Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
O Mother, I throw myself on Thy mercy;I take shelter at Thy Hallowed Feet.I do not want bodily comforts;I do not crave name and fame;I do not seek the eight occult powers.Be gracious and grant that I …
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This beautiful translation of Sri Chaitanya’s only recorded output, the śikṣāṣṭakam (eight verses of instruction) has been done by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood. Chant the …
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This is the translation of a Bengali song by Nilkantha Mukhopadhyay, a famous singer of his time who met Sri Ramakrishna. (First line: Kato dine hobe se prema sanchār.) Oh, when will dawn the …
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On Saturday, September 6, 1884, Narendra—the future Swami Vivekananda, sang this song for Sri Ramakrishna. Sri Ramakrishna told Hazra, “That was the first song he sang for me.” It expresses the deep …
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The audio can be heard here. श्रीसारदा-नाम-संकीर्तनम्ध्यानम्ध्यायेद् हृदम्बुजे देवीं तरुणारुण-विग्रहाम्।वराभयकरां शान्तां …
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This Sanskrit hymn to Sri Ramakrishna was composed by Swami Vivekananda in 1898, around the same time that he composed Khandana Bhava Bandhana and Om Hrim Ritam. आचण्डालाप्रतिहतरयो …
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