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

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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 12, 2025

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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 9, 2025

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.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Texts 3-4 – February 5, 2025

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


śrī-rūpa, sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
śrī-jīva, gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunātha

ei 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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 30 – January 12, 2025

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-nadyām

TRANSLATION
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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 25 – January 5, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 25


śrī-jaiminir uvāca
mātur evaṁ mahā-ramya-
praśnenānanditaḥ sutaḥ
tāṁ natvā sāśru-romāñcam
ārebhe pratibhāṣitum

TRANSLATION
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.