Weekly Sanga

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 10 Text 15

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 10 Text 15

daridro nirahaṁ-stambho
muktaḥ sarva-madair iha
kṛcchraṁ yadṛcchayāpnoti
tad dhi tasya paraṁ tapaḥ

TRANSLATION
A poverty-stricken man must automatically undergo austerities and penances because he does not have the wealth to possess anything. Thus his false prestige is vanquished. Always in need of food, shelter and clothing, he must be satisfied with what is obtained by the mercy of providence. Undergoing such compulsory austerities is good for him because this purifies him and completely frees him from false ego.

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Caitanya-bhāgavata/Sunday Sangas

Weekly Sanga – Sunday, March 17, 2019

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from the Caitanya-bhāgavata.

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Kṛṣṇa Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 43 Text 17

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 43 Text 17

mallānām aśanir nṛṇāṁ nara-varaḥ strīṇāṁ smaro mūrtimān
gopānāṁ sva-jano ’satāṁ kṣiti-bhujāṁ śāstā sva-pitroḥ śiśuḥ
mṛtyur bhoja-pater virāḍ aviduṣāṁ tattvaṁ paraṁ yogināṁ
vṛṣṇīnāṁ para-devateti vidito raṅgaṁ gataḥ sāgrajaḥ

TRANSLATION
The various groups of people in the arena regarded Kṛṣṇa in different ways when He entered it with His elder brother. The wrestlers saw Kṛṣṇa as a lightning bolt, the men of Mathurā as the best of males, the women as Cupid in person, the cowherd men as their relative, the impious rulers as a chastiser, His parents as their child, the King of the Bhojas as death, the unintelligent as the Supreme Lord’s universal form, the yogīs as the Absolute Truth and the Vṛṣṇis as their supreme worshipable Deity.

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Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Enter Mathurā/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 41 Text 1

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 41 Text 1

śrī-śuka uvāca
stuvatas tasya bhagavān
darśayitvā jale vapuḥ
bhūyaḥ samāharat kṛṣṇo
naṭo nāṭyam ivātmanaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While Akrūra was still offering prayers, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew His form that He had revealed in the water, just as an actor winds up his performance.

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Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 17

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 17

samarhaṇaṁ yatra nidhāya kauśikas
tathā baliś cāpa jagat-trayendratām
yad vā vihāre vraja-yoṣitāṁ śramaṁ
sparśena saugandhika-gandhy apānudat

TRANSLATION
By offering charity to that lotus hand, Purandara and Bali earned the status of Indra, King of heaven, and during the pleasure pastimes of the rāsa dance, when the Lord wiped away the gopīs’ perspiration and removed their fatigue, the touch of their faces made that hand as fragrant as a sweet flower.

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Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 12

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 12

yasyākhilāmīva-habhiḥ su-maṅgalaiḥ
vāco vimiśrā guṇa-karma-janmabhiḥ
prāṇanti śumbhanti punanti vai jagat
yās tad-viraktāḥ śava-śobhanā matāḥ

TRANSLATION
All sins are destroyed and all good fortune is created by the Supreme Lord’s qualities, activities and appearances, and words that describe these three things animate, beautify and purify the world. On the other hand, words bereft of His glories are like the decorations on a corpse.

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Akrūra’s Arrival in Vṛndāvana/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 9

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 9

drakṣyāmi nūnaṁ su-kapola-nāsikaṁ
smitāvalokāruṇa-kañja-locanam
mukhaṁ mukundasya guḍālakāvṛtaṁ
pradakṣiṇaṁ me pracaranti vai mṛgāḥ

TRANSLATION
Surely I shall see the face of Lord Mukunda, since the deer are now walking past me on my right. That face, framed by His curly hair, is beautified by His attractive cheeks and nose, His smiling glances and His reddish lotus eyes.

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Sunday Sangas/Weekly Saṅga

Weekly Sanga – Sunday, January 27, 2019

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies and travels.

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6) Priyatama: The Most Beloved/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Russian/Русский

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta 1.6.27 (English with Russian Translation) – Thursday, January 10, 2019

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

The following is a class on Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta given in English with Russian translation on Thursday, January 10, 2019, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta 1.6.27

gāyaṁ gāyaṁ yad-abhilaṣatā yat tato ’nutiṣṭhitaṁ yat
tat sarveṣāṁ su-viditam itaḥ śakyate ’nyan na vaktum
natvā natvā muni-vara mayā prārthyase kākubhis tvaṁ
tat-tad-vṛtta-śravaṇa-rasataḥ saṁśrayethā virāmam

TRANSLATION
veryone here knows very well what I then sang in my ecstasy, what desires I had, and what I did. Better for now not to speak on those matters further. O best of sages, I bow down to you again and again, and I beseech you: Please curb your eagerness to relish those various affairs.

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6) Priyatama: The Most Beloved/Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta/Part 1: Finding the Essence of the Supreme Lord's Mercy/Russian/Русский

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta 1.6.13 (English with Russian Translation) – Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Rathi Krishna dasa

The following is a class on Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta given in English with Russian translation on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta 1.6.13

śrī-nārada uvāca
manojña-saubhāgya-bharaika-bhājanaṁ
mayā samaṁ saṅgamayadhvam uddhavam
tadīya-pādaika-rajo ’tha vā bhavet
tadaiva śāntir bata me ’ntar-ātmanaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Nārada said: Please arrange for me to meet with Uddhava, the only true object of exquisite good fortune. Or else let me have from his feet one particle of dust. Then alone will my heart be at peace.

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