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jai/jaya: Victory to! Celebration of. An emphatic "Hooray God!"

bhagavān: "Lord" in the most spiritual, sacred sense of the word. Thus it can be a name of God on its own (as here), or used as a title (such as "Bhagavan Shri Krishna") even sometimes for a God-realized human (as in "Bhagavan Nityananda").

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"Thou alone art my father as well as my mother,
Thou alone, my relation and only friend.
Thou art my knowledge as well as my sole wealth,
Thou art my everything, O Thou Lord of Lords."  ~ traditional prayer to Vishnu


"Devotee: Is there any hope for me?
Amma: You should pray with great yearning. Then it is possible. It is enough to call and He will come before you without delay. Bhagavan is always standing ready to come running when the devotees call. (Amma laughs) Because of that, sometimes mistakes happen to Bhagavan. Sometimes He will come running even if He has not been called. Ajamila called his son 'Narayana' and Bhagavan started running to him. He did not even care that it was not He who was being called. If you call His Name, He will come running."  ~ Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi)


"You must accept everyone and see in them the lord. There is no other need for a saint."  ~ Maharajji


"Bhagavan is a term for God, particularly in the Vaishnava traditions where God is conceived as a caring, compassionate person concerned for the welfare of his creatures. It indicates the Supreme Being conceived as a Personal God, which differentiates its usage from other similar terms such as Brahman, the 'Supreme Spirit.' It is generally translated by the English word Lord. Bhagavan can also be an honorific title for a God-realized (i.e. fully enlightened) human being or an incarnation of God in human form (avatara) such as Bhagavan Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita."  ~ wikipedia

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