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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 25 – July 27, 2022

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 25

brahmā bhavaś ca tatraitya
munibhir nāradādibhiḥ
devaiḥ sānucaraiḥ sākaṁ
gīrbhir vṛṣaṇam aiḍayan

TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, accompanied by great sages like Nārada, Devala and Vyāsa and by other demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa, invisibly approached the room of Devakī, where they all joined in offering their respectful obeisances and prayers to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can bestow blessings upon everyone.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 18 – July 20, 2022

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 18

tato jagan-maṅgalam acyutāṁśaṁ
samāhitaṁ śūra-sutena devī
dadhāra sarvātmakam ātma-bhūtaṁ
kāṣṭhā yathānanda-karaṁ manastaḥ

TRANSLATION
Thereafter, accompanied by plenary expansions, the fully opulent Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-auspicious for the entire universe, was transferred from the mind of Vasudeva to the mind of Devakī. Devakī, having thus been initiated by Vasudeva, became beautiful by carrying Lord Kṛṣṇa, the original consciousness for everyone, the cause of all causes, within the core of her heart, just as the east becomes beautiful by carrying the rising moon.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 13 – July 17, 2022

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 2 Text 13

garbha-saṅkarṣaṇāt taṁ vai
prāhuḥ saṅkarṣaṇaṁ bhuvi
rāmeti loka-ramaṇād
balabhadraṁ balocchrayāt

TRANSLATION
The son of Rohiṇī will also be celebrated as Saṅkarṣaṇa because of being sent from the womb of Devakī to the womb of Rohiṇī. He will be called Rāma because of His ability to please all the inhabitants of Gokula, and He will be known as Balabhadra because of His extensive physical strength.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 2 Texts 1-2 – July 13, 2022

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 2 Texts 1-2

śrī-śuka uvāca
pralamba-baka-cāṇūra-
tṛṇāvarta-mahāśanaiḥ
muṣṭikāriṣṭa-dvivida-
pūtanā-keśī-dhenukaiḥ
anyaiś cāsura-bhūpālair
bāṇa-bhaumādibhir yutaḥ
yadūnāṁ kadanaṁ cakre
balī māgadha-saṁśrayaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Under the protection of Magadharāja, Jarāsandha, the powerful Kaṁsa began persecuting the kings of the Yadu dynasty. In this he had the cooperation of demons like Pralamba, Baka, Cāṇūra, Tṛṇāvarta, Aghāsura, Muṣṭika, Ariṣṭa, Dvivida, Pūtanā, Keśī, Dhenuka, Bāṇāsura, Narakāsura and many other demoniac kings on the surface of the earth.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction

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

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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?

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction/Wednesday Sangas

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

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction

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

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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!”

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction/Wednesday Sangas

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

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction

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

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction/Wednesday Sangas

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

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Rathi Krishna dasa

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.

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