Weekly Sanga

In honor of Nityānanda Trayodaśī, the appearance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Dhanurdhara Swami reads from the Caitanya-bhāgavata. Caitanya-bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa Chapter 13 Text 70 nityānanda-tattva haridāsa bhala jāne pāila uddhāra dui—jānilena mane   TRANSLATION Haridāsa knew well the glories of Nityānanda Prabhu. Therefore he could understand that the two were already delivered.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 50 hena mate prabhu tattva kahite kahite uttarilā āsi’ āṭisārā-nagarete   TRANSLATION As the Lord revealed the truth in this way, they came to the village of Āṭisārā.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Texts 28-33 dadarśa kṛṣṇaṁ rāmaṁ ca vraje go-dohanaṁ gatau pīta-nīlāmbara-dharau śarad-amburahekṣaṇau kiśorau śyāmala-śvetau śrī-niketau bṛhad-bhujau su-mukhau sundara-varau bala-dvirada-vikramau dhvaja-vajrāṅkuśāmbhojaiś cihnitair aṅghribhir vrajam śobhayantau mahātmānau sānukrośa-smitekṣaṇau udāra-rucira-krīḍau sragviṇau vana-mālinau puṇya-gandhānuliptāṅgau snātau viraja-vāsasau pradhāna-puruṣāv ādyau jagad-dhetū jagat-patī avatīrṇau jagaty-arthe svāṁśena bala-keśavau diśo vitimirā rājan kurvāṇau prabhayā svayā yathā mārakataḥ śailo raupyaś ca kanakācitau   TRANSLATION Akrūra then saw Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the village of Vraja, going to milk the cows. Kṛṣṇa wore yellow garments, Balarāma blue, and Their eyes resembled autumnal lotuses. One of those two mighty-armed youths, the shelters of the goddess of fortune, had a dark-blue complexion, and the other’s was white. With Their fine-featured faces They were the most beautiful of all persons. As They walked with the gait of young elephants, glancing about with compassionate smiles, Those two exalted personalities beautified the cow pasture with the impressions of Their feet, which bore the marks of the flag, lightning bolt, elephant goad and lotus. The two Lords, whose pastimes are most magnanimous and attractive, were ornamented with jeweled necklaces and flower garlands, anointed with auspicious, fragrant substances, freshly bathed, and dressed in spotless raiment. They were the primeval Supreme Personalities, the masters and original causes of the universes, who had for the welfare of the earth now descended in Their distinct forms of Keśava and Balarāma. O King Parīkṣit, They resembled two gold-bedecked mountains, one of emerald and the other of silver, as with Their effulgence They dispelled the sky’s darkness in all directions.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 17 yata vighna āche sarva kiṅkara tomāra tomāre karite vughna sakti āche kāra   TRANSLATION “All obstacles are Your servants. Therefore who has the power to place obstacles before You?”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 2 Text 1 jaya jaya gauracandra jaya sarva-prāṇa jaya duṣṭa-bhayaṅkara jata śiṣta-trāṇa   TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra! All glorires to the life and soul of all! All glories to You, the personification of fear for the miscreants! All glories to the deliverer of the devotees.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 27 dehaṁ-bhṛtām iyān artho hitvā dambhaṁ bhiyaṁ śucam sandeśād yo harer liṅga- darśana-śravaṇādibhiḥ   TRANSLATION The very goal of life for all embodied beings is this ecstasy, which Akrūra experienced when, upon receiving Kaṁsa’s order, he put aside all pride, fear and lamentation and absorbed himself in seeing, hearing and describing the things that reminded him of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 283 vṛndāvana-madhye yena gopa-gaṇa-saṅge rāma-kṛṣṇa bhojana karena sei raṅge   TRANSLATION It appeared as though Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were joyfully taking lunch in Vṛndāvana in the midst of Their cowherd boy friends.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 274 pūrna-manoratha hailena bhakta-gaṇa yateka pūrvera duḥkha haila khaṇḍana   TRANSLATION The devotees became fully satisfied, and their previous distress was mitigated.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Text 21 labdhvāṅga-saṅgam praṇatam kṛtāñjaliṁ māṁ vakṣyate ’krūra tatety uruśravāḥ tadā vayaṁ janma-bhṛto mahīyasā naivādṛto yo dhig amuṣya janma tat   TRANSLATION Having been embraced by the all-famous Lord Kṛṣṇa, I will humbly stand before Him with bowed head and joined palms, and He will address me, “My dear Akrūra.” At that very moment my life’s purpose will be fulfilled. Indeed, the life of anyone whom the Supreme Personality fails to recognize is simply pitiable.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 1 Text 249 kathokṣaṇe mahāprabhu śrī-gaurāṅga-sundara svānubhāve vaise viṣṇu khaṭṭāra upara   TRANSLATION After a while Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu sat on the throne of Viṣṇu in His own ecstasy.