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Dedication Dedicated to the sacred service of Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura who initiated the teachings of Lord Caitanya in the Western World (McGill University, Canada) in 1896, the year of my birth. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

A Note About this Edition Śrīla Prabhupāda completed Teachings of Lord Caitanya in 1967, and his Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (then known as ISKCON Press) published it in 1968. In 1974 the BBT published an extensively revised … Read More

  Prologue by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura This account originally appeared in a short work by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura entitled “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: His Life and Precepts.” (August 20, 1896) Caitanya Mahāprabhu was born in Māyāpur, in … Read More

  Preface There is no difference between the teachings of Lord Caitanya presented here and the teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā. The teachings of Lord Caitanya are practical demonstrations of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s teachings. Lord … Read More

  Lord Caitanya’s Mission Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the science of Kṛṣṇa, a task which His followers have continued to carry out down to the present day. The elaborations and … Read More

  Introduction Originally delivered as five morning lectures on Caitanya-caritāmṛta – the authoritative biography of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī – before the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, New York City, April 10–14, 1967. … Read More

Satakratu, Indra, who performed hundred Asvamedha sacrifices.     #Satakratu   #Shatakratu

सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव । न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवा: ॥ १४ ॥ sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśava na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṁ vidur devā na dānavāḥ Synonyms sarvam — … Read More

यदि ind yadi suppose   यदि indecl. yadi if   यदि indecl. yadi in case   यदि न conj. yadi na unless   यदि परम् indecl. yadi param at any rate   यदि परम् indecl. yadi … Read More

Bg. 13.30 प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वश: । य: पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥ ३० ॥ prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ yaḥ paśyati tathātmānam akartāraṁ sa paśyati Synonyms prakṛtyā — by material nature; eva — certainly; … Read More

Bg. 13.23 उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वर: । परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुष: पर: ॥ २३ ॥ upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ paramātmeti cāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ Synonyms upadraṣṭā — overseer; anumantā — permitter; ca — … Read More

Bg. 13.22 पुरुष: प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् । कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ॥ २२ ॥ puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu Synonyms puruṣaḥ — the living entity; prakṛti–sthaḥ — being situated in the … Read More

    अर्जुन उवाच परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् । पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ॥ १२ ॥ आहुस्त्वामृषय: सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा । असितो देवलो व्यास: स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥ १३ ॥ arjuna uvāca paraṁ … Read More

Bg. 13.13 ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्न‍ुते । अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥ १३ ॥ jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate Synonyms jñeyam — the knowable; yat — which; … Read More

CHAPTER THREE Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart Text 1: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Mahārāja Parīkṣit, as you have inquired from me as to the duty of the intelligent man who is on the threshold … Read More

ŚB 2.2.35 भगवान् सर्वभूतेषु लक्षित: स्वात्मना हरि: । द‍ृश्यैर्बुद्ध्यादिभिर्द्रष्टा लक्षणैरनुमापकै: ॥ ३५ ॥ bhagavān sarva-bhūteṣu lakṣitaḥ svātmanā hariḥ dṛśyair buddhy-ādibhir draṣṭā lakṣaṇair anumāpakaiḥ Synonyms bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; sarva — all; bhūteṣu — in … Read More

ŚB 2.2.30 स भूतसूक्ष्मेन्द्रियसंनिकर्षं मनोमयं देवमयं विकार्यम् । संसाद्य गत्या सह तेन याति विज्ञानतत्त्वं गुणसंनिरोधम् ॥ ३० ॥ sa bhūta-sūkṣmendriya-sannikarṣaṁ manomayaṁ devamayaṁ vikāryam saṁsādya gatyā saha tena yāti vijñāna-tattvaṁ guṇa-sannirodham Synonyms saḥ — he (the devotee); … