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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 9 Text 32   śrī-bhīṣma uvāca iti matir upakalpitā vitṛṣṇā bhagavati sātvata-puṅgave vibhūmni sva-sukham upagate kvacid vihartuṁ prakṛtim upeyuṣi yad-bhava-pravāhaḥ   TRANSLATION Bhīṣmadeva said: Let me now invest my thinking, feeling and willing, which were so long engaged in different subjects and occupational duties, in the all-powerful Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa....

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 9 Text 28   dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣāṁś ca sahopāyān yathā mune nānākhyānetihāseṣu varṇayām āsa tattvavit   TRANSLATION Then he described the occupational duties of different orders and statuses of life, citing instances from history, for he was himself well acquainted with the truth.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 9 Text 27   dāna-dharmān rāja-dharmān mokṣa-dharmān vibhāgaśaḥ strī-dharmān bhagavad-dharmān samāsa-vyāsa-yogataḥ   TRANSLATION He then explained, by divisions, acts of charity, the pragmatic activities of a king and activities for salvation. Then he described the duties of women and devotees, both briefly and extensively.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 9 Text 23   bhaktyāveśya mano yasmin vācā yan-nāma kīrtayan tyajan kalevaraṁ yogī mucyate kāma-karmabhiḥ   TRANSLATION The Personality of Godhead, who appears in the mind of the devotee by attentive devotion and meditation and by chanting of the holy name, releases the devotee from the bondage of fruitive activities...

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 9 Text 19   asyānubhāvaṁ bhagavān veda guhyatamaṁ śivaḥ devarṣir nāradaḥ sākṣād bhagavān kapilo nṛpa   TRANSLATION O King, Lord Śiva, Nārada the sage amongst the demigods, and Kapila, the incarnation of Godhead, all know very confidentially about His glories through direct contact.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues with Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s 1896 novel, Jaiva-Dharma.