Weekly Sanga

1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 76 – March 23, 2025

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 76

manye ’thāpi madīyo ’yaṁ
na bhavej jagad-īśvaraḥ
nāsti tal-lakṣaṇaṁ māgha-
māhātmyādau śrutaṁ hi yat

TRANSLATION
“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.”

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 77 – March 16, 2025

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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 yathā

TRANSLATION
“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.”

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 65 – March 12, 2025

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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 kvacit

TRANSLATION
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.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 62 – March 9, 2025

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 62

bhagavantam ime viṣṇuṁ
nityaṁ vayam upāsmahe
guror gṛhīta-dīkṣākā
yathā-mantraṁ yathā-vidhi

TRANSLATION
Initiated by our gurus, we always worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu with the mantras and methods they have given us.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 52 – March 5, 2025

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 52

iti-kartavyatā-mūḍho
dīnaḥ san svapnam āgataḥ
tayā devyā sahāgatya
tatrādiṣṭaḥ śivena saḥ

TRANSLATION
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.

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Antya-līlā/Caitanya-caritāmṛta/Srila Rupa Gosvami's Second Meeting With the Lord/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Text 92 – March 2, 2025

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Text 92

svargāpagā-hema-mṛṇālinīnāṁ
nānā-mṛṇālāgra-bhujo bhajāmaḥ
annānurūpāṁ tanu-rūpa-ṛddhiṁ
kāryaṁ nidānād dhi guṇān adhīte

TRANSLATION
“ ‘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.’ ”

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 50 – February 26, 2025

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 50

sva-japyaṁ gauravād devyās
tathāntaḥ-sukha-lābhat
aḥatyajann ekadā svapne
’paśyat tan-mantra-devatām

TRANSLATION
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.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39 – February 23, 2025

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39

vastu-tattvānabhijño ’nyat
sa kiñcit pāra-laukikam
sādhanaṁ kila sādhyaṁ ca
vartamānam amanyata

TRANSLATION
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.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38 – February 19, 2025

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38

devy-ādeśena taṁ mantraṁ
vivikte satataṁ japan
dhanecchāyā nivṛtto ’bhūl
lebhe ca hṛdi nirvṛtim

TRANSLATION
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.

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1) Vairagya: Renunciation/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 16, 2025

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35

vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayā

TRANSLATION
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.