“ahaà ca gäyaàs tad-vidvän strébhiù parivåto gataù jïätvä viçva-såjas tan me helanaà çepur ojasä yähi tvaà çüdratäm äçu nañöa-çréù kåta-helanaù” Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.72 SYNONYMS aham—I myself; ca—and; gäyan—singing the glories of other demigods rather than those of the Lord;…
“mac-cittä mad-gata-präëä bodhayantaù parasparam kathayantaç ca mäà nityaà tuñyanti ca ramanti ca” Synonyms : mat-cittäù—their minds fully engaged in Me; mat-gata-präëäù—their lives devoted to Me; bodhayantaù—preaching; parasparam—among themselves; kathayantaù—talking; ca—also; mäm—about Me; nityam—perpetually; tuñyanti—become pleased; ca—also; ramanti—enjoy transcendental bliss;…
TEXT 58 “äbädhito ‘pi hy äbhäso yathä vastutayä småtaù durghaöatväd aindriyakaà tadvad artha-vikalpitam” Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.58 SYNONYMS äbädhitaù—rejected; api—although; hi—certainly; äbhäsaù—a reflection; yathä—as; vastutayä—a form of reality; småtaù—accepted; durghaöatvät—because of being very difficult to prove the reality; aindriyakam—knowledge derived…
TEXT 52 “niñekädi-çmaçänäntaiù saàskäraiù saàskåto dvijaù indriyeñu kriyä-yajïän jïäna-dépeñu juhvati” SYNONYMS niñeka-ädi—the beginning of life (the purification process of garbhädhäna, performed when the father begets a child by discharging semen into the womb of the mother); çmaçäna-antaiù—and at death,…
TEXT 47 “pravåttaà ca nivåttaà ca dvi-vidhaà karma vaidikam ävartate pravåttena nivåttenäçnute ‘måtam” SYNONYMS pravåttam—inclination for material enjoyment; ca—and; nivåttam—cessation of material enjoyment; ca—and; dvi-vidham—these two varieties; karma—of activities; vaidikam—recommended in the Vedas; ävartate—one travels up and down through…
TEXT 46 “nocet pramattam asad-indriya-väji-sütä nétvotpathaà viñaya-dasyuñu nikñipanti te dasyavaù sahaya-sütam amuà tamo ‘ndhe saàsära-küpa uru-måtyu-bhaye kñipanti” SYNONYMS nocet—if we do not follow the instructions of Acyuta, Krsna, and do not take shelter of Balaräma; pramattam—careless, inattentive; asat—which are…
His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaja. There is a famous verse from the 10th canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. This particular verse, which is one of the most often, quoted verses of our spiritual master His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta…
Text: 35 “devarñy-arhatsu vai satsu tatra brahmätmajädiñu räjan yad agra-püjäyäà mataù pätratayäcyutaù” Srimad Bhagavatam 7.14.35 SYNONYMS deva-åñi—among the demigods and great saintly persons, including Närada Muni; arhatsu—the most venerable and worshipable personalities; vai—indeed; satsu—the great devotees; tatra—there (at the…
