Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11, Verse 39

वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुण: शशाङ्क:
प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च |
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्व:
पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते || 39||

vāyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ śhaśhāṅkaḥ
prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaśh cha
namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛitvaḥ
punaśh cha bhūyo ’pi namo namas te

vāyuḥ—the god of wind; yamaḥ—the god of death; agniḥ—the god of fire; varuṇaḥ—the god of water; śhaśha-aṅkaḥ—the moon-God; prajāpatiḥ—Brahma; tvam—you; prapitāmahaḥ—the great-grandfather; cha—and; namaḥ—my salutations; namaḥ—my salutations; te—unto you; astu—let there be; sahasra-kṛitvaḥ—a thousand times; punaḥ cha—and again; bhūyaḥ—again; api—also; namaḥ—(offering) my salutations; namaḥ te—offering my salutations unto you

Translation:

Thou art Wind and Death and Fire and Moon and the Lord of Water. Thou art Prajāpati and the Great-grandsire. Salutations, salutations to Thee a thousand times, and again and yet again salutations, salutations to Thee!

Commentary:

Such ecstatic devotion is essential for all aspirants to God-realisation.

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RAMANA BHAGAVAN’S ‘śeri’

There is a beautiful song in Tamil written on Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, “āyiram āyiram namaskāram śeivom—let us do thousands and thousands of namaskāra to the great Sage.” This song was written by an elderly saintly man well-known to me. I (Sri Ramanacharanatirtha Nochur Venkataraman) once asked him, “What prompted you to write this song?” He said, “In my younger days, after completing my studies, I was in utter poverty. One day, I went to Sri Ramanasramam. At that time, Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi was walking towards the Ashram from the gośāla. I prostrated before him and sought his blessings, saying, “I am going to seek a job. I need your blessings.” Hearing that the Sage said ‘śeri’ in Tamil, which means ‘alright’. That was enough for me. That one ‘śeri’ from the Sage was like a mantra for me. After this incident, my whole life was a śeri—a ‘Yes’ from Bhagavan. After that, I have only one sādhanā, which is to do thousands of namaskāras to Bhagavan and Arunachala. That bhāva is behind this song.” (Source: Srimad Bhagavad Gita – Elixir of Eternal Wisdom | Vol 1)

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