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sādhibhūtādhidaivaḿ māḿ

sādhiyajñaḿ ca ye viduḥ

prayāṇa-kāle ’pi ca māḿ

te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ

Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.30

Those in full consciousness of Me, who know Me, the Supreme Lord, to be the governing principle of the material manifestation, of the demigods, and of all methods of sacrifice, can understand and know Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even at the time of death.

Commentary by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada of…

Chapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge

TEXT 7

yada yada hi dharmasya

glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya

tadatmanam srjamy aham

SYNONYMS

yada—whenever; yada—wherever; hi—certainly; dharmasya—of religion; glanih—discrepancies; bhavati—manifested, becomes; bharata—O descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam—predominance; adharmasya—of irreligion; tada—at that time; atmanam—self; srjami—manifest; aham—I.

TRANSLATION…

The Glories of the Fifteenth Chapter of

the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Lord Shiva said, “My dear Parvati, now I will tell you the glories of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, kindly listen carefully.

In Gaudadesa, there was a king of the name Narasingha. He was so powerful that he was able to defeat the demigods. The commander of his army was known by the name Sarabhmerund. He was very greedy and along with the prince, he planned to…

Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat

Adi Lila Chapter Two

All glories, all glories to the beatific Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who is Sri Jagannatha Misra's son and the Supreme Lord of all.

All glories to Lord Chaitanya, the life and soul of Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Gadadhara Pandita. All glories, all glories to the shelter of Sri Advaita Acarya and the other devotees.

All glories to Lord Sri Gauranga and His associates. One receives loving devotion to the Supreme…

Sri Gopal is worshipped in Sri Nathadvara I once had the good fortune to take darshan of Sri Gopal ,Sastra states if you take his darshan you get the benefit of visiting the 4 Dhamas ,Badarikasrama, Sri Ksetra ,Dvaraka and Sri Rangam

Sri Gopal was installed by Sri Vrajanabha, Lord Krsnas grandson ,He was worshipped for 4500 years in Vrindavana but when Srila Madhavendra Puri came to Govinda Kunda , Sri Gopal had been hidden by the Pujaris because the Muslim…

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

Lord Shiva said, “I will recite the wonderful glories of the twelfth Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita before you, dear Parvati.”

In the South there is an important holy place by the name of Kolhapur, where the temple of the Lord’s divine consort Maha Lakshmi, is situated. Maha Lakshmi is continuously worshipped by all of the demigods. That place is the fulfiller of all desires. Rudragaya is also…

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

Lord Shiva said, “I will recite the wonderful glories of the twelfth Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita before you, dear Parvati.”

In the South there is an important holy place by the name of Kolhapur, where the temple of the Lord’s divine consort Maha Lakshmi, is situated. Maha Lakshmi is continuously worshipped by all of the demigods. That place is the fulfiller of all…

 

from Bhakti ratnakara about Krsnas birth :In Vraja-vilasa-stava the following description is found: "I offer my obeisances to Mahavana, where Vrajaraja Nanda celebrated the birth of Krishna by distributing eighteen lakha cows, each wearing a large pearl necklace and golden ornaments. He also gave the brahmanas a tremendous quantity of jewelry and grains."

In the first song of Nandottsava in the Stava-mala, Gitavali, it is written; "Yashoda gave birth to a beautiful son, so the…

ajo ’pi sann avyayatma

bhutanam isvaro ’pi san

prakritim svam adhisthaya

sambhavamy atma-mayaya

Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.6

Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form.

Commentary by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada of Gaudiya Sampradaya:

The Lord has spoken about the peculiarity of His birth:…

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Once Sri Radharani along with her Gopi friends was waiting for the association with Krishna. Completely absorbed in the intense feeling of separation from Lord Krishna Gopis started chanting: “Harideva, Harideva, Harideva” again and again. They were so much overpowered by this feeling of separation from Krishna that they were on the verge of giving up their lives. Suddenly, Lord Krishna appeared before them in the form of a seven year old boy lifting Govardhan hill in his left hand…

Chapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge

TEXT 5

sri-bhagavan uvaca

bahuni me vyatitani

janmani tava carjuna

tany aham veda sarvani

na tvam vettha parantapa

SYNONYMS

sri bhagavan uvaca—the Personality of Godhead said; bahuni—many; me—of Mine; vyatitani—have passed; janmani—births; tava—of yours; ca—and also; arjuna—O Arjuna; tani—all those; aham—I; veda—do know; sarvani—all; na—not; tvam—yourself; vettha—know; parantapa—O subduer of the enemy.…

Gita Mahatmya: Chapter Eleven

The Glories of Eleventh 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 Eleventh Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita. It is not possible to tell it’s full glories, as there are thousands of stories, I will relate one of them only.

