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Dhanurdhara Swami

Krishna Katha with Srila Dhanurdhara Swami

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 193

tāratamyaṁ tu kalpyeta
sva-sva-sevānusārataḥ
tat-tad-rasa-sajātīya-
sukha-vaicitry-apekṣayāTRANSLATION
The hierarchy among devotees is only imagined according to their own forms of service and according to the happiness each devotee derives from his own relationship with the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 195

bhajanānanda-sāmye ’pi
bhedaḥ kaścit prakalpyate
bāhyāntarīṇa-bhāvena
dūra-pārśva-sthatādināTRANSLATION
Although everyone equally enjoys the bliss of worshiping the Lord, certain differences are conceived. Devotees are considered relative outsiders or insiders, depending, for example, on whether they serve the Lord from afar or from nearby.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 187

nārāyaṇād apy avatāra-bhāve
saṁvyajyamānair madhurair mano-jñaiḥ
tat-prema-bhaktyārdra-hṛd-eka-vedyair
māhātmya-vargair vividhair viśiṣṭaḥTRANSLATION
And Kṛṣṇa is different from Nārāyaṇa, for when Kṛṣṇa appears in His descent in the material world He fully manifests the many unique glories that distinguish Kṛṣṇa alone — charming, attractive glories that can be known only to hearts softened by prema-bhakti.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 185

evaṁ bhagavatā tena
śrī-kṛṣṇenāvatāriṇāna
bhidyante ’vatārās te
nityāḥ satyāś ca tādṛśāḥTRANSLATION
The incarnations of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead, are likewise not different from Him, their source. Just as He is eternal and real, so are they.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives an overview of what has been cover in the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta thus far and also gives a preview of his Monday Morning Greetings article.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 165

durvitarkyā hi sā śaktir
adbhutā pārameśvarī
kintv asyaikānta-bhakteṣu
gūḍhaṁ kiñcin na tiṣṭhatiTRANSLATION
Inconceivable indeed is the amazing energy of the supreme controller, but nothing can be hidden from His unalloyed devotees.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 148

pūrva-vad bhajanānandaṁ
prāpnuvanti navaṁ navam
sarvadāpy aparicchinnaṁ
vaikuṇṭhe ’tra viśeṣataḥTRANSLATION
The same kind of ecstasy these devotees previously enjoyed in worshiping the Lord they continue to relish here in Vaikuṇṭha. They obtain it as a unique, uninterrupted, unceasing bliss, newer and newer at every moment.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 147

te ca sarve ’tra vaikuṇṭhe
śrī-nārāyaṇam īśvaram
tat-tad-varṇādi-yuktātma-
deva-rūpaṁ vicakṣateTRANSLATION
In Vaikuṇṭha each devotee sees the Supreme Lord Śrī Nārāyaṇa in the form of the particular Lord he worships, with suitable complexion and other qualities.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 136

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tataḥ kān api siddhāntān
sva-prajñā-gocarān api
aicchaṁ tad-ānanāc chrotuṁ
śrotreṇa prerito haṭhātTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: I then wanted to hear Nārada explain from his own mouth certain philosophical conclusions about which I was already thinking. My ears were forcing me to do this.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 125

śrī-bhagavan-nārada uvāca
bho gopa-nandana śrīmad-
vaikuṇṭheśānukampita
mukha-mlāny-ādinā kiñcicTRANSLATION
The great master Nārada said: My dear son of a cowherd, you have received the mercy of the divine Lord of Vaikuṇṭha. Yet from signs like the paleness of your face you appear depressed, like someone suffering misfortune.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 111

tathāpy asyāṁ vraja-kṣmāyāṁ
prabhuṁ sa-parivārakam
viharantaṁ tathā nekṣe
khidyate smeti man-manaḥTRANSLATION
Yet my mind would still feel sad because I couldn’t see the Lord and His companions play as they do here in the land of Vraja.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 107

kṛṣṇasya bhakta-vātsalyād
yasya kasyāpi karmaṇaḥ
saṅkīrtanaṁ mahān eva
guṇaḥ śrī-prabhu-toṣaṇaḥTRANSLATION
“Kṛṣṇa is so kind to His devotees that saṅkīrtana of any of His activities is glorious and beneficial, and satisfying to our divine master.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 91

yathā-kālaṁ tataḥ sarve
niḥsaranto mahā-śriyaḥ
ājñayā nirgamānicchuṁ
yuktyā māṁ bahir ānayanTRANSLATION
When the time came to stop, everyone, on the request of Lakṣmīdevī, started to leave, but I didn’t want to go. The devotees had to persuade me to let them escort me outside.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 78

utthāpya tair eva balāc cireṇa
saṁjñāṁ praṇīto ’śru-nipāta-vighnam
sammārjanenābhibhavan karābhyāṁ
netre prayatnād udamīlayaṁ dveTRANSLATION
With some effort, those attendants lifted me up, and after some time I regained consciousness. I wiped away with my hands the flood of tears that blocked my sight, and with difficulty I finally opened my eyes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 79

tāvad dayālu-pravareṇa tena
snehena gambhīra-mṛdu-svareṇa
svastho bhavāgaccha javena vatsety-
ādy ucyamānaṁ śrutavān vaco ’hamTRANSLATION
Then I heard the Lord, that best of merciful persons, tell me in a deep, gentle voice, “Please come back to your senses. Dear boy, come here quickly!”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 62-63

mahā-mahā-citra-vicitra-geha-
dvāra-pradeśān atigamya vegāt
śrīman-mahalla-pravarasya madhye
prāsāda-vargaiḥ pariṣevitāṅghrimprāsādam ekaṁ vividhair mahattā-
pūrair viśiṣṭaṁ para-sīma-yātaiḥ
prāpto ’ham āditya-sudhāṁśu-koṭi-
kāntiṁ mano-locana-vṛtti-coramTRANSLATION
I passed rapidly through many districts, wonderfully splendid, with all kinds of houses and gates, and then I entered the most excellent transcendental neighborhood. There I came to one palace at whose feet many others stood in attendance, a palace distinct, overflowing in greatness, where excellence seemed to reach its highest limit. Radiant like millions of suns and moons, it captured my mind and my eyes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 56-57

itthaṁ harṣa-prakarṣeṇot-
tiṣṭhann upaviśan bhṛśam
gopure vartamāno ’haṁ
tair javenaitya pārṣadaiḥantaḥ praveśyamāno yad
dṛṣṭavān adbhutādbhutam
vaktuṁ tad dvi-parārdhena
sahasrāsyo ’pi na kṣamaḥTRANSLATION
Thus I thrilled with delight as I waited in the gateway to Vaikuṇṭha. I excitedly stood up and sat down, stood up and sat down, till the associates of the Lord returned, rushing back, and escorted me inside. The amazing things I then saw, more wonderful than wonderful, even the thousand-headed Ananta Śeṣa would be unable to describe, even in a lifetime of Brahmā.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 42-43

tathāpi bhavato brahman
prapañcāntar-gatasya hi
prapañca-parivārāntar-
dṛṣṭi-garbhita-cetasaḥtad-dṛṣṭāntākulenaiva
tat tat syād bodhitaṁ sukham
tathety ucyeta yat kiñcit
tad āgaḥ kṣamatāṁ hariḥTRANSLATION
Nonetheless, my dear brāhmaṇa, you are a resident of the material world, and your intelligence is confined because you can see only matter. Therefore I say “It is like this” so that by material examples you might understand various things more easily. May Lord Hari forgive this offense.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 28

ke ’py ekaśo dvandvaśo ’nye
yugapad bahuśo ’pare
pūrva-pūrvādhika-śrīkāḥ
praviśanti purīṁ prabhoḥTRANSLATION
Many others came — some alone, others in pairs, and yet others together in larger groups — and all of them, each more splendid than the last, entered the city of the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 14

tad asvī-kṛtya tu svīyaṁ
govardhana-bhuvaṁ vapuḥ
teṣāṁ prabhāvatas tādṛg-
guṇa-rūpādy alambhayamTRANSLATION
But I refused their offer, and instead, by their influence, my own body born in Govardhana assumed qualities and beauty like theirs.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 10-11

tāvat taiḥ pārṣadair etya
vaikuṇṭhaṁ netum ātmanaḥ
yānam āropitaḥ sadyo
vyutthāyācālayaṁ dṛśausarvam anyādṛśaṁ dṛṣṭvā
vismitaḥ svasthatāṁ gataḥ
pārśve ’paśyaṁ purā dṛṣṭāṁs
tān evātma-priyaṁ-karānTRANSLATION
At that moment the associates of the Lord arrived in an airplane to take me to Vaikuṇṭha. They at once put me on that plane and carried me away, and when I opened my eyes I saw that everything was different. Shocked, I returned to full consciousness and saw them beside me, the same benefactors I had met before.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 184

śrīman-nāma prabhos tasya
śrī-mūrter apy ati-priyam
jagad-dhitaṁ sukhopāsyaṁ
sa-rasaṁ tat-samaṁ na hiTRANSLATION
Dearer to the Lord than even His own beautiful form, His easily worshiped holy name benefits the entire world. Indeed, nothing is as full of nectar as the holy name of the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 184

śrīman-nāma prabhos tasya
śrī-mūrter apy ati-priyam
jagad-dhitaṁ sukhopāsyaṁ
sa-rasaṁ tat-samaṁ na hiTRANSLATION
Dearer to the Lord than even His own beautiful form, His easily worshiped holy name benefits the entire world. Indeed, nothing is as full of nectar as the holy name of the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 168

vicitra-līlā-rasa-sāgarasya
prabhor vicitrāt sphuritāt prasādāt
vicitra-saṅkīrtana-mādhurī sā
na tu sva-yatnād iti sādhu sidhyetTRANSLATION
The wonderfully varied sweetness of saṅkīrtana emerges only by the mercy shown in various wonderful ways by the Lord, the wonderful ocean of the varied rasas of pastimes. This sweetness one can never truly achieve by one’s own endeavor.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 167

nāmnāṁ tu saṅkīrtanam ārti-bhārān
meghaṁ vinā prāvṛṣi cātakānām
rātrau viyogāt sva-pate rathāṅgī-
vargasya cākrośana-vat pratīhiTRANSLATION
Like the distressed crying of the cātaka birds on a cloudless day of the rainy season, or the lamenting of a flock of cakravākī birds when parted from their husbands at night, the saṅkīrtana of the Lord’s names arises when one is burdened by too much pain.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 162

ekasminn indriye prādur-
bhūtaṁ nāmāmṛtaṁ rasaiḥ
āplāvayati sarvāṇīn-
driyāṇi madhurair nijaiḥTRANSLATION
When the nectar of the Lord’s name appears in just one sense, all the senses are flooded with their own sweet tastes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 157

ekākitvena tu dhyānaṁ
vivikte khalu sidhyati
saṅkīrtanaṁ vivikte ’pi
bahūnāṁ saṅgato ’pi caTRANSLATION
Meditation one can successfully perform only in seclusion, but saṅkīrtana either in seclusion or in the company of many others.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 150

evaṁ prabhor dhyāna-ratair mataś ced
buddhyedṛśaṁ tatra vivecanīyam
dhyānaṁ parisphūrti-viśeṣa-niṣṭhā
sambandha-mātraṁ manasā smṛtir hiTRANSLATION
If those attached to meditation on the Lord still insist that remembering is of greater importance, with their intelligence they should make the following distinction: In meditation the Lord reveals Himself fully with His particular qualities, but in remembrance the mind merely comes in contact with the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 146

premṇo ’ntar-aṅgaṁ kila sādhanottamaṁ
manyeta kaiścit smaraṇaṁ na kīrtanam
ekendriye vāci vicetane sukhaṁ
bhaktiḥ sphuraty āśu hi kīrtanātmikāTRANSLATION
Some think that remembering, rather than chanting, is the essential means of devotional practice, the means that most effectively leads to prema, for bhakti in the form of chanting appears quickly and easily, and in only one sense, that of speech, which is not itself alive and conscious.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 143

tvarā ced vidyate śrīmad-
vaikuṇṭhālokane tava
sarvābhīṣṭa-prada-śreṣṭhāṁ
tāṁ śrī-vraja-bhuvaṁ vrajaTRANSLATION
If you are in a hurry to see the divine world of Vaikuṇṭha, then go to Śrī Vraja-bhūmi, the place that can best award the fulfillment of all your ambitions.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 133

nijendriya-manaḥ-kāya-
ceṣṭā-rūpāṁ na viddhi tām
nitya-satya-ghanānanda-
rūpā sā hi guṇātigāTRANSLATION
You should not consider devotional service merely an activity of the body, senses, and mind. It is in fact the eternal absolute reality, manifesting itself as the most intense ecstasy, beyond the material modes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 128

teṣāṁ kasmiṁścid ekasmiñ
śraddhayānuṣṭhite sati
svayam āvirbhavet premā
śrīmat-kṛṣṇa-padābjayoḥTRANSLATION
When one engages with faith in even one of these forms of bhakti, pure love for the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa automatically arises.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 127

tathāpi tad-rasa-jñaiḥ sā
bhaktir nava-vidhāñjasā
sampādyate vicitraitad-
rasa-mādhurya-labdhayeTRANSLATION
Yet devotees who understand the rasas of devotional service may practice all nine forms of bhakti to easily obtain the sweetness of its diverse tastes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
nija-stutyā tayā tasmin
hriyā tūṣṇīṁ sthite prabhau
bhagavat-pārṣadās te mām
āśliṣyocuḥ suhṛd-varāḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Abashed at hearing himself praised, Lord Śiva remained silent. Then the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, who were Lord Śiva’s dearmost friends, embraced me and spoke.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
nija-stutyā tayā tasmin
hriyā tūṣṇīṁ sthite prabhau
bhagavat-pārṣadās te mām
āśliṣyocuḥ suhṛd-varāḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Abashed at hearing himself praised, Lord Śiva remained silent. Then the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, who were Lord Śiva’s dearmost friends, embraced me and spoke.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 113

atrāpi bhagavantaṁ yad
dṛṣṭavān asi tādṛśam
sad-guroḥ kṛpayā kṛṣṇa-
didṛkṣā-bhara-kāritamTRANSLATION
Yet even here you have seen the Supreme Lord in this form because your divine guru gave you his mercy. That mercy created in you the strong desire to see Kṛṣṇa, which impelled Kṛṣṇa to reveal Himself.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 107

athāpi govardhana-gopa-putras
tam arhasi tvaṁ mathureśa-bhaktaḥ
tad-eka-bhakti-priya-vipra-śiṣyas
tadīya-tan-mantra-paro ’nuraktaḥTRANSLATION
But you deserve to go to Vaikuṇṭha, O son of a Govardhana cowherd, for you are a devotee of the Lord of Mathurā, a disciple of a brāhmaṇa attached only to the Lord’s devotional service, a soul dedicated to the Lord’s mantra given you by your guru, and one who is faithful in your service to the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 98

yady asya mat-pituḥ samyak
karuṇā syān tadā tvayā
śroṣyate mahimā tasya
gatvā cānubhaviṣyateTRANSLATION
If you receive the full mercy of my father, you will hear the glories of Vaikuṇṭha and go there to see them for yourself.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 100

vicāra-jātataḥ svasya
sambhāvya tad-ayogyatām
prarudañ śoka-vegena
mohaṁ prāpyāpataṁ kṣaṇātTRANSLATION
From the many thoughts flashing through my mind I concluded I was unfit to go. I cried profusely, and the force of my sorrow made me faint and suddenly fall to the ground.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 93

vasanti ca tapo-loke
prabhuṁ nārāyaṇaṁ vinā
anāthānām iva kṣemaṁ
vahantas tan-nivāsināmTRANSLATION
They live on Tapoloka, where they give reassurance and security to the residents, who at times feel helpless in the absence of their Lord Nārāyaṇa.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 80

tad-darśana-svabhāvottha-
praharṣākṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ
nājñāsiṣaṁ kim apy antar
bahiś cānyan nija-priyamTRANSLATION
So attracted was my mind by the spontaneous joy of seeing them that I was aware of nothing but them, internally or externally, not even things most dear to me.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70

abodhayaṁ mano ’nena
maheśenaiva sā khalu
līlā-viśeṣa-vaicitrī
kṛtā mūrti-viśeṣataḥTRANSLATION
I told my mind that it is Lord Śiva himself who performs these wonderfully varied pastimes in the special form of Lord Gopāla.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70

abodhayaṁ mano ’nena
maheśenaiva sā khalu
līlā-viśeṣa-vaicitrī
kṛtā mūrti-viśeṣataḥTRANSLATION
I told my mind that it is Lord Śiva himself who performs these wonderfully varied pastimes in the special form of Lord Gopāla.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 62

śrīman-madana-gopālān
nija-prāṇeṣṭa-daivatāt
abhinnaḥ śrī-maheśo ’yam
uta tad-bhāva-vardhanaḥTRANSLATION
This Lord Śiva, I realized, is nondifferent from Madana-gopāla, the Deity I worship, the Lord more dear to me than life itself. Lord Śiva serves the cause of love for my Lord by promoting it everywhere.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 61

jñātvā bhagavatā tena
dṛṣṭyādiṣṭasya nandinaḥ
upadeśena śuddhena
svayaṁ me ’sphurad añjasāTRANSLATION
Lord Śiva, reading my thoughts, ordered Nandīśvara with a knowing glance, and through Nandīśvara’s pure guidance the facts easily revealed themselves to me.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 52

paramaṁ vismayaṁ prāpto
harṣaṁ caitad acintayam
ko nv ayaṁ pārivārāḍhyo
bhāti mukti-padopariTRANSLATION
Feeling the greatest surprise and delight, I thought, “Who is this, accompanied by such an entourage, and appearing from above the abode of liberation?”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48

vraja-bhūmāv ihāgatya
sādhaye ’haṁ sva-vāñchitam
vimṛśann evam aśrauṣaṁ
gīta-vādyādbhuta-dhvanimTRANSLATION
I was thinking that if I returned to this Vraja-bhūmi I would fulfill my desires. And then I heard some wonderful singing and music.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 42

ittham ānanda-sandoham
anuvindan nimagna-dhīḥ
ātmārāma ivābhūvaṁ
pūrṇa-kāma ivātha vāTRANSLATION
The huge treasure of ecstasy I thus obtained inundated my mind. I became like a self-contented sage or like a man whose ambitions have all been fulfilled.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48

vraja-bhūmāv ihāgatya
sādhaye ’haṁ sva-vāñchitam
vimṛśann evam aśrauṣaṁ
gīta-vādyādbhuta-dhvanimTRANSLATION
I was thinking that if I returned to this Vraja-bhūmi I would fulfill my desires. And then I heard some wonderful singing and music.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his Govardhan retreat.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations and kirtans from his Govardhan retreat.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations and kirtans from his Puri Yatra.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 44

pada-svābhāvikānanda-
taraṅga-kṣobha-vihvale
citte tad-anya-sva-prāpya-
jñānam antardadhāv ivaTRANSLATION
Tossed by the waves of ecstasy intrinsic to that abode, my mind was overwhelmed, as if the awareness of my goal had vanished.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 41

bhinnābhinnair mahā-siddhaiḥ
sūkṣmaiḥ sūryam ivāṁśubhiḥ
vṛtaṁ bhaktair ivālokya
kadāpi prīyate manaḥTRANSLATION
Sometimes my mind felt special pleasure in beholding Him surrounded by the great perfected beings who were His devotees, at once different and nondifferent from Him. They surrounded Him in subtle spiritual forms, like beams of light around the sun.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 37

yady api sva-prakāśo ’sāv
atītendriya-vṛttikaḥ
tat-kāruṇya-prabhāveṇa
paraṁ sākṣāt samīkṣyateTRANSLATION
That self-manifest Lord is beyond the scope of the senses, but one can see Him directly by the power of His mercy. There is no other way.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 22

sva-kāryāt pūrva-pūrvasmāt
kāraṇaṁ cottarottaram
pūjya-pūjaka-bhoga-śrī-
mahattvenādhikādhikamTRANSLATION
Each covering was the subtle cause of the one before it, and had a greater object of worship, a greater worshiper, and greater sense gratification, opulence, and importance.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 11

pūrvaṁ ye bahu-kālena
samprāptāḥ kramaśo ’dhunā
sarve nimeṣataḥ krāntā
yugapan manaseva teTRANSLATION
The planets I had earlier attained one by one, over a long period of time, I now crossed in the blink of an eye, as if by the power of my mind alone.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 9

pāñca-bhautikatātītaṁ
sva-dehaṁ kalayan raveḥ
nirbhidya maṇḍalaṁ gacchann
ūrdhvaṁ lokān vyalokayamTRANSLATION
I then saw my body change into a form transcendental to the five material elements. And as I traveled upward, breaking through the sphere of the sun, I saw all the planetary systems.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 234

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
nija-priya-tamāṁ yāhi
māthurīṁ tāṁ vraja-kṣitim
tat-tan-mat-parama-krīḍā-
sthaly-āvali-vibhūṣitāmTRANSLATION
The blessed Lord said: Go to Mathurā, to your dearest pasturing grounds, to the land adorned with many places of My varied supreme pastimes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 231

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
teṣām etair vacobhir me
bhaktir vṛddhiṁ gatā prabhau
vicāraś caiṣa hṛdaye
’jani māthura-bhūsuraTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O Mathurā brāhmaṇa, these words of the scriptures greatly strengthened my devotion for the Supreme Lord, and this thought was born in my heart:

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 223-224

bhavāṁs tu yadi mokṣasya
tucchatvānubhavena hi
viśuddha-bhagavad-bhakti-
niṣṭhā-sampattim icchatitadā nijaṁ mahā-mantraṁ
tam eva bhajatāṁ param
atrāpīdaṁ mahā-gūḍhaṁ
śṛṇotu hṛdayaṅ-gamamTRANSLATION
If you have indeed realized the pettiness of liberation and want to attain the treasure of firm faith in pure devotional service to the Lord, then simply worship your transcendental mantra. And please hear this great secret, which is pleasing to the heart:

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 218

sadaika-rūpo ’pi sa viṣṇur ātmanas
tathā sva-bhakter janayaty anu-kṣaṇam
vicitra-mādhurya-śataṁ navaṁ navaṁ
tayā sva-śaktyetara-durvitarkyayāTRANSLATION
Although Lord Viṣṇu is always one and unchanging, at every moment He brings forth hundreds of newer and newer varieties of transcendental charm, both in Himself and in His devotional service. He does this by His personal energy, inconceivable to everyone else.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 217

sadaika-rūpaṁ bahu-rūpam adbhutaṁ
vimukti-saukhyāt pratiyogi tat sukham
harer mahā-bhakti-vilāsa-mādhurī-
bharātmakaṁ tarkyam atad-vidāṁ na hiTRANSLATION
That extraordinary happiness is always one, yet it assumes many features. It stands in contrast to the happiness of impersonal liberation. Devotional happiness is made of the intense sweetness of sporting pastimes in the highest devotional service to the Lord. Persons unfamiliar with this pleasure cannot even imagine what it is like.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 215

paraṁ samādhau sukham ekam asphuṭaṁ
vṛtter abhāvān manaso na cātatam
vṛttau sphurad vastu tad eva bhāsate
’dhikaṁ yathaiva sphaṭikācale mahaḥTRANSLATION
The happiness felt in impersonal samādhi is plain, isolated, vague, and limited because in that samādhi the functions of the mind have ceased. But when the object of meditation appears in the active mind, that object is more vividly manifest, like sunlight reflected on a crystal mountain.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 209

avāntara-phalaṁ bhakter
eva mokṣādi yady api
tathāpi nātmārāmatvaṁ
grāhyaṁ prema-virodhi yatTRANSLATION
Even though liberation and its effects are natural by-products of devotional service, devotees do not regard satisfaction in the self as worth taking, for it obstructs pure love of God.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 207

muktāś cāsya tayā śaktyā
sac-cid-ānanda-dehitām
prāpitās te bhajante taṁ
tādṛśaiḥ karaṇair harimTRANSLATION
The Lord’s personal energy grants those liberated souls spiritual bodies of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. And with the spiritual senses thus acquired, those souls worship Lord Hari.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 193

tat sukhaṁ vardhate ’bhīkṣṇam
anantaṁ paramaṁ mahat
na tu brahma-sukhaṁ muktau
vardhate sīmavad yataḥTRANSLATION
That happiness increases endlessly. It is limitless and supremely great. In contrast, the happiness of Brahman found in liberation never increases, because it is limited.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 193

tat sukhaṁ vardhate ’bhīkṣṇam
anantaṁ paramaṁ mahat
na tu brahma-sukhaṁ muktau
vardhate sīmavad yataḥTRANSLATION
That happiness increases endlessly. It is limitless and supremely great. In contrast, the happiness of Brahman found in liberation never increases, because it is limited.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 169

śrī-bhakti-śāstrāṇy ūcuḥ
labdha-brahmādhikāredaṁ
mahā-gopyaṁ nidher api
bhavat-sad-guṇa-sandohair
ākhyāmo mukharī-kṛtāḥTRANSLATION
The devotional scriptures said: O dear one who have achieved the post of Brahmā, this topic is more secret than a rare treasure. But we shall explain it to you because your abundant good qualities inspire us to speak freely.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 166

tato mahā-purāṇānāṁ
mahopaniṣadāṁ tathā
mādhya-sthyād āgamānāṁ tu
jayo jāto mama priyaḥTRANSLATION
Then the major Purāṇas and Upaniṣads became arbitrators, and so victory went to the Āgamas. That pleased me very much.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 146

ittham ahnāṁ katipaye
prayāte prātar ekadā
kautukād brahmaṇā spṛṣṭaḥ
pheṇa-puñjo ’suro ’bhavatTRANSLATION
After I had spent some days in this way, early one morning, out of curiosity, Brahmā touched a mass of foam, and it turned into a demon.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations in celebration of Govardhana-pūjā and the disappearance day of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations in celebration of Govardhana-pūjā.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 136

bhagavantaṁ muhuḥ paśyan
praṇamann avadaṁ manaḥ
nijepsitāntam adyāgā
niścalaṁ tvaṁ mudaṁ bhajaTRANSLATION
Gazing at the Supreme Lord and repeatedly bowing down before Him, I told my mind: “Today you have attained the ultimate fulfillment of all your desires! Be steady and joyful.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 132

saṁvāhyamāna-caraṇaṁ ramayā suparṇe
baddhāñjalau kṛta-dṛśaṁ vidhinārcyamānam
bhūyo vibhūtibhir amuṁ bahu lālayantaṁ
śrī-nārada-praṇaya-bhaktiṣu datta-cittamTRANSLATION
As the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, massaged His feet, He glanced at Garuḍa, who stood before Him with joined palms. Lord Brahmā worshiped the Lord with opulent offerings, and in turn the Lord amply gratified him. Lord Mahāpuruṣa was also attentive to Śrī Nārada’s displays of loving devotion.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 129

