SHLOK MEANING
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS SHLOK:
Surā-bhangā-tamālādi yad yad bhaveddhi mādakam;
Tad bhakṣhayet piben-naiva dhūmra-pānam api tyajet
ONE SHOULD NEVER CONSUME INTOXICATING SUBSATNCES SUCH AS ALCOHOL, BHANG AND TOBACCO. ONE SHOULD ALSO REFRAIN FROM SMOKING
COMPLETE THE SHLOK FROM THE STARTING WORDS: Āhvāna-shlokam uchchārya
Āhvāna-shlokam uchchārya Harim cha gurum āhvayet;
Hastau baddhvā namaskāram kuryāddhi dāsa-bhāvataha
WHO WROTE SATSANG DIKSHA?
MAHANT SWAMI MAHARAJ
MAKE 6 WORDS FROM THE WORD SATSANG DIKSHA
HAS, HAT, THINK, SINK, SAT, AND DIG
EXPLAIN SHLOK NUMBER 21
UPON TAKING THE REFUGE OF SATSANG, ONE SHOULD ALWAYS WERA A DOUBLE STRANDED WOODEN KANTHI AROUND THE NECK AND ACCEPT THE NIYAMS OF SATSANG.
Uttiṣhṭha.......... FINISH THE SHLOK
Uttiṣhṭha Sahajānanda Shrī-Hare Puruṣhottama;
Guṇātītā’kṣhara Brahmann-uttiṣhṭha kṛupayā guro.
WHEN DID MAHANT SWAMI MAHARAJ BEGIN TO WRITE SATSANG DIKSHA? GIVE THE TITHI AS WELL
MAGHA (MAHA) SUD 5 [ 30 JANUARY 2020 CE] OF VIKRAM SAMVAT 2076
WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE SEQUENCE?
2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ___
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MEANING OF SHLOK 100
OUR ISHTADEV IS THE SAME, OUR GURU IS THE SAME AND OUR SIDDHANT IS ALSO SAME - THUS, WE ARE ALWAYS UNITED.
SAY THE SATSANG DIKSHA SHLOK 73
Bhaktyaiva divya-bhāvena pūjā te samanuṣhṭhitā;
Gachchhā’tha tvam mad-ātmānam Akṣhara-Puruṣhottama
WHERE DID MAHANT SWAMI MAHARAJ BEGIN TO WRITE SATSANG DIKSHA?
NAVSARI
A DRIVER IN A RED CAR AND A DRIVER IN A BLUE CAR APPROACH A FOUR-WAY STOP AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. THE RED CAR TURNS LEFT, AND THE BLUE CAR GOES STRAIGHT. NEITHER DRIVER USES A TURN SIGNAL, YET NEITHER BREAKS ANY TRAFFIC LAWS, NOR DO THEY COLLIDE. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
THEY WERE HEADING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WHERE THEIR PATHS NEVER CROSSED (OR THEY WERE RIDING BICYCLES).
EXPLAIN SHLOK NUMBER 132
ONE SHOULD DEVELOP FIRM FAITH IN BHAGWAN AND THE GURU, RENOUNCE FEEBLENESS, HAVE PATIENCE AND DERIVE STRENGHT FROM BHAGWAN.
COMPLETE THIS SHLOK: Prasangah parayā
Prasangah parayā prītyā Brahmā’kṣhara-guroh sadā;
Kartavyo divya-bhāvena pratyakṣhasya mumukṣhubhihi
WHO WROTE SATSANG DIKSHA SHLOKS IN SANSKRIT?
MAHAMAHOPADHYAY PUJYA BHADRESHDAS SWAMI.
I BUILD BRIDGES WITHOUT STONE,
I CARVE VALLEYS WITHOUT A KNIFE,
I AM BORNE OF MOVEMENT, YET HAVE NO LEGS,
I CAN SWALLOW A CITY OR CRADLE A FEATHER.
TELL ME MY NAME, AND TELL ME: WHAT IS MY ONLY ENEMY?
WIND (OR AIR IN MOTION)
Kāryam līlā-charitrāṇām Swāminārāyaṇa-Prabhoho;
Shravaṇam kathanam pāṭho mananam nidi-dhyāsanam
EXPLAIN THIS SHLOK
ONE SHOULD LISTEN TO, RECITE, READ, REFLECT UPON AND REPEATEDLY RECALL THE INCIDENTS OF SWAMINARAYAN BHAGWAN.
FILL IN THE BLANKS:
Puruṣhottama-mūrtyā.......... yathā-vidhi;
............. sthāpyate mūrtir...................
Puruṣhottama-mūrtyā tad-madhya-khaṇḍe yathā-vidhi;
Sahitam sthāpyate mūrtir-Akṣharasyā’pi Brahmaṇaha.
WHEN DID MAHANT SWAMI MAHARAJ END TO WRITE SATSANG DIKSHA? GIVI TITHI AS WELL
CHAITRA SUD 9 [ 2 APRIL 2020 CE], ON DIVINE BIRTHDAY O BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN.
I HAVE NO SUBSTANCE, YET I GROW WITH EVERY STEP YOU TAKE.
I CAN BE SPENT, BUT NEVER BOUGHT; SAVED, BUT NEVER STORED.
THE MORE OF ME YOU LEAVE BEHIND, THE LESS YOU HAVE AHEAD.
WHAT AM I?
TIME