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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 60 – October 4, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 60


nāradāham idaṁ manye
tādṛśānāṁ yataḥ sthitiḥ
bhavet sa eva vaikuṇṭho
loko nātra vicāraṇā

TRANSLATION
In my opinion, dear Nārada, anywhere such devotees are found is actually Vaikuṇṭha-loka. Arguing against this fact would be useless.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 50 – October 1, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 50


yasmin mahā-mudāśrāntaṁ
prabhoḥ saṅkīrtanādibhiḥ
vicitrām antarā bhaktiṁ
nāsty anyat prema-vāhinīm

TRANSLATION
In Vaikuṇṭha nothing exists but devotional service, rendered through saṅkīrtana and in many other forms. It goes on incessantly, with great enthusiasm, spreading the ecstasy of pure love.