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A sloka by Dhruva from Srimad Bhagavatam

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Mani Varadarajan • April 25, 2002 


Dear Fellow Bhaktas,

Recently by email I received a query about a sloka cited
by Dr. N.S. Anantha Rangacharya in an article from a couple
yaers back entitled "Vedic Tradition of Revelation".
The sloka is extremely beautiful and pregnant with meaning
so I wanted to share it with the rest of you. (Dr. NSA's
original article can be found at 
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/oct99/0163.html)

The question concerned the source of the sloka cited in the 
following paragraph:

> In effect all spiritual apprehension is a revelation
> or communication. Divine knowledge reveals itself to
> the chosen one. The idea of 'antharvANi' (inner voice)
> or 'bhagavadvANi' signifies this:
> 'yO antah pravishya mama vAchAmimAm prasuptAm sanjIvayathi'.

I conveyed the question to Dr. NSA through his grandson 
and Dr. NSA obliged me immediately.  The sloka is from
Srimad Bhagavatam, 4.9.6, when young Dhruva is blessed
with the divine vision of Narayana:

  dhruva uvAca

  yo 'ntah pravisya mama vAcam imAm prasuptam
    sanjivayaty akhila-Sakti-dharah sva-dhAmnA |
  anyamS ca hasta-caraNa-sravana-tvag-AdIn
    prANAn namo bhagavate purushAya tubhyam ||

  Entering within me you have awakened my speech
  and enlivened all my senses and energy -- my
  hands, feet, ears, sense of touch, and my life
  breaths -- by your presence. Salutations to
  you, O Supreme Person!

The Bhagavatam really is wonderful. My gratitude goes to Dr. NSA
for showing me this sloka.

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,
Mani

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