Weekly Sanga

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 3 – April 16, 2023

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 3

sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt
su-madhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpeṇa lobhāt
jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā
harir iha yati-veśaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥ

TRANSLATION
Realizing that the ecstasy of His beloved devotees is even sweeter than His own, out of greed the Lord descended to this world in the form of His own devotee. Dressed as a renunciant, golden in effulgence, He bears the name Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. All glories to that Lord Hari, who has appeared as the son of Mother Śacī!

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1) Bhauma: On the Earth/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 2 – April 12, 2023

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 2

śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti
gopyo nitānta-bhagavat-priyatā-prasiddhāḥ
yāsāṁ harau parama-sauhṛda-mādhurīṇāṁ
nirvaktum īṣad api jātu na ko ’pi śaktaḥ

TRANSLATION
All glories above all to the gopīs, headed by Śrī Rādhikā, who are famous as the Lord’s dearmost devotees. No one can even begin to properly describe the charm of their supreme affection for Śrī Hari.

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 1 – April 9, 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 1

jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo
vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko ’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ
gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād
anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityam

TRANSLATION
All glories to that inconceivable Lord who descended to bestow the gift of perfect love for His own lotus feet. He is an ocean filled with many kinds of sweetness, and He always bears the fragrance of fresh youth. In His form as Śrī Caitanya He has realized the last extreme of transcendental experience, the love residing eternally in the gopīs.

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Wednesday Sangas

Weekly Sanga – April 5, 2023

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.

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Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 17 – April 2, 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 17

na hi sad-bhāva-yuktānāṁ
surāṇām īśa-vismayaḥ
matto ’satāṁ māna-bhaṅgaḥ
praśamāyopakalpate

TRANSLATION
Since the demigods are endowed with the mode of goodness, the false pride of considering oneself the Lord should certainly not affect them. When I break the false prestige of those bereft of goodness, My purpose is to bring them relief.

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Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 14 – March 26, 2023

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 14

śilā-varṣāti-vātena
hanyamānam acetanam
nirīkṣya bhagavān mene
kupitendra-kṛtaṁ hariḥ

TRANSLATION
Seeing the inhabitants of His Gokula rendered practically unconscious by the onslaught of hail and blasting wind, the Supreme Lord Hari understood that this was the work of angry Indra.

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Lord Kṛṣṇa Lifts Govardhana Hill/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Wednesday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 7 – March 22, 2023

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 7

ahaṁ cairāvataṁ nāgam
āruhyānuvraje vrajam
marud-gaṇair mahā-vegair
nanda-goṣṭha-jighāṁsayā

TRANSLATION
I will follow you to Vraja, riding on my elephant Airāvata and taking with me the swift and powerful wind-gods to decimate the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 4 – March 19, 2023

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 4

tā man-manaskā mat-prāṇā
mat-arthe tyakta-daihikāḥ
mām eva dayitaṁ preṣṭham
ātmānaṁ manasā gatāḥ
ye tyakta-loka-dharmāś ca
mad-arthe tān bibharmy aham

TRANSLATION
The minds of those gopīs are always absorbed in Me, and their very lives are ever devoted to Me. For My sake they have abandoned everything related to their bodies, renouncing ordinary happiness in this life, as well as religious duties necessary for such happiness in the next life. I alone am their dearmost beloved and, indeed, their very Self. I personally sustain such devotees, who for My sake give up all worldly duties.

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Wednesday Sangas

Weekly Sanga – March 15, 2023

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives an introductory talk for his bhakti immersion retreat at Shyam Ashram in Cali, Colombia.

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Home Program

Home Program – March 11, 2023

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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