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

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 30 tac-chiṣya-rūpeṇa ca mat-priyaṁ taṁ saṁśrāvya śāpaṁ nilayāndha-kūpāt śrī-vāsudevena vikṛṣya nītaḥ prāyopaveśāya matiṁ dyu-nadyām TRANSLATION When I heard of that curse, I took it as most welcome. Śrī Vāsudeva, in the form of a brāhmaṇa’s disciple, was dragging me out of the blind well of family life and …

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 25 śrī-jaiminir uvāca mātur evaṁ mahā-ramya- praśnenānanditaḥ sutaḥ tāṁ natvā sāśru-romāñcam ārebhe pratibhāṣitum TRANSLATION Śrī Jaimini said: Delighted by this most pleasing inquiry from Mother Uttarā, her son, Parīkṣit, bowed down to her and began his reply. Tears poured from his eyes, and his bodily hai…

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20 parāṁ kāṣṭhāṁ gataṁ tat-tad- rasa-jātīyatocitam athāpi rāsa-kṛt-tādṛg- bhaktānām astu kā gatiḥ TRANSLATION They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the …

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

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20 parāṁ kāṣṭhāṁ gataṁ tat-tad- rasa-jātīyatocitam athāpi rāsa-kṛt-tādṛg- bhaktānām astu kā gatiḥ TRANSLATION They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the …

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā labhante sadya eva tat TRANSLATION That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires rea…

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā labhante sadya eva tat TRANSLATION That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires rea…

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 śrīmad-uttarovāca kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayam TRANSLATION Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the fo…

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 śrīmad-uttarovāca kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayam TRANSLATION Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the fo…

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 1 śrī-janamejaya uvāca satyaṁ sac-chāstra-vargārtha- sāraḥ saṅgṛhya durlabhaḥ gūḍhaḥ sva-mātre pitrā me kṛṣṇa-premṇā prakāśitaḥ TRANSLATION Śrī Janamejaya said: Truly, my father gleaned the essential meaning of all eternal scriptures, and with great love for Kṛṣṇa he revealed to his mother that rare confide…

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

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

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 151 svayaṁ yad-bhakti-māhātmyam anubhūtam itas tataḥ sānandaṁ vīṇayā gāyan sa yayau bhakti-lampaṭaḥ TRANSLATION Thus Nārada started on his journey to Prayāga, intoxicated with eagerness for pure devotion. Wherever he passed he vibrated his vīṇā and blissfully sang the glories of the kṛṣṇa-bhakti he had seen…

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 150 atha prayāge gatvā tān mad-apekṣā-vilambitān munīn kṛtārthayānīti samanujñāpya mādhavam TRANSLATION Nārada then took leave of Mādhava, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and went to Prayāga, thinking, “Let me bestow perfection on the sages who have waited so long for me to return.”…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 145 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca tataḥ śrī-hasta-kamalaṁ prasārya paramādarāt evam astv iti sānandaṁ gopī-nāthena bhāṣitam TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Lord Gopīnātha then extended His divine lotus hand and with great respect for Nārada blissfully said, “So be it.”

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 139 tathāpi teṣām eko ’pi na tṛpyati kathañcana tad gṛhāṇa varān anyān matto ’bhīṣṭa-tarān varān TRANSLATION Yet none of these devotees is ever satiated. Please, therefore, ask from Me some other, more satisfying benedictions.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 131 ity evam upakāro ’dya bhavatākāri me mahān tat te ’smi parama-prīto nijābhīṣṭān varān vṛṇu TRANSLATION So today you have favored Me greatly, and therefore I am delighted with you. Please choose whatever benedictions you would like.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 130 na sambhaved asmaraṇaṁ kadāpi sva-jīvanānāṁ yad api priyāṇām tathāpi kenāpi viśeṣaṇena smṛtiḥ praharṣāya yathā su-jīvitam TRANSLATION Those dear as life one can never forget, but when reminded of them in a special way one feels happy, like one who has lived a life of good fortune.…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124 śrī-bhagavān uvāca mat-prīty-utpādana-vyagra śrī-nārada suhṛt-tama hitam evākṛtātyantaṁ bhavān me rasikottama TRANSLATION The Supreme Lord said: Nārada, My dearest friend, you are always eager to please Me, and you are the best of those who relish transcendental emotions. You have now done Me a great fa…

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 124 śrī-bhagavān uvāca mat-prīty-utpādana-vyagra śrī-nārada suhṛt-tama hitam evākṛtātyantaṁ bhavān me rasikottama TRANSLATION The Supreme Lord said: Nārada, My dearest friend, you are always eager to please Me, and you are the best of those who relish transcendental emotions. You have now done Me a great fa…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 118 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca etādṛśaṁ tad-vraja-bhāgya-vaibhavaṁ saṁrambhataḥ kīrtayato mahā-prabhoḥ puna tathā-bhāva-niveśa-śaṅkayā tāḥ preritā mantri-vareṇa saṁjñayā TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: As the Supreme Lord continued ardently praising the splendor of the good fortune of Vraja, the expert counselor Udd…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 110 rūpeṇa veṣeṇa ravāmṛtena vaṁśyāś ca pūrvānuditena viśvam sammohitaṁ prema-bhareṇa kṛtsnaṁ tiṣṭhantu dūre vraja-vāsinas te TRANSLATION My beautiful form, My dress, and the nectarean sound of My flute, never heard before, enchanted the whole universe with overwhelming love of God. So what to speak of how …