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tac chrutvā tatra gatvā taṁ
mahā-puruṣam īkṣitum
japaṁ kurvaṁs tapo-loke
niviṣṭo ’ntaḥ-samādhināTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Hearing this, I wanted to go to that planet and see the Mahāpuruṣa. Seated on Tapoloka, I chanted my mantra and focused my attention in samādhi.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 119

kadācit sanakādīṁś ca
dhyāna-niṣṭhā-vaśaṁ gatān
vindatas tāni rūpāṇi
dṛṣṭvāpnomi parāṁ mudamTRANSLATION
Sometimes when Sanaka and his brothers were absorbed in meditation they would assume those forms of the Lord. Seeing this, I would relish extreme pleasure.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 108

antar bahiś ca paśyāmas
taṁ samādhi-parāyaṇāḥ
nāto viccheda-duḥkhaṁ syād
ity agāt tatra sa prabhuḥTRANSLATION
We devotees of yoga-samādhi see Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa both within ourselves and without. And so, there being no danger of our suffering pain due to separation from the Lord, He went to Gandhamādana.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 109

loka-śikṣā-hitārthaṁ tu
kurvann āste mahat tapaḥ
dhanur-vidyā-gurur brahma-
cāri-veśo jaṭā-dharaḥTRANSLATION
Living there as a guru in the science of weaponry, He dresses as a brahmacārī, His hair in matted locks, and performs severe austerities as an instruction for the benefit of the world.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 101

bhaktau nava-vidhāyāṁ ca
mukhyaṁ smaraṇam eva hi
tat samagrendriya-śreṣṭha-
mano-vṛtti-samarpaṇamTRANSLATION
Of the nine kinds of devotional service, remembrance is the chief. It is an offering of the activity of the mind, the most important of all the senses.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address and initiation, given on Saturday, September 20, 2025.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 103-105

*aśeṣa-sādhanaiḥ sādhyaḥ
samastārthādhikādhikaḥ
yo vaśī-karaṇe gāḍho-
pāyo bhagavato ’dvayaḥtat-prasādaika-labhyo yas
tad-bhaktaika-mahā-nidhiḥ
vicitra-paramānanda-
mādhurya-bhara-pūritaḥ

mahā-nirvācya-māhātmyaḥ
padārthaḥ prema-saṁjñakaḥ
pariṇāma-viśeṣe hi
ceto-vṛtter udeti saḥ*TRANSLATION
There is one goal of all disciplines, one highest attainment of all, the one potent means to bring the Supreme Lord under one’s control. Only by the mercy of the Lord can it be gained. It is the rare, exclusive treasure of His devotees, a treasure rich with every sort of transcendental ecstasy and sweetness. Its wonderful glories are beyond the power to describe. That attainment is called prema. It arises from special transformations of the functions of the mind.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 100

ānandaka-svabhāvo ’pi
bhakti-māhātmya-darśanāt
bhaktān harṣayituṁ kuryād
durghaṭaṁ ca sa īśvaraḥTRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord, by nature the bestower of ecstasy, creates such unlikely situations to delight His devotees by showing them the greatness of devotional service.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 98-99

parānanda-ghanaṁ śrīmat
sarvendriya-guṇāñjanam
nārāyaṇasya rūpaṁ tat
sākṣāt sampaśyatām apimadhu-kaiṭabha-mukhyānām
asurāṇāṁ durātmanām
na līno duṣṭa-bhāvo ’pi
sarva-pīḍā-karo hi yaḥTRANSLATION
The beautiful, all-opulent form of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the concentrated essence of supreme bliss, refines the functions of all the senses. Yet demons like Madhu and Kaiṭabha, even after seeing the Lord in person, did not lose their evil disposition, distressing to all.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 93

tasya kāruṇya-śaktyā vā
dṛśyo ’stv api bahir-dṛśoḥ
tathāpi darśanānandaḥ
sva-yonau jāyate hṛdiTRANSLATION
And even if by the power of His mercy He becomes visible to external eyes, the bliss that arises from seeing Him has its natural source in the heart.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 86

śrī-pippalāyana uvāca
idaṁ mahat padaṁ hitvā
katham anyad yiyāsasi
kathaṁ vā bhramasi draṣṭuṁ
dṛgbhyāṁ taṁ parameśvaramTRANSLATION
Śrī Pippalāyana said: Why do you want to leave this exalted place and go somewhere else? And why are you wandering around just to see the Supreme Lord with your eyes?

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 30 Text 28

anayārādhito nūnaṁ
bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ
yan no vihāya govindaḥ
prīto yām anayad rahaḥTRANSLATION
Certainly this particular gopī has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 83

tatrāthāpy avasaṁ teṣāṁ
prabhāva-bhara-darśanāt
guru-vāg-gauravād dṛṣṭa-
phalatvāc cātyajañ japamTRANSLATION
Nonetheless, I stayed there for some time, attracted by the display of great power. Out of respect for my guru’s order, and because I had seen how effective my mantra was, I kept on chanting.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 74

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tato ’kārṣam ahaṁ citte
tatrāho kīdṛśaṁ sukham
īdṛśāḥ kati vānye syur
eṣāṁ pūjyaś ca kīdṛśaḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: I then wondered, “Indeed, what kind of happiness do they enjoy on Tapoloka? How many more are there like him? And what kind of Lord do they worship?”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67

vihāya yajña-karmāṇi
bhaktyotthāya maharṣibhiḥ
praṇamya dhyāna-niṣṭho ’sau
yajñeśvara-vad arcitaḥTRANSLATION
The great sages put aside their sacrificial rituals, stood up with devotion, bowed down to the boy, who was absorbed in meditation, and worshiped him as if he were the Lord of sacrifice Himself.

In today’s saṅga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations about his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, on the day of his appearance.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67

tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥTRANSLATION
Once, someone arrived from a higher planet. His form surrounded by brilliant light, he was dressed by the directions only. He appeared to be a five- or six-year-old boy.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67

tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥTRANSLATION
Once, someone arrived from a higher planet. His form surrounded by brilliant light, he was dressed by the directions only. He appeared to be a five- or six-year-old boy.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 61

catur-yuga-sahasrasya
tatratyaika-dinasya hi
ante trai-lokya-dāhena
jana-loko ’dhigamyateTRANSLATION
At the end of one thousand cycles of ages — for that place, one day — the conflagration of the three worlds forced us to take refuge on Janaloka.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 60

kintu yajña-samāptau syād
duḥkham antarhite prabhau
vṛtte yajñāntare cāsya
prādurbhāvāt punaḥ sukhamTRANSLATION
But at the end of each sacrifice, unhappiness would arise when the Lord disappeared; and when the Lord reappeared at the start of another sacrifice, happiness would begin again.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 58

tatas tān anumānyāham
anaṅgī-kṛtya vipratām
tatrāvasaṁ svato jāta-
prājāpatya-mahā-sukhaiḥTRANSLATION
Therefore, while showing respect to the sages, I declined the status of a brāhmaṇa. But I stayed on Maharloka, enjoying the exalted pleasures that automatically appear in the world of the Prajāpatis.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 56

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tac chrutvācintayaṁ brahman
vaiśyatve syāt sukhaṁ mahat
prabhor eṣāṁ ca viprāṇāṁ
tad-bhaktānām upāsanātTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Hearing this, O brāhmaṇa, I thought I would be much happier staying a vaiśya, for then I could keep worshiping both the Supreme Lord and those brāhmaṇas, His devotees.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 51

apūrva-labdham ānandaṁ
paramaṁ prāpnuvaṁs tataḥ
kāruṇyātiśayāt tasya
saṁsiddhāśeṣa-vāñchitaḥTRANSLATION
By that Lord’s abundant mercy, I attained an exceptional bliss I had never known before, and all my desires were fulfilled.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 46

tat saṅkalpya japaṁ kurvann
acirād ūrdhvam utthitaḥ
vyoma-yānena taṁ prāpto
lokaṁ tatra vyalokayamTRANSLATION
I made this my intention and chanted my mantra. And soon a celestial airplane picked me up, and I found myself transported to Maharloka.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 42

śrī-bṛhaspatir uvāca
ata ūrdhvaṁ mahar-loko
rājate karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ
prāpyo mahadbhir yo naśyet
trai-lokya-pralaye ’pi naTRANSLATION
Śrī Bṛhaspati said: Above this realm shines the world called Maharloka, attainable through the best of pious works. Even when the three worlds are annihilated, that world is not destroyed.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 35

evaṁ nivasatā tatra
śakratvam adhikurvatā
brahman saṁvatsaro divyo
mayaiko gamitaḥ sukhamTRANSLATION
O brāhmaṇa, thus I lived in Svarga, ruling in the post of Indra, and happily spent one celestial year.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 33

tato yo jāyate śokas
tena nīlācala-prabhum
acalāśrita-vātsalyaṁ
draṣṭum iccheyam etya tamTRANSLATION
And so the distress I felt would make me want to go back to see the Lord of Nīlācala, whose affection for those who take shelter of Him never wavers.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 12

tad-darśane jāta-manorathākulaḥ
saṅkalpa-pūrvaṁ sva-japaṁ samācaran
sv-alpena kālena vimānam āgataṁ
mudāham āruhya gatas tri-piṣṭapamTRANSLATION
Eager to see Him, I chanted my mantra specifically for that purpose. In a very short time a celestial airplane arrived. I climbed aboard and joyfully flew to the heavenly kingdom.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 12

tad-darśane jāta-manorathākulaḥ
saṅkalpa-pūrvaṁ sva-japaṁ samācaran
sv-alpena kālena vimānam āgataṁ
mudāham āruhya gatas tri-piṣṭapamTRANSLATION
Eager to see Him, I chanted my mantra specifically for that purpose. In a very short time a celestial airplane arrived. I climbed aboard and joyfully flew to the heavenly kingdom.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 1

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
māthurottama viśrāntau
snātvā vṛndāvanaṁ gataḥ
atra govardhanādau ca
yathā-kāmaṁ paribhramanTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O best of the Mathurā brāhmaṇas, after bathing at Viśrānti-ghāṭa I came to Vṛndāvana. Here I wandered freely in such places as Govardhana.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 214

evaṁ saṁvatsare jāte
mayā tatraikadā śrutam
mathurāyāḥ prāyātebhyo
’tratya-vṛttaṁ viśeṣataḥTRANSLATION
Thus one year passed, and then one day I heard some detailed news of Mathurā from visitors who had come from there.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 213

gantuṁ vṛndāvanaṁ prātar
ājñārthaṁ purataḥ prabhoḥ
gataḥ śrīman-mukhaṁ paśyan
sarvaṁ tad vismarāmy ahoTRANSLATION
Early in the morning, I went before Lord Jagannātha to ask His permission to leave for Vṛndāvana; but oh, when I saw His beautiful face I forgot all my plans.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 206

nāma-saṅkīrtana-stotra-
gītāni bhagavat-puraḥ
śrūyamāṇāni dunvanti
mathurā-smārakāṇi māmTRANSLATION
When I heard the songs, prayers, and congregational chanting of the Lord’s names in front of Lord Jagannātha, I was disturbed because they reminded me of Mathurā.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 201

rājyaṁ rājopabhogyaṁ ca
jagannātha-padābjayoḥ
samarpyākiñcanatvena
sevāṁ kurve nijecchayāTRANSLATION
I offered the kingdom, with all its royal enjoyments, at the lotus feet of Jagannātha. In a completely dependent mood, I took my pleasure in simply serving the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 190

śrī-jagannātha-devasya
sevā-rūpaṁ ca viddhi tam
evaṁ matvā ca viśvasya
na kadācij japaṁ tyajeḥTRANSLATION
“This chanting, please understand, is another form of service to Lord Śrī Jagannātha. Have faith in this and never give up your japa.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 180

śārīraṁ mānasaṁ vā syāt
kiñcid duḥkhaṁ kadācana
tac ca śrī-puṇḍarīkākṣe
dṛṣṭe sadyo vinaśyatiTRANSLATION
And even if I sometimes underwent some physical or mental distress, as soon as I saw the lotus-eyed Lord the pain disappeared.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 171

saṁjñāṁ labdhvā samunmīlya
locane lokayan punaḥ
unmatta iva taṁ dhartuṁ
sa-vego ’dhāvam agrataḥTRANSLATION
I came to my senses, opened my eyes, and gazed upon Him again. Like a madman I ran forward quickly to catch hold of Him.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 165

tad-didṛkṣābhibhūto ’haṁ
sarvaṁ santyajya tat-kṣaṇe
saṅkīrtayañ jagannātham
auḍhra-deśa-diśaṁ śritaḥTRANSLATION
Overcome by desire to see Lord Jagannātha, in a moment I abandoned everything and set off in the direction of Orissa, chanting Lord Jagannātha’s glories.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 159

dāru-brahma jagan-nātho
bhagavān puruṣottame
kṣetre nīlācale kṣārā-
rṇava-tīre virājateTRANSLATION
“At Puruṣottama-kṣetra, on the blue mountain on the shore of the salt ocean, Jagannātha, the Lord of the universe, the Personality of Godhead, is present as the Absolute Truth manifest in wood.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 142

antaḥ-pure deva-kule
jagad-īśārcana-dhvanim
apūrvaṁ tumulaṁ dūrāc
chrutvāpṛccham amuṁ janānTRANSLATION
Within the inner precincts of the city, from a distance I heard the sound of temple worship of the Lord of the universe. I had never heard such a tumult, so I asked about it from people nearby.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies, including Mother’s Day (US) and Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, the appearance day of Lord Nṛsiṁha-deva.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 146

paramānanda-pūrṇo ’haṁ
praṇaman daṇḍa-van muhuḥ
vyacintayam idaṁ svasyā-
paśyam adya didṛkṣitamTRANSLATION
“Filled with supreme bliss, I repeatedly fell flat on the ground. “Today,” I thought, “I have seen what I always wanted to see.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 140

hṛt-pūrakaṁ mahānandaṁ
sarvathānubhaviṣyasi
idānīm etya mad-gehe
bhuṅkṣva viṣṇu-niveditamTRANSLATION
“You will feel great ecstasy, fulfilling all your heart’s desires. But for now please come have lunch in my house from the remnants of what has been offered to Lord Viṣṇu.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 126

tan-mahā-puruṣasyaiva
prabhāvāt tādṛśena ca
japena citta-śuddhir me
tatra śraddhāpy ajāyataTRANSLATION
By the influence of that great person, even such aimless chanting purified my mind, and I developed faith in the mantra.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 126

tan-mahā-puruṣasyaiva
prabhāvāt tādṛśena ca
japena citta-śuddhir me
tatra śraddhāpy ajāyataTRANSLATION
By the influence of that great person, even such aimless chanting purified my mind, and I developed faith in the mantra.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 115

vikrośantaṁ kvacid bhūmau
skhalantaṁ kvāpi matta-vat
luṭhantaṁ bhuvi kutrāpi
rudantaṁ kvacid uccakaiḥTRANSLATION
Sometimes he shouted, or loudly sobbed, or stumbled and fell to the ground, or rolled about on the ground like a madman.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 110

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
atretihāsā bahavo
vidyante ’thāpi kathyate
sva-vṛttam evānusmṛtya
mohādāv api saṅgatamTRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: There are many relevant historical accounts, but I am going to tell you my own story, including recollections of what occurred at times when I was bewildered by ecstasy and other distractions.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Texts 93-94

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
niśamya sādaraṁ tasya
vacanaṁ sa vyacintayat
etasya kṛta-kṛtyasya
jātā pūrṇārthatā kilaTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Respectfully having heard the brāhmaṇa’s words, the young cowherd thought, “This person has done everything he needs to do. Indeed, his life is a complete success.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Texts 93-94

tato jāta-bahir-dṛṣṭiḥ
sa sarva-jña-śiromaṇiḥ
jñātvā taṁ māthuraṁ vipraṁ
kāmākhyā-deśa-vāsinamśrīman-madana-gopālo-
pāsakaṁ ca samāgatam
niḥsṛtya kuñjād utthāpya
natvāliṅgya nyaveśayat

TRANSLATION
This young cowherd was the crest jewel of those who know everything. As the brāhmaṇa regained external consciousness, the cowherd recognized him as a Mathurā brāhmaṇa living in the district of the goddess Kāmākhyā and worshiping Śrīmān Madana-gopāla. The cowherd then came out of the grove, raised the brāhmaṇa, bowed down to him, embraced him, and made him sit down.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Texts 93-94

tato jāta-bahir-dṛṣṭiḥ
sa sarva-jña-śiromaṇiḥ
jñātvā taṁ māthuraṁ vipraṁ
kāmākhyā-deśa-vāsinamśrīman-madana-gopālo-
pāsakaṁ ca samāgatam
niḥsṛtya kuñjād utthāpya
natvāliṅgya nyaveśayat

TRANSLATION
This young cowherd was the crest jewel of those who know everything. As the brāhmaṇa regained external consciousness, the cowherd recognized him as a Mathurā brāhmaṇa living in the district of the goddess Kāmākhyā and worshiping Śrīmān Madana-gopāla. The cowherd then came out of the grove, raised the brāhmaṇa, bowed down to him, embraced him, and made him sit down.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Śrī Rāma-navamī, the appearance day of Lord Rāmacandra.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 85

tatrāsādhāraṇaṁ harṣaṁ
lapsyase mat-prasādataḥ
vilambaṁ pathi kutrāpi
mā kuruṣva kathañcanaTRANSLATION
“By My mercy, there you will obtain extraordinary pleasure. Go, and don’t delay anywhere on the road for any reason.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 76

manye ’thāpi madīyo ’yaṁ
na bhavej jagad-īśvaraḥ
nāsti tal-lakṣaṇaṁ māgha-
māhātmyādau śrutaṁ hi yatTRANSLATION
“Still, I cannot imagine that my Deity is the Lord of the universe. My Deity doesn’t have the characteristics I have heard described in ‘The Glorification of the Month of Māgha’ and other scriptural texts.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 77

gopārbha-vargaiḥ sakhibhir vane sa gā
vaṁśī-mukho rakṣati vanya-bhūṣaṇaḥ
gopāṅganā-varga-vilāsa-lampaṭo
dharmaṁ satāṁ laṅghayatītaro yathāTRANSLATION
“With His many cowherd friends, my Lord takes care of the cows in the forest. He holds a flute to His mouth and is decorated with forest ornaments. Just like an ordinary person, He transgresses the religious principles of saints, being always greedy to enjoy amorous pastimes with all the cowherd girls.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 65

śrī-vaiṣṇavā ūcuḥ
sadā sarvatra vasati
bahiś cāntaś ca sa prabhuḥ
kaścin na sadṛśas tena
kathañcid vidyate kvacitTRANSLATION
The holy Vaiṣṇavas said: He is the supreme master, and He always lives everywhere, both within and without. No one anywhere compares with Him in any respect.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 62

bhagavantam ime viṣṇuṁ
nityaṁ vayam upāsmahe
guror gṛhīta-dīkṣākā
yathā-mantraṁ yathā-vidhiTRANSLATION
Initiated by our gurus, we always worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu with the mantras and methods they have given us.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 52

iti-kartavyatā-mūḍho
dīnaḥ san svapnam āgataḥ
tayā devyā sahāgatya
tatrādiṣṭaḥ śivena saḥTRANSLATION
Confused about what he should do, he became depressed. Then, in another dream, Lord Śiva came to him, along with the goddess, to instruct him.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Text 92

svargāpagā-hema-mṛṇālinīnāṁ
nānā-mṛṇālāgra-bhujo bhajāmaḥ
annānurūpāṁ tanu-rūpa-ṛddhiṁ
kāryaṁ nidānād dhi guṇān adhīteTRANSLATION
“ ‘The river Ganges flowing in the heavenly planets is full of golden lotus flowers, and we, the residents of those planets, eat the stems of the flowers. Thus we are very beautiful, more so than the inhabitants of any other planet. This is due to the law of cause and effect, for if one eats food in the mode of goodness, the mode of goodness increases the beauty of his body.’ ”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 50

sva-japyaṁ gauravād devyās
tathāntaḥ-sukha-lābhat
aḥatyajann ekadā svapne
’paśyat tan-mantra-devatāmTRANSLATION
Still, out of respect for the goddess, and because it gave him pleasure within, he never gave up chanting his mantra. And one day he saw the Deity of his mantra in a dream.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39

vastu-tattvānabhijño ’nyat
sa kiñcit pāra-laukikam
sādhanaṁ kila sādhyaṁ ca
vartamānam amanyataTRANSLATION
Ignorant of the real facts, he thought that something other than this mantra must be his means of success in the next life and something else must be his final goal.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38

devy-ādeśena taṁ mantraṁ
vivikte satataṁ japan
dhanecchāyā nivṛtto ’bhūl
lebhe ca hṛdi nirvṛtimTRANSLATION
On the order of the goddess, he chanted the mantra constantly to himself in a secluded place. Gradually he gave up his desire for wealth, and his heart became satisfied.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35

vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayāTRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35

vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayāTRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35

vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayāTRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Texts 3-4

śrī-rūpa, sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
śrī-jīva, gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunāthaei chaya gurura karoṅ caraṇa vandana
yāhā haite vighna-nāśa, abhīṣṭa-pūraṇa

TRANSLATION

I pray to the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs — Śrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha — so that all impediments to my writing this literature will be annihilated and my real desire will be fulfilled.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 30

tac-chiṣya-rūpeṇa ca mat-priyaṁ taṁ
saṁśrāvya śāpaṁ nilayāndha-kūpāt
śrī-vāsudevena vikṛṣya nītaḥ
prāyopaveśāya matiṁ dyu-nadyāmTRANSLATION
When I heard of that curse, I took it as most welcome. Śrī Vāsudeva, in the form of a brāhmaṇa’s disciple, was dragging me out of the blind well of family life and guiding me to choose to fast till death on the shore of the celestial Gaṅgā.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 25

śrī-jaiminir uvāca
mātur evaṁ mahā-ramya-
praśnenānanditaḥ sutaḥ
tāṁ natvā sāśru-romāñcam
ārebhe pratibhāṣitumTRANSLATION
Śrī Jaimini said: Delighted by this most pleasing inquiry from Mother Uttarā, her son, Parīkṣit, bowed down to her and began his reply. Tears poured from his eyes, and his bodily hairs stood on end.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20

parāṁ kāṣṭhāṁ gataṁ tat-tad-
rasa-jātīyatocitam
athāpi rāsa-kṛt-tādṛg-
bhaktānām astu kā gatiḥTRANSLATION
They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the rāsa dance?

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20

parāṁ kāṣṭhāṁ gataṁ tat-tad-
rasa-jātīyatocitam
athāpi rāsa-kṛt-tādṛg-
bhaktānām astu kā gatiḥTRANSLATION
They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the rāsa dance?

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14

vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ
sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam
niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā
labhante sadya eva tatTRANSLATION
That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14

vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ
sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam
niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā
labhante sadya eva tatTRANSLATION
That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10

śrīmad-uttarovāca
kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ
trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam
agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ
sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayamTRANSLATION
Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the four worlds still beyond those.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10

śrīmad-uttarovāca
kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ
trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam
agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ
sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayamTRANSLATION
Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the four worlds still beyond those.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 1

śrī-janamejaya uvāca
satyaṁ sac-chāstra-vargārtha-
sāraḥ saṅgṛhya durlabhaḥ
gūḍhaḥ sva-mātre pitrā me
kṛṣṇa-premṇā prakāśitaḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Janamejaya said: Truly, my father gleaned the essential meaning of all eternal scriptures, and with great love for Kṛṣṇa he revealed to his mother that rare confidential truth.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 151

svayaṁ yad-bhakti-māhātmyam
anubhūtam itas tataḥ
sānandaṁ vīṇayā gāyan
sa yayau bhakti-lampaṭaḥTRANSLATION
Thus Nārada started on his journey to Prayāga, intoxicated with eagerness for pure devotion. Wherever he passed he vibrated his vīṇā and blissfully sang the glories of the kṛṣṇa-bhakti he had seen with his own eyes.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 150

atha prayāge gatvā tān
mad-apekṣā-vilambitān
munīn kṛtārthayānīti
samanujñāpya mādhavamTRANSLATION
Nārada then took leave of Mādhava, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and went to Prayāga, thinking, “Let me bestow perfection on the sages who have waited so long for me to return.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 145

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tataḥ śrī-hasta-kamalaṁ
prasārya paramādarāt
evam astv iti sānandaṁ
gopī-nāthena bhāṣitamTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Lord Gopīnātha then extended His divine lotus hand and with great respect for Nārada blissfully said, “So be it.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 139

tathāpi teṣām eko ’pi
na tṛpyati kathañcana
tad gṛhāṇa varān anyān
matto ’bhīṣṭa-tarān varān TRANSLATION
Yet none of these devotees is ever satiated. Please, therefore, ask from Me some other, more satisfying benedictions.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 131

ity evam upakāro ’dya
bhavatākāri me mahān
tat te ’smi parama-prīto
nijābhīṣṭān varān vṛṇuTRANSLATION
So today you have favored Me greatly, and therefore I am delighted with you. Please choose whatever benedictions you would like.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 130

na sambhaved asmaraṇaṁ kadāpi
sva-jīvanānāṁ yad api priyāṇām
tathāpi kenāpi viśeṣaṇena
smṛtiḥ praharṣāya yathā su-jīvitamTRANSLATION
Those dear as life one can never forget, but when reminded of them in a special way one feels happy, like one who has lived a life of good fortune.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
mat-prīty-utpādana-vyagra
śrī-nārada suhṛt-tama
hitam evākṛtātyantaṁ
bhavān me rasikottamaTRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord said: Nārada, My dearest friend, you are always eager to please Me, and you are the best of those who relish transcendental emotions. You have now done Me a great favor.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies and travels.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
mat-prīty-utpādana-vyagra
śrī-nārada suhṛt-tama
hitam evākṛtātyantaṁ
bhavān me rasikottamaTRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord said: Nārada, My dearest friend, you are always eager to please Me, and you are the best of those who relish transcendental emotions. You have now done Me a great favor.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 118

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
etādṛśaṁ tad-vraja-bhāgya-vaibhavaṁ
saṁrambhataḥ kīrtayato mahā-prabhoḥ
puna tathā-bhāva-niveśa-śaṅkayā
tāḥ preritā mantri-vareṇa saṁjñayāTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: As the Supreme Lord continued ardently praising the splendor of the good fortune of Vraja, the expert counselor Uddhava grew anxious, for the special ecstasies of Vraja might again draw the Lord into a trance. With a gesture, therefore, he prompted the ladies to do something.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 110

rūpeṇa veṣeṇa ravāmṛtena
vaṁśyāś ca pūrvānuditena viśvam
sammohitaṁ prema-bhareṇa kṛtsnaṁ
tiṣṭhantu dūre vraja-vāsinas te TRANSLATION
My beautiful form, My dress, and the nectarean sound of My flute, never heard before, enchanted the whole universe with overwhelming love of God. So what to speak of how these affected the residents of Vraja.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Sri Radhastami: The Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106

aho bhāmini jānīhi
tat tan mama mahā-sukham
mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā
tasthau tatrocitāspade TRANSLATION
Ah, willful woman, please understand. All that I relished in Vraja gave Me the highest pleasure. And though the glory of those times has now abandoned Me, it still resides in that most worthy place.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106

aho bhāmini jānīhi
tat tan mama mahā-sukham
mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā
tasthau tatrocitāspade TRANSLATION
Ah, willful woman, please understand. All that I relished in Vraja gave Me the highest pleasure. And though the glory of those times has now abandoned Me, it still resides in that most worthy place.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 99

ata eva mayā svasya
sthitim apy asthiteḥ samām
dṛṣṭvā na gamyate tatra
śṛṇv arthaṁ yuṣmad-udvahe TRANSLATION
Therefore My staying with them would be equal to My absence. Realizing this, I have not returned there. Now hear the real reason I married you.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 97

adṛśyamāne ca mayi pradīpta-
viyoga-vahner vikalāḥ kadācit
mṛtā ivonmāda-hatāḥ kadācid
vicitra-bhāvaṁ madhuraṁ bhajante TRANSLATION
And when they cannot see Me they become so torn that the fire of separation leaves them sometimes as though dead and sometimes as though insane. Thus they partake of the nectar of wonderful ecstasies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 94

yadi ca prītaye teṣāṁ
tatra yāmi vasāmi ca
tathāpi kim api svāsthyaṁ
bhāvyaṁ nālocayāmy aham

TRANSLATION
But even if for their pleasure I were to return to live with them, I don’t see how that would help.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 85

tato ’nyābhiś ca devībhir
etad evānumoditam
sātrājitī paraṁ māna-
gehaṁ tad-asahāviśat

TRANSLATION
[Uddhava said:] The other queens all agreed. Only Satyabhāmā, Sātrājitī, unable to tolerate those words, entered her chamber of anger.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 85

tato ’nyābhiś ca devībhir
etad evānumoditam
sātrājitī paraṁ māna-
gehaṁ tad-asahāviśat

TRANSLATION
[Uddhava said:] The other queens all agreed. Only Satyabhāmā, Sātrājitī, unable to tolerate those words, entered her chamber of anger.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 71

stambhādy-antaritāḥ satyo
devyo ’tiṣṭhan prabhu-priyāḥ
satyabhāmā na tatrāgāt
tāṁ kṛṣṇo ’pṛcchad uddhavam TRANSLATION
The beloved queens of the Lord stayed hidden behind objects such as columns, not approaching Him. But Satyabhāmā had not come there with the others, so Kṛṣṇa asked about her from Uddhava.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 64

prāsādābhyantare suptaṁ
sasmārātha kare sthitām
vaṁśīṁ svasyāgrajasyāpi
vanya-veśaṁ ca dṛṣṭavānTRANSLATION
He remembered He had been sleeping inside the palace. Then He saw the flute in His hand, and Himself and His older brother dressed like forest dwellers.

