Weekly Sanga
Krishna Katha with Srila Dhanurdhara Swami
Episodes
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 100
vicāra-jātataḥ svasya
sambhāvya tad-ayogyatām
prarudañ śoka-vegena
mohaṁ prāpyāpataṁ kṣaṇāt
TRANSLATION
From the many thoughts flashing through my mind I concluded I was unfit to go. I cried profusely, and the force of my sorrow made me faint and suddenly fall to the ground.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 93
vasanti ca tapo-loke
prabhuṁ nārāyaṇaṁ vinā
anāthānām iva kṣemaṁ
vahantas tan-nivāsinām
TRANSLATION
They live on Tapoloka, where they give reassurance and security to the residents, who at times feel helpless in the absence of their Lord Nārāyaṇa.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 80
tad-darśana-svabhāvottha-
praharṣākṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ
nājñāsiṣaṁ kim apy antar
bahiś cānyan nija-priyam
TRANSLATION
So attracted was my mind by the spontaneous joy of seeing them that I was aware of nothing but them, internally or externally, not even things most dear to me.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70
abodhayaṁ mano ’nena
maheśenaiva sā khalu
līlā-viśeṣa-vaicitrī
kṛtā mūrti-viśeṣataḥ
TRANSLATION
I told my mind that it is Lord Śiva himself who performs these wonderfully varied pastimes in the special form of Lord Gopāla.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 70
abodhayaṁ mano ’nena
maheśenaiva sā khalu
līlā-viśeṣa-vaicitrī
kṛtā mūrti-viśeṣataḥ
TRANSLATION
I told my mind that it is Lord Śiva himself who performs these wonderfully varied pastimes in the special form of Lord Gopāla.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 62
śrīman-madana-gopālān
nija-prāṇeṣṭa-daivatāt
abhinnaḥ śrī-maheśo ’yam
uta tad-bhāva-vardhanaḥ
TRANSLATION
This Lord Śiva, I realized, is nondifferent from Madana-gopāla, the Deity I worship, the Lord more dear to me than life itself. Lord Śiva serves the cause of love for my Lord by promoting it everywhere.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 61
jñātvā bhagavatā tena
dṛṣṭyādiṣṭasya nandinaḥ
upadeśena śuddhena
svayaṁ me ’sphurad añjasā
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva, reading my thoughts, ordered Nandīśvara with a knowing glance, and through Nandīśvara’s pure guidance the facts easily revealed themselves to me.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 52
paramaṁ vismayaṁ prāpto
harṣaṁ caitad acintayam
ko nv ayaṁ pārivārāḍhyo
bhāti mukti-padopari
TRANSLATION
Feeling the greatest surprise and delight, I thought, “Who is this, accompanied by such an entourage, and appearing from above the abode of liberation?”
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48
vraja-bhūmāv ihāgatya
sādhaye ’haṁ sva-vāñchitam
vimṛśann evam aśrauṣaṁ
gīta-vādyādbhuta-dhvanim
TRANSLATION
I was thinking that if I returned to this Vraja-bhūmi I would fulfill my desires. And then I heard some wonderful singing and music.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 42
ittham ānanda-sandoham
anuvindan nimagna-dhīḥ
ātmārāma ivābhūvaṁ
pūrṇa-kāma ivātha vā
TRANSLATION
The huge treasure of ecstasy I thus obtained inundated my mind. I became like a self-contented sage or like a man whose ambitions have all been fulfilled.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 48
vraja-bhūmāv ihāgatya
sādhaye ’haṁ sva-vāñchitam
vimṛśann evam aśrauṣaṁ
gīta-vādyādbhuta-dhvanim
TRANSLATION
I was thinking that if I returned to this Vraja-bhūmi I would fulfill my desires. And then I heard some wonderful singing and music.
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In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his Govardhan retreat.
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations and kirtans from his Govardhan retreat.
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations and kirtans from his Puri Yatra.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 44
pada-svābhāvikānanda-
taraṅga-kṣobha-vihvale
citte tad-anya-sva-prāpya-
jñānam antardadhāv iva
TRANSLATION
Tossed by the waves of ecstasy intrinsic to that abode, my mind was overwhelmed, as if the awareness of my goal had vanished.
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In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 3 Text 41
bhinnābhinnair mahā-siddhaiḥ
sūkṣmaiḥ sūryam ivāṁśubhiḥ
vṛtaṁ bhaktair ivālokya
kadāpi prīyate manaḥ
TRANSLATION
Sometimes my mind felt special pleasure in beholding Him surrounded by the great perfected beings who were His devotees, at once different and nondifferent from Him. They surrounded Him in subtle spiritual forms, like beams of light around the sun.
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his studies and travels.
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