SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 2
yam sannyasam iti prahur
yogam tam viddhi pandava
na hy asannyasta-sankalpo
yogi bhavati kascana

yam--what; sannyasam--renuncia tion; iti--thus; prahuh--they say; yogam--linking with the Supreme; tam--that; viddhi--you must know; pandava--O son of Pandu; na--never; hi--certainly; asannyasta-- without giving up; sankalpah--desire for self-satisfaction; yogi--a mystic transcendentalist; bhavati--becomes; kascana--anyone.

TRANSLATION

What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, O son of Pandu, for one can never become a yogi unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.

JOURNAL:

This morning, just before the Srimad Bhagavatam class in L.A., Mahatanna devi dasi gave me the spiritual name of Slokasitii Prabhu. She gave it to me on-line as a joke but I like it! It seems to be a combination of my two web site's titles, Sitting Properly and Sloka Asitis. If this is so it would mean "sitting with the verses", although the word sitii may have its own meaning in Hindi.

In The Nectar of Instruction, verse four, it is stated; Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting prasāda and offering prasāda are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another. The name feels like a gift and I feel honored to have it given to me. Joke or no joke.