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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 114 – November 11, 2026

Posted on November 11, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 114

tat-tad-vinodāmṛta-sāgarāntaraṁ
bibhety alaṁ me rasanāvagāhitum
sadaiva tat-tan-madhura-priyāpi yat
karmaṇy aśakye na janaḥ pravartate

TRANSLATION

All those pastimes are an ocean of nectar, and though my tongue is always eager to relish their sweetness, it is terrified of drowning in them. A person should never proceed with something impossible.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 109 – November 8, 2026

Posted on November 8, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 109

yat tāta tāsām api dhairya-moṣakaṁ
yā vai kula-strī-kula-pūjitāṅghrayaḥ
rūpeṇa śīlena guṇena karmaṇā
śraiṣṭhyaṁ gatā hanta mahā-śriyo ’pi yāḥ

TRANSLATION
My dear boy, in beauty, character, virtues, and behavior the women of Vraja excelled even the supreme goddess of fortune. All women of respectable families worshiped their feet. Yet even so, Kṛṣṇa’s beauty robbed the women of Vraja of their sobriety.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 102 – November 4, 2026

Posted on November 4, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 102

nātra ko ’py asti bhinno yat
tatratya-jana-vallabhaḥ
uddhavas tvaṁ ca tatratyas
tad gopyaṁ kiñcid ucyate

TRANSLATION
No one in this house is an outsider. Uddhava is very dear to the residents of Vraja, and you are from Vraja yourself. Therefore I can say something confidential.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 87 – November 1, 2026

Posted on November 1, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 87

sukha-krīḍā-viśeṣo ’sau
tatratryānāṁ ca tasya ca
mādhuryāntyāvadhiṁ prāptaḥ
sidhyet tatrocitāspade

TRANSLATION
In that most delightful abode, the residents share special pleasure pastimes with the Lord in which they all realize the ultimate limit of sweetness.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 81 – October 28, 2026

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 81

sa ca tad-vraja-lokānāṁ
śrīmat-premānuvartinā
kṛṣṇe śuddha-tareṇaiva
bhāvenaikena labhyate

TRANSLATION
That abode can be reached only through the purest sentiments, in which one follows the sublime love held for Kṛṣṇa by the residents of Vraja.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 78 – October 25, 2026

Posted on October 25, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 78

śrī-nārada uvāca
gopāla-deva-priya gopa-nandana
śrīmān ito dūra-taro virājate
goloka-nāmopari sarva-sīma-go
vaikuṇṭhato deśa-viśeṣa-śekharaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: Dear devotee of Lord Gopāladeva, O son of a cowherd, far away from here lies the most exalted of all places, called Goloka. It is full of all splendor and beyond the borders of all other regions, including Vaikuṇṭha.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 68 – October 21, 2026

Posted on October 21, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 68

tad-uktyā nārado harṣa-
bharākrānta-manā hasan
utplutyotplutya cākrośann
idam āha su-vismitaḥ

TRANSLATION
These words filled Nārada’s mind with pleasure, and he laughed, jumped up and down, and shouted in joy. Astonished, he spoke as follows.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 68 – October 18, 2026

Posted on October 19, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 68

tad-uktyā nārado harṣa-
bharākrānta-manā hasan
utplutyotplutya cākrośann
idam āha su-vismitaḥ

TRANSLATION
These words filled Nārada’s mind with pleasure, and he laughed, jumped up and down, and shouted in joy. Astonished, he spoke as follows.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 62 – October 14, 2026

Posted on October 19, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 62

śrīmad-uddhava uvāca
vraja-bhūmāv ayaṁ jātas
tasyāṁ gopatvam ācarat
gopālopāsanā-niṣṭho
viśiṣṭo ’sman mahāśayaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrīmān Uddhava said: He was born in Vraja-bhūmi, and there he was engaged as a cowherd. And he is firmly established in the worship of Lord Gopāla. He is surely a much greater soul than you and I.

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5) Prema: Love of God/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 54 – October 11, 2026

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 5 Text 54

sarve ’pi nityaṁ kila tasya pārṣadāḥ
sevā-parāḥ krīḍanakānurūpāḥ
praty-ekam ete bahu-rūpavanto
’py aikyaṁ bhajāmo bhagavān yathāsau

TRANSLATION
All the Lord’s personal associates are at His hand like playthings. They are always fully dedicated to His service. Each assumes a variety of forms yet stays essentially one, just like the Lord Himself.

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