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vṛddhāv anāthau pitarau nānya-bandhū tapasvinau aho mayādhunā tyaktāv akṛtajñena nīcavat My father and mother were old and had no other son or friend to look after them. Because I did not take care of them, they lived with great difficulty. Alas, like an abominable lower-class man, I ungratefully left them in that co...
sarvāḥ samuddhared rājā piteva vyasanāt prajāḥ ātmānam ātmanā dhīro yathā gaja-patir gajān Just as the chief bull elephant protects all other elephants in his herd and defends himself as well, similarly, a fearless king, just like a father, must save all of the citizens from difficulty and also protect himself. Lor...
ācārya gosāñira guṇa-mahimā apāra jīva-kīṭa kothāya pāibeka tāra pāra The glory and attributes of Advaita Ācārya are unlimited. How can the insignificant living entities fathom them? None
Letter to: Hansadutta 68-01-22 My Dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Jan. 16, 1968, and noted the contents with pleasure. The idea of opening an asrama in the near future is certainly a wish of Krishna's. To develop our institution to its fullness, we require such an...
Letter to: Kurusrestha 75-07-02 Denver Dear Kurusrestha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated July 2, 1975. Upon your recommendation, I am accepting the following twice born brahmanas; Koshalendra Das Adhikari, Jyoti Das Adhikari. Enclosed please find their threads sanctified by me. I al...
ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a ...
dakṣa uvāca śuddhaṁ sva-dhāmny uparatākhila-buddhy-avasthaṁ cin-mātram ekam abhayaṁ pratiṣidhya māyām tiṣṭhaṁs tayaiva puruṣatvam upetya tasyām āste bhavān apariśuddha ivātma-tantraḥ Dakṣa addressed the Supreme Personality of Godhead: My dear Lord, You are transcendental to all speculative positions. You are complete...
Prabhupāda: ye vā mayīśe kṛta-sauhṛdārthā janeṣu dehambhara-vārtikeṣu gṛheṣu jāyātmaja-rātimatsu na prīti-yuktā yāvad-arthāś ca loke [SB 5.5.3] We have described about mahat, mahat-sevāṁ, mahātmā. Mahātmā, their..., description of their quality, mahāntas te sama-cittāḥ praśāntā vimanyavaḥ suhṛdaḥ sādhavo [SB 5.5.2] So...
āmāra saṅge rahite cāha, — vāñcha nija-sukha tomāra dui dharma yāya, — āmāra haya ‘duḥkha’ “Your wanting to go with Me is simply a desire for sense gratification. In this way, you are breaking two religious principles, and because of this I am very unhappy. None
Letter to: Jayatirtha 74-03-31 My Dear Jaya tirtha, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 20, 1974. I have noted the contents and duly received receipts for money deposited in the Union Bank. I understand three checks totalling $1,278.21 are sent for collection to various c...
ādau mālā advaitere svarūpa parāila pāche govinda dvitīya mālā āni’ tāṅre dila At the beginning, Svarūpa Dāmodara came forward and garlanded Advaita Ācārya. Govinda next came and offered a second garland to Advaita Ācārya. None
Letter to: Krsna dasa 69-03-15 Hamburg My Dear Krishna das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of March 2, 1969, along with the German handbill, which appears to be very nicely presented. I could not read anything save and except the known lines of Hare Krishna, and A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami....
Nitāi: Translation = "In this life, any person, to the proportionate degree of the varieties of work, either religious or irreligious, as they are performed in the next life also, the same person to the same degree, the same variety, the resultant action of his karma must enjoy or suffer." Prabhupāda: yena yāvān yath...
aiśvaraṁ śāstram utsṛjya bandha-mokṣānudarśanam vivikta-padam ajñāya kim asat-karmabhir bhavet [Nārada Muni had spoken of a swan. That swan is explained in this verse.] The Vedic literatures [śāstras] vividly describe how to understand the Supreme Lord, the source of all material and spiritual energy. Indeed, they el...
TEXT 21 titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ The symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime. A sādhu, as descri...
