na bhäraté me ‘ìga måñopalakñyate na vai kvacin me manaso måñä gatiù na me håñékäëi patanty asat-pathe yan me hådautkaëöhyavatä dhåto hariù (SB 2.6.34) Translation : O Närada, because I have caught hold of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, with great zeal, whatever I say has never proved to [...]
Question : Is sincerity based on our past karma, our circumstances as the living entities traveling through different bodies and certain situations? Answer : Certainly our present condition is deeply influence by our past karma and whatever sincerity we have is due to how we have cultivated in the past but most important is that we have [...]
çré-mucukunda uväca ko bhavän iha sampräpto vipine giri-gahvare padbhyäà padma-paläçäbhyäà vicarasy uru-kaëöake (SB 10.51.27) Synonyms çré-mucukundaù uväca—çré Mucukunda said; kaù—who; bhavän—are You; iha—here; sampräptaù—arrived together (with me); vipine—in the forest; giri-gahvare—in a mountain cave; padbhyäm—with Your feet; padma—of a lotus; paläçäbhyäm—(which are like) the petals; vicarasi—You are walking; uru-kaëöake—which is full of thorns. Translation [...]
Greatest Miracle As well as this morning we heard beautiful narrations of how our beloved Gurudev Om Visnupad Paramhansa Sri Srimad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada by his inconceivable love and divine grace he lifted up and gave pure Bhakti to human beings who are in the most utterly destitute and bewilder condition of life. Malati [...]
çré-räjoväca ko näma sa pumän brahman kasya kià-vérya eva ca kasmäd guhäà gataù çiñye kià-tejo yavanärdanaù (SB 10.51.13) Synonyms çré-räjä uväca—the King (Parékñit) said; kaù—who; näma—in particular; saù—that; pumän—person; brahman—O brähmaëa (Çukadeva); kasya—of which (family); kim—having what; véryaù—powers; eva ca—as also; kasmät—why; guhäm—in the cave; gataù—having gone; çiñye—lay down to sleep; kim—whose; tejaù—semen (offspring); yavana—of [...]
tadä rajas-tamo-bhäväù käma-lobhädayaç ca ye ceta etair anäviddhaà sthitaà sattve prasédati (SB 1.2.19) Translation As soon as irrevocable loving service is established in the heart, the effects of nature’s modes of passion and ignorance, such as lust, desire and hankering, disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes completely [...]
jïänaà te ‘haà sa-vijïänam idaà vakñyämy açeñataù yaj jïätvä neha bhüyo ‘nyaj jïätavyam avaçiñyate (BG 7.2) Translation I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge both phenomenal and nominal, by knowing which there should remain nothing further to be known. Purport Complete knowledge includes knowledge of the phenomenal world, the spirit behind it, [...]
Narayanam namastubhyam…. çré-çuka uväca taà vilokya viniñkräntam ujjihänam ivoòupam darçanéyatamaà çyämaà péta-kauçeya-väsasam (SB 10.51.1) çrévatsa-vakñasaà bhräjat kaustubhämukta-kandharam påthu-dérgha-catur-bähuà nava-kaïjäruëekñaëam (SB 10.51.2) nitya-pramuditaà çrémat su-kapolaà çuci-smitam mukhäravindaà bibhräëaà sphuran-makara-kuëòalam (SB 10.51.3) väsudevo hy ayam iti pumän çrévatsa-läïchanaù catur-bhujo ‘ravindäkño vana-mäly ati-sundaraù (SB 10.51.4) lakñaëair närada-proktair nänyo bhavitum arhati niräyudhaç calan padbhyäà yotsye ‘nena niräyudhaù (SB 10.51.5) [...]
väsudeväìghry-anudhyäna- paribåàhita-raàhasä bhaktyä nirmathitäçeña- kañäya-dhiñaëo ‘rjunaù Translation Arjuna’s constant remembrance of the lotus feet of Lord Çré Kåñëa rapidly increased his devotion, and as a result all the trash in his thoughts subsided. Purport Material desires in the mind are the trash of material contamination. By such contamination, the living being is [...]
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