Weekly Sanga

Weekly Sanga

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Weekly Sanga episodes

  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 83 – August 27, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 83


    tatrāthāpy avasaṁ teṣāṁ
    prabhāva-bhara-darśanāt
    guru-vāg-gauravād dṛṣṭa-
    phalatvāc cātyajañ japam

    TRANSLATION

    Nonetheless, I stayed there for some time, attracted by the display of great power. Out of respect for my guru’s order, and because I had seen how effective my mantra was, I kept on chanting.

    59 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 74 – August 24, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 74


    śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
    tato ’kārṣam ahaṁ citte
    tatrāho kīdṛśaṁ sukham
    īdṛśāḥ kati vānye syur
    eṣāṁ pūjyaś ca kīdṛśaḥ

    TRANSLATION

    Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: I then wondered, “Indeed, what kind of happiness do they enjoy on Tapoloka? How many more are there like him? And what kind of Lord do they worship?”

    1 hr 9 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 68 – August 20, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67


    vihāya yajña-karmāṇi
    bhaktyotthāya maharṣibhiḥ
    praṇamya dhyāna-niṣṭho ’sau
    yajñeśvara-vad arcitaḥ

    TRANSLATION

    The great sages put aside their sacrificial rituals, stood up with devotion, bowed down to the boy, who was absorbed in meditation, and worshiped him as if he were the Lord of sacrifice Himself.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67 – August 13, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67


    tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
    puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
    pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
    ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥ

    TRANSLATION

    Once, someone arrived from a higher planet. His form surrounded by brilliant light, he was dressed by the directions only. He appeared to be a five- or six-year-old boy.

    0 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67 – August 10, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67


    tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
    puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
    pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
    ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥ

    TRANSLATION

    Once, someone arrived from a higher planet. His form surrounded by brilliant light, he was dressed by the directions only. He appeared to be a five- or six-year-old boy.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 60 – August 3, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 60


    kintu yajña-samāptau syād
    duḥkham antarhite prabhau
    vṛtte yajñāntare cāsya
    prādurbhāvāt punaḥ sukham

    TRANSLATION

    But at the end of each sacrifice, unhappiness would arise when the Lord disappeared; and when the Lord reappeared at the start of another sacrifice, happiness would begin again.

    53 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 58 – July 30, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 58


    tatas tān anumānyāham
    anaṅgī-kṛtya vipratām
    tatrāvasaṁ svato jāta-
    prājāpatya-mahā-sukhaiḥ

    TRANSLATION

    Therefore, while showing respect to the sages, I declined the status of a brāhmaṇa. But I stayed on Maharloka, enjoying the exalted pleasures that automatically appear in the world of the Prajāpatis.

    56 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 56 – July 27, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 56


    śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
    tac chrutvācintayaṁ brahman
    vaiśyatve syāt sukhaṁ mahat
    prabhor eṣāṁ ca viprāṇāṁ
    tad-bhaktānām upāsanāt

    TRANSLATION

    Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Hearing this, O brāhmaṇa, I thought I would be much happier staying a vaiśya, for then I could keep worshiping both the Supreme Lord and those brāhmaṇas, His devotees.

    1 hr 3 min

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