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Akrūra’s Vision/Program/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 19 – April 4, 2021

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 19

śrī-gopya ūcuḥ
aho vidhātas tava na kvacid dayā
saṁyojya maitryā praṇayena dehinaḥ
tāṁś cākṛtārthān viyunaṅkṣy apārthakaṁ
vikrīḍitaṁ te ’rbhaka-ceṣṭitaṁ yathā

TRANSLATION
The gopīs said: O Providence, you have no mercy! You bring embodied creatures together in friendship and love and then senselessly separate them before they fulfill their desires. This whimsical play of yours is like a child’s game.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 277 – April 4, 2021

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 277

remuṇāya dekhi’ nija-mūrti gopīnātha
vistara karilā nrtya bhakta-varga sātha

TRANSLATION
When the Lord saw His own form of Gopīnātha at Remuṇā, He danced in ecstasy with the devotees.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Wednesday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 275 – March 31, 2021

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 275

ei mata śrī-gaurasundara bhgavān
nānā mate karilena sarva-jiva-trāṇa

TRANSLATION
In this way, Lord Śrī Gaurasundara used various means to deliver all living entities.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Festivals/Gaura Purnima/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 273 – March 28, 2021

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 273

‘patita-pāvana kṛṣṇa’ sarva-vede kahe
ataeva śākta-sane prabhu kathā kahe

TRANSLATION
All the Vedas declare that Kṛṣṇa is Patita-pāvana, the deliverer of the fallen souls. That is why the Lord spoke with that śākta.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Wednesday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 244 – March 24, 2021

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 244

karite āchena nṛtya jagat-jivana
parvata vidare hena huṅkāra garjana

TRANSLATION
The life and soul of the universe continuously danced and roared so loudly it appeared as though mountains could be broken asunder.

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Akrūra’s Vision/Program/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 13 – March 21, 2021

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 39 Text 13

gopyas tās tad upaśrutya
babhūvur vyathitā bhṛśam
rāma-kṛṣṇau purīṁ netum
akrūraṁ vrajam āgatam

TRANSLATION
When the young gopīs heard that Akrūra had come to Vraja to take Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to the city, they became extremely distressed.

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Sunday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 225 – March 21, 2021

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 225

prabhu bale—yahe sarva-deva-adhiṣṭhāna
se tomāra mate ki haila vāṁśa-khāna

TRANSLATION
The Lord said, “All the demigods reside in the daṇḍa, and You call it a piece of bamboo!”

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Antya-khaṇḍa/Caitanya-bhāgavata/Wednesday Sangas

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 195 – March 17, 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 195

caitanya-āveśe matta nityānanda-rāya
vihvalera mata vyasasāya sarvathāya

TRANSLATION
Lord Nityānanda was always restless and intoxicated from being absorbed in thoughts of Lord Caitanya.

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Akrūra’s Vision/Program/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Texts 11-12 – March 14, 2021

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 39 Texts 11-12

gopān samādiśat so ’pi
gṛhyatāṁ sarva-go-rasaḥ
upāyanāni gṛhṇīdhvaṁ
yujyantāṁ śakaṭāni ca

yāsyāmaḥ śvo madhu-purīṁ
dāsyāmo nṛpate rasān
drakṣyāmaḥ su-mahat parva
yānti jānapadāḥ kila
evam āghoṣayat kṣatrā
nanda-gopaḥ sva-gokule

TRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja then issued orders to the cowherd men by having the village constable make the following announcement throughout Nanda’s domain of Vraja: “Go collect all the available milk products. Bring valuable gifts and yoke your wagons. Tomorrow we shall go to Mathurā, present our milk products to the King and see a very great festival. The residents of all the outlying districts are also going”