Whom to fear, forsooth?
क्षीणा: स्म दीना: सकरुणा जल्पन्ति मूढा जना
नास्तिक्यन्त्विदन्तु अहह देहात्मवादातुरा: |
प्राप्ता स्म वीरा गतभया अभयं प्रतिष्ठां यदा
आस्तिक्यन्त्विदन्तु चिनुम: रामकृष्णदासा वयम् ||
पीत्वा पीत्वा परमममृतं वीतसंसाररागा:
हित्वा हित्वा सकलकलहप्रापिणीं स्वर्थसिद्धिम् |
ध्यात्वा ध्यात्वा गुरुवरपदं सर्वकल्यानरूपम्
नत्वा नत्वा सकलभुवनं पातुमामन्त्रयाम: ||
प्राप्तं यद्वै त्वनादिनिधनं वेदोदधिं मथित्वा
दत्तं यस्य प्रकरणे हरिहरब्रह्मादिदेवैर्बलम् |
पूर्णं यत्तु प्राणसारैर्भोमनारायणानां
रामकृष्णस्तनुं धत्ते तत्पूर्णपात्रमिदं भो: ||
--"It is those foolish people who identify themselves with their bodies, that piteously cry, 'We are weak, we are low.'
All this is atheism. Now that we have attained the state beyond fear, we shall have no more fear and become heroes. This indeed is theism which we, the servants of Shri Ramakrishna, will choose.
"Giving up the attachment for the world and drinking constantly the supreme nectar of immortality, for ever discarding that self-seeking spirit which is the mother of all dissension, and ever meditating on the blessed feet of our Guru which are the embodiment of all well-being, with repeated salutations we invite the whole world to participate in drinking the nectar.
"That nectar which has been obtained by churning the infinite ocean of the Vedas, into which Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and the other gods have poured their strength, which is charged with the life-essence of the Avataras -- gods Incarnate on earth -- Shri Ramakrishna holds that nectar in his person, in its fullest measure!"
- Swami Vivekananda,
in a Letter to Brother Disciple
from New York (September 1894)
क्षीणा: स्म दीना: सकरुणा जल्पन्ति मूढा जना
नास्तिक्यन्त्विदन्तु अहह देहात्मवादातुरा: |
प्राप्ता स्म वीरा गतभया अभयं प्रतिष्ठां यदा
आस्तिक्यन्त्विदन्तु चिनुम: रामकृष्णदासा वयम् ||
पीत्वा पीत्वा परमममृतं वीतसंसाररागा:
हित्वा हित्वा सकलकलहप्रापिणीं स्वर्थसिद्धिम् |
ध्यात्वा ध्यात्वा गुरुवरपदं सर्वकल्यानरूपम्
नत्वा नत्वा सकलभुवनं पातुमामन्त्रयाम: ||
प्राप्तं यद्वै त्वनादिनिधनं वेदोदधिं मथित्वा
दत्तं यस्य प्रकरणे हरिहरब्रह्मादिदेवैर्बलम् |
पूर्णं यत्तु प्राणसारैर्भोमनारायणानां
रामकृष्णस्तनुं धत्ते तत्पूर्णपात्रमिदं भो: ||
--"It is those foolish people who identify themselves with their bodies, that piteously cry, 'We are weak, we are low.'
All this is atheism. Now that we have attained the state beyond fear, we shall have no more fear and become heroes. This indeed is theism which we, the servants of Shri Ramakrishna, will choose.
"Giving up the attachment for the world and drinking constantly the supreme nectar of immortality, for ever discarding that self-seeking spirit which is the mother of all dissension, and ever meditating on the blessed feet of our Guru which are the embodiment of all well-being, with repeated salutations we invite the whole world to participate in drinking the nectar.
"That nectar which has been obtained by churning the infinite ocean of the Vedas, into which Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and the other gods have poured their strength, which is charged with the life-essence of the Avataras -- gods Incarnate on earth -- Shri Ramakrishna holds that nectar in his person, in its fullest measure!"
- Swami Vivekananda,
in a Letter to Brother Disciple
from New York (September 1894)
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