Weekly Sanga

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 52   evaṁ bhagavato rūpaṁ subhadraṁ dhyāyato manaḥ nirvṛtyā parayā tūrṇaṁ sampannaṁ na nivartate   TRANSLATION One who meditates in this way, concentrating his mind upon the always auspicious form of the Lord, is very soon freed from all material contamination, and he does not come down from...

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

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 47   śrīvatsāṅkaṁ ghana-śyāmaṁ puruṣaṁ vana-mālinam śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padmair abhivyakta-caturbhujam   TRANSLATION The Lord is further described as having the mark of Śrīvatsa, or the sitting place of the goddess of fortune, and His bodily hue is deep bluish. The Lord is a person, He wears a garland of flowers,...

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

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 43   snātvānusavanaṁ tasmin kālindyāḥ salile śive kṛtvocitāni nivasann ātmanaḥ kalpitāsanaḥ   TRANSLATION Nārada Muni instructed: My dear boy, in the waters of the Yamunā River, which is known as Kālindī, you should take three baths daily because the water is very auspicious, sacred and clear. After bathing,...

In this class, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on the second verse of the Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam at Jagannātha Mandir.   nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ   O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You...

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

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 39   maitreya uvāca ity udāhṛtam ākarṇya bhagavān nāradas tadā prītaḥ pratyāha taṁ bālaṁ sad-vākyam anukampayā   TRANSLATION The sage Maitreya continued: The great personality Nārada Muni, upon hearing the words of Dhruva Mahārāja, became very compassionate toward him, and in order to show him his causeless mercy,...

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

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 36   athāpi me ’vinītasya kṣāttraṁ ghoram upeyuṣaḥ surucyā durvaco-bāṇair na bhinne śrayate hṛdi   TRANSLATION My dear lord, I am very impudent for not accepting your instructions, but this is not my fault. It is due to my having been born in a kṣatriya family. My stepmother,...