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Dandavat pranams

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

I was thinking about the verse SB 9.19.17 .even the great sage Saubari Muni though he fully absorbed in Sri Krsna fell temporary down from devotional service due to an offence to the lotusfeet of Garuda.He was sitting under water in the Yamuna in Vraja Mandal Area but had no sadhu sanga, so when he saw the fish copulate somehow due to mayas influence he developed a desire to become a grhastha .

SB 9.6.39-40 —…

SB 2.2: The Lord in the Heart

SB 2.2.1 — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Formerly, prior to the manifestation of the cosmos, Lord Brahmā, by meditating on the virāṭ-rūpa, regained his lost consciousness by appeasing the Lord. Thus he was able to rebuild the creation as it was before.

SB 2.2.2 — The way of presentation of the Vedic sounds is so bewildering that it directs the intelligence of the people to meaningless things like the heavenly kingdoms. The conditioned souls hover in…

Chapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge

TEXT 9

janma karma ca me divyam

evam yo vetti tattvatah

tyaktva deham punar janma

naiti mam eti so 'rjuna

SYNONYMS

janma—birth; karma—work; ca—also; me—of Mine; divyam—transcendental; evam—like this; yah—anyone who; vetti—knows; tattvatah—in reality; tyaktva—leaving aside; deham—this body; punah—again; janma—birth; na—never; eti—does attain; mam—unto Me; eti—does attain; sah—he; arjuna—O Arjuna.

TRANSLATION

One…

Dandavat pranams

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Sri Guru Gauranga and Sri Sri Gandarvika Giridhari

In 1980 I was initiated in front of Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari at New Radha Kunda in Sweden (ISKCON Korsnaas) .Harikesa and Vegavan Prabhu had decieded to call the Deities Gandarvika Giridhari after Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupadas Deities in Mayapure 

Srila Bhaktisiddhant Prabhupada had a printing press there and ISKCON Korsnaas produced Srila…

Vallabha Bhatta is who in Krsna lila ? Gaura Ganodessa Dipika states he is the incarnation of Srila Sukadeva Goswami , the worship of Sri Gopal the presiding Deity of Govardhana was given to Sri Vallabha Bhattacarya and his sons continued this worship in Rajasthan when Sri Gopal left Vraja due to the muslims treats.Sri Gopal is thus known as Nathadvara as He resides

in Nathadvara ,Rajasthan

from Bhakti-ratnākara:

One hot summer’s day, while Rupa Gosvāmī was writing…

Antya 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

The following summary of chapter seven is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him. Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that…

Sri Priti-sandarbha

Introduction

tau santoñayatä santau

çréla-rüpa-sanätanau

däkñiëäöyena bhaööena

punar etad vivicyate

tasyädyaà granthanä-lekhaà

kranta-vyutkranta-khaëòitam

paryälocyätha paryäyäà

kåtvä likhati jévakaù

Çréla Gopäla Bhaööa Gosvämé, the great philosopher from the

southern provinces who greatly pleased Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé and Çréla

Sanätana Gosvämé, left many valuable notes that defeat various

philosophical…

SB 1.17: Punishment and Reward of Kali

SB 1.17.1 — Sūta Gosvāmī said: After reaching that place, Mahārāja Parīkṣit observed that a lower-caste śūdra, dressed like a king, was beating a cow and a bull with a club, as if they had no owner.

SB 1.17.2 — The bull was as white as a white lotus flower. He was terrified of the śūdra who was beating him, and he was so afraid that he was standing on one leg, trembling and urinating.

SB 1.17.3 — Although the cow is beneficial because one…

Bhusundi was born in Ayodhya and always worshipped Lord Siva but neglected worship of Lord Ramachandra ,his Gurudeva was a great Rama Bhakta but always respected Lord Siva also , his Guru told Bhusundi to please worship Lord Ramachanra but he never listened and would often make offences to his Gurudeva.One day he worshipped Lord Siva and when his Guru came he showed him no respect and even ignored him ,Lord Siva cursed Bhusundi to become a python because he was to lazy to pay obaisences to…

The Glories of the Ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Lord Shiva said. “My dear Parvati, now I will relate to you the glories of the Ninth Chanter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita.

