Weekly Sanga

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies and travels, including his recent Puri Kirtan Katha Yatra and his studies on the Siksastakam.

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37) Śṛṅgāra-rasa-vicāra: Śṛṅgāra-svarūpa & Vipralambha/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

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Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 16 Texts 13-15

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 16 Texts 13-15

tān ālakṣya bhayodvignā
gopā nanda-purogamāḥ
vinā rāmeṇa gāḥ kṛṣṇaṁ
jñātvā cārayituṁ gatam

tair durnimittair nidhanaṁ
matvā prāptam atad-vidaḥ
tat-prāṇās tan-manaskās te
duḥkha-śoka-bhayāturāḥ

ā-bāla-vṛddha-vanitāḥ
sarve ’ṅga paśu-vṛttayaḥ
nirjagmur gokulād dīnāḥ
kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasāḥ

TRANSLATION
Seeing the inauspicious omens, Nanda Mahārāja and the other cowherd men were fearful, for they knew that Kṛṣṇa had gone to herd the cows that day without His elder brother, Balarāma. Because they had dedicated their minds to Kṛṣṇa, accepting Him as their very life, they were unaware of His great power and opulence. Thus they concluded that the inauspicious omens indicated He had met with death, and they were overwhelmed with grief, lamentation and fear. All the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, including the children, women and elderly persons, thought of Kṛṣṇa just as a cow thinks of her helpless young calf, and thus these poor, suffering people rushed out of the village, intent upon finding Him.

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34) Madhura-rasa-vicāra: Different Categories of Sakhīs/Jaiva-Dharma/Wednesday Sangas

Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

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Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 16 Text 6

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 16 Text 6

taṁ caṇḍa-vega-viṣa-vīryam avekṣya tena
duṣṭāṁ nadīṁ ca khala-saṁyamanāvatāraḥ
kṛṣṇaḥ kadambam adhiruhya tato ’ti-tuṅgam
āsphoṭya gāḍha-raśano nyapatad viṣode

TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa saw how the Kāliya serpent had polluted the Yamunā River with his terribly powerful poison. Since Kṛṣṇa had descended from the spiritual world specifically to subdue envious demons, the Lord immediately climbed to the top of a very high kadamba tree and prepared Himself for battle. He tightened His belt, slapped His arms and then jumped into the poisonous water.

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Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya/Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Killing of Dhenuka, The Ass Demon

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 51

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 51

te sampratīta-smṛtayaḥ
samutthāya jalāntikāt
āsan su-vismitāḥ sarve
vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam

TRANSLATION
Regaining their full consciousness, the cows and boys stood up out of the water and began to look at one another in great astonishment.

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Wednesday Sangas

Weekly Sanga – Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his recent realizations and studies in Sri Vrindavana-dhama.

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam/Sunday Sangas/The Killing of Dhenuka, The Ass Demon

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 47

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Rathi Krishna dasa

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 15 Text 47

evaṁ sa bhagavān kṛṣṇo
vṛndāvana-caraḥ kvacit
yayau rāmam ṛte rājan
kālindīṁ sakhibhir vṛtaḥ

TRANSLATION
O King, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa thus wandered about the Vṛndāvana area, performing His pastimes. Once, surrounded by His boyfriends, He went without Balarāma to the Yamunā River.

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