{"podcast":{"title":"Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants","slug":"mantra-kirtan-and-stotra-sanskrit-chants-827584","podcast_index_feed_id":827584,"rss_url":"https://kirtan-mantra.podcaster.de/kirtan.rss","website_url":"https://www.yoga-vidya.org","image_url":"https://files.pdcstrcdn.de/a/jkv3wg/i/1132755/f/mantras-500(2).jpg","author":"Sukadev Bretz","episode_count":1184,"summary":"Mantra-Chants from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany. Sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes in a more meditative mood; sometimes classical, sometimes more modern. Sivananda tradition. Mantras, Kirtan, Recitations of Shlokas, Stotras, Suktams.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-04T20:17:14.190647+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mantra-kirtan-and-stotra-sanskrit-chants-827584"},"episode":{"title":"Serve Love Give Purify Meditate Realize with Kamala Devi","slug":"serve-love-give-purify-meditate-realize-with-kamala-devi","published_at":"2026-07-10T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mantra-kirtan-and-stotra-sanskrit-chants-827584/serve-love-give-purify-meditate-realize-with-kamala-devi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mantra-kirtan-and-stotra-sanskrit-chants-827584","url":"https://www.yoga-vidya.de","audio_url":"https://kirtan-mantra.podcaster.de/kirtan/media/Kamala_Devi-Serve_Love_Give_Purify_Meditate_Realize-53-Kirtan-06_12_2025.mp3","summary":"“Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, realize” is a kirtan that succinctly describes the teachings of Swami Sivananda. Swami Sivananda loved to sing this kirtan. “Serve, love, give, purify, purify” refers to the various yoga practices. By practicing yoga, we purify ourselves. We also do so by working on ourselves. By serving, loving, and giving, we purify ourselves. And then “purify” and “meditate” follow naturally. Therefore, serve, love, give, purify, meditate—and then comes: realize. The more we serve, love, and give, the deeper our meditation becomes. Here you are listening to a recording featuring Kamala Devi from a Yoga Vidya Saturday evening satsang in Bad Meinberg on December 6, 2025.","meta_description":"“Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, realize” is a kirtan that succinctly describes the teachings of Swami Sivananda. Swami Sivananda loved to sing this…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mantra-kirtan-and-stotra-sanskrit-chants-827584/episodes/serve-love-give-purify-meditate-realize-with-kamala-devi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mantra-kirtan-and-stotra-sanskrit-chants-827584/serve-love-give-purify-meditate-realize-with-kamala-devi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}