

Lakshman fights with him, with Shri Ram's blessings. Ravan hesitates, but ultimately agrees.īibishan talks about Indrajit's valor and his many 'sidhis'. Indrajit again seeks permission to go the battlefield. Dhayamalini, Atikaya's mother, accuses him of sacrificing his brave sons at the altar of his lust for Sita. Ravan almost swoons when he learns of the death of his four brave sons. Lakshman invokes Brahmastra and releases it. Hanuman takes Lakshman up on his shoulder. Atikaya goes up into the sky on his chariot. Each sends an arrow which is nullified by the other. This news reaches Shri Ram who is anxious about fight between Lakshman and Atikaya. Hanuman and Angad kill Devantak, Narantak and Trishira. Indrajit wants to go to the battlefield, but his brothers Atitkaya, Devantak, Narantak and Trishira insist that they will go first. Ravan is visibly shaken, when the news of Kumbhakaran's death reaches him. Kumbhakarn falls on the ground like a huge mountain. With his arrows, Shri Ram cuts his arms and andhis head. Kumbhakaran fights with Sugriv, Angad and others and finally with Shri Ram. Kumbhakarn says that his dharma is to fight for his brother and to die if necessary. Bibhishan goes to Kumbhakaran and tries to convince him to follow the path of dharma. Bibhishan tells Shri Ram that Kumbhakarna is Ravan's brother and tells him about the boon of Brahm for which Kumbhakarna sleeps for six months, wakes up for a single day and then goes to sleep again. Kumbhakaran comes to the battlefield, furious. Kumbhakarna leaves for the battlefield with a spear in his hand. Kumbhakarna assures Ravan that he would go to the battlefield and destroy Ravan's enemies. He now needed Kumbhakarna's prowess and not criticism. Ravan tells Kumbhakarna that it was too late for such talks. Ravan goes to meet Kumbhakarna who tells him that it was unwise of Ravan to kidnap Sita. He is told about the war and the humiliation Ravan is suffering. At last, Kumbhakaran gets up and has his meal. They take mountains of food for him and try to awaken him with their shouts, drums and trumpets. Here, the great devotee Hanumanji, shows us essence of devotion.Ravan sends his men to Kumbhakaran's palace to wake him up from his deep sleep. Verse from 1 to 23 were not recorded, as at that time we had face to face sessions. It is a divine dialogue between Shri Krishna and Arjun. This is widely known, and is a part of Mahabharat. Currently we are in the 9th Skandh or Book. Note: Pls refer to the notes to see which Skanda and chapter the session talks about. This is a Mahapuran, written by Vedvyasaji and narrated by his son Sukhdevji to Raja Pariksit. My learnings from Bhaj Govindam is a written expression, kindly refer to the notes below the audio. This is a hard hitting composition to awaken us by the great Guru Shankaracharya. Delve deeper into your very being and after that constant musing, what is it that you feel this reveals? How long are you going to read other people’s experience? any time, anywhere, read, interpret and experience it. We should be able to pick up any scripture, Just like one effortlessly picks up a novel, magazine, newspaper, etc. The effort here is to make these a daily read for us. However, most of the time this precious knowledge is kept covered in an orange cloth, in a sacred corner and removed occasionally for chants and obeisance. The wisdoms that abides in them is immense.

We are sitting on a store house of rich scriptures. The sooner we ‘Understand’ them, the better the type of life we will lead and better directed our pursuits will be. The scriptures are the ‘Manuals for Humans’. However, this complex machine called ‘human’ is used without any guidance.
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Navratri - Inner Awakening (Completed) - 1 EpisodeĪll machines come with manuals, we read the manuals before we operate them. Vibhishan Gita (Completed) - 15 Episodes Sunderkand (Last Thursday of every Month) - 7 Episodes Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran (Every Tuesday) - 65 Episodes Bhaj Govindam (Every Sunday) - 23 Episodes The Four Books currently being studied are The Podcast currently has 121 session and, every week 3 new session are added.
