In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 6
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 6
athātaḥ kīrtaye vaṁśaṁ
puṇya-kīrteḥ kurūdvaha
svāyambhuvasyāpi manor
harer aṁśāṁśa-janmanaḥ
TRANSLATION
Maitreya continued: O best of the Kuru dynasty, I shall now describe to you the descendants of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was born of a part of a plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 1
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 1
maitreya uvāca
sanakādyā nāradaś ca
ṛbhur haṁso ’ruṇir yatiḥ
naite gṛhān brahma-sutā
hy āvasann ūrdhva-retasaḥ
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya said: The four great Kumāra sages headed by Sanaka, as well as Nārada, Ṛbhu, Haṁsa, Aruṇi and Yati, all sons of Brahmā, did not live at home, but became ūrdhva-retā, or naiṣṭhika-brahmacārīs, unadulterated celibates.
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Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 8, 2017
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 28
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 28
praviṣṭas tu gṛhaṁ pitroḥ
pariṣvaktaḥ sva-mātṛbhiḥ
vavande śirasā sapta
devakī-pramukhā mudā
TRANSLATION
After entering the house of His father, He was embraced by the mothers present, and the Lord offered His obeisances unto them by placing His head at their feet. The mothers were headed by Devakī [His real mother].
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Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, February 1, 2017
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 25
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 21
nityaṁ nirīkṣamāṇānāṁ
yad api dvārakaukasām
na vitṛpyanti hi dṛśaḥ
śriyo dhāmāṅgam acyutam
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of Dvārakā were regularly accustomed to look upon the reservoir of all beauty, the infallible Lord, yet they were never satiated.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 21
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 21
bhagavāṁs tatra bandhūnāṁ
paurāṇām anuvartinām
yathā-vidhy upasaṅgamya
sarveṣāṁ mānam ādadhe
TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, approached them and offered due honor and respect to each and every one of the friends, relatives, citizens and all others who came to receive and welcome Him.
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Jaiva-Dharma – Wednesday, January 11, 2017
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 19
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 11 Text 19
vāramukhyāś ca śataśo
yānais tad-darśanotsukāḥ
lasat-kuṇḍala-nirbhāta-
kapola-vadana-śriyaḥ
TRANSLATION
At the same time, many hundreds of well-known prostitutes began to proceed on various vehicles. They were all very eager to meet the Lord, and their beautiful faces were decorated with dazzling earrings, which enhanced the beauty of their foreheads.
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