Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
(In Sanskrit) आचण्डालाप्रतिहतरयो यस्य प्रेमप्रवाहःलोकातीतोऽप्यहह न जहौ लोककल्याणमार्गम्।त्रैलोक्येऽप्यप्रतिममहिमा जानकीप्राणबन्धोभक्त्या ज्ञानं वृतबरवपुः सीतया यो हि रामः ॥१॥ 1. He who was Shri …
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(In Sanskrit) ॐ ह्रीं ऋतं त्वमचलो गुणजीत् गुणेड्योनक्तंदिवं सकरुणं तव पादपद्मम्।मोहङ्कषं बहुकृतं न भजे यतोऽहंतस्मात्त्वमेव शरणं मम दीनबन्धो ॥१॥ 1. Om! Hrim! Thou art the True, the Imperturbable …
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(A song in Hindi ) O Krishna, my friend, let me go to the water,O let me go today.Why play tricks with one who is already thy slave?O friend, let me go today, let me go.I have to fill my pitcher in …
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(Translated from a Bengali song.) Shiva is dancing, lost in the ecstasy of Self, sounding his own cheeks.His tabor is playing and the garland of skulls is …
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(Translated from a Hindi / Bengali song.) Lo, the God is dancing— Shiva the all-destroyer and Lord of creation,The Master of Yoga and the wielder of Pinâka. (Trident.)His flaming locks have filled …
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(Composed at Ridgely Manor, New York, in 1899.) Hold yet a while, Strong Heart,Not part a lifelong yokeThough blighted looks the present, future gloom. And age it seems since you and I began …