On the banks of the Pranita river is a large town of the name Megankara in which is the famous temple of Jagat Isvara.…

Jesus Christ like Bhismadeva experienced lots of pain , Bhismadeva lied on a bed of arrows for 58 days imagine the uncomfortable situation ? Though Jesus Christ was Crucified he did not day he went into a Yogic trance and after 3 days he came out of it , then he took his mother Mary and they both walked all the way from Jerusalem to India , there Mary died and Jesus Christ continued his journey to Sri Nagar in North India and there is where Jesus Christ lived the rest of his life .Mystic…

 

Bhismadeva took the vow of celibacy so his father Santanu could marry Satyavati actually Bhisma was the son of Santanu and Gangadevi .His name was Devarata ,Bhisma was given due to his powerful vow of celibacy and heaven shook and the demigods proclaimed Bhisma, Bhisma , Bhisma (means one who took a terrible vow, for the demigods who enjoy sex life such a vow of celibacy is terrifying ) karmana manasa vaca sarvavasthasu sarvada

sarvatra maithuna-tyago brahmacaryam…

in the Adi Parva chapter 1 of Mahabharata we also read that Lord Brahma told Srila Vyasadeva to call Ganesh to write down the Mahabharata while it was dictated by Srila Vyasadeva himself http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01002.htm

so before reading Mahabharata we offer our humble obaisences to Lord Sri Krsna ,Lord Brahma , Srilla Vyasadeva and Sri Ganesh and Vaisampayana and Maharaja Janamajaya

SB 6.8.19…

 

why did Bhisma who have vatsalya rasa for Krsna choose to see Lord Narayana over Sri Krsna in SB 1.9.24 : My understanding is Bhismadeva wants to see Vasudeva Krsna , and his meditation is very much about in this chapter but Vasudeva Krsna is also non different from this form , sometimes Vasudeva Krsna manifest 4 arms as we can see in many Dvaraka lila ,so Bhisma is not worshipping another form but Vasudeva Krsna this is his main Rasa in relationship to Vasudeva Krsna , Bhismadeva did…

former Harikesa das or Harikesa Swami challenged that Sanjaya that spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Dhrtarastra was a mundane person more or less ,I strongly objected and quoted Bg 18.78

yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo

yatra pārtho dhanur-dharaḥ

tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir

dhruvā nītir matir mama

:

Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and…

Simple living ,High thinking and no time for Ahankara !

One should go on Padayatra once in once life in India, free from lazy neophytes that just want to sit in the temple and eat and sleep, there you can go and chant Hare Krsna all day long in Kirtana and japa easy to chant 64 rounds there , and attending all morning and evening programs .I think it is good atonement for those who have fallen down from Bhakti also , they will visit many holy places and get purified .You can read…

http://nimaipandit.ning.com/…/radha-kavacha-from-narada-pan…

the advanced devotees sees that this body belongs to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna so Narada Muni in Narada Pancaratra has given this protective prayer Radha Kavacha, actually Narada Munis spiritual identity in Vraja is Naradiya Gopi , Purnamasi took Narada Muni to Kusuma Sarovara and asked him to take a dip inside it and then he came out as a sakhi , I am not sure what kind of service…

My Vyasapuja offering to Srila Prabhupada 2018 :

dear Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my humble obaisences at your lotusfeet

Once again I am here in front of you for your holy Vyasapuja day on Nandotsava .

This is my 39th time I have attended your Vyasapuja celebration .40 years ago I recieved your books

and I joined ISKCON shortly after , 41 years ago I started to read your Bhagavad Gita as it is , but I met a sankirtana devotee 40 years ago .Your books are…