In today’s sanga, we join Srila Dhanurdhara Swami at a home program in Russia and then he continues with the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 67

tato hrīṇa iva jyeṣṭha-
mukhaṁ paśyan smitaṁ śritaḥ
rāmeṇodvartya tatrābdhau
snāpito dhūli-dhūsaraḥTRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa then looked at His brother’s face and smiled as if embarrassed. And since Kṛṣṇa’s body was covered with dust, Balarāma wiped Him clean and bathed Him in the sea.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 45

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
itthaṁ sa-puṣpa-vikṣepaṁ
vadan dṛṣṭvā diśo ’khilāḥ
tāṁ sa-cumbanam āliṅgya
go-gopaiḥ saṅgato ’grataḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit continued: Having said this, Kṛṣṇa threw a handful of flowers at Śrī Rādhā, looked all around, and then embraced and kissed Her. He then went ahead to meet the cows and cowherd boys.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 40

rundhāno veṇu-nādair gā
vartamānāṁ sahālibhiḥ
rādhikām agrato labdhvā
sa-narma-smitam abravītTRANSLATION
As He continued walking, playing His flute to keep the cows from wandering off, He then came upon Śrī Rādhikā with Her girlfriends and spoke to Her with witty comments and charming smiles.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 22

śrī-baladeva uvāca
śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa bho bhrātar
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha jāgṛhi
paśyādya velātikrāntā
viśanti paśavo vanamTRANSLATION
Śrī Baladeva said: Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, My dear brother! Get up, get up! Wake up from Your sleep! Just see, it is now getting late. The cows are already entering the forest.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Texts 15-16

nāradas tu kṛtāgaskam
ivātmānam amanyata
devānāṁ yādavānāṁ ca
saṅge ’gān na kutūhalātviyaty antarhito bhūtvā
baddhvaikaṁ yoga-paṭṭakam
niviṣṭo bhagavac-ceṣṭā-
mādhuryānubhavāya saḥTRANSLATION
Nārada, however, thinking he had committed an offense, did not accompany the demigods and the Yādavas. Instead with great curiosity he hid himself in the midst of the sky, fixing himself in a yoga sitting posture, to observe the sweetness of the Lord’s acts.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 11

sva-sthānaṁ bhejire sarve
catur-vaktreṇa bodhitāḥ
saṁjñām ivāpto rāmas tu
nīyamāno garutmatāTRANSLATION
Advised by Brahmā, everyone else went back home. Meanwhile, as Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were being carried by Garuḍa, Balarāma more or less regained consciousness.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Texts 3-4

tam apūrva-daśā-bhājaṁ
preṣṭha-praṇaya-kātaram
nigūḍha-nija-māhātmya-
bhara-prakaṭanoddhatammahā-nārāyaṇaṁ brahmā
pitaraṁ gurum ātmanaḥ
sa-camatkāram ālokya
dhvasta-dhairyo ’rudat kṣaṇamTRANSLATION
Brahmā found his own father and spiritual master, the original Nārāyaṇa, in an unprecedented state, distressed by love for His beloved devotees. Seeing the Lord thus boldly revealing His true greatness, normally hidden, Brahmā was astonished. For a moment he too lost his gravity and began to cry.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 1

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
itthaṁ sa-parivārasya
mātas tasyārti-rodanaiḥ
brahmāṇḍaṁ vyāpya sañjāto
mahotpāta-cayaḥ kṣaṇātTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Dear mother, as the sound of Kṛṣṇa lamenting with His family members filled the universe, a series of terrible omens quickly ensued.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 113

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
śrīmad-gopāla-devas tac
chrutvā sambhrānti-yantritaḥ
jātāntas-tāpataḥ śuṣyan-
mukhābjaḥ śaṅkayākulaḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Having heard all this, the blessed Lord Gopāla felt overwrought with worry for His devotees. Scorching anxiety dried up His lotus face. He was filled with dread.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 113

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
śrīmad-gopāla-devas tac
chrutvā sambhrānti-yantritaḥ
jātāntas-tāpataḥ śuṣyan-
mukhābjaḥ śaṅkayākulaḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Having heard all this, the blessed Lord Gopāla felt overwrought with worry for His devotees. Scorching anxiety dried up His lotus face. He was filled with dread.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 104

vṛkṣādibhis tv antarite kadācid
asmin sati syāt saha-cāriṇāṁ bhṛśam
śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti mahā-pluta-svarair
āhvāna-bhaṅgyākulatā sa-rodanāTRANSLATION
O virtuous lady, if trees or other obstacles block Kṛṣṇa from sight even briefly, His companions at once shed tears and call in anxious, drawn-out voices, “Śrī Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 90

bhavān svayam agatvā tu
yaṁ sandeśaṁ samarpya mām
prāhiṇot tena te sarve
babhūvur nihatā ivaTRANSLATION
But You never came. You sent me instead. And when they heard the message You had sent with me, they almost died from disappointment.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 87

śrī-nanda uvāca
dravyāṇy ādau prema-cihnāni putra
etāny atra prāhiṇot satya-vākyaḥ
śīghraṁ paścād āgamiṣyaty avaśyaṁ
tatratyaṁ sva-prastutārthaṁ samāpyaTRANSLATION
Śrī Nanda said: Our son is an honest person who always speaks the truth. He has first sent us these things, as tokens of His love. He is sure to come back to us quickly, as soon as He finishes what He has to do in Mathurā.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 79

śrīmad-uddhava uvāca
na rāja-rājeśvaratā-vibhūtīr
na divya-vastūni ca te bhavattaḥ
na kāmayante ’nyad apīha kiñcid
amutra ca prāpyam ṛte bhavantamTRANSLATION
Śrīmān Uddhava said: The people of Vraja don’t want from You the power and wealth of emperors, nor the enjoyments found in heaven, nor anything else obtainable in this world or the next. They desire nothing else but You.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 70-72

*tataḥ padmāvatī rājya-
dāna-bhītā vimūḍha-dhīḥ
mahiṣī yadu-rājasya
vṛddhā mātāmahī prabhoḥapy uktāśravaṇāt pūrvaṁ
rāma-mātrāvahelitā
sva-bhartū rakṣituṁ rājyaṁ
cāturyāt parihāsa-vat

vyāhāra-paripāṭyānya-
cittatāpādanena tam
yadu-vaṁśyaika-śaraṇaṁ
vidhātuṁ svastham abravīt*TRANSLATION
Then, fearing that the kingdom was about to be given away, old Padmāvatī, the Lord’s grandmother, the queen of the Yadu king Ugrasena, gathered her muddled wits and cleverly feigned a joking spirit. To protect her husband’s domain, she spoke up again, even though Balarāma’s mother had snubbed her by ignoring her previous remarks. Invoking eloquence, Padmāvatī tried to change the mood, to bring Kṛṣṇa, the exclusive shelter of the Yadu dynasty, back to normal.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 63

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
idam ākarṇya bhagavān
utthāya śayanād drutam
priya-prema-parādhīno
rudann uccair bahir gataḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Hearing this, the Personality of Godhead, who is ruled by the love of those dear to Him, suddenly got up from His bed and came outside, loudly weeping.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 58

śrī-baladeva uvāca
vadhvaḥ sahaja-tatratya-
dainya-vārtā-kathā-parān
asmān vañcayato bhrātur
idaṁ kapaṭa-pāṭavamTRANSLATION
Śrī Baladeva said: Dear ladies, all this is nothing but My brother’s clever deception. We are intent upon speaking about the misery of the residents of Vraja — misery all too real — and He is simply cheating us.

The following is a recording of a talk Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave at the home of Govardhana Lal and Jaya Subhadra on Sunday, May 26, 2024.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 50

śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca
bho mātar nava-nītāti-
mṛdu-svāntasya tasya hi
avijñāyāntaraṁ kiñcit
katham evaṁ tvayocyate
yūyaṁ śṛṇuta vṛttāni
tarhi tarhi śrutāni meTRANSLATION
Śrī Rukmiṇī said: My dear mother, you don’t understand the inner feelings of Kṛṣṇa at all. His heart is softer than newly churned butter. Why are you saying these things? Just hear from me what I have heard.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on the appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 42

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tac chrutvā duṣṭa-kaṁsasya
jananī dhṛṣṭa-ceṣṭitā
jarā-hata-vicārā sā
sa-śiraḥ-kampam abravītTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Upon hearing this, the mother of the wicked Kaṁsa spoke out, her head shaking, her manner bold, her judgment spoiled by old age.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 36-38

*mama pratyakṣam evedaṁ
yadā kṛṣṇo vraje ’vrajat
tato hi pūtanādibhyaḥ
keśy-antebhyo muhur muhuḥdaityebhyo varuṇendrādi-
devebhyo ’jagarāditaḥ
tathā cirantana-svīya-
śakaṭārjuna-bhaṅgataḥ

ko vā nopadravas tatra
jāto vraja-vināśakaḥ
tatratyās tu janāḥ kiñcit
te ’nusandadhate na tat*TRANSLATION
My own experience is this: When Kṛṣṇa lived in Vraja, so many calamities threatened to destroy it. Vraja was disturbed by demons, from Pūtanā to Keśī, by demigods like Varuṇa and Indra, by creatures like the python, and by the falling of familiar things at Kṛṣṇa’s house like the cart and the arjuna trees. But to these dangers the residents paid no regard.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 33

athāgataṁ guru-gṛhāt
tvat-prabhuṁ prati kiñcana
saṅkṣepeṇaiva tad-vṛttaṁ
duḥkhād akathayaṁ ku-dhīḥTRANSLATION
But I am not very intelligent. After your Lord returned from the house of His spiritual master, my sadness drove me to tell Him briefly how the Vraja-vāsīs were faring.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 31-32

ahaṁ śrī-vasudevena
samānītā tato yadā
yaśodāyā mahārtāyās
tadānīntana-rodanaiḥgrāvo ’pi rodity aśaner
apy antar dalati dhruvam
jīvan-mṛtānām anyāsāṁ
vārtāṁ ko ’pi mukhaṁ nayetTRANSLATION
When Śrī Vasudeva brought me back from Gokula, the cries of the greatly distraught Yaśodā made even stones shed tears and lightning bolts shatter. And who can let the mouth speak about the other women of Vraja, who after Kṛṣṇa left became like living corpses?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 28

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tad-vākya-tattvaṁ vijñāya
rohiṇī sāsram abravīt
cira-gokula-vāsena
tatratya-jana-sammatāTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Because Rohiṇī had long lived in Gokula, its residents held her in high regard. She knew the inner meaning of Uddhava’s words. So with tears in her eyes, she decided to speak.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 25

tata eva hi kṛṣṇasya
tat-prasādasya cādbhutā
tat-premṇo ’pi mayā jñātā
mādhurī tadvatāṁ tathāTRANSLATION
Since then I have understood the amazing sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, of love for Him, and of those who possess that love.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 19-21

*śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
uddhavo ’tyanta-sambhrānto
drutam utthāya tat-padau
nidhāyāṅke samāliṅgya
tasyābhipretya hṛd-gatamhṛt-prāpta-bhagavat-tat-tat-
prasāda-bhara-bhāg-janaḥ
tadīya-prema-sampatti-
vibhava-smṛti-yantritaḥ

rodanair vivaśo dīno
yatnād dhairyaṁ śrito munim
avadhāpyāha mātsaryāt
sāttvikāt pramudaṁ gataḥ*TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Impelled by great respect for Nārada, Uddhava suddenly stood up, held Nārada’s feet, and embraced them. Aware of what Nārada was thinking, Uddhava remembered many devotees who had received the Lord’s special favor. As Uddhava meditated on those devotees, their love for the Lord, and the wealth of their loving ecstasies, he felt distress, thinking himself fallen, and cried helplessly. Only with some effort was he able to regain his composure. Then he became joyful and spoke to the sage, moved by the sāttvika emotion of jealousy.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 10

utthāya yatnād ānīya
svāsthyaṁ nītvā kṣaṇena tam
premāśru-klinna-vadanaṁ
prakṣālyāhuḥ śanair laghuTRANSLATION
Standing up, they brought him carefully to where they had been sitting. They took a moment to restore him to a condition closer to normal and wiped dry his face, wet with tears of love. Then they spoke to him, simply and gently.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 4

bhūmau kvāpi skhalati patati kvāpi tiṣṭhaty aceṣṭaḥ
kvāpy utkampaṁ bhajati luṭhati kvāpi rodity athārtaḥ
kvāpy ākrośan plutibhir ayate gāyati kvāpi nṛtyan
sarvaṁ kvāpi śrayati yugapat prema-sampad-vikāramTRANSLATION
He sometimes tripped and fell to the ground and sometimes stood motionless. Sometimes his body trembled, or he rolled on the ground, or he wept in great distress. He sometimes shouted and jumped about, sometimes sang and danced. And sometimes all the transformations of priceless love of God converged in him at once.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 5

he man-mātar idānīṁ tvaṁ
sāvadhāna-tarā bhava
sthiratāṁ prāpayantī māṁ
sa-dhairyaṁ śṛṇv idaṁ svayamTRANSLATION
My dear mother, please now be fully attentive. Listen soberly with steady concentration to what I am about to say.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares the story of his disciple Krishna-mayi Devi Dasi on the 25th anniversary of her passing.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk during his bhakti immersion retreat at Shyam Ashram in Cali, Colombia.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk during his bhakti immersion retreat at Shyam Ashram in Cali, Colombia.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 1-3

*śrī-parīkṣid uvācatac chrutvārye mahā-prema-
rasāveśena yantritaḥ
mahā-viṣṇu-priyo vīṇā-
hasto ’sau vismṛtākhilaḥ

sadā-dvāravatī-vāsā-
bhyastāntaḥ-pura-vartmanā
prabhu-prāsāda-deśāntaḥ-
praveśāścarya-vāhinā

pūrvābhyāsād ivābhyāsaṁ
prāsādasya gato muniḥ
bhūtāviṣṭo mahonmāda-
gṛhītaś ca yathetaraḥ*TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Noble mother, after hearing Ugrasena’s advice, Nārada, the dear devotee of Lord Mahā-viṣṇu, became absorbed in the taste of exalted love of God, which seized him in its grip. Forgetting everything else, he started off, vīṇā in hand. Having spent much time before in Dvārakā, Nārada automatically took the familiar roads to the center of the city, amazing roads that led to the neighborhood of the Lord’s palaces, and came to a palace of Kṛṣṇa’s that he knew how to reach from earlier visits. Under the spell of intense transcendental agitation, Nārada seemed like an ordinary person haunted by a ghost.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 129

yathāhaṁ prārthya tat-saṅga-
sthitiṁ nāpnomi karhicit
tan-mahā-lābhato hīno
’satyayā rājya-rakṣayāTRANSLATION
In contrast, despite my begging to stay in Kṛṣṇa’s company, I never obtain that blessing. I am deprived of that achievement because of my degraded occupation of protecting the kingdom.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 120

yas tiṣṭhan bhojana-krīḍā-
kautukāvasare hareḥ
mahā-prasādam ucchiṣṭaṁ
labhate nityam ekalaḥTRANSLATION
Uddhava stays alone with Kṛṣṇa when the Lord playfully enjoys His meals. So he is the only person who can always obtain the Lord’s mahā-prasāda remnants.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 116

kintv asmāsūddhavaḥ śrīmān
paramānugrahāspadam
yādavendrasya yo mantrī
śiṣyo bhṛtyaḥ priyo mahānTRANSLATION
But among us, blessed Uddhava has received Kṛṣṇa’s greatest mercy. That exalted soul is Lord Yādavendra’s adviser, His disciple, His servant, and His extremely dear friend.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 89

tad yāhi tasya parama-priya-varga-mukhyān
śrī-yādavān nirupama-pramadābdhi-magnān
teṣāṁ mahattvam atulaṁ bhagavaṁs tvam eva
jānāsi tad vayam aho kim u varṇayemaTRANSLATION
Therefore, go see the divine Yādavas, the Lord’s most beloved associates, who live immersed in a vast, unequaled ocean of joy. My lord Nārada, you know very well how great they are. What can I tell you about their glories?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 83

śrī-pṛthovāca
anāthāyāḥ sa-putrāyā
mamāpad-gaṇato ’sakṛt
tvarayā mocanāt samyag
devakī-mātṛto ’pi yaḥ
kṛpā-viśeṣaḥ kṛṣṇasya
svasyām anumito mayāTRANSLATION
Śrī Pṛthā [Kuntī] said: I had no husband to protect me, but Kṛṣṇa always interceded just in time to save me and my sons from calamity. From this I understood that Kṛṣṇa’s mercy on me was special, greater even than His mercy on His mother, Devakī.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Texts 69-70

yat sadā sarvathā śuddha-
nirupādhi-kṛpākare
tasmin satya-pratijñe san-
mitra-varye mahā-prabhauviśvastasya dṛḍhaṁ sākṣāt
prāptāt tasmān mama priyam
mahā-manoharākārān
na para-brahmaṇaḥ paramTRANSLATION
No one is dearer to me than the Supreme Brahman, Kṛṣṇa, with His all-enchanting beautiful form. He has given Himself to me, who have complete faith in Him. He is the reservoir of pure unconditional mercy, the upholder of His word, the best of well-wishing friends, the omnipotent Lord of all.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 58

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
atha śrī-yādavendrasya
bhīmo narma-suhṛttamaḥ
vihasyoccair uvācedaṁ
śṛṇu śrī-kṛṣṇa-śiṣya heTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit continued: Then Bhīma, the bosom friend of the Lord of the Yādavas, laughed loudly and said, Please listen, my dear disciple of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 54

sva-jīvanādhika-prārthya-
śrī-viṣṇu-jana-saṅgateḥ
vicchedena kṣaṇaṁ cātra
na sukhāṁśaṁ labhāmaheTRANSLATION
The company of those devotees of Śrī Viṣṇu is more desirable to us than life itself. Deprived of that association, we can no longer find any happiness.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 46

vāvadūka-śiro-dhārya
naivāsmāsu kṛpā hareḥ
vicāryābhīkṣṇam asmābhir
jātu kāpy avadhāryateTRANSLATION
Yudhiṣṭhira said: O crest jewel of brilliant speakers, Lord Hari has no mercy for us. We cannot remember any mercy He has shown us, even after we consider this for a long time.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 45

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
atha kṣaṇaṁ lajjayeva
maunaṁ kṛtvātha niḥśvasan
dharma-rājo ’bravīn mātṛ-
bhrātṛ-patnībhir anvitaḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: For a moment, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira remained quiet, and then he sighed, as if embarrassed. At last he spoke, followed in turn by his brothers, wife, and mother.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 40

āsvādanaṁ śrī-viduraudanasya
śrī-bhīṣma-niryāṇa-mahotsavaś ca
tat-tat-kṛta-tvādṛśa-pakṣa-pāta-
syāpekṣayaiveti vicārayadhvamTRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa relished Śrī Vidura’s porridge and organized the celebration of Śrī Bhīṣma’s passing away. Please, therefore, judge your own standing from how in many controversies both Vidura and Bhīṣma took your side.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 35

cireṇa dvārakāṁ gantum
udyato yadu-jīvanaḥ
kāku-stutibhir āvṛtya
sva-gṛhe rakṣyate ’nayāTRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa, the life of the Yadus, tried for a long time to leave for Dvārakā, but by enveloping Him with plaintive prayers she kept Him in her home.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 30

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
iti pragāyan rasanāṁ munir nijām
aśikṣayan mādhava-kīrti-lampaṭām
aho pravṛttāsi mahattva-varṇane
prabhor apīti sva-radair vidaśya tāmTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: While singing enthusiastically in this way, the sage instructed his own tongue, which was greedy to chant the glories of Lord Mādhava, “Oh, you are too busy talking about the greatness of our master!” To stop that tongue, he then seized it with his teeth.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 26

apūrvatvena tasyaiva
yo vismaya-vidhāyakaḥ
tathā līlā guṇāḥ premā
mahimā keli-bhūr apiTRANSLATION
Those unprecedented attractive features of Kṛṣṇa leave one struck with amazement. So also do His pastimes, His qualities, His pure love, His glorious virtues, and the places where He sports.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 14

yasya prasādaḥ san-mauna-
śānti-bhakty-ādi-sādhanaiḥ
prārthyo naḥ sa svayaṁ vo ’bhūt
prasanno vaśa-varty apiTRANSLATION
We can only pray to satisfy Him through our disciplines of silence, peace, and devotion. But being naturally satisfied with you, He has even submitted Himself to your control.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 8

yo brahma-rudrādi-samādhi-durlabho
vedokti-tātparya-viśeṣa-gocaraḥ
śrīmān nṛsiṁhaḥ kila vāmanaś ca
śrī-rāghavendro ’pi yad-aṁśa-rūpaḥTRANSLATION
For Brahmā, Rudra, and other demigods He is difficult to realize even in advanced meditation. He can be known through the words of the Vedas only when one understands their special purport. Śrīmān Nṛsiṁha, Śrī Vāmana, and Śrī Rāghavendra are His plenary expansions.

In today’s sanga, despite a bad internet connection, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.

