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…
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;…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
