Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 58 – July 10, 2022

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 58


kiṁ duḥsahaṁ nu sādhūnāṁ
viduṣāṁ kim apekṣitam
kim akāryaṁ kadaryāṇāṁ
dustyajaṁ kiṁ dhṛtātmanām

 
TRANSLATION
What is painful for saintly persons who strictly adhere to the truth? How could there not be independence for pure devotees who know the Supreme Lord as the substance? What deeds are forbidden for persons of the lowest character? And what cannot be given up for the sake of Lord Kṛṣṇa by those who have fully surrendered at His lotus feet?

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 44 – July 6, 2022

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 44


tasmān na kasyacid droham
ācaret sa tathā-vidhaḥ
ātmanaḥ kṣemam anvicchan
drogdhur vai parato bhayam

 
TRANSLATION
Therefore, since envious, impious activities cause a body in which one suffers in the next life, why should one act impiously? Considering one’s welfare, one should not envy anyone, for an envious person must always fear harm from his enemies, either in this life or in the next.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 34 – July 3, 2022

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 34


pathi pragrahiṇaṁ kaṁsam
ābhāṣyāhāśarīra-vāk
asyās tvām aṣṭamo garbho
hantā yāṁ vahase ’budha

 
TRANSLATION
While Kaṁsa, controlling the reins of the horses, was driving the chariot along the way, an unembodied voice addressed him, “You foolish rascal, the eighth child of the woman you are carrying will kill you!”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 27 – June 29, 2022

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 27


śūraseno yadupatir
mathurām āvasan purīm
māthurāñ chūrasenāṁś ca
viṣayān bubhuje purā

 
TRANSLATION
Formerly, Śūrasena, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, had gone to live in the city of Mathurā. There he enjoyed the places known as Māthura and Śūrasena.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 27 – June 26, 2022

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 27


śūraseno yadupatir
mathurām āvasan purīm
māthurāñ chūrasenāṁś ca
viṣayān bubhuje purā

 
TRANSLATION
Formerly, Śūrasena, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, had gone to live in the city of Mathurā. There he enjoyed the places known as Māthura and Śūrasena.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 17 – June 22, 2022

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 17


bhūmir dṛpta-nṛpa-vyāja-
daityānīka-śatāyutaiḥ
ākrāntā bhūri-bhāreṇa
brahmāṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ yayau

 
TRANSLATION
Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahmā for relief.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 4 – June 19, 2022

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 1 Text 4


nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād
bhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-’bhirāmāt
ka uttamaśloka-guṇānuvādāt
pumān virajyeta vinā paśughnāt

 
TRANSLATION
Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the paramparā system, that is, it is conveyed from the spiritual master to disciple. Such glorification is relished by those no longer interested in the false, temporary glorification of this cosmic manifestation. Descriptions of the Lord are the right medicine for the conditioned soul undergoing repeated birth and death. Therefore, who will cease hearing such glorification of the Lord except a butcher or one who is killing his own self?

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 150 – June 15, 2022

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 150


‘bhakti bada’ śuni’ prabhu bhāratīra mukhe
‘hari bali’ garjite lāgilā prema-sukhe

 
TRANSLATION
Hearing from the mouth of Keśava Bhāratī that bhakti is greater, the Lord loudly shouted the name of Hari in ecstatic love.

Weekly Sanga – June 12, 2022

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares excerpts from Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva-Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s Follow the Angels, and his realizations from New York Ratha Yatra from the previous day.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 130 – June 8, 2022

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 9 Text 130


nija-guru śrī-keśava-bhāratīra sthāne
bhakti jñāna dui jijñāsilā eka dine

 
TRANSLATION
One day the Lord asked His spiritual master, Keśava Bhāratī, about bhakti and jñāna.