Due to a bad internet connection, today’s recording is not the best quality.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 5

rājñā pūjārtham ānītaiḥ
pūrva-vad dravya-sañcayaiḥ
mātas tvac-chvaśurān eva
sa-bhṛtyān ārcayat sa tānTRANSLATION
As others had done before, dear mother, the king brought a large assortment of items for worshiping Nārada. But Nārada took those items and instead worshiped your fathers-in-law and their servants.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 7

śrī-nārada uvāca
yūyaṁ nṛ-loke bata bhūri-bhāgā
yeṣāṁ priyo ’sau jagad-īśvareśaḥ
devo gurur bandhuṣu mātuleyo
dūtaḥ suhṛt sārathir ukti-tantraḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: You are indeed the most fortunate persons on earth! The Lord of all lords of the universe is your dearest friend. He is your God, your spiritual master, your blood relation, your maternal cousin. He is your messenger, well-wisher, order carrier, and charioteer.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 1

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tatra śrī-nārado harṣa-
bharākrāntaḥ sa-nartanam
kuru-deśaṁ gato dhāvan
rājadhānyāṁ praviṣṭavānTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Śrī Nārada, beside himself with joy, arrived dancing at the kingdom of the Kurus and raced into their capital city.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 112

teṣāṁ jyeṣṭhasya sāmrājye
pravṛttir bhagavat-priyāt
ato bahu-vidhā deva-
durlabhā rājya-sampadaḥTRANSLATION
The eldest of these brothers rules the state out of love for the Personality of Godhead. Thus his kingdom is rich in all sorts of assets rarely enjoyed by the demigods.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 110

bṛhad-vrata-dharān asmāṁs
tāṁś ca gārhasthya-dharmiṇaḥ
sāmrājya-vyāpṛtān matvā
māparādhāvṛto bhavaTRANSLATION
Please do not let your intelligence become shrouded by the offensive idea that you and I are staunch celibates and the Pāṇḍavas mere householders, distracted by political affairs.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Texts 100-104

*athāpi sahajāvyāja-
karuṇā-komalātmani
avakra-bhāva-prakṛtāv
ārya-dharma-pradarśakeeka-patnī-vrata-dhare
sadā vinaya-vṛddhayā
lajjayāvanata-śrīmad-
vadane ’dho-vilokane

jagad-rañjana-śīlāḍhye
’yodhyā-pura-purandare
mahā-rājādhirāje śrī-
sītā-lakṣmaṇa-sevite

bharata-jyāyasi preṣṭha-
sugrīve vānareśvare
vibhīṣaṇāśrite cāpa-
pāṇau daśarathātmaje

kauśalyā-nandane śrīmad-
raghunātha-svarūpiṇi
svasminn ātyantikī prītir
mama tenaiva vardhitā*TRANSLATION
Even so, I simply feel more attracted to the Supreme Lord in His eternal identity as Śrī Raghunātha, the son of Daśaratha and joy of Mother Kauśalyā. His heart always tender with natural, unaffected compassion, He is spontaneously attracted to loving exchanges with His devotees, exchanges free from any tinge of duplicity. He demonstrates how to follow properly the religious duties of a civilized people, and He upholds the strict vow of having only one wife. In the shyness of innate humility, His face always looks downward, His eyes fixed on the ground. His exalted character is pleasing to all. He stands with bow in hand, the king of kings, the hero of the city Ayodhyā, served by Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, and with Bharata as His older brother. He rules the race of monkeys as the dear friend of Sugrīva and gives shelter to Vibhīṣaṇa. By my hearing of the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, the unlimited loving attraction I feel toward my own master has increased.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 93

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
atha kṣaṇaṁ niśaśvāsa
hanūmān dhairya-sāgaraḥ
jagāda nāradaṁ natvā
kṣaṇaṁ hṛdi vimṛśya saḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Hanumān, the ocean of sobriety, then sighed for a moment, and after a brief time in thought he bowed down to Nārada and spoke.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 87

svasṛ-dānādi-sakhyena
yaḥ samyag anukampitaḥ
tena tasyārjunasyāpi
priyo mad-rūpavān dhvajaḥTRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa, by acts of friendship like giving His sister in marriage to the Pāṇḍava Arjuna, showed Arjuna full mercy. And that Arjuna bears my image on the treasured flag of his chariot.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 84

ity uktvā hanūmān mātaḥ
pāṇḍaveya-yaśasvini
utplutyotplutya muninā
muhur nṛtyati vakti caTRANSLATION
[Parīkṣit Mahārāja said:] O mother, O celebrated wife of the son of the Pāṇḍavas, after Hanumān said this he repeatedly jumped up into the air, higher and higher, joining the sage Nārada in dancing. He then continued to speak.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 81

śrī-hanūmān uvāca
teṣām āpad-gaṇā eva
sattamāḥ syuḥ su-sevitāḥ
ye vidhāya prabhuṁ vyagraṁ
sadyaḥ saṅgamayanti taiḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Hanumān said: All the calamities that befell the Pāṇḍavas were most auspicious and desirable because those calamities made the Personality of Godhead anxious to join the Pāṇḍavas quickly.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 79

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
śṛṇvann idaṁ kṛṣṇa-padābja-lālaso
dvāravatī-santata-vāsa-lampaṭaḥ
utthāya cotthāya mudāntarāntarā
śrī-nārado ’nṛtyad alaṁ sa-hūṅkṛtamTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Upon hearing these words, Śrī Nārada became uncontrollably eager to see the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. He simply wanted to go to Dvārakā and live there forever. He stood up, sat down, and stood up again. He danced enthusiastically, filled with inner joy, and made loud cries.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 75

sa yeṣāṁ bālyatas tat-tad-
viṣādy-āpad-gaṇeraṇāt
dhairyaṁ dharmaṁ yaśo jñānaṁ
bhaktiṁ premāpy adarśayatTRANSLATION
By sending poison and many other calamities, one after another, to trouble the Pāṇḍavas from their childhood, the Lord deliberately showed their determination, religion, fame, wisdom, devotion, and ecstatic love.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 72

sevā-saubhāgya-hetoś ca
mahā-prabhu-kṛto mahān
anugraho mayi snigdhair
bhavadbhir anumīyateTRANSLATION
You are very kind to me. Because I have had the good fortune to engage in His service, you conclude that the Lord has given me His favor.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 68

bhava-bandha-cchide tasyai
spṛhayāmi na muktaye
bhavān prabhur ahaṁ dāsa
iti yatra vilupyateTRANSLATION
“Even though liberation destroys the bondage of material existence, I have no desire for liberation, in which I would forget that You are the master and I am Your servant.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 64

śrī-nārada uvāca
satyam eva bhagavat-kṛpā-bhara-
syāspadaṁ nirupamaṁ bhavān param
yo hi nityam ahaho mahā-prabhoś
citra-citra-bhajanāmṛtārṇavaḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: Yes, you are the greatest recipient of the mercy of the Supreme Lord. No one can compare to you. Ah! You are always immersed in an ocean of ecstatic worship of the Lord, enjoying it as newer and newer at every moment.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 52

yadṛcchayā labdham api
viṣṇor dāśārathes tu yaḥ
naicchan mokṣaṁ vinā dāsyaṁ
tasmai hanūmate namaḥTRANSLATION
“Although Hanumān obtained from the son of Daśaratha the boon of liberation without striving for it, he never wanted to accept liberation without the opportunity to serve. To that Hanumān I offer my obeisances.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 44

vairi-santarjako laṅkā-
dāhako durga-bhañjakaḥ
sītā-vārtā-haraḥ svāmi-
gāḍhāliṅgana-gocaraḥTRANSLATION
He boldly threatened his enemies, burned Laṅkā, and destroyed its citadel. When he brought back news of Sītā, he received his master’s deep embrace.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 40

hanūmāṁs tu mahā-bhāgyas
tat-sevā-sukham anvabhūt
su-bahūni sahasrāṇi
vatsarāṇām avighnakamTRANSLATION
But Hanumān is much more fortunate. For many thousands of years he has enjoyed serving the Lord constantly, without obstruction.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 34

yasya śrī-bhagavat-prāptāv
utkaṭecchā yato bhavet
sa tatraiva labhetāmuṁ
na tu vāso ’sya lābha-kṛtTRANSLATION
Wherever one develops an intense desire to achieve the Supreme Lord, there one can obtain Him. But the Lord’s merely residing in a certain place does not grant one His association.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 34

yasya śrī-bhagavat-prāptāv
utkaṭecchā yato bhavet
sa tatraiva labhetāmuṁ
na tu vāso ’sya lābha-kṛtTRANSLATION
Wherever one develops an intense desire to achieve the Supreme Lord, there one can obtain Him. But the Lord’s merely residing in a certain place does not grant one His association.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 23

vicitra-sevā-dānaṁ hi
hanūmat-prabhṛtiṣv iva
prabhoḥ prasādo bhakteṣu
mataḥ sadbhir na cetaratTRANSLATION
The Lord truly gives His mercy, saintly authorities believe, when He grants the right to render various kinds of service, a blessing He gives to such devotees as Hanumān. Nothing else counts as His mercy.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 15

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
sva-ślāghā-sahanāśakto
lajjāvanamitānanaḥ
prahlādo nāradaṁ natvā
gauravād avadac chanaiḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Unable to tolerate hearing his own praise, Prahlāda lowered his face in embarrassment, bowed down before Nārada, and respectfully addressed him in a quiet voice.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 36

bhavatād bhavataḥ prasādato
bhagavat-sneha-vijṛmbhitaḥ kila
mama tan-mahimā tathāpy aṇur
nava-bhakteṣu kṛpā-bharekṣayāTRANSLATION
We can say that by your mercy the Supreme Lord developed some love for me and so I appear glorious. But my greatness is just like a tiny speck before the heaps of mercy the Lord bestows on His newer devotees.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 15

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
sva-ślāghā-sahanāśakto
lajjāvanamitānanaḥ
prahlādo nāradaṁ natvā
gauravād avadac chanaiḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Unable to tolerate hearing his own praise, Prahlāda lowered his face in embarrassment, bowed down before Nārada, and respectfully addressed him in a quiet voice.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 4

śrī-nārada uvāca
dṛṣṭaś cirāt kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-bharasya
pātraṁ bhavān me sa-phalaḥ śramo ’bhūt
ā-bālyato yasya hi kṛṣṇa-bhaktir
jātā viśuddhā na kuto ’pi yāsītTRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: Now, after so long, I have finally seen you — the true recipient of Kṛṣṇa’s full mercy! Now my efforts have borne fruit! From your very childhood you have been endowed with pure devotion for Kṛṣṇa. Such spontaneous love has never been seen anywhere before.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 1

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
śrutvā mahāścaryam iveśa-bhāṣitaṁ
prahlāda-sandarśana-jāta-kautukaḥ
hṛd-yānataḥ śrī-sutale gato ’cirād
dhāvan praviṣṭaḥ puram āsuraṁ muniḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: After the sage Nārada heard Lord Śiva’s words, which impressed him as most amazing, he was eager to see Prahlāda in person. He at once, therefore, traveled to Śrī Sutala by the path of the heart and entered running into the city of the demons.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 60

nāradāham idaṁ manye
tādṛśānāṁ yataḥ sthitiḥ
bhavet sa eva vaikuṇṭho
loko nātra vicāraṇāTRANSLATION
In my opinion, dear Nārada, anywhere such devotees are found is actually Vaikuṇṭha-loka. Arguing against this fact would be useless.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 50

yasmin mahā-mudāśrāntaṁ
prabhoḥ saṅkīrtanādibhiḥ
vicitrām antarā bhaktiṁ
nāsty anyat prema-vāhinīmTRANSLATION
In Vaikuṇṭha nothing exists but devotional service, rendered through saṅkīrtana and in many other forms. It goes on incessantly, with great enthusiasm, spreading the ecstasy of pure love.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 40

māṁ kim ārādhayed dāsaṁ
kim etac cādiśet prabhuḥ
svāgamaiḥ kalpitais tvaṁ ca
janān mad-vimukhān kuruTRANSLATION
Why would He worship me, His servant, and why would He order me, “Turn people away from Me by concocting your own versions of scripture”?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 35

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tato maheśvaro mātas
trapāvanamitānanaḥ
nāradaṁ bhagavad-bhaktam
avadad vaiṣṇavāgraṇīḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Dear mother, Lord Śiva was so embarrassed by hearing this that he lowered his face. Then that leader of the Vaiṣṇavas answered the great devotee Nārada.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 28

aho brahmādi-duṣprāpye
aiśvarye saty apīdṛśe
tat sarvaṁ sukham apy ātmyam
anādṛtyāvadhūta-vatTRANSLATION
Just see! Though you have power and opulence unobtainable by Brahmā and the other demigods, you disregard your material happiness and live like a holy madman.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 13

śrī-nārada uvāca
satyam eva bhavān viṣṇor
vaiṣṇavānāṁ ca durgamām
nigūḍhāṁ mahima-śreṇīṁ
vetti vijñāpayaty apiTRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: You certainly know the confidential, mysterious glories of Lord Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas. And you expertly explain those glories.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 12

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
sambhrānto ’tha munir hitvā
kṛṣṇenaikyena tat-stutim
sāparādham ivātmānaṁ
manyamāno ’bravīc chanaiḥTRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Upon hearing this, the sage Nārada was shocked. Thinking he had acted offensively, he at once stopped praising Lord Śiva’s nondifference from Kṛṣṇa and began to speak in a soft voice.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Texts 1-4

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca

bhagavantaṁ haraṁ tatra bhāvāviṣṭatayā hareḥ nṛtyantaṁ kīrtayantaṁ ca kṛta-saṅkarṣaṇārcanam

bhṛśaṁ nandīśvarādīṁś ca ślāghamānaṁ nijānugān prītyā sa-jaya-śabdāni gīta-vādyāni tanvataḥ

devīṁ comāṁ praśaṁsantaṁ kara-tālīṣu kovidām dūrād dṛṣṭvā munir hṛṣṭo ’namad vīṇāṁ ninādayan

paramānugṛhīto ’si kṛṣṇasyeti muhur muhuḥ jagau sarvaṁ ca pitroktaṁ su-svaraṁ samakīrtayat

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Arriving in Śivaloka, from a distance the sage Nārada saw Lord Śiva, Śrī Hara, who had just finished his worship of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, Śrī Hari. Entranced in ecstatic love, Lord Śiva was dancing and loudly singing the glories of his Lord, while his associates played instrumental music and shouted “Jaya! Jaya!” With great affection he praised his assistants like Nandīśvara, as well as the goddess Umā, who was expertly clapping her hands. The sight of all this delighted Nārada. Vibrating his vīṇā and nodding his head to show respect, he called out several times, “You are the greatest recipient of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy!” and in a sweet voice he recounted to Lord Śiva everything just told him by their father, Lord Brahmā.

In today's sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations about his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, on the day of his appearance.

In today's sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk about Sri Krishna Janmastami at Shyama Ashram in Cali, Colombia.

In today's sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk during his Bhakti Immersion retreat at Shyama Ashram in Cali, Colombia.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami begins his Bhakti Immersion retreat at Shyama Ashram in Cali, Colombia with a talk on Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Texts 1-4

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca

bhagavantaṁ haraṁ tatra bhāvāviṣṭatayā hareḥ nṛtyantaṁ kīrtayantaṁ ca kṛta-saṅkarṣaṇārcanam

bhṛśaṁ nandīśvarādīṁś ca ślāghamānaṁ nijānugān prītyā sa-jaya-śabdāni gīta-vādyāni tanvataḥ

devīṁ comāṁ praśaṁsantaṁ kara-tālīṣu kovidām dūrād dṛṣṭvā munir hṛṣṭo ’namad vīṇāṁ ninādayan

paramānugṛhīto ’si kṛṣṇasyeti muhur muhuḥ jagau sarvaṁ ca pitroktaṁ su-svaraṁ samakīrtayat

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Arriving in Śivaloka, from a distance the sage Nārada saw Lord Śiva, Śrī Hara, who had just finished his worship of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, Śrī Hari. Entranced in ecstatic love, Lord Śiva was dancing and loudly singing the glories of his Lord, while his associates played instrumental music and shouted “Jaya! Jaya!” With great affection he praised his assistants like Nandīśvara, as well as the goddess Umā, who was expertly clapping her hands. The sight of all this delighted Nārada. Vibrating his vīṇā and nodding his head to show respect, he called out several times, “You are the greatest recipient of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy!” and in a sweet voice he recounted to Lord Śiva everything just told him by their father, Lord Brahmā.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Texts 97-98

nityaḥ sukha-mayaḥ satyo labhyas tat-sevakottamaiḥ samāna-mahima-śrīmat- parivāra-gaṇāvṛtaḥ mahā-vibhūtimān bhāti sat-paricchada-maṇḍitaḥ śrīmat-saṅkarṣaṇaṁ svasmād abhinnaṁ tatra so ’rcayan nijeṣṭa-devatātvena kiṁ vā nātanute ’dbhutam

TRANSLATION Eternal and full of happiness, that abode is absolutely real. It can be attained by the best of Lord Śiva’s servants. There Lord Śiva, served by the most excellent regalia, reveals himself in his full splendor, surrounded by companions who share opulence and beauty equal to his. As his personal Deity he worships Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, nondifferent from himself. What amazing wonders does Lord Śiva in this manifestation not display?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 92

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca guruṁ praṇamya taṁ gantuṁ kailāsaṁ girim utsukaḥ ālakṣyoktaḥ punas tena sva-putraḥ putra-vatsale

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: O dear mother, affectionate protector of your son, Nārada bowed down to his spiritual master, Lord Brahmā. And when Brahmā saw his son Nārada eager to set off for Kailāsa, Brahmā then told him something more.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 83

viprakīrṇa-jaṭā-bhāra unmatta iva ghūrṇate tathā sva-gopanāśaktaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādābja-śauca-jām gaṅgāṁ mūrdhni vahan harṣān nṛtyaṁś ca layate jagat

TRANSLATION His matted locks scattered about, he moves around aimlessly like a madman, yet he is unable to conceal his glories. With joy he carries on his head the Gaṅgā, born from the water that washed Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. When he dances he destroys the universe.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 79

tatrātmanaś cira-sthityā- parādhāḥ syur iti trasan apāsaraṁ kim anyais tan nijāsaubhāgya-varṇanaiḥ

TRANSLATION Fearing I would commit more offenses if I stayed there too long, I then went away. What else need I tell you about my ill fortune?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 76

sampraty api mayā tasya svayaṁ vatsās tathārbhakāḥ vṛndāvane pālyamānā bhojane māyayā hṛtāḥ

TRANSLATION And recently by my magic I stole the calves and young friends the Lord was watching after in Vṛndāvana. I took them all away while the boys were having lunch.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 66

bhaktir dūre ’stu tasmin me nāparādhā bhavanti cet bahu manye tad ātmānaṁ nāham āgaḥsu rudra-vat

TRANSLATION Forget about my having any devotion for Him. I would be happy if only it were true that I never offend Him. I cannot expect Him to tolerate my offenses as He does Lord Śiva’s.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 54

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca itthaṁ māhātmyam udgāyan vistārya brahmaṇo ’sakṛt śakra-proktaṁ sva-dṛṣṭaṁ ca bhaktyāsīt taṁ naman muniḥ

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Thus loudly praising Brahmā, bowing before him with great devotion again and again, the sage Nārada expansively sang Brahmā’s glories, as he had heard them from Indra and seen them with his own eyes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Texts 44-45

pārameṣṭhyāsane tatra sukhāsīnaṁ nija-prabhoḥ mahima-śravaṇākhyāna- paraṁ sāsrāṣṭa-netrakam

vicitra-paramaiśvarya- sāmagrī-parisevitam sva-tātaṁ nārado ’bhyetya praṇamyovāca daṇḍa-vat

TRANSLATION As Brahmā sat comfortably on his universal throne, absorbed in hearing and reciting the glories of his Lord, tears flowed from his eight eyes. Surrounding Lord Brahmā in attendance were the personified powers of universal rulership. Nārada came close, offered respects to his father by falling to the ground like a stick, and then spoke.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 37

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca indrasya vacanaṁ śrutvā sādhu bhoḥ sādhv iti bruvan tvarāvān brahmaṇo lokaṁ bhagavān nārado gataḥ

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Having heard these words from Indra, godly Nārada replied, “Well said, sir, well said!” and hastily went to Brahmā’s planet.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 35

itthaṁ yukti-sahasraiḥ sa śrī-kṛṣṇasya kṛpāspadam kiṁ vaktavyaṁ kṛpā-pātram iti kṛṣṇaḥ sa eva hi

TRANSLATION I could give you thousands of other reasons why Brahmā is the real object of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. What more needs to be said — he is in fact Kṛṣṇa Himself!

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30

parameṣṭhi-suta-śreṣṭha kintu sva-pitaraṁ hareḥ anugraha-padaṁ viddhi lakṣmī-kānta-suto hi saḥ

TRANSLATION But you should know, O best son of Brahmā, that your own father is the true recipient of the favor of Lord Hari. He is directly the son of Lord Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30

parameṣṭhi-suta-śreṣṭha kintu sva-pitaraṁ hareḥ anugraha-padaṁ viddhi lakṣmī-kānta-suto hi saḥ

TRANSLATION But you should know, O best son of Brahmā, that your own father is the true recipient of the favor of Lord Hari. He is directly the son of Lord Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30

parameṣṭhi-suta-śreṣṭha kintu sva-pitaraṁ hareḥ anugraha-padaṁ viddhi lakṣmī-kānta-suto hi saḥ

TRANSLATION But you should know, O best son of Brahmā, that your own father is the true recipient of the favor of Lord Hari. He is directly the son of Lord Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 13

tato ’bhivādya devarṣim uvācendraḥ śanair hriyā bho gāndharva-kalābhijña kiṁ mām upahasann asi

TRANSLATION Indra then welcomed Nārada and in a soft voice humbly said: My dear Nārada, expert in the arts of the Gandharvas, why are you making fun of me?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 9

śrī-nārada uvāca kṛtānukampitas tvaṁ yat sūrya-candra-yamādayaḥ tavājñā-kāriṇaḥ sarve loka-pālāḥ pare kim u

TRANSLATION Śrī Nārada said: You have surely received the Supreme Lord’s mercy, because demigods like Sūrya, Candra, and Yama, what to speak of the other rulers of planets, all obey your orders.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 1

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca praśasya taṁ mahā-rājaṁ svar-gato munir aikṣata rājamānaṁ sabhā-madhye viṣṇuṁ deva-gaṇair vṛtam

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: After praising the great king, Nārada made his way to heaven. There in the assembly hall he saw Lord Viṣṇu in all His brilliance, surrounded by hosts of demigods.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 70

mune viśiṣṭas tatrāpi teṣām indraḥ purandaraḥ nigrahe ’nugrahe ’pīśo vṛṣṭibhir loka-jīvanaḥ

TRANSLATION My dear sage, the most distinguished of these demigods is Purandara Indra. He has full power to reward and punish, and he gives the world life by providing rain.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes.

In today's class:

Padyāvalī, verse 23

brahmāṇḍānāṁ koṭi-saṅkhyādhikānām aiśvaryaṁ yac cetanā vā yad aṁśaḥ āvirbhūtaṁ tan-mahaḥ kṛṣṇa-nāma tan me sādhyaṁ sādhanaṁ jīvanaṁ ca

TRANSLATION There are countless millions of universes and whatever glories they possess, whatever consciousness they possess, are all manifestations of a mere portion of the effulgence of the holy name of Krishna. This holy name is my spiritual practice; it is the goal of my spiritual practice. It is my life.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 62

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca tat tad vistārya kathayann āśliṣyan bhūpatiṁ muhuḥ praśaśaṁsa guṇān gāyan vīṇayā vaiṣṇavottamaḥ

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Nārada, the best of Vaiṣṇavas, singing along with his vīṇā, thus expansively described the king, praising his greatness. And Nārada embraced him again and again.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 63

sārvabhaumo muni-varaṁ sampūjya praśrito ’bravīt nija-ślāghā-bharāj jāta- lajjā-namita-mastakaḥ

TRANSLATION The king, that ruler of a vast region, then worshiped the topmost sage and humbly replied, his head bowed down in embarrassment by the weight of hearing his own praise.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 59

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca tato nṛpa-varaṁ draṣṭuṁ tad-deśe nārado vrajan deva-pūjotsavāsaktās

TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Nārada then went to the country of that best of kings to see him. Wherever Nārada went he found the people absorbed in festive worship of the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 53

akṛṣṭa-pacyā sā bhūmir vṛṣṭis tatra yathā-sukham iṣṭāni phala-mūlāni su-labhāny ambarāṇi ca

TRANSLATION In that kingdom, the earth yields crops without being tilled, rain falls just enough for people’s comfort, and whatever fruits, vegetables, and clothing one desires are easily to be had.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes.

In today's class:

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 11 Chapter 5 Text 36

kaliṁ sabhājayanty āryā guṇa jñāḥ sāra-bhāginaḥ yatra saṅkīrtanenaiva sarva-svārtho ’bhilabhyate

TRANSLATION Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this Age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of saṅkīrtana.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 52

deśaś ca deva-viprebhyo
rājñā datto vibhajya saḥ
nopadravo ’sti tad-deśe
ko ’pi śoko ’tha vā bhayamTRANSLATION
The king has given his kingdom away to the demigods and brāhmaṇas, dividing it among them. His kingdom is completely free from sorrow, social disruption, and fear.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 44

ahaṁ varākaḥ ko nu syāṁ
dātuṁ śaknomi vā kiyat
vaibhavaṁ vartate kiṁ me
bhagavad-bhajanaṁ kutaḥTRANSLATION
Who am I but a most wretched person? How much charity am I able to give? What opulence do I have? And how have I ever reciprocated with the Lord in devotional service?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 41

śrī-nārada uvāca
bhavān viprendra kṛṣṇasya
mahānugraha-bhājanam
yasyedṛśaṁ dhanaṁ dravyam
audāryaṁ vaibhavaṁ tathāTRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: O leader of the brāhmaṇas, it is you who have received Lord Kṛṣṇa’s greatest favor. After all, you have such wealth, property, generosity, and personal opulence.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 37

tato ’bhimukham āgatya
kṛṣṇasya racitāñjaliḥ
tasminn evārpayām āsa
sarvaṁ tat-phala-sañcayamTRANSLATION
After this, he again went before the Śālagrāma Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa. And with folded hands he offered to the Lord all the pious credit he had earned by the sacrifice.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes.

In today’s class:

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 12 Chapter 3 Text 51

kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann
asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ
kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya
mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajetTRANSLATION
My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 28

vicitrotkṛṣṭa-vastūni
sa niṣpādya mahā-manāḥ
āvaśyakaṁ samāpyādau
saṁskṛtya mahatīṁ sthalīmTRANSLATION
“Having collected all sorts of valuable items for worship of the Lord, the generous brāhmaṇa then saw to the preliminaries, first by purifying a large area on the ground.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Texts 24-25

ekadā tīrtha-mūrdhanye
prayāge muni-puṅgavāḥ
māghe prātaḥ kṛta-snānāḥ
śrī-mādhava-samīpataḥupaviṣṭā mudāviṣṭā
manyamānāḥ kṛtārthatām
kṛṣṇasya dayito ’sīti
ślāghante sma parasparamTRANSLATION
“Once a group of exalted sages were at Prayāga, the best of pilgrimage sites, during the month of Māgha. The sages had taken their bath and were happily seated before the Deity of Śrī Mādhava. Feeling satisfied, as if all their goals in life had been fulfilled, they were praising one another, saying, “You are the recipient of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 19

śrī-jaiminir uvāca
uvāca sādaraṁ rājā
parīkṣin mātṛ-vatsalaḥ
śrutāty-adbhuta-govinda-
kathākhyāna-rasotsukaḥTRANSLATION
“Śrī Jaimini said: King Parīkṣit, feeling affection for his mother, answered her respectfully, eager to enjoy recounting the wonderful narrations he had just heard about Lord Govinda.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 11

bhagavad-bhakti-śāstrāṇām
ayaṁ sārasya saṅgrahaḥ
anubhūtasya caitanya-
deve tat-priya-rūpataḥTRANSLATION
This book collects the essence of the scriptures teaching devotional service rendered to the Supreme Lord. These essential teachings I have personally realized under the shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I received them from His dear devotee Śrī Rūpa.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes.

In today’s class:

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9

jayati jayati nāmānanda-rūpaṁ murārer
viramita-nija-dharma-dhyāna-pūjādi-yatnam
katham api sakṛd āttaṁ mukti-daṁ prāṇināṁ yat
paramam amṛtam ekaṁ jīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇaṁ meTRANSLATION
All glories, all glories to the all-ecstatic name of Lord Murāri. It makes one put aside such tasks as meditation, ritual worship, and social duties. If a living being even once takes the Lord’s holy name, the name will grant him liberation. That holy name is the greatest source of eternal pleasure and is my very life and ornament.

Also mentioned in today’s class is Sacinandana Swami’s Meditations from the Living Name.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9

jayati jayati nāmānanda-rūpaṁ murārer
viramita-nija-dharma-dhyāna-pūjādi-yatnam
katham api sakṛd āttaṁ mukti-daṁ prāṇināṁ yat
paramam amṛtam ekaṁ jīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇaṁ meTRANSLATION
All glories, all glories to the all-ecstatic name of Lord Murāri. It makes one put aside such tasks as meditation, ritual worship, and social duties. If a living being even once takes the Lord’s holy name, the name will grant him liberation. That holy name is the greatest source of eternal pleasure and is my very life and ornament.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 8

jayati jayati kṛṣṇa-prema-bhaktir yad-aṅghriṁ
nikhila-nigama-tattvaṁ gūḍham ājñāya muktiḥ
bhajati śaraṇa-kāmā vaiṣṇavais tyajyamānā
japa-yajana-tapasyā-nyāsa-niṣṭhāṁ vihāyaTRANSLATION
All glories, all glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa-prema-bhakti! Knowing that the feet of Prema-bhakti secretly comprise all the truths of the Vedas, Liberation herself has come to worship her. Indeed, Liberation, abandoned by the Vaiṣṇavas, has now given up her dependence on mantras, penance, sacrifice, and renunciation and is eager to have the shelter of Prema-bhakti.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 7

govardhano jayati śaila-kulādhirājo
yo gopikābhir udito hari-dāsa-varyaḥ
kṛṣṇena śakra-makha-bhaṅga-kṛtārcito yaḥ
saptāham asya kara-padma-tale ’py avātsītTRANSLATION
All glories to Govardhana, the emperor of lordly mountains! The Lord’s dear gopīs called him the best servant of Hari, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa disrupted the sacrifice for worship of Indra to worship Govardhana instead, and then the hill resided for a week on the Lord’s lotus palm.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 5

jayati jayati vṛndāraṇyam etan murāreḥ
priya-tamam ati-sādhu-svānta-vaikuṇṭha-vāsāt
ramayati sa sadā gāḥ pālayan yatra gopīḥ
svarita-madhura-veṇur vardhayan prema rāseTRANSLATION
All glories, all glories to this place where we are living, Lord Murāri’s Vṛndāvana forest! He prefers residing here to residing in Vaikuṇṭha or in the hearts of elevated saints. In Vṛndāvana, while always tending His cows, He gives pleasure to the gopīs, whose love for Him in the mood of the rāsa dance He increases by sweetly playing His flute.

