Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 63 sārvabhaumo muni-varaṁ sampūjya praśrito ’bravīt nija-ślāghā-bharāj jāta- lajjā-namita-mastakaḥ TRANSLATION The king, that ruler of a vast region, then worshiped the topmost sage and humbly replied, his head bowed down in embarrassment by the weight of hearing his own praise.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 59 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca tato nṛpa-varaṁ draṣṭuṁ tad-deśe nārado vrajan deva-pūjotsavāsaktās TRANSLATION Śrī Parīkṣit said: Nārada then went to the country of that best of kings to see him. Wherever Nārada went he found the people absorbed in festive worship of the Lord.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 53 akṛṣṭa-pacyā sā bhūmir vṛṣṭis tatra yathā-sukham iṣṭāni phala-mūlāni su-labhāny ambarāṇi ca TRANSLATION In that kingdom, the earth yields crops without being tilled, rain falls just enough for people’s comfort, and whatever fruits, vegetables, and clothing one desires are easily to be had.
Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes. In today’s class: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 11 Chapter 5 Text 36 kaliṁ sabhājayanty āryā guṇa jñāḥ sāra-bhāginaḥ yatra saṅkīrtanenaiva sarva-svārtho ’bhilabhyate TRANSLATION Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this Age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of saṅkīrtana....
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 52 deśaś ca deva-viprebhyo rājñā datto vibhajya saḥ nopadravo ’sti tad-deśe ko ’pi śoko ’tha vā bhayam TRANSLATION The king has given his kingdom away to the demigods and brāhmaṇas, dividing it among them. His kingdom is completely free from sorrow, social disruption, and fear.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 44 ahaṁ varākaḥ ko nu syāṁ dātuṁ śaknomi vā kiyat vaibhavaṁ vartate kiṁ me bhagavad-bhajanaṁ kutaḥ TRANSLATION Who am I but a most wretched person? How much charity am I able to give? What opulence do I have? And how have I ever reciprocated with the Lord in devotional service?
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 41 śrī-nārada uvāca bhavān viprendra kṛṣṇasya mahānugraha-bhājanam yasyedṛśaṁ dhanaṁ dravyam audāryaṁ vaibhavaṁ tathā TRANSLATION Śrī Nārada said: O leader of the brāhmaṇas, it is you who have received Lord Kṛṣṇa’s greatest favor. After all, you have such wealth, property, generosity, and personal opulence.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 37 tato ’bhimukham āgatya kṛṣṇasya racitāñjaliḥ tasminn evārpayām āsa sarvaṁ tat-phala-sañcayam TRANSLATION After this, he again went before the Śālagrāma Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa. And with folded hands he offered to the Lord all the pious credit he had earned by the sacrifice.
Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes. In today’s class: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 12 Chapter 3 Text 51 kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet TRANSLATION My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom....
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 28 vicitrotkṛṣṭa-vastūni sa niṣpādya mahā-manāḥ āvaśyakaṁ samāpyādau saṁskṛtya mahatīṁ sthalīm TRANSLATION “Having collected all sorts of valuable items for worship of the Lord, the generous brāhmaṇa then saw to the preliminaries, first by purifying a large area on the ground.”
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Texts 24-25 ekadā tīrtha-mūrdhanye prayāge muni-puṅgavāḥ māghe prātaḥ kṛta-snānāḥ śrī-mādhava-samīpataḥ upaviṣṭā mudāviṣṭā manyamānāḥ kṛtārthatām kṛṣṇasya dayito ’sīti ślāghante sma parasparam TRANSLATION “Once a group of exalted sages were at Prayāga, the best of pilgrimage sites, during the month of Māgha. The sages had taken their bath and were happily seated before the Deity of Śrī Mādhava. Feeling satisfied, as if all their goals in life had been fulfill...
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 19 śrī-jaiminir uvāca uvāca sādaraṁ rājā parīkṣin mātṛ-vatsalaḥ śrutāty-adbhuta-govinda- kathākhyāna-rasotsukaḥ TRANSLATION “Śrī Jaimini said: King Parīkṣit, feeling affection for his mother, answered her respectfully, eager to enjoy recounting the wonderful narrations he had just heard about Lord Govinda.”
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 11 bhagavad-bhakti-śāstrāṇām ayaṁ sārasya saṅgrahaḥ anubhūtasya caitanya- deve tat-priya-rūpataḥ TRANSLATION This book collects the essence of the scriptures teaching devotional service rendered to the Supreme Lord. These essential teachings I have personally realized under the shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I received them from His dear devotee Śrī Rūpa.
Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami continues his Japa and Prayer School classes. In today’s class: 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 Lo...
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 sourc...
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 8 jayati jayati kṛṣṇa-prema-bhaktir yad-aṅghriṁ nikhila-nigama-tattvaṁ gūḍham ājñāya muktiḥ bhajati śaraṇa-kāmā vaiṣṇavais tyajyamānā japa-yajana-tapasyā-nyāsa-niṣṭhāṁ vihāya TRANSLATION All glories, all glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa-prema-bhakti! Knowing that the feet of Prema-bhakti secretly comprise all the truths of the Vedas, Liberation herself has come to worship her. Indeed, Liberation, abandoned by the Vaiṣṇavas, has now given up her dependence on mantras...
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 7 govardhano jayati śaila-kulādhirājo yo gopikābhir udito hari-dāsa-varyaḥ kṛṣṇena śakra-makha-bhaṅga-kṛtārcito yaḥ saptāham asya kara-padma-tale ’py avātsīt TRANSLATION All glories to Govardhana, the emperor of lordly mountains! The Lord’s dear gopīs called him the best servant of Hari, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa disrupted the sacrifice for worship of Indra to worship Govardhana instead, and then the hill resided for a week on the Lord’s lotus palm....
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 i...
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 Murā...
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 bestowin...
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, ...
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....
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...
In today’s sanga , Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.
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....
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.
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.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 4 tā man-manaskā mat-prāṇā mat-arthe tyakta-daihikāḥ mām eva dayitaṁ preṣṭham ātmānaṁ manasā gatāḥ ye tyakta-loka-dharmāś ca mad-arthe tān bibharmy aham TRANSLATION The minds of those gopīs are always absorbed in Me, and their very lives are ever devoted to Me. For My sake they have abandoned everything related to their bodies, renouncing ordinary happiness in this life, as well as religious duties necessary for such happiness in the next life. I alone ...
In today’s sanga , Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives an introductory talk for his bhakti immersion retreat at Shyam Ashram in Cali, Colombia.
The following is a recording of a talk Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave at the home of Gopa Kisora and Jaya Sri Radhe on Saturday, March 11, 2023. This talk includes Dhanurdhara Swami remembering His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami, who recently left his body on March 9, 2023, in Sri Vrindavan-dhama.
