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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 98 – March 29, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 98


yady asya mat-pituḥ samyak
karuṇā syān tadā tvayā
śroṣyate mahimā tasya
gatvā cānubhaviṣyate

TRANSLATION
If you receive the full mercy of my father, you will hear the glories of Vaikuṇṭha and go there to see them for yourself.