Radhanath Swami explains this material world is a place of happiness and distress. This happiness and distress of the material world are due to duality which is the nature. Happiness is inseparable from distress. Therefore, intelligence, according to Krishna in…
apécya-darçanaà çaçvat sarva-loka-namaskåtam santaà vayasi kaiçore bhåtyänugraha-kätaram (SB 3.28.17) Synonyms apécya-darçanam—very beautiful to see; çaçvat—eternal; sarva-loka—by all the inhabitants of every planet; namaù-kåtam—worshipable; santam—situated; vayasi—in youth; kaiçore—in boyhood; bhåtya—upon His devotee; anugraha—to bestow blessings; kätaram—eager. Translation The Lord…
“yat karoñi yad açnäsi yaj juhoñi dadäsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruñva mad-arpaëam” (Bhagavad-Gita 9.27) SYNONYMS yat—whatever; karoñi—you do; yat—whatever; açnäsi—you eat; yat—whatever; juhoñi—you offer; dadäsi—you give away; yat—whatever; yat—whatever; tapasyasi—austerities you perform; kaunteya—O son of Kunté; tat—that;…
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…
