bhogaiçvarya-prasaktänäà tayäpahåta-cetasäm vyavasäyätmikä buddhiù samädhau na vidhéyate (BG 2.44) Translation: In the minds of those who are too attached to material opulence and sense gratification, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to…
sa evayam´ maya te ‘dya yogah proktah puratanah bhakto ‘si me sakha ceti rahasyam´ hy etad uttamam Translation : That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My…
çraddhäväl labhate jïänaà tat-paraù saàyatendriyaù jïänaà labdhvä paräà çäntim acireëädhigacchati [BG 4.39] Translation : A faithful man who is absorbed in transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge, and having achieved it he…
Arjuna said my dear Krishna seeing my friends and relatives present before me in such a fighting sprit I feel the limbs of my body quivering & my mouth drying up. Any man who has genuine devotion to the lord…
I would like to thank all of you for coming and kindly giving us your time today. The subject I was asked to speak is on, ‘Life after death-fact or fiction’. You are mostly all college students. So I believe…
[BG 5.7] yoga-yukto viçuddhätmä vijitätmä jitendriyaù sarva-bhütätma-bhütätmä kurvann api na lipyate Synonyms (yoga-yuktah — engaged in devotional service; visuddha-atma — a purified soul; vijita-atma — self-controlled; jita-indriyah — having conquered the senses; sarva-bhuta — to all living entities; atma-bhuta-atma —…
satataḿ kīrtayanto māḿ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaś ca māḿ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate (BG: 9.14) Translation Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion. Purport The mahātmā cannot be…
puruso rāma-caritaḿ śravanair upadhārayan ānrśaḿsya-paro rājan karma-bandhair vimucyate (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.11.23) Translation O King Parīkṣit, anyone who aurally receives the narrations concerning the characteristics of Lord Rāmacandra’s pastimes will ultimately be freed from the disease of envy and thus…