On the auspicious day of Akṣaya-tṛtīya, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives his introductory class as part of his Japa and Prayer School. He begins this introductory class with Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9

jayati jayati nāmānanda-rūpaṁ murārer
viramita-nija-dharma-dhyāna-pūjādi-yatnam
katham api sakṛd āttaṁ mukti-daṁ prāṇināṁ yat
paramam amṛtam ekaṁ jīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇaṁ meTRANSLATION
All glories, all glories to the all-ecstatic name of Lord Murāri. It makes one put aside such tasks as meditation, ritual worship, and social duties. If a living being even once takes the Lord’s holy name, the name will grant him liberation. That holy name is the greatest source of eternal pleasure and is my very life and ornament.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 4

jayati mathurā-devī śreṣṭhā purīṣu mano-ramā
parama-dayitā kaṁsārāter jani-sthiti-rañjitā
durita-haraṇān mukter bhakter api pratipādanāj
jagati mahitā tat-tat-krīḍā-kathāstu vidūrataḥTRANSLATION
All glories to goddess Mathurā-devī, the best of holy cities! She enchants the mind, she is most dear to the enemy of Kaṁsa, and she is adorned with the Lord’s birthplace. The city of Mathurā is acclaimed throughout the world for dispelling misery and bestowing liberation and devotion, not to mention the various pastimes the Lord has played there.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 3

sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt
su-madhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpeṇa lobhāt
jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā
harir iha yati-veśaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥTRANSLATION
Realizing that the ecstasy of His beloved devotees is even sweeter than His own, out of greed the Lord descended to this world in the form of His own devotee. Dressed as a renunciant, golden in effulgence, He bears the name Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. All glories to that Lord Hari, who has appeared as the son of Mother Śacī!

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 2

śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti
gopyo nitānta-bhagavat-priyatā-prasiddhāḥ
yāsāṁ harau parama-sauhṛda-mādhurīṇāṁ
nirvaktum īṣad api jātu na ko ’pi śaktaḥTRANSLATION
All glories above all to the gopīs, headed by Śrī Rādhikā, who are famous as the Lord’s dearmost devotees. No one can even begin to properly describe the charm of their supreme affection for Śrī Hari.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 1

jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo
vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko ’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ
gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād
anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityamTRANSLATION
All glories to that inconceivable Lord who descended to bestow the gift of perfect love for His own lotus feet. He is an ocean filled with many kinds of sweetness, and He always bears the fragrance of fresh youth. In His form as Śrī Caitanya He has realized the last extreme of transcendental experience, the love residing eternally in the gopīs.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 17

na hi sad-bhāva-yuktānāṁ
surāṇām īśa-vismayaḥ
matto ’satāṁ māna-bhaṅgaḥ
praśamāyopakalpateTRANSLATION
Since the demigods are endowed with the mode of goodness, the false pride of considering oneself the Lord should certainly not affect them. When I break the false prestige of those bereft of goodness, My purpose is to bring them relief.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 14

śilā-varṣāti-vātena
hanyamānam acetanam
nirīkṣya bhagavān mene
kupitendra-kṛtaṁ hariḥTRANSLATION
Seeing the inhabitants of His Gokula rendered practically unconscious by the onslaught of hail and blasting wind, the Supreme Lord Hari understood that this was the work of angry Indra.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 7

ahaṁ cairāvataṁ nāgam
āruhyānuvraje vrajam
marud-gaṇair mahā-vegair
nanda-goṣṭha-jighāṁsayāTRANSLATION
I will follow you to Vraja, riding on my elephant Airāvata and taking with me the swift and powerful wind-gods to decimate the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 4

tā man-manaskā mat-prāṇā
mat-arthe tyakta-daihikāḥ
mām eva dayitaṁ preṣṭham
ātmānaṁ manasā gatāḥ
ye tyakta-loka-dharmāś ca
mad-arthe tān bibharmy ahamTRANSLATION
The minds of those gopīs are always absorbed in Me, and their very lives are ever devoted to Me. For My sake they have abandoned everything related to their bodies, renouncing ordinary happiness in this life, as well as religious duties necessary for such happiness in the next life. I alone am their dearmost beloved and, indeed, their very Self. I personally sustain such devotees, who for My sake give up all worldly duties.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives an introductory talk for his bhakti immersion retreat at Shyam Ashram in Cali, Colombia.

The following is a recording of a talk Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave at the home of Gopa Kisora and Jaya Sri Radhe on Saturday, March 11, 2023. This talk includes Dhanurdhara Swami remembering His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami, who recently left his body on March 9, 2023, in Sri Vrindavan-dhama.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 6

eṣāṁ śriyāvaliptānāṁ
kṛṣṇenādhmāpitātmanām
dhunuta śrī-mada-stambhaṁ
paśūn nayata saṅkṣayamTRANSLATION
[To the clouds of destruction King Indra said:] The prosperity of these people has made them mad with pride, and their arrogance is backed up by Kṛṣṇa. Now go and remove their pride and bring their animals to destruction.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 1

śrī-śuka uvāca
indras tadātmanaḥ pūjāṁ
vijñāya vihatāṁ nṛpa
gopebhyaḥ kṛṣṇa-nāthebhyo
nandādibhyaś cukopa haTRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King Parīkṣit, when Indra understood that his sacrifice had been put aside, he became furious with Nanda Mahārāja and the other cowherd men, who were accepting Kṛṣṇa as their Lord.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 35

kṛṣṇas tv anyatamaṁ rūpaṁ
gopa-viśrambhaṇaṁ gataḥ
śailo ’smīti bruvan bhūri
balim ādad bṛhad-vapuḥTRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa then assumed an unprecedented, huge form to instill faith in the cowherd men. Declaring “I am Govardhana Mountain!” He ate the abundant offerings.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 27

hūyantām agnayaḥ samyag
brāhmaṇair brahma-vādibhiḥ
annaṁ bahu-guṇaṁ tebhyo
deyaṁ vo dhenu-dakṣiṇāḥTRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇas who are learned in the Vedic mantras must properly invoke the sacrificial fires. Then you should feed the priests with nicely prepared food and reward them with cows and other gifts.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 8

śrī-nanda uvāca
parjanyo bhagavān indro
meghās tasyātma-mūrtayaḥ
te ’bhivarṣanti bhūtānāṁ
prīṇanaṁ jīvanaṁ payaḥTRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja replied: The great Lord Indra is the controller of the rain. The clouds are his personal representatives, and they directly provide rainwater, which gives happiness and sustenance to all creatures.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 1

śrī-śuka uvāca
bhagavān api tatraiva
baladevena saṁyutaḥ
apaśyan nivasan gopān
indra-yāga-kṛtodyamānTRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While staying in that very place with His brother Baladeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa happened to see the cowherd men busily arranging for a sacrifice to Indra.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 1

śrī-śuka uvāca
bhagavān api tatraiva
baladevena saṁyutaḥ
apaśyan nivasan gopān
indra-yāga-kṛtodyamānTRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While staying in that very place with His brother Baladeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa happened to see the cowherd men busily arranging for a sacrifice to Indra.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 16 Text 35

tapaḥ sutaptaṁ kim anena pūrvaṁ
nirasta-mānena ca māna-dena
dharmo ’tha vā sarva-janānukampayā
yato bhavāṁs tuṣyati sarva-jīvaḥTRANSLATION
Did our husband carefully perform austerities in a previous life, with his mind free of pride and full of respect for others? Is that why You are pleased with him? Or did he in some previous existence carefully execute religious duties with compassion for all living beings, and is that why You, the life of all living beings, are now satisfied with him?

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 16 Text 23

ittham sva-gokulam ananya-gatiṁ nirīkṣya
sa-strī-kumāram ati-duḥkhitam ātma-hetoḥ
ājñāya martya-padavīm anuvartamānaḥ
sthitvā muhūrtam udatiṣṭhad uraṅga-bandhātTRANSLATION
The Lord remained for some time within the coils of the serpent, imitating the behavior of an ordinary mortal. But when He understood that the women, children and other residents of His village of Gokula were in acute distress because of their love for Him, their only shelter and goal in life, He immediately rose up from the bonds of the Kāliya serpent.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his Govardhana retreat that concluded that day.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with the Kaliya-Krishna pastimes in this partial recording.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his in progress Puri Yatra.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Texts 49-50

viṣāmbhas tad upaspṛśya
daivopahata-cetasaḥ
nipetur vyasavaḥ sarve
salilānte kurūdvahavīkṣya tān vai tathā-bhūtān
kṛṣṇo yogeśvareśvaraḥ
īkṣayāmṛta-varṣiṇyā
sva-nāthān samajīvayatTRANSLATION

As soon as they touched the poisoned water, all the cows and boys lost their consciousness by the divine power of the Lord and fell lifeless at the water’s edge. O hero of the Kurus, seeing them in such a condition, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of all masters of mystic potency, felt compassion for these devotees, who had no Lord other than Him. Thus He immediately brought them back to life by showering His nectarean glance upon them.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 47

evaṁ sa bhagavān kṛṣṇo
vṛndāvana-caraḥ kvacit
yayau rāmam ṛte rājan
kālindīṁ sakhibhir vṛtaḥTRANSLATION

O King, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa thus wandered about the Vṛndāvana area, performing His pastimes. Once, surrounded by His boyfriends, He went without Balarāma to the Yamunā River.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies and travels.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 9 Text 40

prabhura prabhāve loka āila daraśane
lakṣārbuda loka āise nā yāya gaṇaneTRANSLATION

Due to the influence of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, many millions of men came just to see Him. Indeed, the assembly being unlimited, its members could not be counted.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 9 Text 25

vipra bale, — ei tomāra darśana-prabhāve
tomā dekhi’ gela mora ājanma svabhāveTRANSLATION

The brāhmaṇa replied, “This is all due to Your influence, Sir. After seeing You, I have lost my lifelong practice.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 9 Text 10

sei saba loka prabhura darśana-prabhāve
nija-nija-mata chāḍi’ ha-ila vaiṣṇaveTRANSLATION

By the influence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, all these people abandoned their own opinions and became Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of Kṛṣṇa.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 9 Text 1

nānā-mata-grāha-grastān
dākṣiṇātya-jana-dvipān
kṛpāriṇā vimucyaitān
gauraś cakre sa vaiṣṇavānTRANSLATION

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu converted the inhabitants of South India. These people were as strong as elephants, but they were in the clutches of the crocodiles of various philosophies, such as the Buddhist, Jain and Māyāvāda philosophies. With His disc of mercy the Lord delivered them all by converting them into Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of the Lord.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 293

nigūḍha vrajera rasa-līlāra vicāra
aneka kahila, tāra nā pāila pāraTRANSLATION

The conversations between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu contain the most confidential subject matters, touching the conjugal love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana [Vrajabhūmi]. Although they talked at great length about these pastimes, they could not reach the limit of discussion.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 288

tāṅra bhāve bhāvita kari’ ātma-mana
tabe nija-mādhurya kari āsvādanaTRANSLATION

“I have now converted My body and mind into the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; thus I am tasting My own personal sweetness in that form.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 286

mora tattva-līlā-rasa tomāra gocare
ataeva ei-rūpa dekhāiluṅ tomāreTRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed, “All the truths about My pastimes and mellows are within your knowledge. Therefore I have shown this form to you.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 267

eka saṁśaya mora āchaye hṛdaye
kṛpā kari’ kaha more tāhāra niścayeTRANSLATION

Rāmānanda Rāya then said that he had but one doubt within his heart, and he petitioned the Lord, “Please be merciful upon me and just remove my doubt.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 258

arasa-jña kāka cūṣe jñāna-nimba-phale
rasa-jña kokila khāya premāmra-mukuleTRANSLATION

Rāmānanda Rāya continued, “Those who are devoid of all transcendental mellows are like the crows that suck the juice from the bitter fruits of the nimba tree of knowledge, whereas those who enjoy mellows are like the cuckoos who eat the buds of the mango tree of love of Godhead.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 251

‘śreyo-madhye kona śreyaḥ jīvera haya sāra?’
‘kṛṣṇa-bhakta-saṅga vinā śreyaḥ nāhi āra’
TRANSLATION

Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Out of all auspicious and beneficial activities, which is best for the living entity?” Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “The only auspicious activity is association with the devotees of Kṛṣṇa.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 247

‘sampattira madhye jīvera kon sampatti gaṇi?’
‘rādhā-kṛṣṇe prema yāṅra, sei baḍa dhanī’
TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Of the many capitalists who possess great riches, who is the topmost?” Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “He who is richest in love for Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is the greatest capitalist.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 245

prabhu kahe, — “kon vidyā vidyā-madhye sāra?”
rāya kahe, — “kṛṣṇa-bhakti vinā vidyā nāhi āra”
TRANSLATION

On one occasion the Lord inquired, “Of all types of education, which is the most important?” Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “No education is important other than the transcendental devotional service of Kṛṣṇa.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 228

ataeva gopī-bhāva kari aṅgīkāra
rātri-dina cinte rādhā-kṛṣṇera vihāra
TRANSLATION

“Therefore one should accept the mood of the gopīs in their service. In such a transcendental mood, one should always think of the pastimes of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 196

prabhu kahe, — ‘sādhya-vastura avadhi’ ei haya
tomāra prasāde ihā jāniluṅ niścaya
TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed these verses recited by Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, saying, “This is the limit of the goal of human life. Only by your mercy have I come to understand it conclusively.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 215

sahaja gopīra prema, — nahe prākṛta kāma
kāma-krīḍā-sāmye tāra kahi ‘kāma’-nāma
TRANSLATION

“It is to be noted that the natural characteristic of the gopīs is to love the Supreme Lord. Their lusty desire is not to be compared to material lust. Nonetheless, because their desire sometimes appears to resemble material lust, their transcendental love for Kṛṣṇa is sometimes described as lust.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 117

prabhu kahe — ye lāgi’ āilāma tomā-sthāne
sei saba tattva-vastu haila mora jñāne
TRANSLATION
After hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Rāmānanda Rāya, “That for which I have come to your residence has now become an object of truth in My knowledge.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 94

yadyapi kṛṣṇa-saundarya — mādhuryera dhurya
vraja-devīra saṅge tāṅra bāḍaye mādhurya
TRANSLATION
“Although Kṛṣṇa’s unparalleled beauty is the topmost sweetness of love of Godhead, His sweetness increases unlimitedly when He is in the company of the gopīs. Consequently Kṛṣṇa’s exchange of love with the gopīs is the topmost perfection of love of Godhead.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent activities around Govardhana and Vrindavana and discusses the Rāmānanda-saṁvāda līlā from the Madhya-līlā of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent talks around Govardhana and his Kartika experience.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 76 prabhu kahe, — “eho uttama, āge kaha āra” rāya kahe, “vātsalya-prema — sarva-sādhya-sāra” TRANSLATION The Lord said, “This statement is very good, but please proceed even further.” Note: Due to some technical difficulties, Maharaja often gets disconnected.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on the disappearance day of Śrīla Prabhupāda (as observed in New York).

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 57 prabhu kahe, — “paḍa śloka sādhyera nirṇaya” rāya kahe, — “sva-dharmācaraṇe viṣṇu-bhakti haya” TRANSLATION Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rāmānanda Rāya, “Recite a verse from the revealed scriptures concerning the ultimate goal of life.” Note: Due to some technical difficulties, Maharaja often gets disconnected.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 8 Text 38 āmā nistārite tomāra ihāṅ āgamana parama-dayālu tumi patita-pāvana TRANSLATION “You have come here specifically to deliver me. You are so merciful that You alone can deliver all fallen souls. Note: Due to some technical difficulties, Maharaja often gets disconnected.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent talks around Govardhana and gives an introduction to the Rāmānanda-saṁvāda līlā from the Madhya-līlā of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 69 kṛṣṇāya praṇipatyāha bhakty-udrekaṁ vrajaukasām vasudevāya rāmāya rājñe copāyanāny adāt TRANSLATION After falling down to pay his homage, Uddhava described to Lord Kṛṣṇa the immense devotion of the residents of Vraja. Uddhava also described it to Vasudeva, Lord Balarāma and King Ugrasena and presented to them the gifts...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 58 etāḥ paraṁ tanu-bhṛto bhuvi gopa-vadhvo govinda eva nikhilātmani rūḍha-bhāvāḥ vāñchanti yad bhava-bhiyo munayo vayaṁ ca kiṁ brahma-janmabhir ananta-kathā-rasasya TRANSLATION [Uddhava sang:] Among all persons on earth, these cowherd women alone have actually perfected their embodied lives, for they have achieved the perfection of unalloyed love for Lord...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 52 he nātha he ramā-nātha vraja-nāthārti-nāśana magnam uddhara govinda gokulaṁ vṛjinārṇavāt TRANSLATION O master, O master of the goddess of fortune, O master of Vraja! O destroyer of all suffering, Govinda, please lift Your Gokula out of the ocean of distress in which it is drowning!

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 22 śrī-śuka uvāca athoddhavo niśamyaivaṁ kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasāḥ sāntvayan priya-sandeśair gopīr idam abhāṣata TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having heard this, Uddhava then tried to pacify the gopīs, who were most eager to see Lord Kṛṣṇa. He thus began relating to them the message of their beloved.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Texts 9-10 iti gopyo hi govinde gata-vāk-kāya-mānasāḥ kṛṣṇa-dūte samāyāte uddhave tyakta-laukikāḥ gāyantyaḥ prīya-karmāṇi rudantyaś ca gata-hriyaḥ tasya saṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya yāni kaiśora-bālyayoḥ TRANSLATION Thus speaking, the gopīs, whose words, bodies and minds were fully dedicated to Lord Govinda, put aside all their regular work now that Kṛṣṇa’s messenger, Śrī Uddhava,...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 6 anyeṣv artha-kṛtā maitrī yāvad-artha-viḍambanam pumbhiḥ strīṣu kṛtā yadvat sumanaḥsv iva ṣaṭpadaiḥ TRANSLATION The friendship shown toward others — those who are not family members — is motivated by personal interest, and thus it is a pretense that lasts only until one’s purpose is fulfilled. Such friendship is...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 49 kiṁ sādhayiṣyaty asmābhir bhartuḥ prītasya niṣkṛtim tataḥ strīṇāṁ vadantīnām uddhavo ’gāt kṛtāhnikaḥ TRANSLATION “Is he going to use our flesh to offer funeral oblations for his master, who was so satisfied with his service?” As the women were speaking in this way, Uddhava appeared, having finished his...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 44 evaṁ niśā sā bruvator vyatītā nandasya kṛṣṇānucarasya rājan gopyaḥ samutthāya nirūpya dīpān vāstūn samabhyarcya daudhīny amanthun TRANSLATION While Kṛṣṇa’s messenger continued speaking with Nanda, the night ended, O King. The women of the cowherd village rose from bed and, lighting lamps, worshiped their household deities. Then they...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 27 śrī-śuka uvāca iti saṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya nandaḥ kṛṣṇānurakta-dhīḥ aty-utkaṇṭho ’bhavat tūṣṇīṁ prema-prasara-vihvalaḥ TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus intensely remembering Kṛṣṇa again and again, Nanda Mahārāja, his mind completely attached to the Lord, felt extreme anxiety and fell silent, overcome by the strength of his love.

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 17, 2022.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 18 api smarati naḥ kṛṣṇo mātaraṁ suhṛdaḥ sakhīn gopān vrajaṁ cātma-nāthaṁ gāvo vṛndāvanaṁ girim TRANSLATION Does Kṛṣṇa remember us? Does He remember His mother and His friends and well-wishers? Does He remember the cowherds and their village of Vraja, of which He is the master? Does He remember...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 14 tam āgataṁ samāgamya kṛṣṇasyānucaraṁ priyam nandaḥ prītaḥ pariṣvajya vāsudeva-dhiyārcayat TRANSLATION As soon as Uddhava arrived at Nanda Mahārāja’s home, Nanda came forward to meet him. The cowherd King embraced him in great happiness and worshiped him as nondifferent from Lord Vāsudeva.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 14 tam āgataṁ samāgamya kṛṣṇasyānucaraṁ priyam nandaḥ prītaḥ pariṣvajya vāsudeva-dhiyārcayat TRANSLATION As soon as Uddhava arrived at Nanda Mahārāja’s home, Nanda came forward to meet him. The cowherd King embraced him in great happiness and worshiped him as nondifferent from Lord Vāsudeva.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 5 mayi tāḥ preyasāṁ preṣṭhe dūra-sthe gokula-striyaḥ smarantyo ’ṅga vimuhyanti virahautkaṇṭhya-vihvalāḥ TRANSLATION My dear Uddhava, for those women of Gokula I am the most cherished object of love. Thus when they remember Me, who am so far away, they are overwhelmed by the anxiety of separation.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Sri Radhastami: The Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 2 tam āha bhagavān preṣṭhaṁ bhaktam ekāntinaṁ kvacit gṛhītvā pāṇinā pāṇiṁ prapannārti-haro hariḥ TRANSLATION The Supreme Lord Hari, who relieves the distress of all who surrender to Him, once took the hand of His fully devoted, dearmost friend Uddhava and addressed him as follows.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 1 śrī-śuka uvāca vṛṣṇīnāṁ pravaro mantrī kṛṣṇasya dayitaḥ sakhā śiṣyo bṛhaspateḥ sākṣād uddhavo buddhi-sattamaḥ TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The supremely intelligent Uddhava was the best counselor of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty, a beloved friend of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and a direct disciple of Bṛhaspati.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 1 śrī-śuka uvāca vṛṣṇīnāṁ pravaro mantrī kṛṣṇasya dayitaḥ sakhā śiṣyo bṛhaspateḥ sākṣād uddhavo buddhi-sattamaḥ TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The supremely intelligent Uddhava was the best counselor of the Vṛṣṇi dynasty, a beloved friend of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and a direct disciple of Bṛhaspati.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his Bhakti Immersion retreat at Shyama Ashram in Cali, Colombia, Janmastami, and Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja. Maharaja then turns it over to Jaya Jagannath with an in-progress class at Shyama Ashram.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on the upcoming appearance day of Śrī Krishna, Śrī Krishna Janmāṣṭamī and Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s Śrī Bhaktyāloka — Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s commentary on Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Upadeśāmṛta.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 3 Text 12 athainam astaud avadhārya pūruṣaṁ paraṁ natāṅgaḥ kṛta-dhīḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ sva-rociṣā bhārata sūtikā-gṛhaṁ virocayantaṁ gata-bhīḥ prabhāva-vit TRANSLATION O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of King Bharata, Vasudeva could understand that this child was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa. Having concluded this without a doubt, he became fearless. Bowing down with...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 3 Text 11 sa vismayotphulla-vilocano hariṁ sutaṁ vilokyānakadundubhis tadā kṛṣṇāvatārotsava-sambhramo ’spṛśan mudā dvijebhyo ’yutam āpluto gavām TRANSLATION When Vasudeva saw his extraordinary son, his eyes were struck with wonder. In transcendental jubilation, he mentally collected ten thousand cows and distributed them among the brāhmaṇas as a transcendental festival.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 3 Texts 9-10 tam adbhutaṁ bālakam ambujekṣaṇaṁ catur-bhujaṁ śaṅkha-gadādy-udāyudham śrīvatsa-lakṣmaṁ gala-śobhi-kaustubhaṁ pītāmbaraṁ sāndra-payoda-saubhagam mahārha-vaidūrya-kirīṭa-kuṇḍala- tviṣā pariṣvakta-sahasra-kuntalam uddāma-kāñcy-aṅgada-kaṅkaṇādibhir virocamānaṁ vasudeva aikṣata TRANSLATION Vasudeva then saw the newborn child, who had very wonderful lotuslike eyes and who bore in His four hands the four weapons śaṅkha, cakra, gadā and padma. On His...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 3 Texts 7-8 mumucur munayo devāḥ sumanāṁsi mudānvitāḥ mandaṁ mandaṁ jaladharā jagarjur anusāgaram niśīthe tama-udbhūte jāyamāne janārdane devakyāṁ deva-rūpiṇyāṁ viṣṇuḥ sarva-guhā-śayaḥ āvirāsīd yathā prācyāṁ diśīndur iva puṣkalaḥ TRANSLATION The demigods and great saintly persons showered flowers in a joyous mood, and clouds gathered in the sky and very mildly thundered,...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 25 brahmā bhavaś ca tatraitya munibhir nāradādibhiḥ devaiḥ sānucaraiḥ sākaṁ gīrbhir vṛṣaṇam aiḍayan TRANSLATION Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, accompanied by great sages like Nārada, Devala and Vyāsa and by other demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa, invisibly approached the room of Devakī, where they all joined in...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 18 tato jagan-maṅgalam acyutāṁśaṁ samāhitaṁ śūra-sutena devī dadhāra sarvātmakam ātma-bhūtaṁ kāṣṭhā yathānanda-karaṁ manastaḥ TRANSLATION Thereafter, accompanied by plenary expansions, the fully opulent Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-auspicious for the entire universe, was transferred from the mind of Vasudeva to the mind of Devakī. Devakī, having thus...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 13 garbha-saṅkarṣaṇāt taṁ vai prāhuḥ saṅkarṣaṇaṁ bhuvi rāmeti loka-ramaṇād balabhadraṁ balocchrayāt TRANSLATION The son of Rohiṇī will also be celebrated as Saṅkarṣaṇa because of being sent from the womb of Devakī to the womb of Rohiṇī. He will be called Rāma because of His ability to please all...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Texts 1-2 śrī-śuka uvāca pralamba-baka-cāṇūra- tṛṇāvarta-mahāśanaiḥ muṣṭikāriṣṭa-dvivida- pūtanā-keśī-dhenukaiḥ anyaiś cāsura-bhūpālair bāṇa-bhaumādibhir yutaḥ yadūnāṁ kadanaṁ cakre balī māgadha-saṁśrayaḥ TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Under the protection of Magadharāja, Jarāsandha, the powerful Kaṁsa began persecuting the kings of the Yadu dynasty. In this he had the cooperation of demons like Pralamba, Baka,...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 58 kiṁ duḥsahaṁ nu sādhūnāṁ viduṣāṁ kim apekṣitam kim akāryaṁ kadaryāṇāṁ dustyajaṁ kiṁ dhṛtātmanām TRANSLATION What is painful for saintly persons who strictly adhere to the truth? How could there not be independence for pure devotees who know the Supreme Lord as the substance? What deeds are forbidden...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 44 tasmān na kasyacid droham ācaret sa tathā-vidhaḥ ātmanaḥ kṣemam anvicchan drogdhur vai parato bhayam TRANSLATION Therefore, since envious, impious activities cause a body in which one suffers in the next life, why should one act impiously? Considering one’s welfare, one should not envy anyone, for an envious...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 34 pathi pragrahiṇaṁ kaṁsam ābhāṣyāhāśarīra-vāk asyās tvām aṣṭamo garbho hantā yāṁ vahase ’budha TRANSLATION While Kaṁsa, controlling the reins of the horses, was driving the chariot along the way, an unembodied voice addressed him, “You foolish rascal, the eighth child of the woman you are carrying will kill...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 27 śūraseno yadupatir mathurām āvasan purīm māthurāñ chūrasenāṁś ca viṣayān bubhuje purā TRANSLATION Formerly, Śūrasena, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, had gone to live in the city of Mathurā. There he enjoyed the places known as Māthura and Śūrasena.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 27 śūraseno yadupatir mathurām āvasan purīm māthurāñ chūrasenāṁś ca viṣayān bubhuje purā TRANSLATION Formerly, Śūrasena, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, had gone to live in the city of Mathurā. There he enjoyed the places known as Māthura and Śūrasena.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 17 bhūmir dṛpta-nṛpa-vyāja- daityānīka-śatāyutaiḥ ākrāntā bhūri-bhāreṇa brahmāṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ yayau TRANSLATION Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahmā for relief.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 4 nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād bhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-’bhirāmāt ka uttamaśloka-guṇānuvādāt pumān virajyeta vinā paśughnāt TRANSLATION Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the paramparā system, that is, it is conveyed from the spiritual master to disciple. Such glorification is relished by those no longer interested in the false,...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 150 ‘bhakti bada’ śuni’ prabhu bhāratīra mukhe ‘hari bali’ garjite lāgilā prema-sukhe TRANSLATION Hearing from the mouth of Keśava Bhāratī that bhakti is greater, the Lord loudly shouted the name of Hari in ecstatic love.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels, and his realizations from New York Ratha Yatra from the previous day.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 130 nija-guru śrī-keśava-bhāratīra sthāne bhakti jñāna dui jijñāsilā eka dine TRANSLATION One day the Lord asked His spiritual master, Keśava Bhāratī, about bhakti and jñāna.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his recent studies and realizations. Note: Due to a bad connection this is not the best recording and has delays and drop outs.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 114 dhana yaśa bhoga yāra āchaye sakala bhakti yāra nāi tāra saba amaṅgala TRANSLATION If one has wealth, fame, and material enjoyment but is bereft of devotion, then everything is inauspicious.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his personal story of being kidnapped and attempted deprogramming by Ted Patrick, infamous deprogrammer from the 1970s.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his excerpts from his book Monday Morning Greetings.

