Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 227 – August 19, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 227


manye mahā-preṣṭha-janānuvaśyatā
na duḥkha-doṣau vidadhīta kaucana
kintu pramodaṁ nija-bhakta-vatsala-
tvādīn mahā-kīrti-guṇāṁs tanoti sā

TRANSLATION
In my opinion, the Lord’s coming under the control of His dearmost servants creates no unhappiness or fault of any kind. Rather, it creates great joy and broadcasts such glorious qualities of the Lord as His affectionate concern for His devotees.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 221-222 – August 16, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 221-222


yathā sakāma-bhaktā hi
bhuktvā tat kāmitaṁ phalam
kāle bhakti-prabhāveṇa
yogyaṁ vindanti tat phalam

yathā ca tatra tat-kālaṁ
bhakter yogyaṁ na sat phalam
sañjātam iti tac chuddha-
bhaktimadbhir vinindyate

TRANSLATION
Devotees who have material desires first enjoy the material results for which they hanker, and later, on the strength of devotional service, they enjoy the true fruit of devotion. But because that fruit does not at first appear, pure devotees decry what those worshipers first achieve.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 210 – August 12, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 210


siddhiḥ syād bhagavad-dṛṣṭyā
tṛṇa-sammānanād api
sakṛd uccāraṇān nāmā-
bhāsasya śravaṇāt tathā

TRANSLATION
One can reach perfection by honoring even a blade of grass — provided one sees within it the presence of the Supreme Lord — or by just once uttering or hearing even a faint semblance of the Lord’s name.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 193 – August 9, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 193


tāratamyaṁ tu kalpyeta
sva-sva-sevānusārataḥ
tat-tad-rasa-sajātīya-
sukha-vaicitry-apekṣayā

TRANSLATION
The hierarchy among devotees is only imagined according to their own forms of service and according to the happiness each devotee derives from his own relationship with the Lord.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 195 – August 5, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 195


bhajanānanda-sāmye ’pi
bhedaḥ kaścit prakalpyate
bāhyāntarīṇa-bhāvena
dūra-pārśva-sthatādinā

TRANSLATION
Although everyone equally enjoys the bliss of worshiping the Lord, certain differences are conceived. Devotees are considered relative outsiders or insiders, depending, for example, on whether they serve the Lord from afar or from nearby.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 187 – August 2, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 187


nārāyaṇād apy avatāra-bhāve
saṁvyajyamānair madhurair mano-jñaiḥ
tat-prema-bhaktyārdra-hṛd-eka-vedyair
māhātmya-vargair vividhair viśiṣṭaḥ

TRANSLATION
And Kṛṣṇa is different from Nārāyaṇa, for when Kṛṣṇa appears in His descent in the material world He fully manifests the many unique glories that distinguish Kṛṣṇa alone — charming, attractive glories that can be known only to hearts softened by prema-bhakti.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 185 – July 29, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 185


evaṁ bhagavatā tena
śrī-kṛṣṇenāvatāriṇāna
bhidyante ’vatārās te
nityāḥ satyāś ca tādṛśāḥ

TRANSLATION
The incarnations of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the original Personality of Godhead, are likewise not different from Him, their source. Just as He is eternal and real, so are they.

Weekly Sanga – July 26, 2026

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives an overview of what has been cover in the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta thus far and also gives a preview of his Monday Morning Greetings article.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 165 – July 22, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 165


durvitarkyā hi sā śaktir
adbhutā pārameśvarī
kintv asyaikānta-bhakteṣu
gūḍhaṁ kiñcin na tiṣṭhati

TRANSLATION
Inconceivable indeed is the amazing energy of the supreme controller, but nothing can be hidden from His unalloyed devotees.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 148 – July 19, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Text 148


pūrva-vad bhajanānandaṁ
prāpnuvanti navaṁ navam
sarvadāpy aparicchinnaṁ
vaikuṇṭhe ’tra viśeṣataḥ

TRANSLATION
The same kind of ecstasy these devotees previously enjoyed in worshiping the Lord they continue to relish here in Vaikuṇṭha. They obtain it as a unique, uninterrupted, unceasing bliss, newer and newer at every moment.