Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 44 – November 8, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 44


vairi-santarjako laṅkā-
dāhako durga-bhañjakaḥ
sītā-vārtā-haraḥ svāmi-
gāḍhāliṅgana-gocaraḥ

TRANSLATION
He boldly threatened his enemies, burned Laṅkā, and destroyed its citadel. When he brought back news of Sītā, he received his master’s deep embrace.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 40 – November 5, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 40


hanūmāṁs tu mahā-bhāgyas
tat-sevā-sukham anvabhūt
su-bahūni sahasrāṇi
vatsarāṇām avighnakam

TRANSLATION
But Hanumān is much more fortunate. For many thousands of years he has enjoyed serving the Lord constantly, without obstruction.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 34 – November 1, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 34


yasya śrī-bhagavat-prāptāv
utkaṭecchā yato bhavet
sa tatraiva labhetāmuṁ
na tu vāso ’sya lābha-kṛt

TRANSLATION
Wherever one develops an intense desire to achieve the Supreme Lord, there one can obtain Him. But the Lord’s merely residing in a certain place does not grant one His association.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 34 – October 29, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 34


yasya śrī-bhagavat-prāptāv
utkaṭecchā yato bhavet
sa tatraiva labhetāmuṁ
na tu vāso ’sya lābha-kṛt

TRANSLATION
Wherever one develops an intense desire to achieve the Supreme Lord, there one can obtain Him. But the Lord’s merely residing in a certain place does not grant one His association.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 23 – October 25, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 23


vicitra-sevā-dānaṁ hi
hanūmat-prabhṛtiṣv iva
prabhoḥ prasādo bhakteṣu
mataḥ sadbhir na cetarat

TRANSLATION
The Lord truly gives His mercy, saintly authorities believe, when He grants the right to render various kinds of service, a blessing He gives to such devotees as Hanumān. Nothing else counts as His mercy.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 15 – October 22, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 15


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
sva-ślāghā-sahanāśakto
lajjāvanamitānanaḥ
prahlādo nāradaṁ natvā
gauravād avadac chanaiḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Unable to tolerate hearing his own praise, Prahlāda lowered his face in embarrassment, bowed down before Nārada, and respectfully addressed him in a quiet voice.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 36 – October 18, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 36


bhavatād bhavataḥ prasādato
bhagavat-sneha-vijṛmbhitaḥ kila
mama tan-mahimā tathāpy aṇur
nava-bhakteṣu kṛpā-bharekṣayā

TRANSLATION
We can say that by your mercy the Supreme Lord developed some love for me and so I appear glorious. But my greatness is just like a tiny speck before the heaps of mercy the Lord bestows on His newer devotees.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 15 – October 15, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 15


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
sva-ślāghā-sahanāśakto
lajjāvanamitānanaḥ
prahlādo nāradaṁ natvā
gauravād avadac chanaiḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Unable to tolerate hearing his own praise, Prahlāda lowered his face in embarrassment, bowed down before Nārada, and respectfully addressed him in a quiet voice.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 4 – October 11, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 4


śrī-nārada uvāca
dṛṣṭaś cirāt kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-bharasya
pātraṁ bhavān me sa-phalaḥ śramo ’bhūt
ā-bālyato yasya hi kṛṣṇa-bhaktir
jātā viśuddhā na kuto ’pi yāsīt

TRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: Now, after so long, I have finally seen you — the true recipient of Kṛṣṇa’s full mercy! Now my efforts have borne fruit! From your very childhood you have been endowed with pure devotion for Kṛṣṇa. Such spontaneous love has never been seen anywhere before.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 1 – October 8, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 4 Text 1


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
śrutvā mahāścaryam iveśa-bhāṣitaṁ
prahlāda-sandarśana-jāta-kautukaḥ
hṛd-yānataḥ śrī-sutale gato ’cirād
dhāvan praviṣṭaḥ puram āsuraṁ muniḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: After the sage Nārada heard Lord Śiva’s words, which impressed him as most amazing, he was eager to see Prahlāda in person. He at once, therefore, traveled to Śrī Sutala by the path of the heart and entered running into the city of the demons.