Weekly Sanga

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies focusing on Akrūra’s pastimes from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.  

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 38 ke vayaṁ nāma-rūpābhyāṁ yadubhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ bhavato ’darśanaṁ yarhi hṛṣīkāṇām iveśituḥ   TRANSLATION As the name and fame of a particular body is finished with the disappearance of the living spirit, similarly if You do not look upon us, all our fame and activities, along with the Pāṇḍavas...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 37 apy adya nas tvaṁ sva-kṛtehita prabho jihāsasi svit suhṛdo ’nujīvinaḥ yeṣāṁ na cānyad bhavataḥ padāmbujāt parāyaṇaṁ rājasu yojitāṁhasām   TRANSLATION O my Lord, You have executed all duties Yourself. Are you leaving us today, though we are completely dependent on Your mercy and have no one else to...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 36 śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ smaranti nandanti tavehitaṁ janāḥ ta eva paśyanty acireṇa tāvakaṁ bhava-pravāhoparamaṁ padāmbujam   TRANSLATION O Kṛṣṇa, those who continuously hear, chant and repeat Your transcendental activities, or take pleasure in others’ doing so, certainly see Your lotus feet, which alone can stop the repetition of...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 35 bhave ’smin kliśyamānānām avidyā-kāma-karmabhiḥ śravaṇa-smaraṇārhāṇi kariṣyann iti kecana   TRANSLATION And yet others say that You appeared for the sake of rejuvenating the devotional service of hearing, remembering, worshiping and so on in order that the conditioned souls suffering from material pangs might take advantage and gain liberation....

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies including Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata.  

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies and travels.  

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 33 apare vasudevasya devakyāṁ yācito ’bhyagāt ajas tvam asya kṣemāya vadhāya ca sura-dviṣām   TRANSLATION Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devakī prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubtedly You are unborn, yet You take Your birth for their welfare and to kill...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 32 kecid āhur ajaṁ jātaṁ puṇya-ślokasya kīrtaye yadoḥ priyasyānvavāye malayasyeva candanam   TRANSLATION Some say that the Unborn is born for the glorification of pious kings, and others say that He is born to please King Yadu, one of Your dearest devotees. You appear in his family as sandalwood...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 29 na veda kaścid bhagavaṁś cikīrṣitaṁ tavehamānasya nṛṇāṁ viḍambanam na yasya kaścid dayito ’sti karhicid dveṣyaś ca yasmin viṣamā matir nṛṇām   TRANSLATION O Lord, no one can understand Your transcendental pastimes, which appear to be human and so are misleading. You have no specific object of favor, nor...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 29 na veda kaścid bhagavaṁś cikīrṣitaṁ tavehamānasya nṛṇāṁ viḍambanam na yasya kaścid dayito ’sti karhicid dveṣyaś ca yasmin viṣamā matir nṛṇām   TRANSLATION O Lord, no one can understand Your transcendental pastimes, which appear to be human and so are misleading. You have no specific object of favor, nor...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 28 manye tvāṁ kālam īśānam anādi-nidhanaṁ vibhum samaṁ carantaṁ sarvatra bhūtānāṁ yan mithaḥ kaliḥ   TRANSLATION My Lord, I consider Your Lordship to be eternal time, the supreme controller, without beginning and end, the all-pervasive one. In distributing Your mercy, You are equal to everyone. The dissensions between living...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 27   namo ’kiñcana-vittāya nivṛtta-guṇa-vṛttaye ātmārāmāya śāntāya kaivalya-pataye namaḥ   TRANSLATION My obeisances are unto You, who are the property of the materially impoverished. You have nothing to do with the actions and reactions of the material modes of nature. You are self-satisfied, and therefore You are the most...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 26   janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumān naivārhaty abhidhātuṁ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram   TRANSLATION My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 8 Text 21   kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya devakī-nandanāya ca nanda-gopa-kumārāya govindāya namo namaḥ   TRANSLATION Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has become the son of Vasudeva, the pleasure of Devakī, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of Vṛndāvana, and the enlivener of the...