Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 – November 17, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10


śrīmad-uttarovāca
kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ
trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam
agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ
sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayam

TRANSLATION
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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 1 – November 10, 2024

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 prakāśitaḥ

TRANSLATION
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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 151 – October 27, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 151


svayaṁ yad-bhakti-māhātmyam
anubhūtam itas tataḥ
sānandaṁ vīṇayā gāyan
sa yayau bhakti-lampaṭaḥ

TRANSLATION
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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 150 – October 20, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 150


atha prayāge gatvā tān
mad-apekṣā-vilambitān
munīn kṛtārthayānīti
samanujñāpya mādhavam

TRANSLATION
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 – October 16, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 145


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tataḥ śrī-hasta-kamalaṁ
prasārya paramādarāt
evam astv iti sānandaṁ
gopī-nāthena bhāṣitam

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Lord Gopīnātha then extended His divine lotus hand and with great respect for Nārada blissfully said, “So be it.”