Caitanya-caritāmṛtaMadhya-līlā Chapter 13 Text 16 candana-jalete kare patha niṣecane tuccha sevā kare vasi’ rāja-siṁhāsane TRANSLATION The King sprinkled the road with sandalwood-scented water. Although he was the owner of the royal throne, he engaged in menial service for the sake of Lord Jagannātha.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 80 ei-mata dui prabhu vākovākya-rase bhojana sampūrṇa haila ānanda-viśeṣe TRANSLATION In this way the two Prabhus relished Their discussion, as the Lord happily finished His meal.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, the appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁha.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 48 bhinna saṅga keha nāhi īśvara kevala dekhiyā advaita hailā ānande vihvala TRANSLATION Seeing that no one had come with the Lord, Advaita became overwhelmed with ecstasy.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his recent studies and realizations.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 1 jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya ramā-kānta jaya sarva-vaiṣṇavera vallabha ekānta TRANSLATION All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the husband of the goddess of fortune! All glories to the only beloved Lord of all the Vaiṣṇavas!

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 8 Text 142 tabe prabhu jala-krīḍā sampanna kariyā jagannātha dekhite calilā sabā’ laiyā TRANSLATION After finishung His water sports, Lord Caitanya went with His devotees to see Lord Jagannātha.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 8 Text 88 bhakta-nātha bhakta-vaśa bhaktera jīvana bhakta-galā dhari’ prabhu karena rodana TRANSLATION Lord Caitanya, who is the Lord of the devotees, who is controlled by the devotees, and who is the life of the devotees, cried as He embraced the devotees.

The following is a recording of a talk Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave at the home of Jal Keli and Karuna Purna on Sunday, April 17, 2022.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 8 Text 45 śuna śuna āre bhāi, maṅgala-ākhyāna yāhā gāya ādideva śeṣa bhagavān TRANSLATION Please listen, dear brothers, to these auspicious topics, which are glorified by the Supreme Lord Ananta Śeṣa.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Rāma-navamī, the appearance of Lord Rāma, and excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 8 Text 38 ananta caitanya-bhakta—kata jāni nāma calilena sabe puri ānandera dhāma TRANSLATION Innumerable devotees of Lord Caitanya whose names are not known to me, but who were abodes of ecstatic love, also came.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 8 Text 1 jaya jaya mahāprabhu sri-kṛṣṇa-caitanya jaya jaya nityānanda tribhuvana-dhanya TRANSLATION All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Nityānanda Prabhu, who made the three worlds glorious!

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 1 jaya jaya sri-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-guṇa-dhāma jaya jaya nityānanda-svarūpera prāṇa TRANSLATION All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the reservoir of all transcedental qualities! All glories to the life and soul of Nityānanda Svarūpa!

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami has a program featuring Havi Das (Ilan Chester) who shares how he came to Krishna consciousness.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his recent realizations and shares Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 393 ei-mata kata-dina premānanda-rase gadādhara dāsera mandire prabhu vaise TRANSLATION In this way Nityānanda stayed a few days in the house of Gadādhara dāsa, absorbed in the mellows of ecstatic love.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 354 ei mata nityānanda svānubhāvā-raṅge biharena sakala pārṣada kari’ saṅge TRANSLATION In this way Nityānanda enjoyed His own ecstatic mood as He sported in the company of His associates.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 276 svānubhāvānande prabhu nityānanda-rāya prema-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭi kari’ cāri dike cāya TRANSLATION In his own ecstatic mood, Lord Nityānanda Prabhu showered everyone in the four directions with ecstatic love by His merciful glance.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares the activities and realizations on the completion of his Bhakti Immersion retreat at Govardhana.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares the activities and realizations on the last evening of his Bhakti Immersion retreat at Govardhana.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares the activities and realizations during his Bhakti Immersion retreat at Govardhana.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 209 hena-mate śrī-gaurasundara nīlācale rahilena kīrtana-vihāra-kutūhale TRANSLATION In this way Śrī Gaurasundara enjoyed pastimes of kīrtana while residing in Nīlācala.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 164 prabhure dekhiyā rājā mahāsukhī haiyā thākilena gṛhe giyā śayana kariyā TRANSLATION The King was most happy after seeing the Lord. He returned home and went to sleep.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 139 pratāparudera sthāne haila gocara nīlācale āilena śrī-gaurasundara TRANSLATION Soon Pratāparudera came to know: “Śrī Gauracandra has come to Nīlācala.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 90 śākete prabhura prtia rāghava jāniyā rāndhiyā āchena śāka vividha āniyā TRANSLATION Rāghava knew that the Lord was fond of śāka, so he had cooked various kinds of śāka.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 70 adyāpiha śrīvāsere caitanya-kṛpāya dvāre saba upasanna haiteche līlāya TRANSLATION By the mercy of Lord Caitanya, everything comes to the door of Śrīvāsa even today.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 26 hena se prabhura prīti dattera viṣaya prabhu bale—āmi vāsudevera niścaya TRANSLATION The Lord had such love for Vāsudeva Datta that He would say, “I certainly belong to Vāsudeva.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 18 vāsudeva datta āilena sei kṣaṇe śivānanda-sena-ādi āpta-varga-sane TRANSLATION At the moment Vāsudeva Datta and various other associates headed by Śivānanda Sena arrived there.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 5 Text 5 kata dina thāki’ prabhu advaitera ghare āilā kumārahaṭṭa-śrīvāsa-mandire TRANSLATION After staying a few days at the house of Advaita, the Lord went to the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita in Kumārahaṭṭa. NOTE! Due to a bad internet connection today’s class is not the best quality.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 517 ekodivasera yata caitanya-vihāra koṭi vatsare o keha nāre varṇibāra TRANSLATION Even in millions of years no one could describe the pastimes that Lord Caitanya performed in one day.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 470 prabhu bale—e sampatti manuṣyera naya ācārya maheśa hena mora citte laya TRANSLATION The Lord said, “These oppulences are not possible for an ordinary human being. I think Advaita Ācārya must be Maheśa.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 441 mādhava-purīra ārādhanāra divase sarvasva nikṣepa kare advaita hariṣe TRANSLATION Since then, Advaita joyfully celebrated Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī’s appearance day every year.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues a series of classes given to the Russian Bhaktivedanta Academy in Sridham Mayapur and then shares his realizations.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 413 dharma karma’ loka saba ei mātra jāne maṅgala-caṇḍira gīte kare jāgaraṇe TRANSLATION The only religious people and pious activity that people knew was to sing the glories of Maṅgala-caṇḍi throughout the night.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues a class given to the Russian Bhaktivedanta Academy in Sridham Mayapur and then shares his realizations.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 397 mādhava-purīra ārādhanā puṇya-tithi daiva-yoge upasanna haila āsi’ tathi TRANSLATION By divine arrangement the auspicious appearance day of Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī arrived.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 391 ithe yei eka vaiṣṇavera pakṣa haya anya vaiṣṇavere ninde se-i yāya kṣaya TRANSLATION Therefore if one takes the side of one Vaiṣṇava and blasphemes another, he is doomed.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 397 mādhava-purīra ārādhanā puṇya-tithi daiva-yoge upasanna haila āsi’ tathi TRANSLATION By divine arrangement the auspicious appearance day of Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī arrived.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 369 kichu nā jāniluṅ muñi āpanā’ khāiyā vaiṣṇavera nindā kailuṅ pramatta haiyā TRANSLATION “I did not know anything. Out of madness I ruined myself by blaspheming a Vaiṣṇava.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 340 ei mata aṣṭa śloka āpanāra kṛta paḍilā murāri rāma-mahimā-amṛta TRANSLATION In this way Murāri Gupta explained the eight verses that he had composed describing the nectarean glories of Rāma.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 316 murāri guptere prabhu sammukhe dekhiyā balilena tāṅre kichu īṣat hāsiyā TRANSLATION When the Lord saw Murāri Gupta before Him, He smiled and spoke to him.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 271 nityānanda mahāmatta āira santoṣe parānanda-sindhu-mājhe bhāsena hariṣe TRANSLATION When the greatly intoxicated Nityānanda saw how happy mother Śacī was, He joyfully floated in an ocean of transcendental ecstasy.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 248 śloka-vandhe ei mata kariyā stavana daṇḍavat haya prabhu dharma-sanātana TRANSLATION The Lord, who establishes religious principles, offered obeisances and recited verses in this way.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 222 kakhana ye ucca kari’ karena krandana hṛdaya dravaye tāhā karite śravaṇa TRANSLATION Sometimes she would cry so loudly that the heart of anyone who heard would melt.

In today’s class, Dhanurdhara Swami is joined by Laxmimoni Devi Dasi in sharing their realizations of Śrīla Prabhupāda on the anniversary of his disappearance.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 199 ācāryere namaskarilena bhakta-gaṇa ācārya sabāre kailā prema-āliṅgana TRANSLATION All the devotees offered obeisances to Advaita Ācārya, who in turn affectionately embraced them all.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 189 sapārṣade sri-gaurasundara sei-kṣaṇe āsi’ āvirbhāva hailā advaita-bhavane TRANSLATION At that moment Śrī Gaurasundara and His associates arrived at Advaita’s house.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 149 prathamei paramārtha ki kārya kahiya vyavahāra kahiyāi yāi prabhodhiyā TRANSLATION “So why should I first speak about the spiritual aspect? Let me first satisfy him by explaining their worldly relationship?”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 130 ei mata prabhu kata-dina sei grāme nirbhaye āchena nija-kīrtana-vidhāne TRANSLATION In this way the Lord passed a few more days fearlessly enjoying saṅkīrtana pastimes in that village.

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 46 – Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana Nanda Mahārāja returned to Vṛndāvana without Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. He was accompanied only by the cowherd boys and men. It was certainly a very pathetic scene for the gopīs, Mother Yaśodā, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the other residents of Vṛndāvana. Many devotees have...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 117 āmi yadi balāi se rājāra mukhete tabe se balibe rājā āmāre cāhite TRANSLATION “The King will say that he wants to see Me only if I inspire him to do so.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 101 yāṅhāra māyāya jiva pāsari’ āpanā baddha hai’ pāiyāche saṁsāra-vāsanā TRANSLATION The living entities have forgotten who they are. They have become conditioned and have developed material desires simply by the influence of His illusory energy.

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 – The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute Another gopī began to praise the unique position of Govardhana Hill in this way: “How fortunate is this Govardhana Hill, for it is enjoying the association of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, who are accustomed to walking on it. Thus Govardhana...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 73 sarva-guṇa-hīna yadi caitanya-caraṇe smaraṇa karile yāya vaikuṇṭha-bhuvane TRANSLATION But if a person who has no good qualities remembers the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya, the he attains the abode of Vaikuṇṭha.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 56 āpanāra rājye se āmāra ājñā rahe tāṅra ājñā śire kari’ sarva-deśe vahe TRANSLATION “My order is carried out only in my kingdom, but His order is respectfully carried out in all places.”

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 – The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute Another gopī expressed her opinion that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, while tending the cows with the cowherd boys, appeared just like actors going to play on a dramatic stage. Kṛṣṇa was dressed in glowing garments of yellow, Balarāma in blue, and...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 24 kotoyala giyā kahileka rāja-sthane eka nyāsī āsiyache rāmakeli-grame TRANSLATION The local constable went and informed the King, “A sannyāsi has come to the village of Rāmakeli.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 1 jaya jaya kṛpā-sindhu jaya gauracandra jaya jaya sakala-maṅgala-pada-dvandva TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra, the ocean of mercy! All glories to His all-auspicious lotus feet!

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 25, 2021.

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 – The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute Kṛṣṇa was very expert in playing the flute, and the gopīs were captivated by the sound vibration, which was attractive not only to them but to all living creatures who heard it. One of the gopīs told her friends, “The...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 534 hena bhāgavata kona duṣkṛti paḍiyā nityānanda nindā kare tattva na jāniyā TRANSLATION Yet even after reading this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam some sinful people blaspheme Nityānanda, without knowing His glories.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 509 bhāgavata-śāstre se bhaktira tattva kahe teñi bhāgavata-sama kona śāstra nahe TRANSLATION “Because Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam glorifies devotional service, there is no literature equal to it.”

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 – The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute With the arrival of the beautiful autumn season, the waters in the lakes and rivers became as clear as crystal and filled with fragrant lotus flowers, and breezes blew very pleasantly. At that time Kṛṣṇa entered the forest of Vṛndāvana...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 505 śuna vipra bhāgavate ei vākhānibā bhakti vinā āra kichu mukhe nā ānibā TRANSLATION “Listen, O brāhmaṇa, while teaching Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam you should not explain anything other than devotional service.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 467 dekhibāra yogyatā āchaye punaḥ tāna tabe kene na dekhilā kṛṣṇa se pramāṇa TRANSLATION Although he had the qualification to see the Lord, only Kṛṣṇa knows why he was unable.

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 30 – Kṛṣṇa’s Hiding from the Gopīs In this way all the gopīs were madly feeling the absence of Kṛṣṇa. They inquired about Him from the trees and plants. In some places they found the imprints of the marks on the soles of His feet – namely the...

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 29 – The Rāsa Dance: Introduction In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is stated that the rāsa dance took place on the full-moon night of the śarat season. From the statements of previous chapters, it appears that the festival of Govardhana-pūjā was performed just after the dark-moon night of the month...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 464 viprere karite prabhu tattva-upadeśa kṣaṇeke paṇḍiṭa devānandera praveśa TRANSLATION As the Lord was instructing the brāhmaṇa in spiritual knowledge, Devānanda Paṇḍiṭa arrived there.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Texts 446 ei prabhu sei pāpa-karma saṅarite anukṣaṇa citta mora dahe sarva-mate TRANSLATION “O Lord, when I now remember those sinful activities my heart constantly burns with repentance.”

In addition to today’s class, Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on the passing of his mother, Doris Winiker. Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 434 ye prabhu dekhite sarva deve kāmya kare se prabhu nācaye sarva-gaṇera gocare TRANSLATION All the demigods desire to see the Lord who was now dancing before the eyes of one and all.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Texts 418-419 brahmaloka-śivaloka-ādi yata loka ye sukhera kaṇā-leśe sabei aśoka yogīndra munīndra matta ye sukhera leśe pṛthivīte kṛṣṇa prakāśila nyāsi-veśe TRANSLATION Even a particle of the happiness distributed in this world by Kṛṣṇa in the dress of a sannyāsi freed the inhabitants of planets headed by Brahmaloka and Śivaloka from...

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami is joined by His Grace Brahma Tirtha Prabhu as they share their realizations and remembrances of Śrīla Prabhupāda on his Vyāsa-pūjā.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 3 Texts 1-5 śrī-śuka uvāca atha sarva-guṇopetaḥ kālaḥ parama-śobhanaḥ yarhy evājana-janmarkṣaṁ śāntarkṣa-graha-tārakam diśaḥ prasedur gaganaṁ nirmaloḍu-gaṇodayam mahī maṅgala-bhūyiṣṭha- pura-grāma-vrajākarā nadyaḥ prasanna-salilā hradā jalaruha-śriyaḥ dvijāli-kula-sannāda- stavakā vana-rājayaḥ vavau vāyuḥ sukha-sparśaḥ puṇya-gandhavahaḥ śuciḥ agnayaś ca dvijātīnāṁ śāntās tatra samindhata manāṁsy āsan prasannāni sādhūnām asura-druhām jāyamāne ’jane tasmin nedur dundubhayaḥ samam TRANSLATION Thereafter,...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 45 tamyāṁ tamovan naihāraṁ khadyotārcir ivāhani mahatītara-māyaiśyaṁ nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ TRANSLATION As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 403 viśārada-caraṇe āmāra namaskāra sārvabhauma vācaspati nandana yāṅhara TRANSLATION I offer my humble obeisances at the feet of Viśārada, who had Sārvabhauma and Vācaspati as his sons.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 35 vrajasya rāmaḥ premardher vīkṣyautkaṇṭhyam anukṣaṇam mukta-staneṣv apatyeṣv apy ahetu-vid acintayat TRANSLATION Because of an increase of affection, the cows had constant attachment even to those calves that were grown up and had stopped sucking milk from their mothers. When Baladeva saw this attachment, He was unable to...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 393 anata arbuda loka kare hari-dhvani bāhira nā haya gupte āche nyāsi-maṇi TRANSLATION Unlimited millions of people chanted the name of Hari, yet the crest jewel of sannyāsīs stayed hidden and did not come out.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 18 tataḥ kṛṣṇo mudaṁ kartuṁ tan-mātṝṇāṁ ca kasya ca ubhayāyitam ātmānaṁ cakre viśva-kṛd īśvaraḥ TRANSLATION Thereafter, just to create pleasure both for Brahmā and for the mothers of the calves and cowherd boys, Kṛṣṇa, the creator of the entire cosmic manifestation, expanded Himself as calves and boys.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 8 kṛṣṇasya viṣvak puru-rāji-maṇḍalair abhyānanāḥ phulla-dṛśo vrajārbhakāḥ sahopaviṣṭā vipine virejuś chadā yathāmbhoruha-karṇikāyāḥ TRANSLATION Like the whorl of a lotus flower surrounded by its petals and leaves, Kṛṣṇa sat in the center, encircled by lines of His friends, who all looked very beautiful. Every one of them was trying...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 374 sabe cala yadi satya haya e vacana tabe se āmāre sabe baliha brāhmaṇa TRANSLATION “Let us all go. If this information is correct, you should accept me as a brāhmaṇa.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 354 yata mate vācaspati kahena lokere pratīta kāhāro nāhi janmaye antare TRANSLATION In whatever way Vācaspati tried to explain, the people did not have trust in his words.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 4 tathāgha-vadanān mṛtyo rakṣitvā vatsa-pālakān sarit-pulinam ānīya bhagavān idam abravīt TRANSLATION Then, after saving the boys and calves from the mouth of Aghāsura, who was death personified, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, brought them all to the bank of the river and spoke the following words.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 337 ei mate sarva-dike loke stuti kare hena raṅga karāyena gaurāṅga-sundare TRANSLATION In this way people offered prayers from all directions. Such are the pastimes of Lord Gaurāṅga!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 313 hena ākarṣeṇa mana śrī-caitanya-deve eho ki iśvara-vine anyeri sambhave TRANSLATION Such was the attraction of Lord Śrī Caitanya. Is such attraction possible for anyone other than the Supreme Lord?

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 2 satām ayaṁ sāra-bhṛtāṁ nisargo yad-artha-vāṇī-śruti-cetasām api prati-kṣaṇaṁ navya-vad acyutasya yat striyā viṭānām iva sādhu vārtā TRANSLATION Paramahaṁsas, devotees who have accepted the essence of life, are attached to Kṛṣṇa in the core of their hearts, and He is the aim of their lives. It is their nature...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 283 mora ghara-dvāra yata—sakala tomāra sukhe thāka tumi keha nā jāniba āra TRANSLATION “My house and everything in it belong to You. You remain here peacefully. No one will disturb You.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 261 akartavya kare nija sevaka rākhite tāra sākṣī vāli vadhe sugrīva-nimitte TRANSLATION For the sake of His devotees, the Lord performs activities that may be considered improper. An example of this is the killing of Vāli on the request of Sugrīva.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 1 śrī-śuka uvāca sādhu pṛṣṭaṁ mahā-bhāga tvayā bhāgavatottama yan nūtanayasīśasya śṛṇvann api kathāṁ muhuḥ TRANSLATION Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O best of devotees, most fortunate Parīkṣit, you have inquired very nicely, for although constantly hearing the pastimes of the Lord, you are perceiving His activities to be newer...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 255 prabhu bale &emdashāmi ye achiye pṛthivīte jāniha kevala purī gosāñira prīte TRANSLATION The Lord said, “Know for certain that I live in this world simply because of Purī Gosvāmī’s affection.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 221 eteke ye śrī-caitanya prabhura upamā tāṅhā’-bai āra dite nāhi kabhu sīmā TRANSLATION Therefore one can never compare Lord Caitanya with anyone other than the Lord Himself.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 212 tāṇḍava-paṇḍita prabhu nija-prema-rase karena taṇḍava bhakta-gaṇa sukhe bhāse TRANSLATION The Lord, who was expert in dancing wildly, danced wildly in the mellows of His own ecstatic love, and the devotees floated in an ocean of happiness.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 198 ei avadhūtera manuṣya-śakti nahe balarāma-sparśe ki anyera deha rahed TRANSLATION “This avadhūta’s strength is not that of a human being, for how else could one survive after touching great personality Balarāma.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 6 Text 186 bhakṣaṇa apekṣā nāhi, samasta divasa gamana kṣudhā nāhi bādhe, caitanya-caraṇa-prāptye mana TRANSLATION Not caring about eating, he traveled all day. Hunger was not an impediment, for his mind was concentrated upon obtaining shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Dhanurdhara Maharaja also reads an excerpt from...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 188 bhagavān ācārya āilā mahāśaya śravaṇe o yāre nāhi paraśe viṣaya TRANSLATION The great personality Bhagavān Ācārya, who would never hear of material enjoyment, also came there.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 180 dāmodara-svarūpa saṅgīta-rasa-maya yāra dhvani śunile prabhura nṛtya haya TRANSLATION Svarūpa Dāmodara was expert in the art of music. On hearing his voice, the Lord would begin dancing.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 6 Text 161 vāsudeva-dattera teṅha haya ‘anugṛhīta’ raghunāthera ‘guru’ teṅho haya ‘purohita’ TRANSLATION Yadunandana Ācārya was the priest and spiritual master of Raghunātha dāsa. Although born in a brāhmaṇa family, he had accepted the mercy of Vāsudeva Datta.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 166 pathe caliteo īśvarera bāhya nāi bhakti-rase viharena caitanya-gosāñi TRANSLATION Lord Caitanya had no external consciousness even when He was walking on the road, because He merged in the mellows of devotional service.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 154 ye śunaye e saba caitanya-guṇa-grāma se yāya saṁsāra tari’ śrī-caitanya-dhāma TRANSLATION One who hears these characteristics of Lord Caitanya will cross the ocean of material existence and attain Lord Caitanya’s abode.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 6 Text 13 pūrve śāntipure raghunātha yabe āilā mahāprabhu kṛpā kari’ tāṅre śikhāilā TRANSLATION When Raghunātha dāsa, during his family life, went to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Śāntipura, the Lord gave him worthy instructions by His causeless mercy.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 130 ei mata sārvabhauma śata śloka kari’ stuti kare caitanyera pāda-padma dhari’ TRANSLATION In this way Sārvabhauma composed one hundred verses as he glorified Lord Caitanya while holding His lotus feet.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 122 parama subuddhi sārvabhauma mahāmati śloka paḍi’ paḍi’ punaḥ punaḥ kare stuti TRANSLATION The supremely intelligent, broad-minded Sārvabhauma repeatedly offered obeisances and recited various verses.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 6 Text 1 kṛpā-guṇair yaḥ kugṛhāndha-kūpād uddhṛtya bhaṅgyā raghunātha-dāsam nyasya svarūpe vidadhe ’ntar-aṅgaṁ śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyam amuṁ prapadye TRANSLATION With the ropes of His causeless mercy, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu employed a trick to deliver Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī from the blind well of contemptible family life. He made Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī one of...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 115 prabhu mora śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prāṇa-nātha muñi adhmere prabhu kara dṛṣṭi-pāta TRANSLATION “O Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, my life and soul, please glance mercifully on this fallen soul!”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 95 īṣat hasiyā gauracandra prabhu kaya yata vākhānilā tumi saba satya haya TRANSLATION Lord Gauracandra smiled and said, “Whatever you explained is certainly true.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 13 Text 28 kṣaṇe sthira hañā rahe, ṭānileha nā cale īśvara-icchāya cale, nā cale kāro bale TRANSLATION Sometimes the car would stand still and not move, even though it was pulled very vigorously. The chariot therefore moved by the will of the Lord, not by the strength of any ordinary person.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 79 hena mate prabhu bhṛtya-saṅge kare khelā ke bujhite pāre gaurasundarera līlā TRANSLATION In this way the Lord performs pastimes with His servants. Who can understand the pastimes of Gaurasundara?