There was a town of the name Mahismati on the bank of the Narmada River, where one brahmana of the name Madhava lived. That brahmana very strictly followed all the injunctions of the Vedas, and possessed all the good qualities of the brahminical class. Due to his being so learned, he…

Gita Mahatmya: Chapter Seven

The Glories of Chapter Seven of the

Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Lord Shiva said, “My dear Parvati, now I will tell you the glories of the Seventh Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, hearing which, one feels his ears have been filled with divine nectar.

Pataliputra is the name of one large town, which has many large gates. In that town lived a brahmana of the name Shankukarna He had taken to the occupation of a businessman, and had…

April 18th marks the auspicious remembrance day of Lord Balarama's springtime rasa dance with His cowherd girlfriends. It is also the day of Sri Krishna Vasanta Rasa, the Lord's springtime rasa lila pastime. Sri Krishna Vasanta rasa takes place on Vaisakha purnima, which is also the time Balarama performs His springtime rasa dance with the gopis.

"In order to keep the gopis in Vrndavana satisfied, Lord Balarama stayed there continually for two months, namely the months of Caitra and…

rabhupāda:

prajahāti yadā kāmān

sarvān pārtha mano-gatān

ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ

sthita-prajñas tadocyate

[Bg. 2.55]

Now, for the last few days, we were discussing these symptoms, symptom of the person who is situated on the platform of pure consciousness. So this is... We, we should remember that this is spoken as the basis of when we attain the stage of perfection, the symptom. It is not that we have already attained that perfection. Of course, some of you…

SB 1.8: Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved

SB 1.8.1 — Sūta Gosvāmī said: Thereafter the Pāṇḍavas, desiring to deliver water to the dead relatives who had desired it, went to the Ganges with Draupadī. The ladies walked in front.

SB 1.8.2 — Having lamented over them and sufficiently offered Ganges water, they bathed in the Ganges, whose water is sanctified due to being mixed with the dust of the lotus feet of the Lord.

SB 1.8.3 — There sat the King of the Kurus,…

Antya 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the fourteenth chapter. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa resulted in highly elevated transcendental madness. When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha. Govinda chastised her for this, but…

Dandavat Pranams

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada gave us so many gifts one of them is his Krsna book ,I recall in 1978 when I first read the Krsna book and every word astonished me.I had read Srila Prabhupadas Bhagavad Gita since 1977, but then reading Srila Prabhupadas ,Krsna book the Vrindavana lilas really blew me

away ,I recall how I was so impressed by Vasudeva and his dealing with Kamsa and his stage if Krsna…

SB 1.7: The Son of Droṇa Punished

SB 1.7.1 — Ṛṣi Śaunaka asked: O Sūta, the great and transcendentally powerful Vyāsadeva heard everything from Śrī Nārada Muni. So after Nārada’s departure, what did Vyāsadeva do?

SB 1.7.2 — Śrī Sūta said: On the western bank of the river Sarasvatī, which is intimately related with the Vedas, there is a cottage for meditation at Śamyāprāsa which enlivens the transcendental activities of the sages.

SB 1.7.3 — In that place, Śrīla…

The Glories of the Thirteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Lord Shiva said, “Oh Parvati, please hear the unlimited glories of the Thirteenth Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, by hearing which, you will become very happy.

In the South, there was a very large river of the name Tungabhadra, on the banks of which; there is a very beautiful town of the name Hariharpur. There, the deity of Lord Shiva, known by name Harihar, is…

Trailokya Vijaya Mantra Kavacha

Vasishtha Maharshi quoted the highly Sacred Trailokya Vijaya Maha Mantra Kavacha : Shrunu Vatsa Pravakshyami Kavacham paramaadbhutam, Mantram cha Shiddhidam Shasvat- saadhakaanaam Sukhaavaham/ Gopijanapadasyaatey Vallabhaaya samucchyaret, Swaaha- amtoyam Mahaa Mantro Dashaaaam Bhukti Muktidah/ Sadaashivastwasya Rishih Pankti Chhandah Udaahyutam, Devataa Krishna UditoViniyogokhilaaptaye/Trailokavijayashayaatha Kavachasya Prajapatih, Rishiscchandascha…

pranams to the lotusfeet of the Vaisnavas

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

“In the Gaura-ganodesa dipika (90), Srivasa Pandita is described as an incarnation of Narada Muni, and Sri Rama Pandita, his younger brother, is said to be an incarnation of Parvata Muni, a great friend of Narada’s” (C.C.Adi 10.8)

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Sri Srivasa Thakura

"Srivasa Thakura is the incarnation of the pure devotee of the Lord.…