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on Sri Radhastami: The Appearance Day of Srimati Radharani.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106 aho bhāmini jānīhi tat tan mama mahā-sukham mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā tasthau tatrocitāspade TRANSLATION Ah, willful woman, please understand. All that I relished in Vraja gave Me the highest pleasure. And though the glory of those times has now abandoned Me, it still resides in that most worthy place.…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 106 aho bhāmini jānīhi tat tan mama mahā-sukham mahimāpi sa māṁ hitvā tasthau tatrocitāspade TRANSLATION Ah, willful woman, please understand. All that I relished in Vraja gave Me the highest pleasure. And though the glory of those times has now abandoned Me, it still resides in that most worthy place.…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 99 ata eva mayā svasya sthitim apy asthiteḥ samām dṛṣṭvā na gamyate tatra śṛṇv arthaṁ yuṣmad-udvahe TRANSLATION Therefore My staying with them would be equal to My absence. Realizing this, I have not returned there. Now hear the real reason I married you.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 97 adṛśyamāne ca mayi pradīpta- viyoga-vahner vikalāḥ kadācit mṛtā ivonmāda-hatāḥ kadācid vicitra-bhāvaṁ madhuraṁ bhajante TRANSLATION And when they cannot see Me they become so torn that the fire of separation leaves them sometimes as though dead and sometimes as though insane. Thus they partake of the nec…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 94 yadi ca prītaye teṣāṁ tatra yāmi vasāmi ca tathāpi kim api svāsthyaṁ bhāvyaṁ nālocayāmy aham TRANSLATION But even if for their pleasure I were to return to live with them, I don’t see how that would help.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 85 tato ’nyābhiś ca devībhir etad evānumoditam sātrājitī paraṁ māna- gehaṁ tad-asahāviśat TRANSLATION [Uddhava said:] The other queens all agreed. Only Satya­bhāmā, Sātrājitī, unable to tolerate those words, entered her chamber of anger.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 85 tato ’nyābhiś ca devībhir etad evānumoditam sātrājitī paraṁ māna- gehaṁ tad-asahāviśat TRANSLATION [Uddhava said:] The other queens all agreed. Only Satya­bhāmā, Sātrājitī, unable to tolerate those words, entered her chamber of anger.

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

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 71 stambhādy-antaritāḥ satyo devyo ’tiṣṭhan prabhu-priyāḥ satyabhāmā na tatrāgāt tāṁ kṛṣṇo ’pṛcchad uddhavam TRANSLATION The beloved queens of the Lord stayed hidden behind objects such as columns, not approaching Him. But Satya­bhāmā had not come there with the others, so Kṛṣṇa asked about her from Uddhava…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 64 prāsādābhyantare suptaṁ sasmārātha kare sthitām vaṁśīṁ svasyāgrajasyāpi vanya-veśaṁ ca dṛṣṭavān TRANSLATION He remembered He had been sleeping inside the palace. Then He saw the flute in His hand, and Himself and His older brother dressed like forest dwellers.…

In today’s sanga, we join Srila Dhanurdhara Swami at a home program in Russia and then he continues with the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta. Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 67 tato hrīṇa iva jyeṣṭha- mukhaṁ paśyan smitaṁ śritaḥ rāmeṇodvartya tatrābdhau snāpito dhūli-dhūsaraḥ TRANSLATION Kṛṣṇa then looked at His brother’s face and smiled as if embarr…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 45 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca itthaṁ sa-puṣpa-vikṣepaṁ vadan dṛṣṭvā diśo ’khilāḥ tāṁ sa-cumbanam āliṅgya go-gopaiḥ saṅgato ’grataḥ TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit continued: Having said this, Kṛṣṇa threw a handful of flowers at Śrī Rādhā, looked all around, and then embraced and kissed Her. He then went ahead to meet the …

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 40 rundhāno veṇu-nādair gā vartamānāṁ sahālibhiḥ rādhikām agrato labdhvā sa-narma-smitam abravīt TRANSLATION As He continued walking, playing His flute to keep the cows from wandering off, He then came upon Śrī Rādhikā with Her girlfriends and spoke to Her with witty comments and charming smiles.…

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 22 śrī-baladeva uvāca śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa bho bhrātar uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha jāgṛhi paśyādya velātikrāntā viśanti paśavo vanam TRANSLATION Śrī Baladeva said: Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, My dear brother! Get up, get up! Wake up from Your sleep! Just see, it is now getting late. The cows are already entering the forest.…