Nine Qualities of Bhakti

The Divine Musings Kevin Wild Sanskrit
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sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam Translation • Sravanam: Sravana: Ear. Listening • Kirtanam: Singing • Visnoh: God • Smaranam: remembering • Pada-sevanam: Pada: Feet, Seva: Service • Arcanam: Worshipping • Vandanam: Praying • Dasyam: Serving • Sakhyam: Friendship/Fraternity • Atma-nivedanam: Atma: Soul/Self/Nature, Nivaedanam: Dedicating (Dedicating the self) Remembering God through singing and listening. Dedictation ones self (body, mind and soul) through serving, praying and worshipping at the feet of God This comes from the Srimad Bhagavatam, and was spoken by Sri Prahlada, when his demon father, Hiranyakasipur, asked him what was the best of everything, which he had learned. [SB 7.5.23].