Satsang
Pramukh Swami Maharajs date of birth is (American)?
Dec 7, 1921
Aho! neṇāthī neh chhalakāy, aho! veṇāthī vhāl ubharāy,
Ho! najaru re āpnī haiyā vīndhe chhe, bhaktonā dilaḍā vārī vārī jāy.
Dhīre dhīre dhīre dhīre jī, ho jī re...
Mahant Swāmī āpno nehaḍo lāgyo re.
Who were the 4 sons of Raja Dhashratha?
Ram, Bharat, Lakshman, Shatrugna
Name the 4 Vedas
Yajur
Atharva
Rig
Sama
Who named Ghanshyam?
Markandeya Muni
Mīthā mīṭhā gīto gātā, sauni ānkhe gamtā,
Dhruv jevā tārā thaīne, Swāmīne mangamtā,
Ame bāḷ tārlā ṭamṭamtā ṭamṭamtā,
Who was Shakuni (mama)? Why did he come to Hastinapur?
Gandhari's brother; he came because he wanted to make sure he got revenge for his sister having to marry a blind man
Who wrote the Vachanamrut?
Gopalanand Swami, Nityanand Swami, Shukhanad Swami, Muktanand Swami
What mandirs are built by Bhagwan Swaminarayan? Shashtriji Maharaj?
Bhagwan Swaminarayan: Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Vadtal, Dholera, Junagadh, and Gadhada
Shastriji Maharaj: Bochasan, Sarangpur, Gondal, Gadhada, Atladara
Dharmamā dradhtā gnāne gambhīrtā,
vairāgye nischal man
Chho jī amāru jīvan Pramukh Swāmī,
Chho jī amāru jīvan
Who are the 5 satis (pure women) as recognized in our shastras and why?
Need at least 4/5
1 from Satyug: Ansuyaji - Brahmins wife
2 from Tretayug: Sitaji - Ideal man's wife, Mandodari - Evil man's wife
2 from Dwuaparyug: Draupadiji - wife of 5 men per God's agna, Kunti - widow
Dāsbhāvnā agādh jaḷmā, motī chhūpyā amūlyā,
Kṣhamā, dhairya, sādhunā e ratno chhe bahumūlā,
Ḍūbkī daī marjīvā pāme, (2) brahmānand apārā,
Guṇonā mahāsāgar Mahant Swāmī jagthī nyārā, (2)
In the Vachanamrut, Maharaj mentions the reason behind why we fast on the day of Ekadashi. What is that FULL reason?
Maharaj narrates the story as:
A demon was causing a lot of chaos with his actions and he had a "vardan" that he could not be a killed by any human. Bhagwan formed a "devi" that was formed from the 11 indriyas of God. She was very beautiful so the demon wanted to marry her but she listed her two conditions...
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Aṇghaḍ jīvan sopyu tujne tārā ek ja vishvāse,
Kyāre ghaḍshe kevu ghaḍshe? Ghaḍshe ke nā ghaḍshe?
Fikar nathī māre have bas, tārā ghāṭe ghāṭ
Tu din kahe to din ane, tu rāt kahe to rāt;
Mannī gānṭho melī have bas, tārā chānde chānd.
Who was Raja Pandu? Who were his 2 brothers? How did he get rule over the kingdom?
Raja Pandu was the son of Ambalika, the second wife and the father of the 5 pandavas. His two brothers were Vidurji, who was younger and the son of the maid of Ambika/Ambalika, and Dhrithrasta was his older brother, son of Ambika and father of Duryodhan and the kauravas. He got to rule over the kingdom even though he was younger because his older brother was blind
Prakāsh pānī aur havā ko,
Bīnā dām tum dīnho,
Kaṇ kaṇ boyā pṛuthvi me,
So anant tum karī dīnho,
He Parameshvar tuj rachanā kā koī na pāve pār,
Terī mahimā aparampār, terī mahimā aparampār,
What did Maharaj say to the dancer Sonbai from Jetalpur when she proved she had completed the task by herself?
Satsang exam question!
When she proved that she had grinded the wheat by hand into flour, Maharaj was pleased and said she gets the same moksha Muktanand Swami gets
Hṛuday rogno humalo hoy, netre motiyo pāke,
Chhatānye bhaktane dilthī, kadī nā bhūlatā Pramukh Swāmī
Bhalu karavā hammeshā bījānu, dehne damatā Pramukh Swāmī,
Svīkārī pārakī pīḍā, hasīne khamatā Pramukh Swāmī
Who was Indrajit/Meghnad? Who killed him and what was the story behind it?
Ravans eldest son killed by Lakshman, because he had a "vardan" that someone who remained a celibate for 10+ after marriage could kill him
What is the oldest healthcare system of Sanatan Dharma called? It translates to the knowledge/science of life/age. Which specific scripture is it found in?
Ayurveda, found in Atharva and Rig veda