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 70 yadi tiṅho nāhi jānāyena āpanāre tabe kāra śakti āche jānite tāṅhāre TRANSLATION Who has the power to know the Lord if He does not reveal Himself?

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Texts 44-45 bhūyas tatrāpi so ’drākṣīt stūyamānam ahīśvaram siddha-cāraṇa-gandharvair asurair nata-kandharaiḥ sahasra-śirasaṁ devaṁ sahasra-phaṇa-maulinam nīlāmbaraṁ visa-śvetaṁ śṛṅgaiḥ śvetam iva sthitam TRANSLATION There Akrūra now saw Ananta Śeṣa, the Lord of the serpents, receiving praise from Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Gandharvas and demons, who all had their heads bowed. The Personality of...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 61 se saba mahānta śeṣa tribhāga-vayase grāmya-rasa bhuñjiyā se karilā sannyāse TRANSLATION “All those great souls relished material enjoyment and took sannyāsa after three-fourths of their life had passed.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 23 bujha dekhi vicāriyā ki āche sannyāse prathamei baddha haya ahaṅkāra-pāśe TRANSLATION “Just consider, what is the use of accepting sannyāsa? One immediately becomes bound by the ropes of false ego.”

On Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, the appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, Dhanurdhara Swami share his realizations.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 41 nimajjya tasmin salile japan brahma sanātanam tāv eva dadṛśe ’krūro rāma-kṛṣṇau samanvitau TRANSLATION While immersing himself in the water and reciting eternal mantras from the Vedas, Akrūra suddenly saw Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa before him. Today’s sanga also includes a brief talk about the upcoming Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, the...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 7 hena-mate śrī-gauransundara nīlācale ātma-saṅgopana kari’ āche kutūhale TRANSLATION In this way Śrī Gaurasundara concealed His identity while happily residing in Nīlācala.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 1 jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-guṇa-dhāma jaya jaya nityānanda-svarūpera prāṇa TRANSLATION All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the reservoir of all transcendental qualities! All glories to the life and soul of Nityānanda Svarūpa!

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 34 gopyaś ca dayitaṁ kṛṣṇam anuvrajyānurañjitāḥ pratyādeśaṁ bhagavataḥ kāṅkṣantyaś cāvatasthire TRANSLATION [With His glances] Lord Kṛṣṇa somewhat pacified the gopīs, and they also followed behind for some time. Then, hoping He would give them some instruction, they stood still.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 471 prabhura ānanda-mūrcchā haila ye-mate bāhya nāhi bhileka āchena sei mate TRANSLATION The Lord remained unconscious in ecstasy. He did not display even a tinge of external consciousness.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 441 tathāpi ye lilā prabhu karena yakhane tāhā kahe vede jīva-uddhāra-kāraṇe TRANSLATION Yet the Vedas describe the pastimes that the Lord performs for the purpose of delivering the living entities.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 29 yasyānurāga-lalita-smita-valgu-mantra līlāvaloka-parirambhaṇa-rāsa-goṣṭhām nītāḥ sma naḥ kṣaṇam iva kṣaṇadā vinā taṁ gopyaḥ kathaṁ nv atitarema tamo durantam TRANSLATION When He brought us to the assembly of the rāsa dance, where we enjoyed His affectionate and charming smiles, His delightful secret talks, His playful glances and His embraces, we...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 424 matta-siṁha-gati jini’ calilā satvara praviṣṭa haila asi’ purīra bhitara TRANSLATION The Lord walked like an intoxicated lion and soon entered the town of Jagannātha Purī.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 404 ei mate sarva-pathe santoṣe āsite uttarilā āsi’ prabhu kamalapurete TRANSLATION In this way the Lord happily traveled all the way and eventually arrived at Kamalapura.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 24 tāsāṁ mukundo madhu-mañju-bhāṣitair gṛhīta-cittaḥ para-vān manasvy api kathaṁ punar naḥ pratiyāsyate ’balā grāmyāḥ salajja-smita-vibhramair bhraman TRANSLATION O gopīs, although our Mukunda is intelligent and very obedient to His parents, once He has fallen under the spell of the honey-sweet words of the women of Mathurā and been...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 391 kṣetera pālaka tumi sarvathā āmāra sarva-kṣetre tomāre dilāma adhikāra TRANSLATION “You will be the sole maintainer of My abodes. I authorize you to do this.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 23 Text 9 iti te bhagavad-yācñāṁ śṛṇvanto ’pi na śuśruvuḥ kṣudrāśā bhūri-karmāṇo bāliśā vṛddha-māninaḥ TRANSLATION The brāhmaṇas heard this supplication from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet they refused to pay heed. Indeed, they were full of petty desires and entangled in elaborate rituals. Though presuming themselves advanced in Vedic...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 27 anārdra-dhīr eṣa samāsthito rathaṁ tam anv amī ca tvarayanti durmadāḥ gopā anobhiḥ sthavirair upekṣitaṁ daivaṁ ca no ’dya pratikūlam īhate TRANSLATION Hard-hearted Kṛṣṇa has already mounted the chariot, and now the foolish cowherds are hurrying after Him in their bullock carts. Even the elders are saying nothing...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 364 śuna śiva tomāre dilāṅa divya-sthāna sarva-goṣṭhī saha tathā karaha payāna TRANSLATION “Listen, Śiva, I am giving you a divine place. Go and live there with your associates.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 367 se sthāna śiva āji kahi tomā’-sthāne se purīra marma mora keha nāhi jane TRANSLATION “O Śiva, today I am revealing to you the glories of that place. No one else knows the secrets of that place.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 22 na nanda-sūnuḥ kṣaṇa-bhaṅga-sauhṛdaḥ samīkṣate naḥ sva-kṛtāturā bata vihāya gehān sva-janān sutān patīṁs tad-dāsyam addhopagatā nava-priyaḥ TRANSLATION Alas, Nanda’s son, who breaks loving friendships in a second, will not even look directly at us. Forcibly brought under His control, we abandoned our homes, relatives, children and husbands just...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 344 kene śiva tumi ta’ jānaha mora śuddhi eta-kāle tomāra e-mata kene buddhi TRANSLATION “O Śiva, you certainly know My prowess. How then did you develop such a mentality after all this time?”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 309 ‘śiva-priya sarovara’ jāni śrī-caitanya snāna kari’ viśeṣe karilā ati dhanya TRANSLATION Realizing that the lake was dear to Śiva, Śrī Caitanya eagerly took bath therein and made it glorious.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 21 krūras tvam akrūra-samākhyayā sma naś cakṣur hi dattaṁ harase batājña-vat yenaika-deśe ’khila-sarga-sauṣṭhavaṁ tvadīyam adrākṣma vayaṁ madhu-dviṣaḥ TRANSLATION O Providence, though you come here with the name Akrūra, you are indeed cruel, for like a fool you are taking away what you once gave us — those eyes...

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies while on the road.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 301 hena-mate mahānande śrī-gaurasundara āilena kata dine kaṭaka-nagara TRANSLATION In this way Śrī Gaurasundara traveled in great ecstasy for a few days and then arrived at Cuttack.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 19 śrī-gopya ūcuḥ aho vidhātas tava na kvacid dayā saṁyojya maitryā praṇayena dehinaḥ tāṁś cākṛtārthān viyunaṅkṣy apārthakaṁ vikrīḍitaṁ te ’rbhaka-ceṣṭitaṁ yathā TRANSLATION The gopīs said: O Providence, you have no mercy! You bring embodied creatures together in friendship and love and then senselessly separate them before they fulfill...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 277 remuṇāya dekhi’ nija-mūrti gopīnātha vistara karilā nrtya bhakta-varga sātha TRANSLATION When the Lord saw His own form of Gopīnātha at Remuṇā, He danced in ecstasy with the devotees.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 275 ei mata śrī-gaurasundara bhgavān nānā mate karilena sarva-jiva-trāṇa TRANSLATION In this way, Lord Śrī Gaurasundara used various means to deliver all living entities.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 273 ‘patita-pāvana kṛṣṇa’ sarva-vede kahe ataeva śākta-sane prabhu kathā kahe TRANSLATION All the Vedas declare that Kṛṣṇa is Patita-pāvana, the deliverer of the fallen souls. That is why the Lord spoke with that śākta.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 244 karite āchena nṛtya jagat-jivana parvata vidare hena huṅkāra garjana TRANSLATION The life and soul of the universe continuously danced and roared so loudly it appeared as though mountains could be broken asunder.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 13 gopyas tās tad upaśrutya babhūvur vyathitā bhṛśam rāma-kṛṣṇau purīṁ netum akrūraṁ vrajam āgatam TRANSLATION When the young gopīs heard that Akrūra had come to Vraja to take Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to the city, they became extremely distressed.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 225 prabhu bale—yahe sarva-deva-adhiṣṭhāna se tomāra mate ki haila vāṁśa-khāna TRANSLATION The Lord said, “All the demigods reside in the daṇḍa, and You call it a piece of bamboo!”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 195 caitanya-āveśe matta nityānanda-rāya vihvalera mata vyasasāya sarvathāya TRANSLATION Lord Nityānanda was always restless and intoxicated from being absorbed in thoughts of Lord Caitanya.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Texts 11-12 gopān samādiśat so ’pi gṛhyatāṁ sarva-go-rasaḥ upāyanāni gṛhṇīdhvaṁ yujyantāṁ śakaṭāni ca yāsyāmaḥ śvo madhu-purīṁ dāsyāmo nṛpate rasān drakṣyāmaḥ su-mahat parva yānti jānapadāḥ kila evam āghoṣayat kṣatrā nanda-gopaḥ sva-gokule TRANSLATION Nanda Mahārāja then issued orders to the cowherd men by having the village constable make the following announcement...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 160 bhikṣā kari’ prabhu hai’ haraṣita mana āilena yathā vasi’ āche bhakta-gaṇa TRANSLATION After begging alms, the Lord became joyful. He then returned to where the devotees were waiting.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 130 henai samaye kahe rāmacandra khāṅna naukā asi ghāṭe prabhu haila vidyamāna TRANSLATION At that time Rāmacandra Khān came and said, “O Lord, the boat has arrived at the ghāṭa”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 1 śrī-śuka uvāca sukhopaviṣṭaḥ paryaṅke rama-kṛṣṇoru-mānitaḥ lebhe manorathān sarvān pathi yān sa cakāra ha TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having been honored so much by Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa, Akrūra, seated comfortably on a couch, felt that all the desires he had contemplated on the road were now...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 116 nija-bhakti-rase ḍubi’ vaikuṇṭhera rāya āpanā na jāne prabhu āpana-līlāya TRANSLATION As the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha drowned in the mellows of His own devotional service, He enacted the pastime of forgetting Himself.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 102 jāti-prāṇa-dhana kene mohāra nā yāya āji rātre tomā’ pāṭhāimu sarvathāya TRANSLATION “I am prepared to lose my caste, life, and wealth, but I will certainly help You cross the border tonight.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 34 rathāt tūrṇam avaplutya so ’krūraḥ sneha-vihvalaḥ papāta caraṇopānte daṇḍa-vad rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ TRANSLATION Akrūra, overwhelmed with affection, quickly jumped down from his chariot and fell at the feet of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma like a rod.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 79 snāna kari’ mahāprabhu uṭhilena kūle yei vastra pare sei tite prema-jale TRANSLATION After completing His bath, Mahāprabhu came out of the water, but as soon as He put on dry clothes, they became soaked with His tears of love.

In honor of Nityānanda Trayodaśī, the appearance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Dhanurdhara Swami reads from the Caitanya-bhāgavata. Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 13 Text 70 nityānanda-tattva haridāsa bhala jāne pāila uddhāra dui—jānilena mane TRANSLATION Haridāsa knew well the glories of Nityānanda Prabhu. Therefore he could understand that the two were already delivered.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 50 hena mate prabhu tattva kahite kahite uttarilā āsi’ āṭisārā-nagarete TRANSLATION As the Lord revealed the truth in this way, they came to the village of Āṭisārā.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Texts 28-33 dadarśa kṛṣṇaṁ rāmaṁ ca vraje go-dohanaṁ gatau pīta-nīlāmbara-dharau śarad-amburahekṣaṇau kiśorau śyāmala-śvetau śrī-niketau bṛhad-bhujau su-mukhau sundara-varau bala-dvirada-vikramau dhvaja-vajrāṅkuśāmbhojaiś cihnitair aṅghribhir vrajam śobhayantau mahātmānau sānukrośa-smitekṣaṇau udāra-rucira-krīḍau sragviṇau vana-mālinau puṇya-gandhānuliptāṅgau snātau viraja-vāsasau pradhāna-puruṣāv ādyau jagad-dhetū jagat-patī avatīrṇau jagaty-arthe svāṁśena bala-keśavau diśo vitimirā rājan kurvāṇau prabhayā svayā yathā mārakataḥ śailo raupyaś ca...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 17 yata vighna āche sarva kiṅkara tomāra tomāre karite vughna sakti āche kāra TRANSLATION “All obstacles are Your servants. Therefore who has the power to place obstacles before You?”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 1 jaya jaya gauracandra jaya sarva-prāṇa jaya duṣṭa-bhayaṅkara jata śiṣta-trāṇa TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra! All glorires to the life and soul of all! All glories to You, the personification of fear for the miscreants! All glories to the deliverer of the devotees.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 27 dehaṁ-bhṛtām iyān artho hitvā dambhaṁ bhiyaṁ śucam sandeśād yo harer liṅga- darśana-śravaṇādibhiḥ TRANSLATION The very goal of life for all embodied beings is this ecstasy, which Akrūra experienced when, upon receiving Kaṁsa’s order, he put aside all pride, fear and lamentation and absorbed himself in seeing, hearing...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 283 vṛndāvana-madhye yena gopa-gaṇa-saṅge rāma-kṛṣṇa bhojana karena sei raṅge TRANSLATION It appeared as though Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were joyfully taking lunch in Vṛndāvana in the midst of Their cowherd boy friends.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 274 pūrna-manoratha hailena bhakta-gaṇa yateka pūrvera duḥkha haila khaṇḍana TRANSLATION The devotees became fully satisfied, and their previous distress was mitigated.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 21 labdhvāṅga-saṅgam praṇatam kṛtāñjaliṁ māṁ vakṣyate ’krūra tatety uruśravāḥ tadā vayaṁ janma-bhṛto mahīyasā naivādṛto yo dhig amuṣya janma tat TRANSLATION Having been embraced by the all-famous Lord Kṛṣṇa, I will humbly stand before Him with bowed head and joined palms, and He will address me, “My dear Akrūra.”...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 249 kathokṣaṇe mahāprabhu śrī-gaurāṅga-sundara svānubhāve vaise viṣṇu khaṭṭāra upara TRANSLATION After a while Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu sat on the throne of Viṣṇu in His own ecstasy.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 215 dhūlā-maya sarva aṅga hāsite hāsite jāniyā āilā prabhu-caraṇa dekhite TRANSLATION Realizing that the Lord had arrived, the child, smiling and covered in dust, came to see Him.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 18 na mayy upaiṣyaty ari-buddhim acyutaḥ kaṁsasya dūtaḥ prahito ’pi viśva-dṛk yo ’ntar bahiś cetasa etad īhitaṁ kṣetra-jña īkṣaty amalena cakṣuṣā TRANSLATION The infallible Lord will not consider me an enemy, even though Kaṁsa has sent me here as his messenger. After all, the omniscient Lord is the...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 170 tomāra hastera anne sabākāra āśa tomāra upavāse se kṛṣṇera upavāsa TRANSLATION “Everyone longs to eat food that has been cooked by you. When you fast, Kṛṣṇa fasts.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 125 tabe āra dine kathokṣaṇe bhakta-gaṇa āsiyā pāila sabe prabhura darśana TRANSLATION Sometime the next day the devotees came and found the Lord.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 18 na mayy upaiṣyaty ari-buddhim acyutaḥ kaṁsasya dūtaḥ prahito ’pi viśva-dṛk yo ’ntar bahiś cetasa etad īhitaṁ kṣetra-jña īkṣaty amalena cakṣuṣā TRANSLATION The infallible Lord will not consider me an enemy, even though Kaṁsa has sent me here as his messenger. After all, the omniscient Lord is the...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 107 gaṅgāra vātāsa āsiyā lāge ethā ataeva śunilāṅa hari-guṇa-gāthā TRANSLATION “Breezes coming from the Ganges blow here. Therefore I heard glorification of Hari’s transcendental qualities.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 72 śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāme vimukha ye jana niścaya jāniha sei pāpi bhūta-gaṇa TRANSLATION Know for certain that anyone who is averse to chanting the name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is a sinful, ghostly-haunted person.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 16 apy aṅghri-mūle patitasya me vibhuḥ śirasy adhāsyan nija-hasta-paṅkajam dattābhayaṁ kāla-bhujāṅga-raṁhasā prodvejitānāṁ śaraṇaiṣiṇāṁ ṇṛnām TRANSLATION And when I have fallen at His feet, the almighty Lord will place His lotus hand upon my head. For those who seek shelter in Him because they are greatly disturbed by the...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 54 catur-dige loka kāndi’ vana bhāngi’ yāya sabāre karena prabhu kṛpā amāyāya TRANSLATION People shed tears and trampled down the forest as they came rushing from all directions. The Lord sincerely bestowed His mercy on them.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 42 ei mata virahe sakala bhakta-gaṇa sabāra haila baḍa citta ucāṭana TRANSLATION In this way the hearts of all the devotees were agitated with feelings of separation.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 14 taṁ tv adya nūnaṁ mahatāṁ gatiṁ guruṁ trailokya-kāntaṁ dṛśiman-mahotsavam rūpaṁ dadhānaṁ śriya īpsitāspadaṁ drakṣye mamāsann uṣasaḥ su-darśanāḥ TRANSLATION Today I shall certainly see Him, the goal and spiritual master of the great souls. Seeing Him brings jubilation to all who have eyes, for He is the true...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 17 bhāratīre kṛpā haila prabhura dekhiyā sarva-gaṇa hari bale ḍākiyā ḍākiyā TRANSLATION On seeing the Lord bestow mercy on Keśava Bhāratī, everyone loudly chanted the name of Hari.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 8 karilena mātra prabhu sannyāsa-grahaṇa mukundere ājñā haila karite kīrtana TRANSLATION Immediately after the Lord accepted sannyāsa, He instructed Mukunda to perform kīrtana.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 13 sa cāvatīrṇaḥ kila sātvatānvaye sva-setu-pālāmara-varya-śarma-kṛt yaśo vitanvan vraja āsta īśvaro gāyanti devā yad aśeṣa-maṅgalam TRANSLATION That same Supreme Lord has descended into the dynasty of the Sātvatas to delight the exalted demigods, who maintain the principles of religion He has created. Residing in Vṛndāvana, He spreads His...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 1 avatīrṇau sa-kāruṇyau paricchinnau sad-īśvarau śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nityānandau dvau bhrātarau bhaje TRANSLATION I worship the two brothers, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Śrī Nityānanda, who have descended in this world as the supreme controllers. They have appeared in covered forms as the embodiments of mercy.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 176 eteke tomāra nāma śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya sarva-loka tomā’ haite yāte haila dhanya TRANSLATION “Therefore Your nam will be Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. Because of You, everyone will become fortunate.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 12 yasyākhilāmīva-habhiḥ su-maṅgalaiḥ vāco vimiśrā guṇa-karma-janmabhiḥ prāṇanti śumbhanti punanti vai jagat yās tad-viraktāḥ śava-śobhanā matāḥ TRANSLATION All sins are destroyed and all good fortune is created by the Supreme Lord’s qualities, activities and appearances, and words that describe these three things animate, beautify and purify the world. On...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 152 kathaṁ-katham api sarva-dina-avaśeṣe kṣaura-karma nirbāha haila prema-rase TRANSLATION Somehow or other, in the mellows of ecstatic love, the Lord’s head was finally shaved by the end of the day.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 129 tabe tumi loka-śikṣā-nimitta-kāraṇe karibā āmāre guru hena laya mane TRANSLATION “Yet I think that to teach people in general, You will accept me as Your guru.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 11 ya īkṣitāhaṁ-rahito ’py asat-satoḥ sva-tejasāpāsta-tamo-bhidā-bhramaḥ sva-māyayātman racitais tad-īkṣayā prāṇākṣa-dhībhiḥ sadaneṣv abhīyate TRANSLATION He is the witness of material cause and effect, yet He is always free from false identification with them. By His internal potency He dispels the darkness of separation and confusion. The individual souls in...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 110 kṛṣṇa-dāsya vinu mora kichu āna hena upadeśa tumi more deha’ dāna TRANSLATION “I have no desire other than the service of Kṛṣṇa. Please instruct Me accordingly.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 99 nindā-dveṣa-ādi yāra manete āchila prabhura viraha-sarpa pāṣaṇḍe daṁśila TRANSLATION Those who were filled with offenses and envy were also bitten by the snake of the Lord’s separation.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 7 kaṁso batādyākṛta me ’ty-anugrahaṁ drakṣye ’ṅghri-padmaṁ prahito ’munā hareḥ kṛtāvatārasya duratyayaṁ tamaḥ pūrve ’taran yan-nakha-maṇḍala-tviṣā TRANSLATION Indeed, today King Kaṁsa has shown me extreme mercy by sending me to see the lotus feet of Lord Hari, who has now appeared in this world. Simply by the effulgence...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 83 kāṅde saba bhakta-gaṇa haiyā acetana hari hari bali’ uccaiḥsvare ki vā mora dhana-jana ki vā mora jīvana prabhu chāḍi’ gelā sabākāre TRANSLATION All the devotees cried and fell unconscious. They loudly exclaimed, “Hari! Hari! What is the use of our wealth, our families, or even our lives, when...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Texts 71-72 eteke ye kichu dravya āchaye tāhāra tomā’-sabākāra haya śāstra-paracāra eteke tomarā sabe āpane miliyā yena icchā tena kara mo yāṅa caliyā TRANSLATION “You may all distribute the items He has left among yourselves. The śāstras declare that those items belong to you. So be satisfied, do as you...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 5 maivaṁ mamādhamasyāpi syād evācyuta-darśanam hriyamāṇaḥ kala-nadyā kvacit tarati kaścana TRANSLATION But enough of such thoughts! After all, even a fallen soul like me can have the chance to behold the infallible Supreme Lord, for one of the conditioned souls being swept along in the river of time...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 29 āpana galāra mala sabākāre diyā ājñā kare prabhu sabe—kṛṣṇa gāo giyā TRANSLATION In this way the Lord cast His merciful glance on everyone who came, and after instructing them, He said, “Now go home.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 25 āpana galāra mala sabākāre diyā ājñā kare prabhu sabe—kṛṣṇa gāo giyā TRANSLATION The Lord then gave each of them a garland from His neck and instructed them, “Sing the glories of Kṛṣṇa.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 2 gacchan pathi mahā-bhāgo bhagavaty ambujekṣaṇe bhaktiṁ parām upagata evam etad acintayat TRANSLATION As he traveled on the road, the great soul Akrūra felt tremendous devotion for the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead, and thus he began to consider as follows.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 20 vasiyā āchena prabhu kamala-locana sarvāṅge śobhita mālā sugandi cadana TRANSLATION The lotus-eyed Lord sat there with His limbs decorated with a beautiful flower garland and scented sandalwood pulp.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 28 Text 1 jaya jaya śrī-gaurāṅga viṣṇupriyā-nātha jiva-gaṇa-prati kara śubha dṛṣṭi-pāta TRANSLATION All glories to Śrī Gaurāṅga, the Lord of Viṣṇupriyā! Please bestow Your auspicious glance on the living entities.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 1 ya īkṣitāhaṁ-rahito ’py asat-satoḥ sva-tejasāpāsta-tamo-bhidā-bhramaḥ sva-māyayātman racitais tad-īkṣayā prāṇākṣa-dhībhiḥ sadaneṣv abhīyate TRANSLATION He is the witness of material cause and effect, yet He is always free from false identification with them. By His internal potency He dispels the darkness of separation and confusion. The individual souls in...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 27 Text 35 prema-śoka kahe śacī viśambhara śune vasi’ (yena) raghunāthe kauśalyā bujhāya śrī-caitanya nityānanda sukhadātā sadānanda vrndāvana dāsa rasa gāya TRANSLATION As Śacī became grief-stricken with love while speaking, Viśambhara sat and listened. It appeared as though Kauśalyā was instructing Rāmacandra. Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda bestow happiness and are always...

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Śrīla Prabhupāda on the anniversary of his disappearance day.

