Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 47

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 47

yo vivikta-sthanam sevate yo loka-bandham unmulayati nistraigunyo bhavati yo yoga-ksemam tyajati

TRANSLATION
[Who can cross beyond illusion?] That person who stays in a secluded place, cuts off at the root his attachment to mundane society, becomes free from the influence of the three modes of nature, and gives up hankering for material gain and security.

 

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 46

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 46

kas tarati kas tarati mayam yah sangam tyajati yo mahanubhavam sevate nirmamo bhavati

TRANSLATION
Who can cross beyond illusion? One who abandons material association, serves the sages, and becomes selfless.

 

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 1 Text 1

Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 1

pangum langhayate sailam
mukam avartayec chrutim
yat-krpa tam aham vande
krsna-caitanyam isvaram

TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a lame man can cross over a mountain and a dumb man recite Vedic literature.

 

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 44

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 44

kama-krodha-moha-smrti-bhramsa-buddhi-nasa-sarva-nasa-karanatvat

TRANSLATION
Material association is the cause of lust, anger, confusion, forgetfulness, loss of intelligence, and total calamity.

 

The Appearance Day of Sri Nityananda

On today’s sanga, Srila Dhanurdhara Swami discusses the importance of one’s sanga, aspects of guru tattva, and the appearance day of Sri Nityanananda.

 

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 25

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 25

sri-jaiminir uvaca
matur evam maha-ramya-
prasnenananditah sutah
tam natva sasru-romancam
arebhe pratibhasitum

TRANSLATION
Sri Jaimini said: Delighted by this most pleasing inquiry from Mother Uttara, her son, Pariksit, bowed down to her and began his reply. Tears poured from his eyes, and his bodily hairs stood on end.

 

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 39

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 39

mahat-sangas tu durlabho ‘gamyo ‘moghas ca

TRANSLATION
The association of great souls is rarely obtained, difficult to understand, and infallible.

 

Brihad Bhagavatamrta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 21

Brihad Bhagavatamrta
Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 21

ye sarva-nairapeksyena
radha-dasyecchavah param
sankirtayanti tan-nama
tadrsa-priyata-mayah

TRANSLATION
They chant His names and are full of unique love for Him. Indifferent to everything else, they want only to become servants of Sri Radha.

 

Narada Bhakti Sutra – Sutra 37

Narada Bhakti Sutra
Sutra 37

loke ‘pi bhagavad-guna-sravana-kirtanat

TRANSLATION
One achieves bhakti by hearing and chanting about the Supreme Lord’s special qualities, even while engaged in the ordinary activities of life in this world.