#BG 2.59 विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः । रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥ ५९ ॥ viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate viṣayāḥ — objects for sense enjoyment; … Read More
#BG 2.57 यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् । नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ५७ ॥ yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā yaḥ — one who; sarvatra — … Read More
#BG 2.56 दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः । वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थिधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥ ५६ ॥ duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate duḥkheṣu — in the threefold miseries; anudvigna–manāḥ — without being agitated in mind; … Read More
#BG 2.54 अर्जुन उवाच स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव । स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥ arjuna uvāca sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhi-sthasya keśava sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim … Read More
#Nandimukhi Devi has a fair complexion and wears exquisite garments. Her father is Sandipani Muni and her mother is the chaste Sumukhi-devi. Her brother is Madhumangala and her paternal grandmother is Paurnamasi-devi. She wears various … Read More
#Nama cintamani krishnas – Padma Purana nama cintamanih krishnas caitanya-rasa-vigrahah purnah suddho nitya-mukto ‘bhinnatvan nama-naminoh The holy name of Krishna is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Krishna Himself, the reservoir … Read More
“Five Prayers to Lord Narasimha” from Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga, 36-40, by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written five beautiful prayers in “Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga” for receiving the mercy of Lord … Read More
#Adhikara, qualification अधिकार m. adhikAra section अधीकार m. adhIkAra ability अधिकार m. adhikAra official act अधिकार m. adhikAra influence अधिकार m. adhikAra authorization [amer.] अधिकार m. adhikAra authorisation [brit.] … Read More
Acarya — the teacher; (we use this Sanskrit word in the sense of “best source of explanation of knowledge”) Sanskrit root, “a-car”. Car means to go. Therefore one meaning of the word #acarya is “he … Read More
Quoted by Srila Sanatana Gosvami in his Hari-bhakti Vilasa (the standard lawbook for all Gaudiya Vaisnavas) Intro -if one neglects to perform the Kartika Vrata all his pious merits amassed in the passed are burned … Read More
Dust from the lotus feet of pure devotees is conducive to devotional service, while service to the Vaisnavas is itself the supreme perfection and the root of the tender creeper of divine love. (Saranagati) … Read More
The Jiva From Tatastha-Sakti Krishna Dasi (engl) june 18, 2002 – n.1574 My son and I had this conversation Krsna dasi (Not my real name, they might kick my son out of school) Son: Mom … Read More
#SB 1.17.32 त्वां वर्तमानं नरदेवदेहे- ष्वनुप्रवृत्तोऽयमधर्मपूग: । लोभोऽनृतं चौर्यमनार्यमंहो ज्येष्ठा च माया कलहश्च दम्भ: ॥ ३२ ॥ tvāṁ vartamānaṁ nara-deva-deheṣv anupravṛtto ’yam adharma-pūgaḥ lobho ’nṛtaṁ cauryam anāryam aṁho jyeṣṭhā ca māyā kalahaś ca … Read More
#SB 1.17.31 राजोवाच न ते गुडाकेशयशोधराणां बद्धाञ्जलेर्वै भयमस्ति किञ्चित् । न वर्तितव्यं भवता कथञ्चन क्षेत्रे मदीये त्वमधर्मबन्धु: ॥ ३१ ॥ rājovāca na te guḍākeśa-yaśo-dharāṇāṁ baddhāñjaler vai bhayam asti kiñcit na vartitavyaṁ bhavatā kathañcana … Read More
#SB 1.17.30 पतितं पादयोर्वीर: कृपया दीनवत्सल: । शरण्यो नावधीच्छ्लोक्य आह चेदं हसन्निव ॥ ३० ॥ patitaṁ pādayor vīraḥ kṛpayā dīna-vatsalaḥ śaraṇyo nāvadhīc chlokya āha cedaṁ hasann iva patitam — fallen; pādayoḥ — at … Read More
#SB 1.17.28 इति धर्मं महीं चैव सान्त्वयित्वा महारथ: । निशातमाददे खड्गं कलयेऽधर्महेतवे ॥ २८ ॥ iti dharmaṁ mahīṁ caiva sāntvayitvā mahā-rathaḥ niśātam ādade khaḍgaṁ kalaye ’dharma-hetave iti — thus; dharmam — the … Read More
#SB 1.17.26 इयं च भूमिर्भगवता न्यासितोरुभरा सती । श्रीमद्भिस्तत्पदन्यासै: सर्वत: कृतकौतुका ॥ २६ ॥ iyaṁ ca bhūmir bhagavatā nyāsitoru-bharā satī śrīmadbhis tat-pada-nyāsaiḥ sarvataḥ kṛta-kautukā iyam — this; ca — and; bhūmiḥ — surface … Read More
#SB 1.17.25 इदानीं धर्म पादस्ते सत्यं निर्वर्तयेद्यत: । तं जिघृक्षत्यधर्मोऽयमनृतेनैधित: कलि: ॥ २५ ॥ idānīṁ dharma pādas te satyaṁ nirvartayed yataḥ taṁ jighṛkṣaty adharmo ’yam anṛtenaidhitaḥ kaliḥ idānīm — at the present … Read More
