räjan patir gurur alaà bhavatäà yadünäà daivaà priyaù kula-patiù kva ca kiìkaro vaù astv evam aìga bhagavän bhajatäà mukundo muktià dadäti karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam (SB 5.6.18) Translation : Çukadeva Gosvämé continued: My dear King, the Supreme Person, Mukunda, is…
tejasä te ‘viñahyeëa bhüri drañöuà na çaknumaù hataujasä mahä-bhäga mänanéyo ‘si dehinäm (SB 10.51.34) Synonyms tejasä—because of the effulgence; te—Your; aviñahyeëa—unbearable; bhüri—much; drañöum—to see; na çaknumaù—we are not able; hata—diminished; ojasä—with our faculties; mahä-bhaga—O most opulent one; mänanéyaù—to be…
na bhäraté me ‘ìga måñopalakñyate na vai kvacin me manaso måñä gatiù na me håñékäëi patanty asat-pathe yan me hådautkaëöhyavatä dhåto hariù (SB 2.6.34) Translation : O Närada, because I have caught hold of the lotus feet of the…
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,…
