in Chapters 2 and 6 of the Bhagavad Gita.

Bhishma dwells on the activities of the Lord in order to withdraw his mind from all else, keeps it focused and merges into the Lord. With a few exceptions, Bhishma limits this remembering process to his immediate experiences: the war and the Sri Krishna as 'Vijaya sakhe' (friend of Vijaya (victory), another name of Arjuna). This war takes place within every human being, if that human surrenders to the guidance of the Lord as Arjuna did. Bhishma refers often to the Lord, Arjuna, the chariot and the horses. The Katha Upanishad gives the meaning of this metaphor in unmistakable words. The senses are the horses and the physical body is the chariot.

After withdrawing all his senses, Bhishma meditates on the four-armed form of the Lord and states in his last verse that the same Lord is present in each heart just as the sun perceived differently is but One.

Bhishma's last words are 'vidhutah bheda mohah' (freed from the delusion of duality).

Shri Brahma Samhita With Audio (v. 2.0)

VedanTech LLC опубликовал приложение 2012-11-04
(обновлено 2012-11-04)

Sing Along Brahma Samhita is an easy to use application that helps devotees learn chanting of Shri Brahma Samhita shloks perfectly. Even if we have the scriptural text, it becomes easier for us to chant prayers if we first hear it from a bona fide acharya. The audio track is sung by His Divine Grace B.S. Tirtha Maharaj, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnav Association (http://www.gva.in), and a bona fide acharya of Brahma Gaudiya Vaishnav Sampradaya.

For every set of verses in the screen, you have the option of pausing, restarting or resuming the audio. You can toggle between sanskrit and english transliteration for the verses. To start from beginning, The "First Shlok" button takes you to the beginning. This way, you can go at your own pace and learn to chant Shri Brahma Samhita easily.

It is advisable to chant this on every Ekadashi fasting day to please Lord Krishna or Shri Narayana or Shri Vishnu.

About Brahma Samhita:

According to Vedic tradition, these “Hymns of Brahma” were recited or sung countless millennia ago by the first created being in the universe, just prior to the act of creation. What we now have as Brahma-samhita is, according to tradition, only one of a hundred chapters composing an epic work lost to humanity. The text here surfaced and entered calculable history early in the sixteenth century when it was discovered by a pilgrim exploring the manuscript library of an ancient temple in what is now Kerala state in South India.

The pilgrim who rescued Brahma-samhita from obscurity was Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu—saint, mystic, religious reformer, and full incarnation of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krsna, descending into the present epoch for the salvation of all souls. After a southward journey from Puri (in Orissa State) that carried Him to holy places such as Sri Ranga-ksetra, Setubandha Ramesvara, and finally Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin), he turned northward and, traveling along the bank of the Payasvini River in Travancore state, reaches the temple of Adi-kesava, in Trivandrum district.

Upon beholding the holy image of Adi-kesava (Krsna) in the temple, Caitanya was overwhelmed with spiritual ecstasy, offered fervent prayers, and chanted and danced in rapture, a wondrous sight that was received with astonished appreciation by the devotees there. After discussing esoteric spiritual matters among some highly advanced devotees present, Sri Caitanya found “one chapter of the Brahma-samhita”.

Upon discovering the manuscript, Sri Caitanya felt great ecstasy and fell into an intense mystic rapture that overflowed onto the physical realm, producing a profusion of tears, trembling and perspiration. (We would search the literature of the world in vain to find a case in which the discovery of a lost book inspired such unearthly exhilaration!) Intuiting the Brahma-samhita to be a “most valuable jewel,” He employed a scribe in hand-copying the manuscript and departed with the copy for His return journey to the north.

“There is no scripture equal to the Brahma-samhita as far as the final spiritual conclusion is concerned,” exults Krsnadasa Kaviraja. “Indeed, that scripture is the supreme revelation of the glories of Lord Govinda, for it reveals the topmost knowledge about Him. Since all conclusions are briefly presented in Brahma-samhita, it is essential among all the Vaisnava literatures.”