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akSauhiNInAM patibhir asurair nRpa-lAJchanaiH |

bhuva AkramyamANAyA abhArAya kRtodyamaH || bhp 9.24.59

 

"Rulers with many military phalanxes, demons who are mere facades of kings, are enthusiastically bent on attacking each other, relieving the earth of their burden."

भुव आक्रम्यमाणाया अभाराय कृतोद्यमः॥

Hence the iTrans should be

akSauhiNInAM patibhir asurair nR^ipa-lAj~nchanaiH |

bhuva AkramyamANAyA abhArAya kR^itodyamaH ||

bhuva ākramyamāṇāyā abhārāya kṛtodyamaḥ ||

We assume that Lior should refer Lion and know what is capricon

You have help us out with meaning of Katz in english to help you translate in Sanskrit

Have this as a standard rule

The dots over the letter if appears in between normally pronounced as N and at the end is pronounced as M

However the dot always represents M

Of course this general rule has some exceptions comes automatically by practise and informed by the context

In this present case the words to be pronounced as

Samyama Sanshodana

i think thats a prayer to Durga? 'Maa'.

 

She is being the energy of Krishna, (shakti). But Krishna being the (shaktiman) we go directly to the source. Of cource to difference between them both, though the sourse of the power is Krishna. It is something to understand carefully over time.

That was not a prayer for Durga but saying about nature of soul

Sloka says

Soul is not asat (changable) but sat (unchangable)

Soul is not tamas (darkness) but jyoti (illumination)

soul is not perishable but eternal

Jai shree krishna

Non-Indians who follow a Vedic tradition do not have any class (caste). Caste desiginations are an Indian custom, so how would non-asian Hindus who have no caste distinction, deal with the change of mantras?

I had categorically mentioned that People who wear Yajnopavita can recite some mantras.

For those who know want to chant some mantra before taking a food, honest mental offering would suffice, if still required can remember the meaning of the mantra in instances of absence of yajnopavita

Even the determination is bestowed only the Lord krishna

I remember Yo yo yaam yaam tanum bhakta sloka of Shrimad Bhagavat Gita here

Jai shree krishna

The best is not to chant a mantra before taking food but to dedicate the food to lord in heart.

Based of class one belongs to mantras changes, Hindus with yajnopavitha does not chant mantra before taking food but should offer food to praana, apaana etc

Another thing I read, perhaps the most disturbing!

 

 

 

How can this be! people have had past life human memories from recent time periods, so we know reincarnation can happen in a human body before a zillion years passes.

 

Here are some documented cases of human reincarnation in India, that took place very recently:

education.vsnl.com/reincarnation/cases.html

 

So how could it take 10,886,400,000,000,000,000,000 human years to receive another human birth! that number is inconceivable.

I am not a swaminarayan sect vaishnava but a visishtadvaiti, hence can answer it.

The idea in which it is said is a general rule like after missing a human life, a soul suffers in hell or enjoys in heaven for some period, then based on its karma starts its cycle as a living thing on earth. By sticking to its karma, it upgrades and becomes human.

There are more possibility that many years are consumed in this transit, however specific number seems to be unwarranted by srutis, but as a statement of a guru, for that sect it holds validity

Jai shree krishna

Hi all

Thank you all for the nice postings.