Prabhupāda: Now when I was coming on the dais, one gentleman remarked that "Your this movement will help forgetful Indians who are trying to forget God." Not only in India; throughout the whole world they are trying to forget God. And this forgetfulness of our relationship with God is material condition. Material lif...
tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty, for by working without attachment one attains the Supreme. The Supreme is the Personality of Godhead for the devotees, and liber...
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi Brahmā and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mahā-Viṣṇu, remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter [Ma...
sārdha sapta-prahara kare bhaktira sādhane cāri daṇḍa nidrā, seha nahe kona-dine He engaged himself in devotional service for more than twenty-two and a half hours a day, and for less than two hours he slept, although on some days that also was not possible. None
Prabhupāda: They'll never accept it. But if they simply accept chanting, it will work. [tape of Prabhupāda chanting Govindam prayers in background] [break] ...say on these big, big buildings, but chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Gurukṛpā: Sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhiḥ [SB 10.14.3]. Prabhupāda: If you make condition...
suhṛdo jñātayaḥ putrā bhrātaraḥ pitarāv api nānusmaranti sva-janaṁ yasya daivam adakṣiṇam Friends and family members — even children, brothers and parents — forget a dear one whom Providence no longer favors. Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī and Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura both comment that Kuntī does not blame her relatives...
taṁ bandhum āgataṁ dṛṣṭvā dharma-putraḥ sahānujaḥ dhṛtarāṣṭro yuyutsuś ca sūtaḥ śāradvataḥ pṛthā When they saw Vidura return to the palace, all the inhabitants — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, his younger brothers, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Sātyaki, Sañjaya, Kṛpācārya, Kuntī, Gāndhārī, Draupadī, Subhadrā, Uttarā, Kṛpī, many other wives of...
tāte jāni — pūrve tomāra pāñāche prasāda tāhā vinā nahe tomāra hṛdayānuvāda” “Had You not previously bestowed Your mercy on him,” they said, “it would not have been possible for him to express Your internal feelings.” Devotees acknowledge Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s special mercy upon Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in the follow...
ei saba haya śrī-kṛṣṇera avatāra nirantara dekhi sabāra bhaktira ācāra These are all incarnations of Lord Kṛṣṇa, yet we always find that they act as devotees. None
yadyapi āmāra sparśa koṭīndu-śītala rādhikāra sparśe āmā kare suśītala “And although My touch is cooler than ten million moons, I am refreshed by the touch of Śrīmatī Rādhikā. None
tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇas tvam asya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam vettāsi vedyaṁ ca paraṁ ca dhāma tvayā tataṁ viśvam ananta-rūpa You are the original Personality of Godhead, the oldest, the ultimate sanctuary of this manifested cosmic world. You are the knower of everything, and You are all that is knowable. You are ...
kintu śāstra-dṛṣṭye eka kari anumāna śrī-bhāgavata-śāstra — tāhāte pramāṇa “But I can make a guess in terms of directions from the śāstra. The Vedic scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam gives the direct evidence in this matter. None
eta bali namaskari’ gelā gopī-gaṇa hena-kāle rādhā āsi’ dilā daraśana After saying this and offering obeisances, all the gopīs dispersed. Then Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī came and appeared before Lord Kṛṣṇa. None
Letter to: Bhutatma My dear Bhutatma, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter sated December 11, 1973. I hereby accept the following devotees for first and second initiation as recommended by you: John - Vatsara dasa Elena - Kalakantha dasi Peter - Vatsala dasa Deborah - Sasikala dasi Paul - Vatsi da...
kṛṣṇera prābhava-vilāsa — vāsudevādi cāri jana sei cāri-janāra vilāsa — viṁśati gaṇana “Vāsudeva and the three others are direct prābhava pastime forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Of these quadruple forms, the pastime expansions are twenty in number. None
Pradyumna: [reading] "...and of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, by whose inspiration I have been engaged in the matter of compiling this summary study of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. This is the sublime science of devotional service as propounded by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who appeared five hundred ye...
