Text 24 tato niñkramya laìkäyä yätudhänyaù sahasraçaù mandodaryä samaà tatra prarudantya upädravan Thereafter, all the women whose husbands had fallen in the battle, headed by Mandodaré, the wife of Ravana, came out of Lanka. Continuously crying, they approached the…
smaratam hrdi vinyasya viddham dandaka-kantakaih sva-pada-pallavam rama atma-jyotir agat tatah Translation After completing the sacrifice, Lord Ramacandra, whose lotus feet were sometimes pierced by thorns when He lived in Dandakaranya, placed those lotus feet in the hearts of those who…
Kaliyuga – the Sinful age The universal cycle is divided into Satyayuga – the golden age of religiosity and austerity, Treta yuga- where ¾ of the population remain God conscious, Dvapar yuga in which in the beginning 43 gradually dwindles…
TEXT 09 rakñaù-svasur vyakåta rüpam açuddha-buddhes tasyäù khara-triçira-düñaëa-mukhya-bandhün jaghne caturdaça-sahasram apäraëéya- kodaëòa-päëir aöamäna uväsa kåcchram TRANSLATION While wandering in the forest, where He accepted a life of hardship, carrying His invincible bow and arrows in His hand, Lord Rämacandra…
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya sadhavo hridayam mahyam sadhunam hridayam tv aham mad-anyat te na jananti naham tebhyo manag api Translation The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of…
Text 55 pratyäkhyäto virincena visnu-cakropatäpitah durväsäh shranam yätah sarvam kailäsa-väsinam Translation When Durväsä, who was greatly afflicted by the blazing fire of the Sudarsana cakra, was thus refused by Lord Brahmä, he tried to take shelter of Lord Shiva, who…
näbhägäd ambaréño ‘bhün mahä-bhägavataù kåté näspåçad brahma-çäpo ‘pi yaà na pratihataù kvacit From Näbhäga, Mahäräja Ambaréña took birth. Mahäräja Ambaréña was an exalted devotee, celebrated for his great merits. Although he was cursed by an infallible brähmaëa, the curse…
Om Namoh Bhagavate Vasudevaya The pure devotee is always within the core of my heart and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My devotees do not know anything else but Me and I do not know…
