Home Program – March 11, 2023

The following is a recording of a talk Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave at the home of Gopa Kisora and Jaya Sri Radhe on Saturday, March 11, 2023. This talk includes Dhanurdhara Swami remembering His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami, who recently left his body on March 9, 2023, in Sri Vrindavan-dhama.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 6 – March 12, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 6


eṣāṁ śriyāvaliptānāṁ
kṛṣṇenādhmāpitātmanām
dhunuta śrī-mada-stambhaṁ
paśūn nayata saṅkṣayam

 

TRANSLATION
[To the clouds of destruction King Indra said:] The prosperity of these people has made them mad with pride, and their arrogance is backed up by Kṛṣṇa. Now go and remove their pride and bring their animals to destruction.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 1 – March 5, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 1


śrī-śuka uvāca
indras tadātmanaḥ pūjāṁ
vijñāya vihatāṁ nṛpa
gopebhyaḥ kṛṣṇa-nāthebhyo
nandādibhyaś cukopa ha

 

TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King Parīkṣit, when Indra understood that his sacrifice had been put aside, he became furious with Nanda Mahārāja and the other cowherd men, who were accepting Kṛṣṇa as their Lord.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 35 – March 1, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 35


kṛṣṇas tv anyatamaṁ rūpaṁ
gopa-viśrambhaṇaṁ gataḥ
śailo ’smīti bruvan bhūri
balim ādad bṛhad-vapuḥ

 

TRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa then assumed an unprecedented, huge form to instill faith in the cowherd men. Declaring “I am Govardhana Mountain!” He ate the abundant offerings.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 27 – February 26, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 27


hūyantām agnayaḥ samyag
brāhmaṇair brahma-vādibhiḥ
annaṁ bahu-guṇaṁ tebhyo
deyaṁ vo dhenu-dakṣiṇāḥ

 

TRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇas who are learned in the Vedic mantras must properly invoke the sacrificial fires. Then you should feed the priests with nicely prepared food and reward them with cows and other gifts.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 8 – February 22, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 8


śrī-nanda uvāca
parjanyo bhagavān indro
meghās tasyātma-mūrtayaḥ
te ’bhivarṣanti bhūtānāṁ
prīṇanaṁ jīvanaṁ payaḥ

 

TRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja replied: The great Lord Indra is the controller of the rain. The clouds are his personal representatives, and they directly provide rainwater, which gives happiness and sustenance to all creatures.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 1 – February 19, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 1


śrī-śuka uvāca
bhagavān api tatraiva
baladevena saṁyutaḥ
apaśyan nivasan gopān
indra-yāga-kṛtodyamān

 

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While staying in that very place with His brother Baladeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa happened to see the cowherd men busily arranging for a sacrifice to Indra.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 1 – February 15, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 24 Text 1


śrī-śuka uvāca
bhagavān api tatraiva
baladevena saṁyutaḥ
apaśyan nivasan gopān
indra-yāga-kṛtodyamān

 

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While staying in that very place with His brother Baladeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa happened to see the cowherd men busily arranging for a sacrifice to Indra.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 16 Text 35 – February 12, 2023

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 16 Text 35


tapaḥ sutaptaṁ kim anena pūrvaṁ
nirasta-mānena ca māna-dena
dharmo ’tha vā sarva-janānukampayā
yato bhavāṁs tuṣyati sarva-jīvaḥ

 

TRANSLATION
Did our husband carefully perform austerities in a previous life, with his mind free of pride and full of respect for others? Is that why You are pleased with him? Or did he in some previous existence carefully execute religious duties with compassion for all living beings, and is that why You, the life of all living beings, are now satisfied with him?