In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 37 – December 31, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 37
yady api sva-prakāśo ’sāv
atītendriya-vṛttikaḥ
tat-kāruṇya-prabhāveṇa
paraṁ sākṣāt samīkṣyate
TRANSLATION
That self-manifest Lord is beyond the scope of the senses, but one can see Him directly by the power of His mercy. There is no other way.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 22 – December 28, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 22
sva-kāryāt pūrva-pūrvasmāt
kāraṇaṁ cottarottaram
pūjya-pūjaka-bhoga-śrī-
mahattvenādhikādhikam
TRANSLATION
Each covering was the subtle cause of the one before it, and had a greater object of worship, a greater worshiper, and greater sense gratification, opulence, and importance.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 11 – December 21, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 11
pūrvaṁ ye bahu-kālena
samprāptāḥ kramaśo ’dhunā
sarve nimeṣataḥ krāntā
yugapan manaseva te
TRANSLATION
The planets I had earlier attained one by one, over a long period of time, I now crossed in the blink of an eye, as if by the power of my mind alone.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 9 – December 17, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 9
pāñca-bhautikatātītaṁ
sva-dehaṁ kalayan raveḥ
nirbhidya maṇḍalaṁ gacchann
ūrdhvaṁ lokān vyalokayam
TRANSLATION
I then saw my body change into a form transcendental to the five material elements. And as I traveled upward, breaking through the sphere of the sun, I saw all the planetary systems.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 234 – December 14, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 234
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
nija-priya-tamāṁ yāhi
māthurīṁ tāṁ vraja-kṣitim
tat-tan-mat-parama-krīḍā-
sthaly-āvali-vibhūṣitām
TRANSLATION
The blessed Lord said: Go to Mathurā, to your dearest pasturing grounds, to the land adorned with many places of My varied supreme pastimes.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 231 – December 10, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 231
śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
teṣām etair vacobhir me
bhaktir vṛddhiṁ gatā prabhau
vicāraś caiṣa hṛdaye
’jani māthura-bhūsura
TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: O Mathurā brāhmaṇa, these words of the scriptures greatly strengthened my devotion for the Supreme Lord, and this thought was born in my heart:
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 223-224 – December 3, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 223-224
bhavāṁs tu yadi mokṣasya
tucchatvānubhavena hi
viśuddha-bhagavad-bhakti-
niṣṭhā-sampattim icchati
tadā nijaṁ mahā-mantraṁ
tam eva bhajatāṁ param
atrāpīdaṁ mahā-gūḍhaṁ
śṛṇotu hṛdayaṅ-gamam
TRANSLATION
If you have indeed realized the pettiness of liberation and want to attain the treasure of firm faith in pure devotional service to the Lord, then simply worship your transcendental mantra. And please hear this great secret, which is pleasing to the heart:
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 218 – November 30, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 218
sadaika-rūpo ’pi sa viṣṇur ātmanas
tathā sva-bhakter janayaty anu-kṣaṇam
vicitra-mādhurya-śataṁ navaṁ navaṁ
tayā sva-śaktyetara-durvitarkyayā
TRANSLATION
Although Lord Viṣṇu is always one and unchanging, at every moment He brings forth hundreds of newer and newer varieties of transcendental charm, both in Himself and in His devotional service. He does this by His personal energy, inconceivable to everyone else.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 217 – November 26, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 217
sadaika-rūpaṁ bahu-rūpam adbhutaṁ
vimukti-saukhyāt pratiyogi tat sukham
harer mahā-bhakti-vilāsa-mādhurī-
bharātmakaṁ tarkyam atad-vidāṁ na hi
TRANSLATION
That extraordinary happiness is always one, yet it assumes many features. It stands in contrast to the happiness of impersonal liberation. Devotional happiness is made of the intense sweetness of sporting pastimes in the highest devotional service to the Lord. Persons unfamiliar with this pleasure cannot even imagine what it is like.
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