SKS Swaminarayan Shikshapatri Slok 1 Part A

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SKS Swaminarayan Shikshapatri Slok 1 - Part A
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Shikshapatri Shlok 1
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Shikshapatri Shlok 1
I Lord Swaminarayan meditate, in My heart upon
Lord Shree Krishna, on whose left stands
Radhikaji, in whose heart resides Laxmiji and who
plays with His Bhaktas in Vrindavan.
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Shlok 1 )
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Shikshapatri Shlok 1

• The Shikshapatri was written in the Hari Mandap
  in Vadtal by Lord Swaminarayan on Vasant Panchmi
  Maha Sud 5, (VS 1882) or 11 February (AD 1826)
  Shlok 211
• The first 10 Shlokas, provides the reader with
  a introduction to the Shikshapatri and therefore
  is the very essence of what the Shikshapatri is
  and its objective.
• Lord Swaminarayan, in this first Shloka
  performs Manglacharan of Lord Shree Krishna. He
  meditates on the very form of Lord Shree
  Krishna.  Thus, Lord Swaminarayan extols his deep
  devotion, faith and worship for Lord Shree
  Krishna.

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Shikshapatri Shlok 1

• Lord Shree Krishna was born in Mathura on 19th
  July (3228 BC), he is considered to be a
  incarnation of the great Lord Vishnu.
• His birth Father was called Vasudeva, and His
  birth Mother was called Devki, His adopted Mother
  is called Yasoda and His adopted Farther is
  called Nanda. Hench nickname Nandalal. Lord
  Krishna is believed to have had 16,108 wives.
• The term Krishna in Sanskrit has the literal
  meaning of "black" or "dark", and is used as a
  name to describe someone with a dark skin
  complexion. The Brahma Samhita describes
  Krishna's complexion as being "tinged with the
  hue of blue clouds.
• Lord Shree Swaminarayan is a manifestation of
  Lord Shree Krishna and is also known as Shree
  Hari Krishna.

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Shikshapatri Shlok 1

• Radhikaji is one of the staunchest devotees of
  Lord Shree Krishna, she is also one of many
  Krishnas gopis.
• When Radhikaji is by the side of Lord Shree
  Krishna the Murti is known as that of Shree Radha
  Krishna.
• The Padma Purana describes 18,000 cowherd-girls
  (gopis) among whom it says 108 are the most
  important. Among those 108, 8 are considered more
  important still, and among these 8, 2 have a
  special position - Candravali and Radharani.
  Between the two, the Padma Purana tells us that
  Sri Radha is the foremost and without Her
  presence no one of the other gopis can really
  satisfy Krishna.
• In the Bhagavata Purana, Candravali herself
  admits the above to be the truth.

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• Lakshmi (Sanskrit ???????) is the Hindu
  Goddess of wealth.
• Srimati Rukmini was the first wife and queen of
  Krishna, the 8th avatar of Vishnu. She was an
  avatar of Lakshmi
• In Puranic Hinduism Lakshmi is the Mother of
  the Universe and Vishnu's Shakti. Lakshmi is the
  beloved of Lord Narayan, also popularly known as
  Lord Vishnu, She is also married his Rama
  incarnated as Sita, She is also married to
  Krishna incarnated as Rukmini.
• Vrindavan - A sacred and ancient forest /
  Indian village associated with Lord Shree
  Krishna's pastimes as a youth, is regarded as
  holy place of pilgrimage, situated on the banks
  of the Yamuna River near Govardhan mountain in
  the Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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