Hṛdāyānanda: ...puffed up with knowledge. Prabhupāda: What is their knowledge, nonsense? He has knowl...? Have they knowledge? Bhagavān: They're trying to prove that sense gratification is bona fide. Guru-kṛpā: And the explanation of... Prabhupāda: And where is sense gratification? As soon as nature kicks you out...
āsyatāṁ hy aravindākṣa gṛhyatām arhaṇaṁ ca naḥ bhujyatāṁ santi nīvārā uṣyatāṁ yadi rocate O King with eyes like the petals of a lotus, kindly come sit down and accept whatever reception we can offer. We have a supply of nīvārā rice that you may kindly take. And if you so desire, stay here without hesitation. None
Letter to: Niranjan LT_720505_G1 My dear Niranjan, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 21, 1972 and I have noted the contents. I am glad to know that your confusion has been cleared up, and you have understood the reasons for my scolding you. This is the duty of the fathe...
jīvājñāna-kalpita īśvare, sakala-i ajñāna yāhāra śravaṇe bhaktera phāṭe mana prāṇa” “The Māyāvādī philosopher tries to establish that the living entity is only imaginary and that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is under the influence of māyā. Hearing this kind of commentary breaks the heart and life of a devotee.”...
Letter to: Paramananda 71-01-27 New Vrindaban My Dear Paramananda, Please accept my blessings and I thank you very much for your kind letter dated 28th December, 1970. I am so glad to hear that your son Premananda is already walking and already chanting Hare Krishna. That is very good. So Krishna has blessed you with a...
Letter to: Tamala Krsna, Giriraja 72-10-11 Bombay My dear Tamala Krishna and Giriraja, Please accept my Blessings. I am writing this letter aboard the airship from Hawaii to Manila. I am reaching Manila in the morning 7:00 A.M. on the 11th October 1972. As scheduled I am reaching Delhi on the night of the 14th, so if n...
Letter to: Damodara 71-12-03 My Dear Damodara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of November 25, 1971, and I have noted the contents carefully. Enclosed please find one copy of Gayatri mantra and one sacred thread duly chanted on for your wife, Mrganetri dasi. Hold a fire yajna and give her...
sṛṣṭvedaṁ manasā viśvam ātmanānupraviśya yaḥ guṇaiḥ kurvadbhir ābhāti karteva svapna-dṛg yathā I offer my obeisances to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has created this entire universe simply by His desire and then entered into it as the Supersoul. By making the modes of nature act, He seems to be the direct...
Letter to: Radha Sarana 76-07-05 Santa Domingo Dear Radha Sarana dasa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 16, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care. On your recommendation I am accepting the following for first and second initiation: First Initiation: Bhakta Carlos—Karunam...
śraddhā kari’ ei līlā śune yei jana acirāt pāya sei caitanya-caraṇa Whoever hears these pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with faith and love will attain the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet very soon. None
Letter to: Tamala Krsna 70-01-29 London My Dear Tamala Krishna, Please accept my blessings. I have not received any letter from you in several weeks. Gargamuni also has not received any letter from you. Of course, I am hearing indirectly that everything is going well in our London and European centers. Still I would li...
skanda-kṣetra-tīrthe kaila skanda daraśana trimaṭha āilā, tāhāṅ dekhi’ trivikrama At the holy place known as Skanda-kṣetra, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Skanda. From there He went to Trimaṭha, where He saw the Viṣṇu Deity Trivikrama. None
ei-mata nṛtya yadi ha-ila bahu-kṣaṇa svarūpa-gosāñi pada kailā samāpana After the Lord had been dancing for a long time, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī stopped singing the verse. None
Prabhupāda: ...prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. By pleasing the spiritual master, you please Kṛṣṇa. That's nice. But why Kṛṣṇa should be pleased? Why? What is the necessity of pleasing Kṛṣṇa? Hmm? Devotee (1): To please the representative of Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: No, no, that is all right. Guru is representative of Kṛṣṇa. ...
cittis tv atharvaṇaḥ patnī lebhe putraṁ dhṛta-vratam dadhyañcam aśvaśirasaṁ bhṛgor vaṁśaṁ nibodha me Citti, wife of the sage Atharvā, gave birth to a son named Aśvaśirā by accepting a great vow called Dadhyañca. Now you may hear from me about the descendants of the sage Bhṛgu. The wife of Atharvā, known as Citti, i...
karmāṇy ārabhate yena pumān iha vihāya tam amutrānyena dehena juṣṭāni sa yad aśnute The results of whatever a living entity does in this life are enjoyed in the next life. A person generally does not know how one body is linked with another body. How is it possible that one suffers or enjoys the results of activiti...
aśmasāramayaṁ śūlaṁ ghaṇṭāvad dhema-bhūṣaṇam pragṛhyābhyadravat kruddho hato ’sīti vitarjayan prāhiṇod deva-rājāya ninadan mṛga-rāḍ iva Being angry and roaring like a lion, the demon Namuci took up a steel spear, which was bound with bells and decorated with ornaments of gold. He loudly cried, “Now you are killed!” T...
santv avatārā bahavaḥ paṅkaja-nābhasya sarvato-bhadrāḥ kṛṣṇād anyaḥ ko vā latāsv api prema-do bhavati “ ‘There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?’ This quotation from the writings of Bilvamaṅgala...
apatya-virahe miśrera duḥkhī haila mana putra lāgi’ ārādhila viṣṇura caraṇa Jagannātha Miśra was very unhappy at the death of his children one after another. Therefore, desiring a son, he worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu. None
āji upavāsa haila ācārya-nimantraṇe ardha-peṭa nā bharibe ei grāseka anne Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was thinking that the quantity of food was enormous, Nityānanda Prabhu, on the contrary, thought it not even a morsel. He had been fasting for three days and had greatly hoped to break fast on that day. Indeed, ...
eke tvākhila-karmāṇi sannyasyopaśamaṁ gatāḥ jñānino jñāna-yajñena yajanti jñāna-vigraham In pursuit of spiritual knowledge, some persons renounce all material activities and, having thus become peaceful, perform the sacrifice of philosophic investigation to worship You, the original form of all knowledge. Modern ph...
Letter to: Mukunda 71-02-04 London My Dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings AND OFFER THE SAME TO YOUR good wife Janaki. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 25th December, 1970, along with pictures of Regent's Park land and Finchley Road, but I have not yet received the registered packet containing certified me...
Letter to: Guru-gauranga, Paris Devotees 73-08-24 My Dear Guru Gauranga and all other Paris devotees, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your nice letters dated August 18 and 19th 1973. I was very much pleased to come there and visit. Paris is developing nicely step by step. When I was at the H...
pāñā yāṅra ājñā-dhana,   vrajera vaiṣṇava-gaṇa, vandoṅ tāṅra mukhya haridāsa caitanya-vilāsa-sindhu-   kallolera eka bindu, tāra kaṇā kahe kṛṣṇa-dāsa Receiving orders from the above authorities and the Vaiṣṇavas of Vṛndāvana, especially from Haridāsa, the priest of Govindajī, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, have tried...
Siddha-svarūpa: This way is longer. You have more room to keep walking. That way you have to stop after awhile. Prabhupāda: Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam [Cc. Ādi 17.21]. [break] ...them something substantial. They are eager. This is the proper time. By nature the turn comes. [break] ...brahma-jijñāsā....
dānaṁ sva-dharmo niyamo yamaś ca śrutaṁ ca karmāṇi ca sad-vratāni sarve mano-nigraha-lakṣaṇāntāḥ paro hi yogo manasaḥ samādhiḥ Charity, prescribed duties, observance of major and minor regulative principles, hearing from scripture, pious works and purifying vows all have as their final aim the subduing of the mind. I...
