5) Priya: The Beloved/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 1 – January 7, 2023

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 1


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tatra śrī-nārado harṣa-
bharākrāntaḥ sa-nartanam
kuru-deśaṁ gato dhāvan
rājadhānyāṁ praviṣṭavān

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Śrī Nārada, beside himself with joy, arrived dancing at the kingdom of the Kurus and raced into their capital city.

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4) Bhakta: The Devotee/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 112 – January 3, 2024

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 112


teṣāṁ jyeṣṭhasya sāmrājye
pravṛttir bhagavat-priyāt
ato bahu-vidhā deva-
durlabhā rājya-sampadaḥ

TRANSLATION
The eldest of these brothers rules the state out of love for the Personality of Godhead. Thus his kingdom is rich in all sorts of assets rarely enjoyed by the demigods.

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4) Bhakta: The Devotee/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 110 – December 31, 2023

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 110


bṛhad-vrata-dharān asmāṁs
tāṁś ca gārhasthya-dharmiṇaḥ
sāmrājya-vyāpṛtān matvā
māparādhāvṛto bhava

TRANSLATION
Please do not let your intelligence become shrouded by the offensive idea that you and I are staunch celibates and the Pāṇḍavas mere householders, distracted by political affairs.

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4) Bhakta: The Devotee/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Texts 100-104 – December 27, 2023

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Texts 100-104


athāpi sahajāvyāja-
karuṇā-komalātmani
avakra-bhāva-prakṛtāv
ārya-dharma-pradarśake

eka-patnī-vrata-dhare
sadā vinaya-vṛddhayā
lajjayāvanata-śrīmad-
vadane ’dho-vilokane

jagad-rañjana-śīlāḍhye
’yodhyā-pura-purandare
mahā-rājādhirāje śrī-
sītā-lakṣmaṇa-sevite

bharata-jyāyasi preṣṭha-
sugrīve vānareśvare
vibhīṣaṇāśrite cāpa-
pāṇau daśarathātmaje

kauśalyā-nandane śrīmad-
raghunātha-svarūpiṇi
svasminn ātyantikī prītir
mama tenaiva vardhitā

TRANSLATION
Even so, I simply feel more attracted to the Supreme Lord in His eternal identity as Śrī Raghunātha, the son of Daśaratha and joy of Mother Kauśalyā. His heart always tender with natural, unaffected compassion, He is spontaneously attracted to loving exchanges with His devotees, exchanges free from any tinge of duplicity. He demonstrates how to follow properly the religious duties of a civilized people, and He upholds the strict vow of having only one wife. In the shyness of innate humility, His face always looks downward, His eyes fixed on the ground. His exalted character is pleasing to all. He stands with bow in hand, the king of kings, the hero of the city Ayodhyā, served by Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, and with Bharata as His older brother. He rules the race of monkeys as the dear friend of Sugrīva and gives shelter to Vibhīṣaṇa. By my hearing of the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, the unlimited loving attraction I feel toward my own master has increased.

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4) Bhakta: The Devotee/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 93 – December 24, 2023

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 93


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
atha kṣaṇaṁ niśaśvāsa
hanūmān dhairya-sāgaraḥ
jagāda nāradaṁ natvā
kṣaṇaṁ hṛdi vimṛśya saḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Hanumān, the ocean of sobriety, then sighed for a moment, and after a brief time in thought he bowed down to Nārada and spoke.

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4) Bhakta: The Devotee/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 87 – December 20, 2023

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 87


svasṛ-dānādi-sakhyena
yaḥ samyag anukampitaḥ
tena tasyārjunasyāpi
priyo mad-rūpavān dhvajaḥ

TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa, by acts of friendship like giving His sister in marriage to the Pāṇḍava Arjuna, showed Arjuna full mercy. And that Arjuna bears my image on the treasured flag of his chariot.

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4) Bhakta: The Devotee/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 84 – December 13, 2023

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 84


ity uktvā hanūmān mātaḥ
pāṇḍaveya-yaśasvini
utplutyotplutya muninā
muhur nṛtyati vakti ca

TRANSLATION
[Parīkṣit Mahārāja said:] O mother, O celebrated wife of the son of the Pāṇḍavas, after Hanumān said this he repeatedly jumped up into the air, higher and higher, joining the sage Nārada in dancing. He then continued to speak.

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4) Bhakta: The Devotee/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 81 – December 10, 2023

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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 81


śrī-hanūmān uvāca
teṣām āpad-gaṇā eva
sattamāḥ syuḥ su-sevitāḥ
ye vidhāya prabhuṁ vyagraṁ
sadyaḥ saṅgamayanti taiḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Hanumān said: All the calamities that befell the Pāṇḍavas were most auspicious and desirable because those calamities made the Personality of Godhead anxious to join the Pāṇḍavas quickly.

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