Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 54 – February 28, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 54


sva-jīvanādhika-prārthya-
śrī-viṣṇu-jana-saṅgateḥ
vicchedena kṣaṇaṁ cātra
na sukhāṁśaṁ labhāmahe

TRANSLATION
The company of those devotees of Śrī Viṣṇu is more desirable to us than life itself. Deprived of that association, we can no longer find any happiness.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 46 – February 25, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 46


vāvadūka-śiro-dhārya
naivāsmāsu kṛpā hareḥ
vicāryābhīkṣṇam asmābhir
jātu kāpy avadhāryate

TRANSLATION
Yudhiṣṭhira said: O crest jewel of brilliant speakers, Lord Hari has no mercy for us. We cannot remember any mercy He has shown us, even after we consider this for a long time.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 45 – February 21, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 45


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
atha kṣaṇaṁ lajjayeva
maunaṁ kṛtvātha niḥśvasan
dharma-rājo ’bravīn mātṛ-
bhrātṛ-patnībhir anvitaḥ

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: For a moment, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira remained quiet, and then he sighed, as if embarrassed. At last he spoke, followed in turn by his brothers, wife, and mother.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 40 – February 18, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 40


āsvādanaṁ śrī-viduraudanasya
śrī-bhīṣma-niryāṇa-mahotsavaś ca
tat-tat-kṛta-tvādṛśa-pakṣa-pāta-
syāpekṣayaiveti vicārayadhvam

TRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa relished Śrī Vidura’s porridge and organized the celebration of Śrī Bhīṣma’s passing away. Please, therefore, judge your own standing from how in many controversies both Vidura and Bhīṣma took your side.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 35 – February 14, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 35


cireṇa dvārakāṁ gantum
udyato yadu-jīvanaḥ
kāku-stutibhir āvṛtya
sva-gṛhe rakṣyate ’nayā

TRANSLATION
Kṛṣṇa, the life of the Yadus, tried for a long time to leave for Dvārakā, but by enveloping Him with plaintive prayers she kept Him in her home.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 30 – Februrary 11, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 30


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
iti pragāyan rasanāṁ munir nijām
aśikṣayan mādhava-kīrti-lampaṭām
aho pravṛttāsi mahattva-varṇane
prabhor apīti sva-radair vidaśya tām

TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: While singing enthusiastically in this way, the sage instructed his own tongue, which was greedy to chant the glories of Lord Mādhava, “Oh, you are too busy talking about the greatness of our master!” To stop that tongue, he then seized it with his teeth.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 26 – February 7, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 26


apūrvatvena tasyaiva
yo vismaya-vidhāyakaḥ
tathā līlā guṇāḥ premā
mahimā keli-bhūr api

TRANSLATION
Those unprecedented attractive features of Kṛṣṇa leave one struck with amazement. So also do His pastimes, His qualities, His pure love, His glorious virtues, and the places where He sports.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 14 – February 4, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 14


yasya prasādaḥ san-mauna-
śānti-bhakty-ādi-sādhanaiḥ
prārthyo naḥ sa svayaṁ vo ’bhūt
prasanno vaśa-varty api

TRANSLATION
We can only pray to satisfy Him through our disciplines of silence, peace, and devotion. But being naturally satisfied with you, He has even submitted Himself to your control.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 8 – January 31, 2024

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 8


yo brahma-rudrādi-samādhi-durlabho
vedokti-tātparya-viśeṣa-gocaraḥ
śrīmān nṛsiṁhaḥ kila vāmanaś ca
śrī-rāghavendro ’pi yad-aṁśa-rūpaḥ

TRANSLATION
For Brahmā, Rudra, and other demigods He is difficult to realize even in advanced meditation. He can be known through the words of the Vedas only when one understands their special purport. Śrīmān Nṛsiṁha, Śrī Vāmana, and Śrī Rāghavendra are His plenary expansions.

Weekly Sanga – January 28, 2024

In today’s sanga, despite a bad internet connection, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.

Due to a bad internet connection, today’s recording is not the best quality.