Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 44 – January 14, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 44


pada-svābhāvikānanda-
taraṅga-kṣobha-vihvale
citte tad-anya-sva-prāpya-
jñānam antardadhāv iva

TRANSLATION
Tossed by the waves of ecstasy intrinsic to that abode, my mind was overwhelmed, as if the awareness of my goal had vanished.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 41 – January 7, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 41


bhinnābhinnair mahā-siddhaiḥ
sūkṣmaiḥ sūryam ivāṁśubhiḥ
vṛtaṁ bhaktair ivālokya
kadāpi prīyate manaḥ

TRANSLATION
Sometimes my mind felt special pleasure in beholding Him surrounded by the great perfected beings who were His devotees, at once different and nondifferent from Him. They surrounded Him in subtle spiritual forms, like beams of light around the sun.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 37 – December 31, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 37


yady api sva-prakāśo ’sāv
atītendriya-vṛttikaḥ
tat-kāruṇya-prabhāveṇa
paraṁ sākṣāt samīkṣyate

TRANSLATION
That self-manifest Lord is beyond the scope of the senses, but one can see Him directly by the power of His mercy. There is no other way.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 22 – December 28, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 22


sva-kāryāt pūrva-pūrvasmāt
kāraṇaṁ cottarottaram
pūjya-pūjaka-bhoga-śrī-
mahattvenādhikādhikam

TRANSLATION
Each covering was the subtle cause of the one before it, and had a greater object of worship, a greater worshiper, and greater sense gratification, opulence, and importance.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 11 – December 21, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 11


pūrvaṁ ye bahu-kālena
samprāptāḥ kramaśo ’dhunā
sarve nimeṣataḥ krāntā
yugapan manaseva te

TRANSLATION
The planets I had earlier attained one by one, over a long period of time, I now crossed in the blink of an eye, as if by the power of my mind alone.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 9 – December 17, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 9


pāñca-bhautikatātītaṁ
sva-dehaṁ kalayan raveḥ
nirbhidya maṇḍalaṁ gacchann
ūrdhvaṁ lokān vyalokayam

TRANSLATION
I then saw my body change into a form transcendental to the five material elements. And as I traveled upward, breaking through the sphere of the sun, I saw all the planetary systems.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 234 – December 14, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 234


śrī-bhagavān uvāca
nija-priya-tamāṁ yāhi
māthurīṁ tāṁ vraja-kṣitim
tat-tan-mat-parama-krīḍā-
sthaly-āvali-vibhūṣitām

TRANSLATION
The blessed Lord said: Go to Mathurā, to your dearest pasturing grounds, to the land adorned with many places of My varied supreme pastimes.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 231 – December 10, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 231


śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
teṣām etair vacobhir me
bhaktir vṛddhiṁ gatā prabhau
vicāraś caiṣa hṛdaye
’jani māthura-bhūsura

TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O Mathurā brāhmaṇa, these words of the scriptures greatly strengthened my devotion for the Supreme Lord, and this thought was born in my heart: