Chapter 3. Karma-yoga

TEXT 10

saha-yajnah prajah srstva

purovaca prajapatih

anena prasavisyadhvam

esa vo 'stv ista-kama-dhuk

SYNONYMS

saha--along with; yajnah--sacrifices; prajah--generations; srstva--creating; pura--anciently; uvaca--said; praja-patih--the Lord of creatures; anena--by this; prasavisyadhvam--be more and more prosperous; esah--certainly; vah--your; astu--let it be; ista--all desirable; kama-dhuk--bestower.

TRANSLATION

In…

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 I want to share something very confidential in Gaura lila:

 Quoted by  HH  Mahanidhi Swami  ::

TEXT 9

yajnarthat karmano 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-bandhanah tad-artham karma kaunteya mukta-sangah samacara

SYNONYMS

yajna-arthat--only for the sake of Yajna, or Visnu; karmanah--work done; anyatra--otherwise; lokah--this world; ayam--this;…

TEXT 8

niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyayo hy akarmanah sarira-yatrapi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmanah

SYNONYMS

niyatam--prescribed; kuru--do; karma--duties; tvam--you; karma--work; jyayah--better; hi--than; akarmanah--without work;…

TEXT 7

yas tv indriyani manasa niyamyarabhate 'rjuna karmendriyaih karma-yogam asaktah sa visisyate

SYNONYMS

yah--one who; tu--but; indriyani--senses; manasa--by the mind; niyamya--regulating; arabhate--begins; arjuna--O Arjuna; karma-indriyaih--by…

TEXT 6

karmendriyani samyamya ya aste manasa smaran indriyarthan vimudhatma mithyacarah sa ucyate

SYNONYMS

karma-indriyani--the five  working sense organs; samyamya--controlling; yah--anyone who; aste--remains; manasa--by…

na hi kascit ksanam api

jatu tisthaty akarma-krt

karyate hy avasah karma

sarvah prakrti-jair gunaih 

SYNONYMS

na--nor; hi--certainly; kascit--anyone; ksanam--even a moment; api--also; jatu--even; tisthati--stands; akarma-krt--without doing something; karyate--forced to work; hi--certainly;…

dear Srila Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obaisences at your lotusfeet

All glories to   Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Radha Vinodbihari

I first met you in 1986 and your lectures at Kesavaji Gaudiya math gave me so much life.Later you instructed me to chant 64 rounds and

become a ragatmika bhakta in the line of Subal sakha and Ujjvala Sakha.You asked me to daily enter the deep…

Narsinh Mehta was a great and dear-most devotee of Lord Sri Krishna. In his  early life he lost his parents and stayed at his elder brother’s place. …

PAMHO AGTSP

WHO IS ENVIOUS? Anyone that does not chant 64 rounds daily of the Mahamantra as this is the instruction of Lord Caitanya.

Many envious demons for years tried  to discourage me chanting this much.THIS IS LORD CAITANYS STANDARD if you do not follow it you are envious.

Anyone who does not distribute Srila Prabhupadas original books as instructed by him is envious.(SB 7.9.43)

Many sannyasis such as…

TEXT 4

na karmanam anarambhan naiskarmyam puruso  'snute na ca sannyasanad eva siddhimsamadhigacchati

SYNONYMS

na--without; karmanam--of the prescribed duties; anarambhat--nonperformance; naiskarmyam--freedom from reaction;…

In my years in ISKCON many sannyasis have proved to be bogus, all american sannyasis that ever served in ISKCON Europe deviated , and in most cases fell down from proper standards of Bhakti.Including Harikesa,Suhotra, Bhagavan, Jayatirtha .I will now tell some of my experience with Devamrta,Niranjana Swami and Dhanudhara.