In today’s sanga, Dhanurdhara Swami speaking on the pastime of Krishna lifting of Govardhana Hill.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 27 Text 18 paramparā e sakala yateka ākhyāna śuniyā śacīra dehe nāhi rahe prāṇa TRANSLATION As this news spread from person to person and eventually reached Śacī, she became practically lifeless.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 27 Text 1 jaya jaya viśvambhara śrī-śacīnandana jaya jaya gaurasiṁha patita-pāvana TRANSLATION All glories to Viśvambhara, Śrī Śacīnandana! All glories to the lionlike Gaurāṅga, the deliverer of the fallen!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 26 Text 153 ‘gṛha chāḍibena prabhu’ jāni’ nityānanda bāhya nāhi sphure deha haila nispanda TRANSLATION As Nityānanda realized that the Lord would leave home, He lost external consciousness and His body was stunned.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 37 Text 13 sa tvaṁ bhūdhara-bhūtānāṁ daitya-pramatha-rakṣasām avatīrṇo vināśāya sādhunāṁ rakṣaṇāya ca TRANSLATION You, that very same creator, have now descended to the earth to annihilate the Daitya, Pramatha and Rākṣasa demons who are posing as kings, and also to protect the godly.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 26 Text 128 bhāla se āilāṅa āmi jagata tārite tāraṇa nahila āmi āiluṅ saṁhārite TRANSLATION “I came to deliver the living entities of this world. I could not deliver them, and it appears that I came to destroy them.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 37 Text 12 ātmanātmāśrayaḥ pūrvaṁ māyayā sasṛje guṇān tair idaṁ satya-saṅkalpaḥ sṛjasy atsy avasīśvaraḥ TRANSLATION You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 26 Text 80 hena se ḍākiyā prabhu karena rodana śunile vidīrṇa haya ananta-bhuvana kadācit kakhana o prabhura bāhya haya prāṇa yāya mora sabe ei kathā kaya TRANSLATION The Lord’s crying would pierce the hearts of people throughout innumerable worlds.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 26 Text 75 kadācit kakhana o prabhura bāhya haya prāṇa yāya mora sabe ei kathā kaya TRANSLATION The Lord would seldom regain external consciousness, and when He did so, He would exclaim, “My life is departing.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 37 Text 9 devarṣir upasaṅgamya bhāgavata-pravaro nṛpa kṛṣṇam akliṣṭa-karmāṇaṁ rahasy etad abhāṣata TRANSLATION My dear King, thereafter Lord Kṛṣṇa was approached in a solitary place by the great sage among the demigods, Nārada Muni. That most exalted devotee spoke as follows to the Lord, who effortlessly performs His pastimes.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 26 Text 59 vijayere kṛpā — śuklāmbarānna-bhojana ihāra śravaṇe mātra mile bhakti-dhana TRANSLATION By hearing about the mercy bestowed on Vijaya and the acceptance of Śuklāmbara’s rice, one attains the wealth of devotional service.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 26 Text 37 thākurera eka śiṣya śrī-vijaya-dāsa se mahāpuruṣe kichu dekhilā prakāśa TRANSLATION There was a student of the Lord named Śrī Vijaya dāsa. That great soul had a divine vision.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 37 Texts 1-2 śrī-śuka uvāca keśī tu kaṁsa-prahitaḥ khurair mahīṁ mahā-hayo nirjarayan mano-javaḥ saṭāvadhūtābhra-vimāna-saṅkulaṁ kurvan nabho heṣita-bhīṣitākhilaḥ taṁ trāsayantaṁ bhagavān sva-gokulaṁ tad-dheṣitair vāla-vighūrṇitāmbudam ātmānam ājau mṛgayantam agra-ṇīr upāhvayat sa vyanadan mṛgendra-vat TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The demon Keśī, sent by Kaṁsa, appeared in Vraja as a great horse. Running with...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 26 Text 1 eka-dina śuklāmbara-brahmācārī-stāne kṛpāya tāhāne anna māgilā āpane TRANSLATION One day the Lord mercifully asked Śuklāmbara Brahmācārī for some rice.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 25 Text 42 tathāpi o keha kichu vyakta nāhi kare duḥkha bada pāilena sabei antare TRANSLATION Still, no one disclosed this news to the Lord. They all kept their feelings of distress in their hearts.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Text 38 śrī-akrūra uvāca rājan manīṣitaṁ sadhryak tava svāvadya-mārjanam siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samaṁ kuryād daivaṁ hi phala-sādhanam TRANSLATION Śrī Akrūra said: O King, you have expertly devised a process to free yourself of misfortune. Still, one should be equal in success and failure, since it is certainly destiny that produces the...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 25 Texts 24-33 krandana uṭhile ha’be rasa-bhaṅga bhaktivinoda ḍare śrīvāsa amani bujhila kāraṇa paśila āpana ghare TRANSLATION Bhaktivinoda feared that if the crying became too loud the Lord’s ecstatic dancing would be disturbed. Realizing the situation, Śrīvāsa quickly went inside the house. Note: This is from an unnumbered section included with...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 25 Text 20 kule rūpe dhane vā vidyāya kichu naya prema-yoge bhajile se kṛṣṇa tuṣṭa haya TRANSLATION Good birth, beauty, wealth, and education are useless. Kṛṣṇa is pleased if one worships Him with love. Note: There was a technical problem at the beginning of the questions and part of the recording...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Text 35 tataś caiṣā mahī mitra bhavitrī naṣṭa-kaṇṭakā TRANSLATION Then, my friend, this earth will be free of thorns.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 25 Text 1 jaya jaya sarva-lokha-nātha gauracandra jaya vipra-veda-dharma-nyāsīra mahendra TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra, the Lord of all universes! All glories ti the best of the brāhmaṇas, the Vedas, the eternal religious principles, and the sannyāsīs!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 24 Text 72 bhakti-yoga bhakti-yoga bhakti-yoga-dhana bhakti ei-kṛṣṇa-nāma-smaraṇa-krandana TRANSLATION Devotional service, devotional service, devotional service is the greatest treasure. Devotional service means crying while remembering Kṛṣṇa’s names.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Text 30 gaccha nanda-vrajaṁ tatra sutāv ānakadundubheḥ āsāte tāv ihānena rathenānaya mā ciram TRANSLATION Please go to Nanda’s village, where the two sons of Ānakadundubhi are living, and without delay bring Them here on this chariot.

In today’s sanga, Dhanurdhara Swami discusses Krishna West with Brahma Tirtha Prabhu.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 24 Text 47 advaita balaye — prabhu pūrve arjunere yāhā dekhāile tāhv icchā baḍa kare TRANSLATION Advaita replied, “O Lord, I have a strong desire to see the form the You previously displayed to Arjuna.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Text 26 ārabhyatāṁ dhanur-yāgaś caturdaśyāṁ yathā-vidhi viśasantu paśūn medhyān bhūta-rājāya mīḍhuṣe TRANSLATION Commence the bow sacrifice on the Caturdaśī day in accordance with the relevant Vedic injunctions. In ritual slaughter offer the appropriate kinds of animals to the magnanimous Lord Śiva.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 24 Text 1 jaya jaya jaya gaura-simha mahadhira jaya jaya sista-pala jaya dusta-vira TRANSLATION All glories to the most sober lionlike Gaura! All glories to the Lord who maintains the devotees and annihilates the miscreants!

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 19, 2020.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 517 ādi deva jaya jaya nityānanda-rāya caitanya kīrtana sphure yāṅhāra krpāya TRANSLATION All glories to Lord Nityānanda, the primeval Lord, by whose mercy glorification of Lord Caitanya menifests.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Text 20 pratiyāte tu devarṣau kaṁsa ābhāṣya keśinam preṣayām āsa hanyetāṁ bhavatā rāma-keśavau TRANSLATION After Nārada left, King Kaṁsa summoned Keśī and ordered him, “Go kill Rāma and Kṛṣṇa.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 492 kholā-vecā sevakera dekha bhāgya-sīmā brahmā śiva kānde yāṅra dekhiyā mahimā TRANSLATION Just behold the ultimate fortune of the Lord’s servant, Śrīdhar, the banana seller. Even Brahmā and Śiva cried on seeing his glories.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 466 ‘sevaka-vatsala prabhu’ cāri-vede gāya sevakera sthāne kṛṣṇa prakāśe sadāya TRANSLATION The four Vedas declare, “The Lord is affectionate to His servants.” Kṛṣṇa always manifests Himself to His servants.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 36 Text 16 ariṣṭe nihate daitye kṛṣṇenādbhuta-karmaṇā kaṁsāyāthāha bhagavān nārado deva-darśanaḥ TRANSLATION After Ariṣṭāsura had been killed by Kṛṣṇa, who acts wonderfully, Nārada Muni went to speak to King Kaṁsa. That powerful sage of godly vision addressed the King as follows.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 436 sarva-mukhe hari nāma śuni prabhu hāse nāciyā calilā prabhu śrīdharera vāse TRANSLATION The Lord smiled as He heard the name of Hari emanate from everyone’s mouth. The Lord then danced down the road to the residence of Śrīdhara.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 368 nā jāni kateka khai phula paḍe bājana śunite dui śravaṇa upāḍe TRANSLATION “We could not even imagine how much puffed rice and kaḍi (small conchshells) were being showered. Our ears were almost shattered from the sound of the musical instruments.”

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 368 nā jāni kateka khai phula paḍe bājana śunite dui śravaṇa upāḍe TRANSLATION “We could not even imagine how much puffed rice and kaḍi (small conchshells) were being showered. Our ears were almost shattered from the sound of the musical instruments.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 359 kājīra baḍīra patha dharilā thākura vādya-kolāhala kājī śunaye prachura TRANSLATION As the Lord approached the Kazi’s house, the Kazi heard the loud vibration of the musical instruments.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Sri Radhastami: The Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 318 keha bale ebe kāji betā gela kothā lāgāli paile āji curna karon māthā TRANSLATION Someone said, “Where is the Kazi now? If I catch him, I’ll smash his head.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 278 ati-manohara yajña-sūtra-vara sadaya hṛdaye śobhe e bujhi ananta hai’ guṇavanta rahilā paraśa-lobhe TRANSLATION An enchanting brāhmaṇa thread adorned His chest, which was filled with compassion. It appeared that the glorious Ananta had assumed that form with a desire to touch the Lord.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 44 tayor yaśodā-rohiṇyau putrayoḥ putra-vatsale yathā-kāmaṁ yathā-kālaṁ vyadhattāṁ paramāśiṣaḥ TRANSLATION Mother Yaśodā and mother Rohiṇī, acting most affectionately toward their two sons, offered all...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 230 ei mata kīrtana kariyā sarva-loka pāsarilā deha-dharma yata duḥkha-śoka TRANSLATION While performing kīrtana in this way, everyone forgot their bodily charcteristics such as distress and lamentation.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations and remembrances of Śrīla Prabhupāda on his Vyāsa-pūjā.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Sri Krishna Janmastami: The Appearance Day of Lord Sri Krishna. nanda ke ānanda bhayo jaya kanhaiyā lāl kī jaya kanhaiyā lāl kī jaya kanhaiyā lāl kī hāthī dīno ghoḍā dīno aur dīnī pālakī nanda ke ānanda bhayo jaya kanhaiyā lāl kī javāneń ko hāthi ghoḍe buḍḍheń ko palki...

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 41 kṛṣṇaḥ kamala-patrākṣaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ stūyamāno ’nugair gopaiḥ sāgrajo vrajam āvrajat TRANSLATION Then lotus-eyed Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose glories are most pious to hear and...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 201 se-i prabhu nāce nija-kīrtane vihvala āpanei upasana sakala maṅgala TRANSLATION That same Lord now became overwhelmed in His own kīrtana, and all auspiciousness automatically manifest.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 189 kāndira sahita kalā sakala duyāre purṇa-ghaṭa śobhe nārikela āmrasāre TRANSLATION At every doorstep there were bunches of bananas, clay pots filled with water, coconuts, and mango twigs.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Balarāma and His appearance day, Balarāma Pūrṇimā.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 20 śrīdāmā nāma gopālo rāma-keśavayoḥ sakhā subala-stokakṛṣṇādyā gopāḥ premṇedam abruvan TRANSLATION Once, some of the cowherd boys — Śrīdāmā, the very close friend of...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 160 koṭi koṭi loka āsi’ āchaye duyāre paraśiyā brahmāṇḍa śrī-hari-dhvani kare TRANSLATION Millions of people gathered at the Lord’s doorstep. Their loud vibration of Hari’s names penetrated the universe.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 20 śrīdāmā nāma gopālo rāma-keśavayoḥ sakhā subala-stokakṛṣṇādyā gopāḥ premṇedam abruvan TRANSLATION Once, some of the cowherd boys — Śrīdāmā, the very close friend of...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 140 śuni’ sarva vaiṣṇava āilā tat-kṣaṇa sabāre karena ājñā śacīra nandana TRANSLATION When the Vaiṣṇavas heard about this, they immediately came. Then the son of Śacī instructed everyone.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 100 ei mata pāṣaṇdīra vaigaye sadāya prati-dina nagariyā-gane kṛṣṇa gāya TRANSLATION In this way the atheists always criticized, while the inhabitants of Navadvīpa daily sang the glories Kṛṣṇa.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 18 anye tad-anurūpāṇi manojñāni mahātmanaḥ gāyanti sma mahā-rāja sneha-klinna-dhiyaḥ śanaiḥ TRANSLATION My dear King, other boys would sing enchanting songs appropriate to the occasion,...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 82 prabhu-mukhe mantra pāi’ sabāra ullāsa daṇḍavat kari’ sabe cale nija-vāsa TRANSLATION Having received mantra from the mouth of the Lord, they all became jubilant. After offering obeisances, they returned to their respective homes.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 59 sei dvija-caraṇe āmāra namaskāra caitanyera daṇḍe haila hena buddhi yāṅra TRANSLATION I offer my obeisances at the feet of that brāhmaṇa, whose intelligence was purified by Lord Caitanya’s chastisement.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 14 kvacit krīḍā-pariśrāntaṁ gopotsaṅgopabarhaṇam svayaṁ viśramayaty āryaṁ pāda-saṁvāhanādibhiḥ TRANSLATION When His elder brother, fatigued from playing, would lie down with His head upon the...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 23 Text 1 jaya jaya śri-kṛṣṇa-caitanya guṇa-nidhi jaya viśvambhara jaya bhavādira vidhi TRANSLATION All glories to Śri Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the ocean of transcendental qualities! All glories to Viśvambhara, the controller of personalities like Śiva!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 22 Text 121 e kathāra hetu kichu śuna mana diyā ye-nimitta gauracandra balilena ihā TRANSLATION Now hear attentively why Gauracandra performed this pastime.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Texts 10-12 kvacid gāyati gāyatsu madāndhāliṣv anuvrataiḥ upagīyamāna-caritaḥ pathi saṅkarṣaṇānvitaḥ anujalpati jalpantaṁ kala-vākyaiḥ śukaṁ kvacit kvacit sa-valgu kūjantam anukūjati kokilam kvacic ca kāla-haṁsānām anukūjati kūjitam abhinṛtyati...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 22 Text 94 māyera ādeśe prabhu dhāya viśvambhara satvare āilā—yathā advaitera ghara TRANSLATION On the order of His mother, Viśvambhara ran quickly to the house of Advaita.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 22 Text 24 mahāśaya śrīnivāsa balena gosāñi āire deyāba prema ei sabe cāi TRANSLATION Śrīnivāsa Mahāśaya said, “O Lord, we all want You to give ecstatic love to mother Śacī.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 9 śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ vṛndāvanaṁ śrīmat kṛṣṇaḥ prīta-manāḥ paśūn reme sañcārayann adreḥ sarid-rodhaḥsu sānugaḥ TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus expressing His satisfaction with the...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 22 Text 1 jaya jaya gauracandra kṛpāra sāgara jaya śacī-jagannātha-nandana sundara TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra, the ocean of mercy! All glories to the beautiful son of Śacī and Jagannātha.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 21 Text 29 ei mata prati-dina prabhu viśvambhara bhramaye nagara sarva saṅge anucara TRANSLATION In this way Lord Viśvambhara daily wandered throughout the city in the company of His followers.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 8 dhanyeyam adya dharaṇī tṛṇa-vīrudhas tvat- pāda-spṛśo druma-latāḥ karajābhimṛṣṭāḥ nadyo ’drayaḥ khaga-mṛgāḥ sadayāvalokair gopyo ’ntareṇa bhujayor api yat-spṛhā śrīḥ TRANSLATION This earth has now...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 21 Text 18 muñi mora dāsa āra grantha-bhāgavate yāra bheda āche tāra nāśa bhāla-mate TRANSLATION “Anyone who discriminates between Me, My servant, and the book Bhāgavatam is certainly destroyed.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 21 Text 12 sarva-bhūta-hṛdaya—jānaye sarva-tattva nā śunaye vyākhyā bhakti-yogera mahattva TRANSLATION Being situated in the hearts of all living entities, the Lord knows everything. He did not hear the glories of devotional service in recitation.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 7 nṛtyanty amī śikhina īḍya mudā hariṇyaḥ kurvanti gopya iva te priyam īkṣaṇena sūktaiś ca kokila-gaṇā gṛham āgatāya dhanyā vanaukasa iyān hi satāṁ nisargaḥ ...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 21 Text 1 jaya jaya nityānanda-prāṇa viśvambhara jaya gadādhara-pati advaita-īśvara TRANSLATION Lord Viśvambhara, the life and soul of Nityānanda! All glories to the master of Gadādhara and the Lord of Advaita!

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Text 136 pakṣi-mātra yadi laya caitanyera nāma se-o satya yāibeka caitanyera dhāma TRANSLATION If even a bird chants Lord Caitanya’s name, it will certainly attain Lord Caitanya’s abode.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 5 śrī-bhagavān uvāca aho amī deva-varāmarārcitaṁ pādāmbujaṁ te sumanaḥ-phalārhaṇam namanty upādāya śikhābhir ātmanas tamo-’pahatyai taru-janma yat-kṛtam TRANSLATION The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Text 131 ye prasāda murāri guptere prabhu kare tāhā vāñche ramā aja ananta śaṅkare TRANSLATION The mercy that the Lord bestowed on Murāri Gupta is desired by Lakṣmī, Brahmā, Ananta, and Śaṅkara.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Texts 105-112 eka-dina murāri parama-śuddha-mati nija mane mane gaṇe avatāra-sthiti sāṅgopāṅge āchaye yāvat avatāra tāvat cintiye āmi nija-prathikāra nā bujhi kṛṣṇera līlā, kakhana ki kare takhani sṛjiyā līlā, takhani saṁhāre ye sitā lāgiyā mare savaṁśe rāvana āniyā chāḍilā sitā kemana kāraṇa ye yādava-gaṇa nija-prāṇera samāna sākṣāte dekhaye—tā’rā hārāya parāna ataeva yāvat...

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 4 sa tatra tatrāruṇa-pallava-śriyā phala-prasūnoru-bhareṇa pādayoḥ spṛśac chikhān vīkṣya vanaspatīn mudā smayann ivāhāgra-jam ādi-pūruṣaḥ TRANSLATION The primeval Lord saw that the stately trees, with...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Text 89 jaya-hulāhuli deya pati-vratā-gaṇa mahāpreme bhakta saba karaye krandana TRANSLATION The chaste wives made auspicious sounds, and all the devotees cried in great ecstatic love.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Text 71 kṛpā dekhi’ murāri hailā acetana mahā-preme gupta-goṣṭhī karaye krandana TRANSLATION When Murāri’s family saw Śrī Mahāprabhu drink water, they began to cry in love.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 4 sa tatra tatrāruṇa-pallava-śriyā phala-prasūnoru-bhareṇa pādayoḥ spṛśac chikhān vīkṣya vanaspatīn mudā smayann ivāhāgra-jam ādi-pūruṣaḥ TRANSLATION The primeval Lord saw that the stately trees, with...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Text 45 gupta-lakṣye sabāre śikhāye bhagavān satya mora vigraha, sevaka, līlā, sthāna TRANSLATION By teaching Murāri, the Supreme Lord taught everyone, “My form, servants, pastimes, and abodes are all eternal.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Text 23 āge nityānandera carane namaskari’ pāche vande viśvambhara-caraṇa murāri TRANSLATION Murāri first offered obeisances at the lotus feet of Nityānanda and then offered obeisances at the lotus feet of Viśvambhara.

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with his series “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 1 śrī-śuka uvāca tataś ca paugaṇḍa-vayaḥ-śrītau vraje babhūvatus tau paśu-pāla-sammatau gāś cārayantau sakhibhiḥ samaṁ padair vṛndāvanaṁ puṇyam atīva cakratuḥ TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 20 Text 1 jaya jaya gaurasiṁha śrī-śacī-kumāra jaya sarva-tāpa-hara caraṇa tomāra TRANSLATION All glories to Gaurasiṁha, the son of Śacī! All glories to Your lotus feet, which take away all miseries!

Today Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami begins a series entitled “Krishna Enters the Forest of Vrindavana — A Commentary on the 15th Chapter of the Tenth Canto”. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 1 śrī-śuka uvāca tataś ca paugaṇḍa-vayaḥ-śrītau vraje babhūvatus tau paśu-pāla-sammatau gāś cārayantau sakhibhiḥ samaṁ padair vṛndāvanaṁ puṇyam atīva cakratuḥ TRANSLATION Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Text 257 hena mate mahāprabhu advaita-mandire svānubhāvānande kṛṣṇa-kīrtane vihare TRANSLATION In this way Mahāprabhu was absorbed in His own ecstatic mood while enjoying the glorification of Kṛṣṇa in the house of Advaita.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Text 240 bhojana karena tina ṭhākura cañcala divya anna, ghṛta, dugdha, pāyasa sakala TRANSLATION The three restless Lords ate the finest rice with ghee along with milk and sweet rice.

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk entitled “Can God be Blue? A Study of Krishna”.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Text 215 ei yadi mahāprabhu balilā vacana ‘jaya jaya jaya’ bale sarva-bhakta-gaṇa TRANSLATION When Mahāprabhu spoke these words, all the devotees chanted, “Jaya! Jaya!”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Texts 207-208 mora ei satya sabe śuna mana diyā ye āmāre pūje mora sevaka laṅghiyā se adhama jane more khaṇḍa khaṇḍa kare tāra pūjā mora gāye agni-hena poḍe TRANSLATION “Everyone listen to My words. Any fallen soul who disrespects My servant and worships Me cuts Me into pieces. His worship...

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk entitled “God and the Problem of Evil”.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Text 177 muñi nāhi baloṅ ei vedera vākhāna sudakṣina-maraṇa tāhāra paramāṇa TRANSLATION “These are not simply My words, they are the words of the Vedas. The killing of Sudakṣiṇa is evidence of this.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Text 160 mora nāma advaita —tomāra śuddha dāsa janme janme tomāra ucchiṣṭe mora āśa TRANSLATION “My name is Advaita, and I am Your unalloyed servant. My only wish is to honor Your remnants birth after birth.”

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk entitled “The Three Keys to Inner Fulfillment”.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Text 151 ei mata prabhu nija aiśvarya prakaśe śuniyā advaita prema-sindhu-mājhe bhāse TRANSLATION In this way the Lord revealed His opulences, and Advaita floated in an ocean of ecstatic love while listening.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Text 144 advaita eḍiyā prabhu vasiā duyāre prakāśe āpana tattva kariyā huṅkāre TRANSLATION After releasing Advaita, the Lord sat down at the doorway and began to loudly reveal His own glories.

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk entitled “The Art of Living and Dying”.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 19 Texts 116-117 aja, bhava, ananta, kamalā sarva-mātā sabāra śri mukha nirantara yāṅra kathā hena gauracandra-yaśe yāra nahe rati vyartha tā’ra sannyāsa, vedānta-pāṭhe mati TRANSLATION The acceptance of sannyāsa and the study of Vedānta of one who has no attachment for the glorification of Śri Gauracandra, who is constantly praised by...

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 19 text 32.

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk entitled “Overcoming Justified Hate: Forgiveness on the Path of Bhakti”.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 19 text 1.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 18 text 202.

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa and other topics.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 19.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 19 text 123.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami gives a talk entitled The Trick of Turning Weakness into Strength.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 1 text 300.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 1 text 241.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 1 text 120.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 1.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 1 text 22.

**Caitanya-bhāgavata

Ādi-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 1**

*ājānu-lambita-bhujau kanakāvadatau

saṅkīrtanaika-pitarau kamalāyatakṣau

visvambharau dvija-varau yuga-dharma-pālau

vande jagat priya-karau karuṇāvatārau*

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, whose arms extend down to Their knees, who have golden yellow complexions, and who inaugurated the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. Their eyes resemble the petals of a lotus flower; They are the maintainers of the living entities, the best of the brāhmaṇas, the protectors of religious principles of this age, the benefactors of the universe, and the most merciful of all incarnations.

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa, chapter 3 text 92.

The following a japa workshop given at Siddha-bakula as part of the annual Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat in Jagannātha Purī.

The following is the fifth of a five part seminar on Akrūra-līlā as part of the annual Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat in Jagannātha Purī.

The following is the fourth of a five part seminar on Akrūra-līlā as part of the annual Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat in Jagannātha Purī.

The following is the third of a five part seminar on Akrūra-līlā as part of the annual Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat in Jagannātha Purī.

The following is the second of a five part seminar on Akrūra-līlā as part of the annual Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat in Jagannātha Purī.

The following is the first of a five part seminar on Akrūra-līlā as part of the annual Purī Kirtan-Kathā Retreat in Jagannātha Purī.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies including Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.

The following is a class on “Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana” from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam given in English with Russian translation, January 2020, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 38 Text 15**

*athāvarūḍhaḥ sapadīśayo rathāt

pradhāna-puṁsoś caraṇaṁ sva-labdhaye

dhiyā dhṛtaṁ yogibhir apy ahaṁ dhruvaṁ

namasya ābhyāṁ ca sakhīn vanaukasaḥ*

TRANSLATION

Then I will at once alight from my chariot and bow down to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, the Supreme Personalities of Godhead. Theirs are the same feet that great mystic yogīs striving for self-realization bear within their minds. I will also offer my obeisances to the Lords’ cowherd boyfriends and to all the other residents of Vṛndāvana.

The following is a class on “Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana” from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam given in English with Russian translation, January 2020, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 38 Text 8**

*yad arcitaṁ brahma-bhavādibhiḥ suraiḥ

śriyā ca devyā munibhiḥ sa-sātvataiḥ

go-cāraṇāyānucaraiś carad vane

yad gopikānāṁ kuca-kuṅkumāṅkitam*

TRANSLATION

Those lotus feet are worshiped by Brahmā, Śiva and all the other demigods, by the goddess of fortune, and also by the great sages and Vaiṣṇavas. Upon those lotus feet the Lord walks about the forest while herding the cows with His companions, and those feet are smeared with the kuṅkuma from the gopīs’ breasts.

The following is a class on “Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana” from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam given in English with Russian translation, January 2020, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 38 Text 6**

*mamādyāmaṅgalaṁ naṣṭaṁ

phalavāṁś caiva me bhavaḥ

yan namasye bhagavato

yogi-dhyeyānghri-paṅkajam*

TRANSLATION

Today all my sinful reactions have been eradicated and my birth has become worthwhile, since I will offer my obeisances to the Supreme Lord’s lotus feet, which mystic yogīs meditate upon.

The following is a class on “Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana” from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam given in English with Russian translation on January 10, 2020, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 38 Text 5**

*maivaṁ mamādhamasyāpi

syād evācyuta-darśanam

hriyamāṇaḥ kala-nadyā

kvacit tarati kaścana*

TRANSLATION

But enough of such thoughts! After all, even a fallen soul like me can have the chance to behold the infallible Supreme Lord, for one of the conditioned souls being swept along in the river of time may sometimes reach the shore.

The following is a class on “Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana” from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam given in English with Russian translation on January 9, 2020, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 38 Text 2**

*gacchan pathi mahā-bhāgo

bhagavaty ambujekṣaṇe

bhaktiṁ parām upagata

evam etad acintayat*

TRANSLATION

As he traveled on the road, the great soul Akrūra felt tremendous devotion for the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead, and thus he began to consider as follows.

The following is a class on “Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana” from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam given in English with Russian translation on January 7, 2020, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 38 Text 1**

*śrī-śuka uvāca

akrūro ’pi ca tāṁ rātriṁ

madhu-puryāṁ mahā-matiḥ

uṣitvā ratham āsthāya

prayayau nanda-gokulam*

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After passing the night in the city of Mathurā, the high-minded Akrūra mounted his chariot and set off for the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

The following is a class on “Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana” from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam given in English with Russian translation on January 6, 2020, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 38 Text 1**

*śrī-śuka uvāca

akrūro ’pi ca tāṁ rātriṁ

madhu-puryāṁ mahā-matiḥ

uṣitvā ratham āsthāya

prayayau nanda-gokulam*

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After passing the night in the city of Mathurā, the high-minded Akrūra mounted his chariot and set off for the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies focusing on Akrūra’s pastimes from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

**Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 38**

*ke vayaṁ nāma-rūpābhyāṁ

yadubhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ

bhavato ’darśanaṁ yarhi

hṛṣīkāṇām iveśituḥ*

TRANSLATION

As the name and fame of a particular body is finished with the disappearance of the living spirit, similarly if You do not look upon us, all our fame and activities, along with the Pāṇḍavas and Yadus, will end at once.