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

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Japa and Prayer School – June 17, 2023

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes.

In today’s class:

Padyāvalī, verse 23


brahmāṇḍānāṁ koṭi-saṅkhyādhikānām
aiśvaryaṁ yac cetanā vā yad aṁśaḥ
āvirbhūtaṁ tan-mahaḥ kṛṣṇa-nāma
tan me sādhyaṁ sādhanaṁ jīvanaṁ ca

 

TRANSLATION
There are countless millions of universes and whatever glories they possess, whatever consciousness they possess, are all manifestations of a mere portion of the effulgence of the holy name of Krishna. This holy name is my spiritual practice; it is the goal of my spiritual practice. It is my life.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 62 – June 14, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 62


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tat tad vistārya kathayann
āśliṣyan bhūpatiṁ muhuḥ
praśaśaṁsa guṇān gāyan
vīṇayā vaiṣṇavottamaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Nārada, the best of Vaiṣṇavas, singing along with his vīṇā, thus expansively described the king, praising his greatness. And Nārada embraced him again and again.