Weekly Sanga

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Song of the Bee

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Texts 9-10 – October 2, 2022

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Texts 9-10

iti gopyo hi govinde
gata-vāk-kāya-mānasāḥ
kṛṣṇa-dūte samāyāte
uddhave tyakta-laukikāḥ

gāyantyaḥ prīya-karmāṇi
rudantyaś ca gata-hriyaḥ
tasya saṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya
yāni kaiśora-bālyayoḥ

TRANSLATION
Thus speaking, the gopīs, whose words, bodies and minds were fully dedicated to Lord Govinda, put aside all their regular work now that Kṛṣṇa’s messenger, Śrī Uddhava, had arrived among them. Constantly remembering the activities their beloved Kṛṣṇa had performed in His childhood and youth, they sang about them and cried without shame.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/The Song of the Bee/Wednesday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 6 – September 28, 2022

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 6

anyeṣv artha-kṛtā maitrī
yāvad-artha-viḍambanam
pumbhiḥ strīṣu kṛtā yadvat
sumanaḥsv iva ṣaṭpadaiḥ

TRANSLATION
The friendship shown toward others — those who are not family members — is motivated by personal interest, and thus it is a pretense that lasts only until one’s purpose is fulfilled. Such friendship is just like the interest men take in women, or bees in flowers.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 49 – September 25, 2022

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 49

kiṁ sādhayiṣyaty asmābhir
bhartuḥ prītasya niṣkṛtim
tataḥ strīṇāṁ vadantīnām
uddhavo ’gāt kṛtāhnikaḥ

TRANSLATION
“Is he going to use our flesh to offer funeral oblations for his master, who was so satisfied with his service?” As the women were speaking in this way, Uddhava appeared, having finished his early-morning duties.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 44 – September 21, 2022

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 44

evaṁ niśā sā bruvator vyatītā
nandasya kṛṣṇānucarasya rājan
gopyaḥ samutthāya nirūpya dīpān
vāstūn samabhyarcya daudhīny amanthun

TRANSLATION
While Kṛṣṇa’s messenger continued speaking with Nanda, the night ended, O King. The women of the cowherd village rose from bed and, lighting lamps, worshiped their household deities. Then they began churning the yogurt into butter.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 27 – September 18, 2022

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 27

śrī-śuka uvāca
iti saṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya
nandaḥ kṛṣṇānurakta-dhīḥ
aty-utkaṇṭho ’bhavat tūṣṇīṁ
prema-prasara-vihvalaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus intensely remembering Kṛṣṇa again and again, Nanda Mahārāja, his mind completely attached to the Lord, felt extreme anxiety and fell silent, overcome by the strength of his love.

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Festivals/Vaishnavas

Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja Address – September 17, 2022

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 17, 2022.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 18 – September 14, 2022

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 18

api smarati naḥ kṛṣṇo
mātaraṁ suhṛdaḥ sakhīn
gopān vrajaṁ cātma-nāthaṁ
gāvo vṛndāvanaṁ girim

TRANSLATION
Does Kṛṣṇa remember us? Does He remember His mother and His friends and well-wishers? Does He remember the cowherds and their village of Vraja, of which He is the master? Does He remember the cows, Vṛndāvana forest and Govardhana Hill?

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 14 – September 11, 2022

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 14

tam āgataṁ samāgamya
kṛṣṇasyānucaraṁ priyam
nandaḥ prītaḥ pariṣvajya
vāsudeva-dhiyārcayat

TRANSLATION
As soon as Uddhava arrived at Nanda Mahārāja’s home, Nanda came forward to meet him. The cowherd King embraced him in great happiness and worshiped him as nondifferent from Lord Vāsudeva.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana/Wednesday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 14 – September 7, 2022

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 14

tam āgataṁ samāgamya
kṛṣṇasyānucaraṁ priyam
nandaḥ prītaḥ pariṣvajya
vāsudeva-dhiyārcayat

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 5 – September 4, 2022

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 5

mayi tāḥ preyasāṁ preṣṭhe
dūra-sthe gokula-striyaḥ
smarantyo ’ṅga vimuhyanti
virahautkaṇṭhya-vihvalāḥ

TRANSLATION
My dear Uddhava, for those women of Gokula I am the most cherished object of love. Thus when they remember Me, who am so far away, they are overwhelmed by the anxiety of separation.

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