Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Namah Shivaya As Aikya says the mantra that is chanted when Amma enters the hall is a famous verse called the sanyyasa sukta that is chanted when receiving Sanyasins/Mahatmas. The verse is as follows: ( this verse is found in a couple of upanishads i think). om na karmana na prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amrtatvam anasuh / parena nakam nihitam guhayam vibhrajate yad yatayo visanti / vedanta-vijnana suniscatartha sannyasa yogad-yataya-suddha-sattvah / te brahma-loke tu paranta-kale paramrtat-parimucyanti sarve / dahram vipapam parame’ sma bhutam yat-pundarikam pura-madhya sagmstham / tatrapi dahram gaganam visokas-tasmin yad antas tad upasitavyam / yo vedadau svarah prokto vedante ca pratistatah / tasya prakrti-linasya yah para-sa mahesvarah // Maybe a sanskrit scholar here can provide us with the exact menaing- the translations i have seen are very very lofty, praising the Jivanmuktas, the realised souls, those who have discovered the 'infinite sky within' the lotus of the heart .... Incidentally the first two lines- Na Karmana prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amritatvam anasuhu'- is the motto of Amma's ashram- The last two words 'Tyagenaike amritatvam anasuhu' is printed on the ashram logo. It means' neither through action, nor through progeny nor through wealth , but through Tyaga alone is Immortality attained'. The word tyaga can be translated as renunciation/self sacrifice/ selflessness. In the earlier yaers , they also used to chant 'na tatro suryo bhaati' from the Katha upanishad after the above verse. That they used to chant when the arati was done after the pada pooja. That is also a very dramatic verse - it means "There neither the sun , moon , stars or lightning shines, much less his mortal fire - That causes all all else to shine, that Shining everyhing here shines". Jai Ma bala Aikya Param <aikya wrote: The verse chanted when Amma enters the hall is a traditional greeting for a renunciate (aka, swami/ni). It is made of several Vedic verses. The meaning starts out "It is not by action, nor by progeny, nor wealth that one attains immortality, but by renunciation alone." It continues to praise who is well established in the truth of the Self and the renunciate lifestyle and/or renunciation itself which transcends life choices.. Aikya Ammachi, "childofdevi" <childofdevi> wrote: > Is this Guru stotram also chanted during the Pada pooja when Amma > enters the hall (it is a traditional verse from the Veda)? If so this > is available at www.hindu.org (I think it is in the free book "Loving > Ganesha"). > > -yogaman > > > > > > > The first track is the Guru stotram. I haven't been able to find > the *exact* version that they > > are chanting online, but this one is very close (a few verses in a > different order, that's all): Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi/ Ammachi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Bala & Aikya, This is what I was referring to. There is a translation and some discussion of this suktam in one of Sri Subramuniya Swami works (could be Loving Ganesa, available for free at www.hindu.org, or a pooja manual- I will try to load the relevant section into the file folder of this group). -yogaman Ammachi, balakrishnan Shankar <balakrishnan_sh> wrote: > Namah Shivaya > > As Aikya says the mantra that is chanted when Amma enters the hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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