In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 85 – March 30, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 85
tatrāsādhāraṇaṁ harṣaṁ
lapsyase mat-prasādataḥ
vilambaṁ pathi kutrāpi
mā kuruṣva kathañcana
TRANSLATION
“By My mercy, there you will obtain extraordinary pleasure. Go, and don’t delay anywhere on the road for any reason.”
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 76 – March 23, 2025
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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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 77 – March 16, 2025
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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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 65 – March 12, 2025
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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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 62 – March 9, 2025
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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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 52 – March 5, 2025
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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Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Text 92 – March 2, 2025
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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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 50 – February 26, 2025
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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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39 – February 23, 2025
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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