Weekly Sanga

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

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

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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

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

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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