Now Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is just trying to place Arjuna in the platform of working on pure consciousness. The... We have already discussed for so many days that we are not this dull body, but we are consciousness. Now, some way or other, we are in contact with this matter. Therefore our freedom is checked. As spiritual bei...
snehānubaddha-hṛdayāv anyonyaṁ viṣṇu-māyayā vimohitau dīna-dhiyau śiśūn pupuṣatuḥ prajāḥ Their hearts bound to each other by affection, the foolish birds, completely bewildered by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, continued to take care of the young offspring who had been born to them. None
ei mate kājīre prabhu karilā prasāda ihā yei śune tāra khaṇḍe aparādha This is the incident concerning the Kazi and the Lord’s mercy upon him. Anyone who hears this is also freed from all offenses. None
tad bhagavato māyāmayaṁ rūpaṁ parama-samādhi-yogena ramā devī saṁvatsarasya rātriṣu prajāpater duhitṛbhir upetāhaḥsu ca tad-bhartṛbhir upāste idaṁ codāharati. Accompanied during the daytime by the sons of the Prajāpati [the predominating deities of the days] and accompanied at night by his daughters [the deities of t...
prabhu kahe, “āmi — nartaka, tumi — sūtra-dhāra tumi yaiche nācāo, taiche nartana āmāra The Lord replied, “I am simply a dancer, and You are the wire-puller. However You pull the wires to make Me dance, I shall dance in that way. None
vaibhava-gaṇa yena tāṅra aṅga-vibhūti bimba-pratibimba-rūpa mahiṣīra tati The goddesses of fortune are partial manifestations of Śrīmatī Rādhikā, and the queens are reflections of Her image. None
indriyāṇi hṛṣīkeśaḥ prāṇān nārāyaṇo ’vatu śvetadvīpa-patiś cittaṁ mano yogeśvaro ’vatu May Hṛṣīkeśa protect Your senses, and Nārāyaṇa Your life air. May the master of Śvetadvīpa protect the core of Your heart, and may Lord Yogeśvara protect Your mind. None
saṅkīrtana-kolāhale ākāśa bhedila saba jagannātha-vāsī dekhite āila The congregational chanting made a tumultuous roar that filled the sky. All the inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī came to see the kīrtana. None
“śivānandera ‘prakṛti’, putra — yāvat ethāya āmāra avaśeṣa-pātra tārā yena pāya” “As long as Śivānanda Sena’s wife and children stay in Jagannātha Purī,” He said, “they must be given the remnants of My food.” None
Letter to: Gargamuni 75-11-13 Brooklyn My dear Gargamuni Swami, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter undated from El Paso, Texas and I have noted the contents. So I am glad to see that you are doing well. Similarly, now we are getting literature published all over the world. I just received ve...
lokanātha paṇḍita, āra murāri paṇḍita śrī-haricaraṇa, āra mādhava paṇḍita Lokanātha Paṇḍita, Murāri Paṇḍita, Śrī Haricaraṇa and Mādhava Paṇḍita were the thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth branches of Advaita Ācārya. None
eka ślokera artha yadi kara nija-mukhe śuni’ saba loka tabe pāiba baḍa-sukhe “But if you explain the meaning of one verse, we can all hear it from your own mouth and thus be very happy.” None
tasyās tad yoga-vidhuta- mārtyaṁ martyam abhūt sarit srotasāṁ pravarā saumya siddhidā siddha-sevitā Dear Vidura, the material elements of her body have melted into water and are now a flowing river, which is the most sacred of all rivers. Anyone who bathes in that river also attains perfection, and therefore all pers...
tāṅre dekhi, mahāprabhura kṛṣṇa-smṛti haila premāveśe tāṅre mili’ kahite lāgila Seeing the boy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately remembered Kṛṣṇa. Meeting the boy in ecstatic love, the Lord began to speak. None
Letter to: Rayarama, Brahmananda 68-11-17 My Dear Rayarama, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 12, 1968, and I thank you very much for the copies of Back To Godhead, no. 20. It is very nice. Please send the copies very quickly to different centers. I have received letters from Haw...
brahma-kopotthitād yas tu takṣakāt prāṇa-viplavāt na sammumohorubhayād bhagavaty arpitāśayaḥ Furthermore, Mahārāja Parīkṣit was always consciously surrendered to the Personality of Godhead, and therefore he was neither afraid nor overwhelmed by fear due to a snake-bird which was to bite him because of the fury of a b...
