Paramananda das's Blog – March 2018 Archive (14)

hapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge

TEXT 1

sri-bhagavan uvaca

imam vivasvate yogam

proktavan aham avyayam

vivasvan manave praha

manur iksvakave 'bravit

SYNONYMS

sri bhagavan uvaca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; imam—this; vivasvate—unto the sun-god; yogam—the science of one's relationship to the Supreme; proktavan—instructed; aham—I; avyayam—imperishable; vivasvan—Vivasvan (the sun-god's name); manave—unto the father of mankind (of the name…

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 43

evam buddheh param buddhva

samstabhyatmanam atmana

jahi satrum maha-baho

kama-rupam durasadam

SYNONYMS

evam—thus; buddheh—of intelligence; param—superior; buddhva—so knowing; samstabhya—by steadying; atmanam—the mind; atmana—by deliberate intelligence; jahi—conquer; satrum—the enemy; maha-baho—O mighty-armed one; kama-rupam—the form of lust; durasadam—formidable.

TRANSLATION

Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to…

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

It is very clear from reading the paper about Ramanavami some devotees wants to please their senses before the Lord . http://www.dandavats.com/?p=60200

Let me first of all quote Srila Sanatana Goswami : Srila Sanatana Goswami in Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa

yastu rama navamyam hi

bhunkte mohad vimudhdhih /…

Ram Ramapati Raghupati jai jai,

Maha-Lokpati Jagpati jai jai.

Rajit Janak dulari jai jai,

Mahinandan Prabhu-pyari jai jai.

Praise and glory to You, Shri Ramchandra Ji. You are Lord of Lakshmi and of the house of the Raghus. Glory, all glory to you Lord of Maha Lakshmi and of all the spheres and of the world. Praise and glory be to King Janaka’s daughter, Sita Ji who is the delight and daughter of Mother Earth and Your beloved consort.…

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

If Kṛṣṇa remains in His virāḍ-rūpa, then it will be very difficult to capture Him. Kṛṣṇa remains in virāḍ-rūpa, but He becomes arcā-vigraha, a small deity, so that everyone can worship Him at home.

Lecture on BG 4.15 -- Bombay, April 4, 1974: These are the six businesses for the brāhmaṇa class. They should be highly educated, paṭhana, highly learned, and pāṭhana, and they should educate others also. But if he is not educated, how he will educate…

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 42

indriyani parany ahur

indriyebhyah param manah

manasas tu para buddhir

yo buddheh paratas tu sah

SYNONYMS

indriyani—senses; parani—superior; ahuh—is said; indriyebhyah—more than the senses; param—superior; manah—the mind; manasah—more than the mind; tu—also; para—superior; buddhih—intelligence; yah—one which; buddheh—more than the intelligence; paratah—superior; tu—but; sah—he.

TRANSLATION

The working senses are…

TEXT 41

tasmat tvam indriyany adau

niyamya bharatarsabha

papmanam prajahi hy enam

jnana-vijnana-nasanam

SYNONYMS

tasmat—therefore; tvam-you; indriyani—senses; adau—in the beginning; niyamya—by regulating; bharatarsabha—O chief amongst the descendants of Bharata; papmanam—the great symbol of sin; prajahi—curb; hi—certainly; enam—this; jnana—knowledge; vijnana—scientific knowledge of the pure soul; nasanam—destroyer.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O Arjuna, best…

dear Bhurijana Prabhu

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I was reading your article :Why Krsna left

you write :

In taxi, as you leave, as you reach the highway, it is 80% gone. And in the airport, then abroad, it is very difficult to keep the sweetness of Vrndavan. But as a person taking a lot of photographs I can’t fail to notice that outside there is no life, while in Vrndavan all the trees, landscapes are alive.

This is…

The Faults You Find May Be Your Own

by Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja

We go to judge in the case of others: �Why should he receive all this mercy? He has got so many defects, so many disqualifications, an opposing attitude. Why should he be accepted or given any chance?� But we want mercy for ourselves: �Don�t come to judge me because then I have no hope, my Lord.�

This is jnana-sunya-bhakti, �If you come to judge me, I have no hope. Please grant Your…

indriyāṇi mano buddhir

asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate

etair vimohayaty eṣa

jñānam āvṛtya dehinam

Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.40

The senses, the mind and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust. Through them lust covers the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him.

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

The enemy has captured different strategic positions in the body of the conditioned…

āvṛtaḿ jñānam etena

jñānino nitya-vairiṇā

kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya

duṣpūreṇānalena ca

Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.39

Thus the wise living entity’s pure consciousness becomes covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.

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

It is said in the Manu-smriti that lust cannot be satisfied by any…

I was listening to the Madhya lila chapter 13 of Caitanya Bhagavata .Jagai and Madhai are incarnationes of Jaya and Vijaya that where demons for 3 birth during Satya Yuga they became Hiranyakasipu and Hiranykasa .

Gaura Ganodessa Dipika states:

93. Lord Caitanya Himself did not accept that Ramacandra Puri was the incarnation of Vibhisana, but the Lord himself said that Ramacandra Puri was the empowered incarnation of Srimati Radharani s mother-in-law Jatila. This Ramacandra Puri…

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's

Sri-Chaitanya-Chandramrita

The Nectar Moon of Sri Chaitanya

Translated by Sriman Kusakratha dasa

Stuti-mukhe vastu-nirdesa-rupa-mangalacaranam

In the Beginning an Invocation of Auspiciousness and a Description of the Contents of These Prayers

1 Let us glorify the boundlessly merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, the prince of Vraja. To taste the intoxicating sweet waves of the nectar of transcendental love for Krsna, as…

108 Names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 108 Names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Srila Sarvabhuma Bhattacarya is the incarnation of Brhaspati the Guru of the demigods as explained in Gaura Ganodessa Dipika he was Indias leading Mayavadi untill Lord Caitanya taught him the Atmarama vers from Srimad Bhagavatam and made him a vaisnava this is all lila of course, these 108 names of Lord Caitanya can be chanted daily and are especially recommended for Gaura Purnima .…