In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
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Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja Address – September 20, 2025
The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address and initiation, given on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
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Weekly Sanga – September 21, 2025
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 103-105 – September 17, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 103-105
aśeṣa-sādhanaiḥ sādhyaḥ
samastārthādhikādhikaḥ
yo vaśī-karaṇe gāḍho-
pāyo bhagavato ’dvayaḥ
tat-prasādaika-labhyo yas
tad-bhaktaika-mahā-nidhiḥ
vicitra-paramānanda-
mādhurya-bhara-pūritaḥ
mahā-nirvācya-māhātmyaḥ
padārthaḥ prema-saṁjñakaḥ
pariṇāma-viśeṣe hi
ceto-vṛtter udeti saḥ
TRANSLATION
There is one goal of all disciplines, one highest attainment of all, the one potent means to bring the Supreme Lord under one’s control. Only by the mercy of the Lord can it be gained. It is the rare, exclusive treasure of His devotees, a treasure rich with every sort of transcendental ecstasy and sweetness. Its wonderful glories are beyond the power to describe. That attainment is called prema. It arises from special transformations of the functions of the mind.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 100 – September 14, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 100
ānandaka-svabhāvo ’pi
bhakti-māhātmya-darśanāt
bhaktān harṣayituṁ kuryād
durghaṭaṁ ca sa īśvaraḥ
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord, by nature the bestower of ecstasy, creates such unlikely situations to delight His devotees by showing them the greatness of devotional service.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 98-99 – September 10, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 98-99
parānanda-ghanaṁ śrīmat
sarvendriya-guṇāñjanam
nārāyaṇasya rūpaṁ tat
sākṣāt sampaśyatām api
madhu-kaiṭabha-mukhyānām
asurāṇāṁ durātmanām
na līno duṣṭa-bhāvo ’pi
sarva-pīḍā-karo hi yaḥ
TRANSLATION
The beautiful, all-opulent form of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the concentrated essence of supreme bliss, refines the functions of all the senses. Yet demons like Madhu and Kaiṭabha, even after seeing the Lord in person, did not lose their evil disposition, distressing to all.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 93 – September 7, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 93
tasya kāruṇya-śaktyā vā
dṛśyo ’stv api bahir-dṛśoḥ
tathāpi darśanānandaḥ
sva-yonau jāyate hṛdi
TRANSLATION
And even if by the power of His mercy He becomes visible to external eyes, the bliss that arises from seeing Him has its natural source in the heart.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 86 – September 3, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 86
śrī-pippalāyana uvāca
idaṁ mahat padaṁ hitvā
katham anyad yiyāsasi
kathaṁ vā bhramasi draṣṭuṁ
dṛgbhyāṁ taṁ parameśvaram
TRANSLATION
Śrī Pippalāyana said: Why do you want to leave this exalted place and go somewhere else? And why are you wandering around just to see the Supreme Lord with your eyes?
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 30 Text 28 – August 31, 2025
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 30 Text 28
anayārādhito nūnaṁ
bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ
yan no vihāya govindaḥ
prīto yām anayad rahaḥ
TRANSLATION
Certainly this particular gopī has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 83 – August 27, 2025
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 83
tatrāthāpy avasaṁ teṣāṁ
prabhāva-bhara-darśanāt
guru-vāg-gauravād dṛṣṭa-
phalatvāc cātyajañ japam
TRANSLATION
Nonetheless, I stayed there for some time, attracted by the display of great power. Out of respect for my guru’s order, and because I had seen how effective my mantra was, I kept on chanting.
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