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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 168 – May 17, 2026

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 168

vicitra-līlā-rasa-sāgarasya
prabhor vicitrāt sphuritāt prasādāt
vicitra-saṅkīrtana-mādhurī sā
na tu sva-yatnād iti sādhu sidhyet

TRANSLATION
The wonderfully varied sweetness of saṅkīrtana emerges only by the mercy shown in various wonderful ways by the Lord, the wonderful ocean of the varied rasas of pastimes. This sweetness one can never truly achieve by one’s own endeavor.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 167 – May 13, 2026

Posted on May 13, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 167

nāmnāṁ tu saṅkīrtanam ārti-bhārān
meghaṁ vinā prāvṛṣi cātakānām
rātrau viyogāt sva-pate rathāṅgī-
vargasya cākrośana-vat pratīhi

TRANSLATION
Like the distressed crying of the cātaka birds on a cloudless day of the rainy season, or the lamenting of a flock of cakravākī birds when parted from their husbands at night, the saṅkīrtana of the Lord’s names arises when one is burdened by too much pain.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 162 – May 10, 2026

Posted on May 10, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 162

ekasminn indriye prādur-
bhūtaṁ nāmāmṛtaṁ rasaiḥ
āplāvayati sarvāṇīn-
driyāṇi madhurair nijaiḥ

TRANSLATION
When the nectar of the Lord’s name appears in just one sense, all the senses are flooded with their own sweet tastes.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 157 – May 6, 2026

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 157

ekākitvena tu dhyānaṁ
vivikte khalu sidhyati
saṅkīrtanaṁ vivikte ’pi
bahūnāṁ saṅgato ’pi ca

TRANSLATION
Meditation one can successfully perform only in seclusion, but saṅkīrtana either in seclusion or in the company of many others.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 150 – May 3, 2026

Posted on May 3, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 150

evaṁ prabhor dhyāna-ratair mataś ced
buddhyedṛśaṁ tatra vivecanīyam
dhyānaṁ parisphūrti-viśeṣa-niṣṭhā
sambandha-mātraṁ manasā smṛtir hi

TRANSLATION
If those attached to meditation on the Lord still insist that remembering is of greater importance, with their intelligence they should make the following distinction: In meditation the Lord reveals Himself fully with His particular qualities, but in remembrance the mind merely comes in contact with the Lord.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 146 – April 29, 2026

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 146

premṇo ’ntar-aṅgaṁ kila sādhanottamaṁ
manyeta kaiścit smaraṇaṁ na kīrtanam
ekendriye vāci vicetane sukhaṁ
bhaktiḥ sphuraty āśu hi kīrtanātmikā

TRANSLATION
Some think that remembering, rather than chanting, is the essential means of devotional practice, the means that most effectively leads to prema, for bhakti in the form of chanting appears quickly and easily, and in only one sense, that of speech, which is not itself alive and conscious.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 143 – April 26, 2026

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 143

tvarā ced vidyate śrīmad-
vaikuṇṭhālokane tava
sarvābhīṣṭa-prada-śreṣṭhāṁ
tāṁ śrī-vraja-bhuvaṁ vraja

TRANSLATION
If you are in a hurry to see the divine world of Vaikuṇṭha, then go to Śrī Vraja-bhūmi, the place that can best award the fulfillment of all your ambitions.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 133 – April 22, 2026

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 133

nijendriya-manaḥ-kāya-
ceṣṭā-rūpāṁ na viddhi tām
nitya-satya-ghanānanda-
rūpā sā hi guṇātigā

TRANSLATION
You should not consider devotional service merely an activity of the body, senses, and mind. It is in fact the eternal absolute reality, manifesting itself as the most intense ecstasy, beyond the material modes.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 128 – April 19, 2026

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 128

teṣāṁ kasmiṁścid ekasmiñ
śraddhayānuṣṭhite sati
svayam āvirbhavet premā
śrīmat-kṛṣṇa-padābjayoḥ

TRANSLATION
When one engages with faith in even one of these forms of bhakti, pure love for the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa automatically arises.

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3) Bhajana: Worship/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 127 – April 15, 2026

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 127

tathāpi tad-rasa-jñaiḥ sā
bhaktir nava-vidhāñjasā
sampādyate vicitraitad-
rasa-mādhurya-labdhaye

TRANSLATION
Yet devotees who understand the rasas of devotional service may practice all nine forms of bhakti to easily obtain the sweetness of its diverse tastes.

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