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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 45 – August 29, 2021

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 45

tamyāṁ tamovan naihāraṁ
khadyotārcir ivāhani
mahatītara-māyaiśyaṁ
nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ

TRANSLATION
As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a person of great power is unable to accomplish anything; instead, the power of that inferior person is diminished.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 403 – August 29, 2021

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 403

viśārada-caraṇe āmāra namaskāra
sārvabhauma vācaspati nandana yāṅhara

TRANSLATION
I offer my humble obeisances at the feet of Viśārada, who had Sārvabhauma and Vācaspati as his sons.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 35 – August 22, 2021

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 35

vrajasya rāmaḥ premardher
vīkṣyautkaṇṭhyam anukṣaṇam
mukta-staneṣv apatyeṣv apy
ahetu-vid acintayat

TRANSLATION
Because of an increase of affection, the cows had constant attachment even to those calves that were grown up and had stopped sucking milk from their mothers. When Baladeva saw this attachment, He was unable to understand the reason for it, and thus He began to consider as follows.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Wednesday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 393 – August 18, 2021

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 393

anata arbuda loka kare hari-dhvani
bāhira nā haya gupte āche nyāsi-maṇi

TRANSLATION
Unlimited millions of people chanted the name of Hari, yet the crest jewel of sannyāsīs stayed hidden and did not come out.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 18 – August 15, 2021

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 18

tataḥ kṛṣṇo mudaṁ kartuṁ
tan-mātṝṇāṁ ca kasya ca
ubhayāyitam ātmānaṁ
cakre viśva-kṛd īśvaraḥ

TRANSLATION
Thereafter, just to create pleasure both for Brahmā and for the mothers of the calves and cowherd boys, Kṛṣṇa, the creator of the entire cosmic manifestation, expanded Himself as calves and boys.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 8 – August 8, 2021

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 8

kṛṣṇasya viṣvak puru-rāji-maṇḍalair
abhyānanāḥ phulla-dṛśo vrajārbhakāḥ
sahopaviṣṭā vipine virejuś
chadā yathāmbhoruha-karṇikāyāḥ

TRANSLATION
Like the whorl of a lotus flower surrounded by its petals and leaves, Kṛṣṇa sat in the center, encircled by lines of His friends, who all looked very beautiful. Every one of them was trying to look forward toward Kṛṣṇa, thinking that Kṛṣṇa might look toward him. In this way they all enjoyed their lunch in the forest.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 377 – August 8, 2021

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 374

sabe cala yadi satya haya e vacana
tabe se āmāre sabe baliha brāhmaṇa

TRANSLATION
“Let us all go. If this information is correct, you should accept me as a brāhmaṇa.”

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Wednesday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 354 – August 4, 2021

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 354

yata mate vācaspati kahena lokere
pratīta kāhāro nāhi janmaye antare

TRANSLATION
In whatever way Vācaspati tried to explain, the people did not have trust in his words.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 4 – August 1, 2021

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 4

tathāgha-vadanān mṛtyo
rakṣitvā vatsa-pālakān
sarit-pulinam ānīya
bhagavān idam abravīt

TRANSLATION
Then, after saving the boys and calves from the mouth of Aghāsura, who was death personified, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, brought them all to the bank of the river and spoke the following words.