Weekly Sanga

Vaishnavas

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja Address 2014

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 13, 2014.

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Conversation Between Narada and Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 16

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 16

dhyāyataś caraṇāmbhojaṁ
bhāva-nirjita-cetasā
autkaṇṭhyāśru-kalākṣasya
hṛdy āsīn me śanair hariḥ

TRANSLATION
As soon as I began to meditate upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead with my mind transformed in transcendental love, tears rolled down my eyes, and without delay the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, appeared on the lotus of my heart.

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8) Nitya-dharma & Vaisnava Behavior/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

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Conversation Between Narada and Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 12

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 12

citra-dhātu-vicitrādrīn
ibha-bhagna-bhuja-drumān
jalāśayāñ chiva-jalān
nalinīḥ sura-sevitāḥ
citra-svanaiḥ patra-rathair
vibhramad bhramara-śriyaḥ

TRANSLATION
I passed through hills and mountains full of reservoirs of various minerals like gold, silver and copper, and through tracts of land with reservoirs of water filled with beautiful lotus flowers, fit for the denizens of heaven, decorated with bewildered bees and singing birds.

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8) Nitya-dharma & Vaisnava Behavior/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.6MB)

Conversation Between Narada and Vyasadeva/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 10

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 6 Text 10

tadā tad aham īśasya
bhaktānāṁ śam abhīpsataḥ
anugrahaṁ manyamānaḥ
prātiṣṭhaṁ diśam uttarām

TRANSLATION
I took this as the special mercy of the Lord, who always desires benediction for His devotees, and so thinking, I started for the north.

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8) Nitya-dharma & Vaisnava Behavior/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (8.4MB)

8) Nitya-dharma & Vaisnava Behavior/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (7.2MB)

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Killing of Dhenuka, The Ass Demon

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 8

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 8

dhanyeyam adya dharaṇī tṛṇa-vīrudhas tvat-
pāda-spṛśo druma-latāḥ karajābhimṛṣṭāḥ
nadyo ’drayaḥ khaga-mṛgāḥ sadayāvalokair
gopyo ’ntareṇa bhujayor api yat-spṛhā śrīḥ

TRANSLATION
This earth has now become most fortunate, because You have touched her grass and bushes with Your feet and her trees and creepers with Your fingernails, and because You have graced her rivers, mountains, birds and animals with Your merciful glances. But above all, You have embraced the young cowherd women between Your two arms — a favor hankered after by the goddess of fortune herself.