Weekly Sanga

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  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 5 – April 23, 2023

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 5


    jayati jayati vṛndāraṇyam etan murāreḥ
    priya-tamam ati-sādhu-svānta-vaikuṇṭha-vāsāt
    ramayati sa sadā gāḥ pālayan yatra gopīḥ
    svarita-madhura-veṇur vardhayan prema rāse

     

    TRANSLATION

    All glories, all glories to this place where we are living, Lord Murāri’s Vṛndāvana forest! He prefers residing here to residing in Vaikuṇṭha or in the hearts of elevated saints. In Vṛndāvana, while always tending His cows, He gives pleasure to the gopīs, whose love for Him in the mood of the rāsa dance He increases by sweetly playing His flute.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Japa and Prayer School – April 22, 2023

    On the auspicious day of Akṣaya-tṛtīya, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives his introductory class as part of his Japa and Prayer School. He begins this introductory class with Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9.

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9


    jayati jayati nāmānanda-rūpaṁ murārer
    viramita-nija-dharma-dhyāna-pūjādi-yatnam
    katham api sakṛd āttaṁ mukti-daṁ prāṇināṁ yat
    paramam amṛtam ekaṁ jīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇaṁ me

     

    TRANSLATION

    All glories, all glories to the all-ecstatic name of Lord Murāri. It makes one put aside such tasks as meditation, ritual worship, and social duties. If a living being even once takes the Lord’s holy name, the name will grant him liberation. That holy name is the greatest source of eternal pleasure and is my very life and ornament.

    1 hr 7 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 4 – April 19, 2023

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 4


    jayati mathurā-devī śreṣṭhā purīṣu mano-ramā
    parama-dayitā kaṁsārāter jani-sthiti-rañjitā
    durita-haraṇān mukter bhakter api pratipādanāj
    jagati mahitā tat-tat-krīḍā-kathāstu vidūrataḥ

     

    TRANSLATION

    All glories to goddess Mathurā-devī, the best of holy cities! She enchants the mind, she is most dear to the enemy of Kaṁsa, and she is adorned with the Lord’s birthplace. The city of Mathurā is acclaimed throughout the world for dispelling misery and bestowing liberation and devotion, not to mention the various pastimes the Lord has played there.

    54 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 3 – April 16, 2023

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 3


    sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt
    su-madhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpeṇa lobhāt
    jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā
    harir iha yati-veśaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥ

     

    TRANSLATION

    Realizing that the ecstasy of His beloved devotees is even sweeter than His own, out of greed the Lord descended to this world in the form of His own devotee. Dressed as a renunciant, golden in effulgence, He bears the name Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. All glories to that Lord Hari, who has appeared as the son of Mother Śacī!

    1 hr 4 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 2 – April 12, 2023

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 2


    śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti
    gopyo nitānta-bhagavat-priyatā-prasiddhāḥ
    yāsāṁ harau parama-sauhṛda-mādhurīṇāṁ
    nirvaktum īṣad api jātu na ko ’pi śaktaḥ

     

    TRANSLATION

    All glories above all to the gopīs, headed by Śrī Rādhikā, who are famous as the Lord’s dearmost devotees. No one can even begin to properly describe the charm of their supreme affection for Śrī Hari.

    50 min
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 1 – April 9, 2023

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 1


    jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo
    vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko ’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ
    gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād
    anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityam

     

    TRANSLATION

    All glories to that inconceivable Lord who descended to bestow the gift of perfect love for His own lotus feet. He is an ocean filled with many kinds of sweetness, and He always bears the fragrance of fresh youth. In His form as Śrī Caitanya He has realized the last extreme of transcendental experience, the love residing eternally in the gopīs.

    55 min
  • Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 17 – April 2, 2023

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 17


    na hi sad-bhāva-yuktānāṁ
    surāṇām īśa-vismayaḥ
    matto ’satāṁ māna-bhaṅgaḥ
    praśamāyopakalpate

     

    TRANSLATION

    Since the demigods are endowed with the mode of goodness, the false pride of considering oneself the Lord should certainly not affect them. When I break the false prestige of those bereft of goodness, My purpose is to bring them relief.

    56 min
  • Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 14 – March 26, 2023

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 14


    śilā-varṣāti-vātena
    hanyamānam acetanam
    nirīkṣya bhagavān mene
    kupitendra-kṛtaṁ hariḥ

     

    TRANSLATION

    Seeing the inhabitants of His Gokula rendered practically unconscious by the onslaught of hail and blasting wind, the Supreme Lord Hari understood that this was the work of angry Indra.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 7 – March 22, 2023

    Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 7


    ahaṁ cairāvataṁ nāgam
    āruhyānuvraje vrajam
    marud-gaṇair mahā-vegair
    nanda-goṣṭha-jighāṁsayā

     

    TRANSLATION

    I will follow you to Vraja, riding on my elephant Airāvata and taking with me the swift and powerful wind-gods to decimate the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

    57 min

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