“räga-dveña-vimuktais tu viñayän indriyaiç caran ätma-vaçyair vidheyätmä prasädam adhigacchati” Bhagavad-Gita 2.64 SYNONYMS räga—attachment; dveña—and detachment; vimuktaiù—by one who has become free from; tu—but; viñayän—sense objects; indriyaiù—by the senses; caran—acting upon; ätma-vaçyaiù—under one’s control; vidheya-ätmä—one who follows regulated freedom; prasädam—the…
TEXT 41 “saumyänuçoce tam adhaù-patantaà bhrätre paretäya vidudruhe yaù niryäpito yena suhåt sva-puryä ahaà sva-puträn samanuvratena” Srimad Bhagavatam 3.1.41 Synonyms : saumya—O gentle one; anuçoce—I lament; tam—him; adhaù-patantam—gliding down; bhrätre—on his brother’s; paretäya—death; vidudruhe—revolted against; yaù—one who; niryäpitaù—driven out;…
In Vedanta Sutra there is a famous – “anandamyo vyasat”. This sloka explains the constitutional position of every living being. Everyone is looking for pleasure. The soul and its natural condition is Sachidananda, eternal, full of knowledge, and full of…
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…
Narayanam Namaskrityam …. Naam Naam Akaribahuda Nijasarva saktish … Translation : O my Lord your Holy Name alone can render all benedictions to human beings and thus you have hundreds and millions of names like Krsna and Govinda. In these…
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…
Questions & Answers session. QD: About the mind and control of mind, to reach the soul, and so how it works? AM: Okay. I’ll explain according to the shastra. “golokera prema-dhana, hari-näma-saìkértana”. That means the holy name has descended from…
The second chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam describes the conversation between Srila Suta Goswami and the sages of Naimisaranya were headed by the great Saunak Rsi. It is entitled Divinity and Divine Service. And the very essence of Bhagavad philosophy is…
