Voice of Vivekananda
By VivekaVani
(Rendered from Bengali ) We salute Thee!Lord! Adored of the world,Samsâra's bondage breaker, taintless Thou,Embodiment of blessed qualities,Thou transcendest all Gunas: human formThus …
Continue Reading about A Hymn to the Divinity of Shri Ramakrishna – Swami Vivekananda →
By VivekaVani
शिवस्तोत्रम्। ॐ नमः शिवाय। निखिलभुवनजन्मस्थेमभङ्गप्ररोहाःअकलितमहिमानः कल्पिता यत्र तस्मिन्।सुविमलगगनाभे ईशसंस्थेऽप्यनीशेमम भवतु भवेऽस्मिन् भासुरो भावबन्धः॥ Salutation to Shiva! whose gloryIs …
Continue Reading about A Hymn to Shiva – Swami Vivekananda →
By VivekaVani
अम्बास्तोत्रम्। का त्वं शुभे शिवकरे सुखदुःखहस्तेआधूर्णितं भवजलं प्रबलोर्मिभङ्गैः।शान्ति विधातुमिह किं बहुधा विभग्नाम्मातः प्रयत्नपरमासि सदैव विश्वे॥ O Thou most beautiful! Whose holy handsHold …
Continue Reading about A Hymn to the Divine Mother – Swami Vivekananda →
By VivekaVani
(Rendered from Bengali ) Lo! The sun is not, nor the comely moon,All light extinct; in the great void of spaceFloats shadow-like the image-universe. In the void of mind involute, there …
Continue Reading about The Hymn of Samadhi – Swami Vivekananda →
By VivekaVani
(Rendered from Bengali ) One Mass, devoid of form, name, and colour,Timeless, devoid of time past and future,Spaceless, voiceless, boundless, devoid of all — Where rests hushed even …
Continue Reading about The Hymn of Creation – Swami Vivekananda →
By VivekaVani
(Rendered from a Bengali poem composed by Swami Vivekananda) Where darkness is interpreted as light,Where misery passes for happiness,Where disease is pretended to be health,Where the …