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The word #dharma is certainly complex to explain in a few words, so we will return on it. For now, we translate it as “the rules of fair conduct”. From the Maha-bharata, Adi Parva     … Read More

अपराध m. aparAdha guilt   अपराध m. aparAdha offence   अपराध m. aparAdha crime   अपराधं करोति verb 8 aparAdhaM karoti { kR } offend   एषः भवतः अपराधः न sent. eSaH bhavataH aparAdhaH na It … Read More

Srila Prabhupada writes in the Nectar of Devotion (Chapter 18), “If it is seen that a person has developed a high standard of devotion without having undergone even the regulative principles, it is to be understood … Read More

#BG 2.52     यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति । तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥ ५२ ॥   yadā te moha-kalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣyati tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca   yadā — when; te — … Read More

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Krisa was a friend of Srngi. Since Krsa underwent a lot of sacrifices for the protection of dharma (righteousness) his body became very Krsa (lean) Hence he was called Krsa. It was Krsa, who told Srngi … Read More

  The young sage, son of Samika Rishi, who cursed Pariksit. He was also known as #Gavijata.     The Rishi had a son, born of a cow, named Sringi. He was greatly renowned, exceedingly powerful … Read More

  A muni. He remained with herds of cattle and performed tapas feeding himself on the foam from the mouth of calves drinking their mother’s milk. He was the father of Srngi, who-cursed king Pariksit, who … Read More

#Jaratkaru, meaning Jara, means “waste” Karu means “huge.” The body of this Rishi was huge, but he reduced it by severe penances. O Brahmana, because he thus reduced his body, he was called Jaratkaru. The sister … Read More

Belvan – Darshan and Pastimes | Braj Ras       #Belvan   #baelvana.  #vrindavana

I will surely execute with utmost care those activities favorable to Your pure devotional service. I will feel fondness for those things in this world that are conducive to devotional service, and with my senses, I … Read More

#BG 2.50   बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते । तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥ ५० ॥   buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam   buddhi–yuktaḥ — one who is engaged in devotional … Read More

#BG 2.49     दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय । बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥ ४९ ॥   dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañ-jaya buddhau śaranam anviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ   dūreṇa — discard it at a long … Read More

  A sacred place of Puranic importance situated on the extreme north of Kerala. (1) Origin. There was once on the banks of the river Tungabhadra a village made sacred and prosperous by the brahmins who … Read More

#BG 2.45   त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन । निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् ॥ ४५ ॥   trai-guṇya-viṣayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣema ātmavān   trai–guṇya — pertaining to the three modes of material nature; viṣayāḥ … Read More

#BG 2.44     भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् । व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥ ४४ ॥   bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛta-cetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate   bhoga — to material enjoyment; aiśvarya — and opulence; prasaktānām — for … Read More

#BG 2.41     व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरूनन्दन । बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ॥ ४१ ॥   vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām   vyavasāya–ātmikā — resolute in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; buddhiḥ — intelligence; ekā … Read More

Sesa (Shesha) – Ananta (i) Ananta is the reposing bed of Visnu. It is this Ananta who dislodged Mandara mountain at the time of Ksirabdhi mathana (churning of the ocean of milk) (M.B. fldi Parva, Chapter … Read More

  In Hindu (post-Vedic) tradition, Shesha (IAST: Śeṣa, Devanagari: शेष), also known as Sheshanaga (IAST: Śeṣanāga, Devanagari: शेषनाग) or Adishesha (IAST: Ādi Śeṣa, Devanāgarī: आदिशेष) is the king of all Nagas (serpent deities), one of the … Read More