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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120 – April 12, 2026

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
nija-stutyā tayā tasmin
hriyā tūṣṇīṁ sthite prabhau
bhagavat-pārṣadās te mām
āśliṣyocuḥ suhṛd-varāḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Abashed at hearing himself praised, Lord Śiva remained silent. Then the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, who were Lord Śiva’s dearmost friends, embraced me and spoke.

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120 – April 8, 2026

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 120

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
nija-stutyā tayā tasmin
hriyā tūṣṇīṁ sthite prabhau
bhagavat-pārṣadās te mām
āśliṣyocuḥ suhṛd-varāḥ

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 113 – April 5, 2026

Posted on April 5, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 113

atrāpi bhagavantaṁ yad
dṛṣṭavān asi tādṛśam
sad-guroḥ kṛpayā kṛṣṇa-
didṛkṣā-bhara-kāritam

TRANSLATION
Yet even here you have seen the Supreme Lord in this form because your divine guru gave you his mercy. That mercy created in you the strong desire to see Kṛṣṇa, which impelled Kṛṣṇa to reveal Himself.

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 107 – April 1, 2026

Posted on April 1, 2026 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 107

athāpi govardhana-gopa-putras
tam arhasi tvaṁ mathureśa-bhaktaḥ
tad-eka-bhakti-priya-vipra-śiṣyas
tadīya-tan-mantra-paro ’nuraktaḥ

TRANSLATION
But you deserve to go to Vaikuṇṭha, O son of a Govardhana cowherd, for you are a devotee of the Lord of Mathurā, a disciple of a brāhmaṇa attached only to the Lord’s devotional service, a soul dedicated to the Lord’s mantra given you by your guru, and one who is faithful in your service to the Lord.

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