Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70 – March 8, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70


abodhayaṁ mano ’nena
maheśenaiva sā khalu
līlā-viśeṣa-vaicitrī
kṛtā mūrti-viśeṣataḥ

TRANSLATION
I told my mind that it is Lord Śiva himself who performs these wonderfully varied pastimes in the special form of Lord Gopāla.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70 – March 4, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70


abodhayaṁ mano ’nena
maheśenaiva sā khalu
līlā-viśeṣa-vaicitrī
kṛtā mūrti-viśeṣataḥ

TRANSLATION
I told my mind that it is Lord Śiva himself who performs these wonderfully varied pastimes in the special form of Lord Gopāla.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 62 – March 1, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 62


śrīman-madana-gopālān
nija-prāṇeṣṭa-daivatāt
abhinnaḥ śrī-maheśo ’yam
uta tad-bhāva-vardhanaḥ

TRANSLATION
This Lord Śiva, I realized, is nondifferent from Madana-gopāla, the Deity I worship, the Lord more dear to me than life itself. Lord Śiva serves the cause of love for my Lord by promoting it everywhere.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 61 – February 25, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 61


jñātvā bhagavatā tena
dṛṣṭyādiṣṭasya nandinaḥ
upadeśena śuddhena
svayaṁ me ’sphurad añjasā

TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva, reading my thoughts, ordered Nandīśvara with a knowing glance, and through Nandīśvara’s pure guidance the facts easily revealed themselves to me.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 52 – February 22, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 52


paramaṁ vismayaṁ prāpto
harṣaṁ caitad acintayam
ko nv ayaṁ pārivārāḍhyo
bhāti mukti-padopari

TRANSLATION
Feeling the greatest surprise and delight, I thought, “Who is this, accompanied by such an entourage, and appearing from above the abode of liberation?”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48 – February 18, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48


vraja-bhūmāv ihāgatya
sādhaye ’haṁ sva-vāñchitam
vimṛśann evam aśrauṣaṁ
gīta-vādyādbhuta-dhvanim

TRANSLATION
I was thinking that if I returned to this Vraja-bhūmi I would fulfill my desires. And then I heard some wonderful singing and music.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 42 – February 15, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 42


ittham ānanda-sandoham
anuvindan nimagna-dhīḥ
ātmārāma ivābhūvaṁ
pūrṇa-kāma ivātha vā

TRANSLATION
The huge treasure of ecstasy I thus obtained inundated my mind. I became like a self-contented sage or like a man whose ambitions have all been fulfilled.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48 – February 11, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48


vraja-bhūmāv ihāgatya
sādhaye ’haṁ sva-vāñchitam
vimṛśann evam aśrauṣaṁ
gīta-vādyādbhuta-dhvanim

TRANSLATION
I was thinking that if I returned to this Vraja-bhūmi I would fulfill my desires. And then I heard some wonderful singing and music.