Weekly Sanga

Festivals/Govardhana-pūjā/Wednesday Sangas

Govardhana-pūjā – October 22, 2025

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations in celebration of Govardhana-pūjā.

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2) Jñāna: Knowledge/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 136 – October 19, 2025

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 136

bhagavantaṁ muhuḥ paśyan
praṇamann avadaṁ manaḥ
nijepsitāntam adyāgā
niścalaṁ tvaṁ mudaṁ bhaja

TRANSLATION
Gazing at the Supreme Lord and repeatedly bowing down before Him, I told my mind: “Today you have attained the ultimate fulfillment of all your desires! Be steady and joyful.

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2) Jñāna: Knowledge/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 132 – October 15, 2025

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 132

saṁvāhyamāna-caraṇaṁ ramayā suparṇe
baddhāñjalau kṛta-dṛśaṁ vidhinārcyamānam
bhūyo vibhūtibhir amuṁ bahu lālayantaṁ
śrī-nārada-praṇaya-bhaktiṣu datta-cittam

TRANSLATION
As the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, massaged His feet, He glanced at Garuḍa, who stood before Him with joined palms. Lord Brahmā worshiped the Lord with opulent offerings, and in turn the Lord amply gratified him. Lord Mahāpuruṣa was also attentive to Śrī Nārada’s displays of loving devotion.

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2) Jñāna: Knowledge/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 129 – October 12, 2025

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 129

śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tac chrutvā tatra gatvā taṁ
mahā-puruṣam īkṣitum
japaṁ kurvaṁs tapo-loke
niviṣṭo ’ntaḥ-samādhinā

TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Hearing this, I wanted to go to that planet and see the Mahāpuruṣa. Seated on Tapoloka, I chanted my mantra and focused my attention in samādhi.

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2) Jñāna: Knowledge/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 119 – October 8, 2025

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 119

kadācit sanakādīṁś ca
dhyāna-niṣṭhā-vaśaṁ gatān
vindatas tāni rūpāṇi
dṛṣṭvāpnomi parāṁ mudam

TRANSLATION
Sometimes when Sanaka and his brothers were absorbed in meditation they would assume those forms of the Lord. Seeing this, I would relish extreme pleasure.

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2) Jñāna: Knowledge/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 108 – October 5, 2025

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 108

antar bahiś ca paśyāmas
taṁ samādhi-parāyaṇāḥ
nāto viccheda-duḥkhaṁ syād
ity agāt tatra sa prabhuḥ

TRANSLATION
We devotees of yoga-samādhi see Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa both within ourselves and without. And so, there being no danger of our suffering pain due to separation from the Lord, He went to Gandhamādana.

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2) Jñāna: Knowledge/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Wednesday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 109 – October 1, 2025

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 109

loka-śikṣā-hitārthaṁ tu
kurvann āste mahat tapaḥ
dhanur-vidyā-gurur brahma-
cāri-veśo jaṭā-dharaḥ

TRANSLATION
Living there as a guru in the science of weaponry, He dresses as a brahmacārī, His hair in matted locks, and performs severe austerities as an instruction for the benefit of the world.

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2) Jñāna: Knowledge/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 2: The Glories of Goloka/Sunday Sangas

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 101 – September 28, 2025

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 101

bhaktau nava-vidhāyāṁ ca
mukhyaṁ smaraṇam eva hi
tat samagrendriya-śreṣṭha-
mano-vṛtti-samarpaṇam

TRANSLATION
Of the nine kinds of devotional service, remembrance is the chief. It is an offering of the activity of the mind, the most important of all the senses.