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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Texts 44-45 – July 26, 2023

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Texts 44-45

pārameṣṭhyāsane tatra
sukhāsīnaṁ nija-prabhoḥ
mahima-śravaṇākhyāna-
paraṁ sāsrāṣṭa-netrakam

vicitra-paramaiśvarya-
sāmagrī-parisevitam
sva-tātaṁ nārado ’bhyetya
praṇamyovāca daṇḍa-vat

TRANSLATION
As Brahmā sat comfortably on his universal throne, absorbed in hearing and reciting the glories of his Lord, tears flowed from his eight eyes. Surrounding Lord Brahmā in attendance were the personified powers of universal rulership. Nārada came close, offered respects to his father by falling to the ground like a stick, and then spoke.

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 37 – July 23, 2023

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 37

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
indrasya vacanaṁ śrutvā
sādhu bhoḥ sādhv iti bruvan
tvarāvān brahmaṇo lokaṁ
bhagavān nārado gataḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Having heard these words from Indra, godly Nārada replied, “Well said, sir, well said!” and hastily went to Brahmā’s planet.

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 35 – July 19, 2023

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 35

itthaṁ yukti-sahasraiḥ sa
śrī-kṛṣṇasya kṛpāspadam
kiṁ vaktavyaṁ kṛpā-pātram
iti kṛṣṇaḥ sa eva hi

TRANSLATION
I could give you thousands of other reasons why Brahmā is the real object of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. What more needs to be said — he is in fact Kṛṣṇa Himself!

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30 – July 16, 2023

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30

parameṣṭhi-suta-śreṣṭha
kintu sva-pitaraṁ hareḥ
anugraha-padaṁ viddhi
lakṣmī-kānta-suto hi saḥ

TRANSLATION
But you should know, O best son of Brahmā, that your own father is the true recipient of the favor of Lord Hari. He is directly the son of Lord Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī.

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30 – July 5, 2023

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30

parameṣṭhi-suta-śreṣṭha
kintu sva-pitaraṁ hareḥ
anugraha-padaṁ viddhi
lakṣmī-kānta-suto hi saḥ

TRANSLATION
But you should know, O best son of Brahmā, that your own father is the true recipient of the favor of Lord Hari. He is directly the son of Lord Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī.

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30 – July 2, 2023

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 30

parameṣṭhi-suta-śreṣṭha
kintu sva-pitaraṁ hareḥ
anugraha-padaṁ viddhi
lakṣmī-kānta-suto hi saḥ

TRANSLATION
But you should know, O best son of Brahmā, that your own father is the true recipient of the favor of Lord Hari. He is directly the son of Lord Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī.

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 13 – June 28, 2023

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 13

tato ’bhivādya devarṣim
uvācendraḥ śanair hriyā
bho gāndharva-kalābhijña
kiṁ mām upahasann asi

TRANSLATION
Indra then welcomed Nārada and in a soft voice humbly said: My dear Nārada, expert in the arts of the Gandharvas, why are you making fun of me?

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 9 – June 25, 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 9

śrī-nārada uvāca
kṛtānukampitas tvaṁ yat
sūrya-candra-yamādayaḥ
tavājñā-kāriṇaḥ sarve
loka-pālāḥ pare kim u

TRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: You have surely received the Supreme Lord’s mercy, because demigods like Sūrya, Candra, and Yama, what to speak of the other rulers of planets, all obey your orders.

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2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 1 – June 21, 2023

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 2 Text 1

śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
praśasya taṁ mahā-rājaṁ
svar-gato munir aikṣata
rājamānaṁ sabhā-madhye
viṣṇuṁ deva-gaṇair vṛtam

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: After praising the great king, Nārada made his way to heaven. There in the assembly hall he saw Lord Viṣṇu in all His brilliance, surrounded by hosts of demigods.

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1) Bhauma: On the Earth/2) Divya: In Heaven/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 70 – June 18, 2023

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 70

mune viśiṣṭas tatrāpi
teṣām indraḥ purandaraḥ
nigrahe ’nugrahe ’pīśo
vṛṣṭibhir loka-jīvanaḥ

TRANSLATION
My dear sage, the most distinguished of these demigods is Purandara Indra. He has full power to reward and punish, and he gives the world life by providing rain.

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