Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 115 – June 13, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 115


prabhu mora śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prāṇa-nātha
muñi adhmere prabhu kara dṛṣṭi-pāta

 
TRANSLATION
“O Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, my life and soul, please glance mercifully on this fallen soul!”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 95 – June 9, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 95


īṣat hasiyā gauracandra prabhu kaya
yata vākhānilā tumi saba satya haya

 
TRANSLATION
Lord Gauracandra smiled and said, “Whatever you explained is certainly true.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā Chapter 13 Text 28 – June 6, 2021

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā
Chapter 13 Text 28


kṣaṇe sthira hañā rahe, ṭānileha nā cale
īśvara-icchāya cale, nā cale kāro bale

 

TRANSLATION
Sometimes the car would stand still and not move, even though it was pulled very vigorously. The chariot therefore moved by the will of the Lord, not by the strength of any ordinary person.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 79 – June 6, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 79


hena mate prabhu bhṛtya-saṅge kare khelā
ke bujhite pāre gaurasundarera līlā

 
TRANSLATION
In this way the Lord performs pastimes with His servants. Who can understand the pastimes of Gaurasundara?

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 70 – June 2, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 70


yadi tiṅho nāhi jānāyena āpanāre
tabe kāra śakti āche jānite tāṅhāre

 
TRANSLATION
Who has the power to know the Lord if He does not reveal Himself?

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Texts 44-45 – May 30, 2021

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 39 Texts 44-45


bhūyas tatrāpi so ’drākṣīt
stūyamānam ahīśvaram
siddha-cāraṇa-gandharvair
asurair nata-kandharaiḥ

sahasra-śirasaṁ devaṁ
sahasra-phaṇa-maulinam
nīlāmbaraṁ visa-śvetaṁ
śṛṅgaiḥ śvetam iva sthitam

 

TRANSLATION
There Akrūra now saw Ananta Śeṣa, the Lord of the serpents, receiving praise from Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Gandharvas and demons, who all had their heads bowed. The Personality of Godhead whom Akrūra saw had thousands of heads, thousands of hoods and thousands of helmets. His blue garment and His fair complexion, as white as the filaments of a lotus stem, made Him appear like white Kailāsa Mountain with its many peaks.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 61 – May 30, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 61


se saba mahānta śeṣa tribhāga-vayase
grāmya-rasa bhuñjiyā se karilā sannyāse

 
TRANSLATION
“All those great souls relished material enjoyment and took sannyāsa after three-fourths of their life had passed.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 23 – May 26, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 23


bujha dekhi vicāriyā ki āche sannyāse
prathamei baddha haya ahaṅkāra-pāśe

 
TRANSLATION
“Just consider, what is the use of accepting sannyāsa? One immediately becomes bound by the ropes of false ego.”

Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī – The Appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva – May 25, 2021

On Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, the appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, Dhanurdhara Swami share his realizations.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 41 – May 23, 2021

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 41


nimajjya tasmin salile
japan brahma sanātanam
tāv eva dadṛśe ’krūro
rāma-kṛṣṇau samanvitau

 

TRANSLATION
While immersing himself in the water and reciting eternal mantras from the Vedas, Akrūra suddenly saw Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa before him.

Today’s sanga also includes a brief talk about the upcoming Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī, the appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, by Swami B.P. Padmanabha.