{"id":1844,"date":"2009-06-04T18:00:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T12:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2009-06-04T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T11:46:20","slug":"khol-darvassa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/2009\/1844\/","title":{"rendered":"Khol Darvassa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>4 Jun 2009, San Ramon, CA<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, Amma held a special program from 11am until 8pm on which was supposed to be a day off.\u00a0\u00a0 It was an unusually quiet day in that many devotees who were coming from out of town had not yet arrived.\u00a0\u00a0 It reminded many of the days 10 years ago when the balconies were virtually empty and there was plenty of space to sit near Amma.\u00a0\u00a0 Still, the program went until after 9pm.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There were no Bhajans.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday was the first full day of programs here.<\/p>\n<p>Evening bhajans were a mix of old and new.\u00a0\u00a0 Even with the 2009 Bhajan supplement hot off the press, there were two even newer bhajans that had just been introduced this tour.\u00a0\u00a0 Amma started out with a brand new Ganesh bhajan and ended with a classic.<\/p>\n<p>Amma sang:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sri Gananayaka (new)<\/li>\n<li>Murali Ghana Vale Pyare Khana (new)<\/li>\n<li>Virahatti<\/li>\n<li>Khol Darvassa (Punjabi &#8211; new)<\/li>\n<li>Manasse Nin<\/li>\n<li>Sankara Siav Sankara (Tamil \u2013 new)<\/li>\n<li>Nannu Cusi (Telegu \u2013 new)<\/li>\n<li>Ma Jai Jagadambe Ma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In reading the translation of Khol Darvassa, it reminds this child of Tuesdays and non-darshan days in Amritapuri when Amma gives satsang in the Temple for Ashram residents.\u00a0\u00a0 Even though there is no public darshan on these days, there are usually visitors who have just arrived and who are waiting outside the Temple to receive Amma\u2019s hug.\u00a0\u00a0 Though outwardly they appear to be quietly waiting, the words of Khol Darvassa probably more accurately reflect what is going on in their minds and hearts:<\/p>\n<p><em>O Devi who rides the lion, Oh Great Queen, please open the door to your temple.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We, all your devotees, are calling you, constantly chanting your name.\u00a0 Oh Mother, please open the door!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>O Mother, all the devotees have come to your door.\u00a0 We have climbed the mountain to bring you our gifts.\u00a0\u00a0 O Mother, we aspirants have come to you; please accept our offerings!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>O Mother, who lives in a beautiful cave, you are the one who bestows her boons on all her devotees.\u00a0 O Mother, ride your lion; please bless us with your vision.\u00a0 We stand at your door awaiting your darshan.\u00a0 You accept whoever seeks your grace, whether he be noble or sinful\u2019 you turn no one away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have come to your golden temple.\u00a0 O Mother, my only desire is to be with you and sing your glories at every moment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>May I always sing, \u201cVictory to the Divine Mother!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Of course, Amma does hear their calls, and once Satsang is over, the doors open up, and all are welcomed in for darshan.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sri Pati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Jun 2009, San Ramon, CA On Tuesday, Amma held a special program from 11am until 8pm on which was supposed to be a day off.\u00a0\u00a0 It was an unusually quiet day in that many devotees who were coming from out of town had not yet arrived.\u00a0\u00a0 It reminded many of the days 10 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-with-amma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}