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.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 40 – September 27, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 40


māṁ kim ārādhayed dāsaṁ
kim etac cādiśet prabhuḥ
svāgamaiḥ kalpitais tvaṁ ca
janān mad-vimukhān kuru

TRANSLATION
Why would He worship me, His servant, and why would He order me, “Turn people away from Me by concocting your own versions of scripture”?

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 35 – September 24, 2023

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 3 Text 35


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tato maheśvaro mātas
trapāvanamitānanaḥ
nāradaṁ bhagavad-bhaktam
avadad vaiṣṇavāgraṇīḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Dear mother, Lord Śiva was so embarrassed by hearing this that he lowered his face. Then that leader of the Vaiṣṇavas answered the great devotee Nārada.