Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39 – February 23, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39


vastu-tattvānabhijño ’nyat
sa kiñcit pāra-laukikam
sādhanaṁ kila sādhyaṁ ca
vartamānam amanyata

TRANSLATION
Ignorant of the real facts, he thought that something other than this mantra must be his means of success in the next life and something else must be his final goal.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38 – February 19, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38


devy-ādeśena taṁ mantraṁ
vivikte satataṁ japan
dhanecchāyā nivṛtto ’bhūl
lebhe ca hṛdi nirvṛtim

TRANSLATION
On the order of the goddess, he chanted the mantra constantly to himself in a secluded place. Gradually he gave up his desire for wealth, and his heart became satisfied.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 16, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35


vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayā

TRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 12, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35


vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayā

TRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 9, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35


vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayā

TRANSLATION
Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Texts 3-4 – February 5, 2025

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Texts 3-4


śrī-rūpa, sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
śrī-jīva, gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunātha

ei chaya gurura karoṅ caraṇa vandana
yāhā haite vighna-nāśa, abhīṣṭa-pūraṇa

TRANSLATION

I pray to the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs — Śrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha — so that all impediments to my writing this literature will be annihilated and my real desire will be fulfilled.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 30 – January 12, 2025

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 30


tac-chiṣya-rūpeṇa ca mat-priyaṁ taṁ
saṁśrāvya śāpaṁ nilayāndha-kūpāt
śrī-vāsudevena vikṛṣya nītaḥ
prāyopaveśāya matiṁ dyu-nadyām

TRANSLATION
When I heard of that curse, I took it as most welcome. Śrī Vāsudeva, in the form of a brāhmaṇa’s disciple, was dragging me out of the blind well of family life and guiding me to choose to fast till death on the shore of the celestial Gaṅgā.