Letter to: Aksayananda 77-01-05 Vrindaban My dear Aksayananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 1/1/77 and have noted the contents. Now the corner land of the parikrama road may be applied for acquisition. We shall use it for agricultural purposes. Sometime back they approached us fo...
amunī bhagavad-rūpe mayā te hy anuvarṇite ubhe api na gṛhṇanti māyā-sṛṣṭe vipaścitaḥ Neither of the above forms of the Lord, as just described unto you from the material angle of vision, is accepted by the pure devotees of the Lord who know Him well. The impersonalists think of the Absolute Personality of Godhead i...
Letter to: Satsvarupa 72-07-01 My Dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter from Cleveland dated June 26, 1972 and I have noted the contents with great pleasure. Similarly I have received such nice letters from Rupanuga and Hrdayananda, and I am very much satisfied that yo...
śuniyā prabhura vyākhyā digvijayī vismita mukhe nā niḥsare vākya, pratibhā stambhita After hearing the explanation of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the champion poet was struck with wonder. His cleverness stunned, he could not say anything. None
yadyapi pratāparudra — sarva-guṇavān tāṅhāre malina kaila eka ‘rājā’-nāma “The King certainly possesses all good qualities, but simply by taking up the name ‘king,’ he has infected everything. None
aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti paśyanti pānti kalayanti ciraṁ jaganti ānanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs. 5.32] [aside:] Why not sit comfortably? Please. There is ample space in the front. You can move. So Govinda, aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti. Aṅgāni, aṅgā...
Prabhupāda: Who sang this song? You sang. You know the meaning? Devotee: "O venerable Vaiṣṇava, O ocean of mercy, please be merciful unto your servant. Please give me one drop of mercy. I pray for the shade of your lotus feet." Prabhupāda: Yes. So Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has also said, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā, nistāra...
Letter to: Satsvarupa 69-06-20 My Dear Satsvarupa, Please accept by blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 18, 1969, and I have noted the contents. The pictures you have sent are very nice, and they shall be published in BTG. Regarding Madan Mohan, I understand that he would like to remain in Boston, ...
Letter to: Gurudasa 75-12-22 Los Angeles My Dear Guru das Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I have received the letters of appreciation of your preaching work. Thank you very much, you are very competent, and if you continue like this you will get strength from Krishna more and more. I always say, man is good, and ...
tatyāja vrīḍitā tārā kumāraṁ kanaka-prabham spṛhām āṅgirasaś cakre kumāre soma eva ca Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: By Bṛhaspati’s order, Tārā, who was very much ashamed, immediately gave birth to the child, who was very beautiful, with a golden bodily hue. Both Bṛhaspati and the moon-god, Soma, desired the beautiful c...
lajjita haila bhaṭṭa, haila apamāne duḥkhita hañā gela paṇḍitera sthāne Ashamed, insulted and unhappy, Vallabha Bhaṭṭa went to Gadādhara Paṇḍita. None
viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetra-jñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate “ ‘The internal potency of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is spiritual, as verified by the śāstras. There is another spiritual potency, known as kṣetra-jña, or the living entity. The third potency, which is known as nescience, ma...
