Devi Gita (Class 31): ”I Alone Existed in the Beginning” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 1 & 2 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 26 April 2023.

शृण्वन्तु निर्जराः सर्वे व्याहर्न्त्या वचो मम |

यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण मद्रूपत्वं प्रपद्यते || १ ||

śṛṇvantu nirjarāḥ sarve vyāharntyā vaco mama |

yasya śravaṇa-mātreṇa mad-rūpa-tvaṃ prapadyate || 1 ||1. "May all the gods attend to what I have to say.
 By merely hearing these words of mine, one attains My essential nature."

अहम्वेवास पूर्वं तु नान्यत् किञ्चिन्नगाधिप |

तदात्मरूपं चित्संवित् परब्रह्मैकनामकम् || २ ||

aham-evevāsa pūrvaṃ tu nānyat kiñcin-nagādhipa |

tadātma-rūpaṃ cit-saṃvit parabrahmaika-nāmakam || 2 ||

2. "I alone existed in the beginning; there was nothing else at all, O Mountain King.
 My true Self is known as pure consciousness, the highest intelligence, the one supreme Brahman.
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