Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 68 – August 20, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67


vihāya yajña-karmāṇi
bhaktyotthāya maharṣibhiḥ
praṇamya dhyāna-niṣṭho ’sau
yajñeśvara-vad arcitaḥ

TRANSLATION
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.

Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Vyāsa-pūjā – August 17, 2025

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 – August 13, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67


tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥ

TRANSLATION
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 – August 10, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67


tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥ

TRANSLATION
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 – August 6, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 61


catur-yuga-sahasrasya
tatratyaika-dinasya hi
ante trai-lokya-dāhena
jana-loko ’dhigamyate

TRANSLATION
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 – August 3, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 60


kintu yajña-samāptau syād
duḥkham antarhite prabhau
vṛtte yajñāntare cāsya
prādurbhāvāt punaḥ sukham

TRANSLATION
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 – July 30, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 58


tatas tān anumānyāham
anaṅgī-kṛtya vipratām
tatrāvasaṁ svato jāta-
prājāpatya-mahā-sukhaiḥ

TRANSLATION
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 – July 27, 2025

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 upāsanāt

TRANSLATION
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 – July 23, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 51


apūrva-labdham ānandaṁ
paramaṁ prāpnuvaṁs tataḥ
kāruṇyātiśayāt tasya
saṁsiddhāśeṣa-vāñchitaḥ

TRANSLATION
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 – July 20, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 46


tat saṅkalpya japaṁ kurvann
acirād ūrdhvam utthitaḥ
vyoma-yānena taṁ prāpto
lokaṁ tatra vyalokayam

TRANSLATION
I made this my intention and chanted my mantra. And soon a celestial airplane picked me up, and I found myself transported to Maharloka.