Letter to: Advaita 69-11-23 My Dear Advaita, Please accept my blessings. Your letter dated November 19, 1969 is in hand. The thing is that you have asked me so many questions, but it is not possible for me to manage all departments of our society. Practically you are in charge of the press department, but is is better ...
evaṁ saubhaṁ ca śālvaṁ ca dantavakraṁ sahānujam hatvā durviṣahān anyair īḍitaḥ sura-mānavaiḥ Having thus destroyed Śālva and his Saubha airship, along with Dantavakra and his younger brother, all of whom were invincible before any other opponent, the Lord was praised by demigods, human beings and great sages, by Sidd...
advaita-ācārya-gosāñi sākṣāt īśvara prabhu guru kari’ māne, tiṅho ta’ kiṅkara Lord Advaita Ācārya is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although Lord Caitanya accepts Him as His preceptor, Advaita Ācārya is a servant of the Lord. Lord Caitanya always offered respects to Advaita Prabhu as He would to His f...
evaṁ jñātvā kṛtaṁ karma pūrvair api mumukṣubhiḥ kuru karmaiva tasmāt tvaṁ pūrvaiḥ pūrva-taraṁ kṛtam All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with this understanding of My transcendental nature. Therefore you should perform your duty, following in their footsteps. There are two classes of men. Some of them are...
Letter to: Professor Stillson Judah 75-06-11 Professor Stillson Judah Graduate Theological Union Library 2451 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA. 94709 My dear Professor Stillson Judah, Please accept my greetings. Your kind letter dated June 6, 1975 in hand, I thank you very much for this. The chapter 5 of Caitanya-caritamrta is ...
Pradyumna = "...feeling empty for all time because you might have lost your most intimate friend, Lord Kṛṣṇa? O my brother Arjuna, I can think of no other reason for your becoming so dejected." [SB 1.14.44] Prabhupāda: Hmm. So Kṛṣṇa was the intimate friend of Arjuna. Not only to Arjuna; all the Pāṇḍavas. So they can...
so ’nudhyāyaṁs tad evāghaṁ balavad-vigrahākulaḥ kathaṁ mṛjāmy ātma-rajaḥ prasīded vācyutaḥ katham Pondering over his grievous offense and worried about the possibility of conflict with the Lord’s mighty devotees, King Satrājit thought, “How can I cleanse myself of my contamination, and how may Lord Acyuta become sati...
Letter to: Hayagriva 70-01-14 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated January 5 and 8 1970 respectively, and I am so much moved from your kind sentiments that you have expressed for my humble activities. Actually I am not worthy of any one of the words spoke...
kṛṣṇa-muṣṭi-viniṣpāta niṣpiṣṭāṅgoru bandhanaḥ kṣīṇa-sattvaḥ svinna-gātras tam āhātīva vismitaḥ His bulging muscles pummeled by the blows of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s fists, his strength faltering and his limbs perspiring, Jāmbavān, greatly astonished, finally spoke to the Lord. None
Prabhupāda: The love of God... Love is... [break] is manifested in so many ways but because it is misplaced not properly just like foodstuffs somebody has stolen it that you take this foodstuff within your body but if I do not know that I am placing here there here there [indistinct] that is the proper [break] place....
tena kramānusiddhena dhvasta-karma-malāśayaḥ prāṇāyāmaiḥ sanniruddha- ṣaḍ-vargaś chinna-bandhanaḥ By thus practicing severe austerities, Mahārāja Pṛthu gradually became steadfast in spiritual life and completely free of all desires for fruitive activities. He also practiced breathing exercises to control his mind and...
atho bhajasva māṁ bhadra bhajantīṁ me dayāṁ kuru etāvān pauruṣo dharmo yad ārtān anukampate Kālakanyā continued: O gentle one, I am now present before you to serve you. Please accept me and thus show me mercy. It is a gentleman’s greatest duty to be compassionate upon a person who is distressed. Yavana-rāja, the Ki...
vasi’ bhaṭṭācārya mane karena vicāra ei kṛṣṇa-mahāpremera sāttvika vikāra Sitting beside Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he thought, “This is a transcendental ecstatic transformation brought about by love of Kṛṣṇa.” None
yat tu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ tad rājasam udāhṛtam But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion. None
aho vayaṁ hy adya pavitra-kīrte tvayaiva nāthena mukunda-nāthāḥ ya uttamaślokatamasya viṣṇor brahmaṇya-devasya kathāṁ vyanakti The audience continued: Dear King Pṛthu, your reputation is the purest of all, for you are preaching the glories of the most glorified of all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of ...