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Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 149 prathamei paramārtha ki kārya kahiya vyavahāra kahiyāi yāi prabhodhiyā   TRANSLATION “So why should I first speak about the spiritual aspect? Let me first satisfy him by explaining their worldly relationship?”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 130 ei mata prabhu kata-dina sei grāme nirbhaye āchena nija-kīrtana-vidhāne   TRANSLATION In this way the Lord passed a few more days fearlessly enjoying saṅkīrtana pastimes in that village.

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 46 - Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana Nanda Mahārāja returned to Vṛndāvana without Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. He was accompanied only by the cowherd boys and men. It was certainly a very pathetic scene for the gopīs, Mother Yaśodā, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the other residents of Vṛndāvana. Many devotees have tried to make adjustments to Kṛṣṇa’s being away from Vṛndāvana because, according to expert opinion, Kṛṣṇa, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, never goes even a step out of Vṛndāvana. He always remains there. The explanation of expert devotees is that Kṛṣṇa was actually not absent from Vṛndāvana; He came back with Nanda Mahārāja as promised.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 117 āmi yadi balāi se rājāra mukhete tabe se balibe rājā āmāre cāhite   TRANSLATION “The King will say that he wants to see Me only if I inspire him to do so.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 101 yāṅhāra māyāya jiva pāsari’ āpanā baddha hai’ pāiyāche saṁsāra-vāsanā   TRANSLATION The living entities have forgotten who they are. They have become conditioned and have developed material desires simply by the influence of His illusory energy.

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 - The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute Another gopī began to praise the unique position of Govardhana Hill in this way: “How fortunate is this Govardhana Hill, for it is enjoying the association of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, who are accustomed to walking on it. Thus Govardhana is always in touch with the lotus feet of the Lord. And because Govardhana Hill is so obliged to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, it is supplying different kinds of fruits, roots and herbs, as well as very pleasing crystal water from its lakes, in presentation to the Lord. The best presentation offered by Govardhana Hill, however, is newly grown grass for the cows and calves. Govardhana Hill knows how to please the Lord by pleasing His most beloved associates, the cows and the cowherd boys.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 73 sarva-guṇa-hīna yadi caitanya-caraṇe smaraṇa karile yāya vaikuṇṭha-bhuvane   TRANSLATION But if a person who has no good qualities remembers the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya, the he attains the abode of Vaikuṇṭha.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 56 āpanāra rājye se āmāra ājñā rahe tāṅra ājñā śire kari’ sarva-deśe vahe   TRANSLATION “My order is carried out only in my kingdom, but His order is respectfully carried out in all places.”

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 - The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute Another gopī expressed her opinion that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, while tending the cows with the cowherd boys, appeared just like actors going to play on a dramatic stage. Kṛṣṇa was dressed in glowing garments of yellow, Balarāma in blue, and They held new twigs of mango tree, peacock feathers and bunches of flowers in Their hands. Dressed with garlands of lotus flowers, They were sometimes singing very sweetly among Their friends. One gopī told her friends, “How is it Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma are looking so beautiful?” Another gopī said, “My dear friends, we cannot even think of His bamboo flute – what sort of pious activities did it execute so that it is now enjoying the nectar of the lips of Kṛṣṇa, which is actually the property of us gopīs?” Kṛṣṇa sometimes kisses the gopīs; therefore the transcendental nectar of His lips is available only to them. So the gopīs asked, “How is it possible that the flute, which is nothing but a bamboo rod, is always engaged in enjoying the nectar from Kṛṣṇa’s lips? Because the flute is engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord, the mother and the father of the flute must be happy.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 24 kotoyala giyā kahileka rāja-sthane eka nyāsī āsiyache rāmakeli-grame   TRANSLATION The local constable went and informed the King, “A sannyāsi has come to the village of Rāmakeli.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 1 jaya jaya kṛpā-sindhu jaya gauracandra jaya jaya sakala-maṅgala-pada-dvandva   TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra, the ocean of mercy! All glories to His all-auspicious lotus feet!

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami's Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 25, 2021.  

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 - The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute Kṛṣṇa was very expert in playing the flute, and the gopīs were captivated by the sound vibration, which was attractive not only to them but to all living creatures who heard it. One of the gopīs told her friends, “The highest perfection of the eyes is to see Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma entering the forest and playing Their flutes and tending the cows with Their friends.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 534 hena bhāgavata kona duṣkṛti paḍiyā nityānanda nindā kare tattva na jāniyā   TRANSLATION Yet even after reading this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam some sinful people blaspheme Nityānanda, without knowing His glories.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 509 bhāgavata-śāstre se bhaktira tattva kahe teñi bhāgavata-sama kona śāstra nahe   TRANSLATION “Because Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam glorifies devotional service, there is no literature equal to it.”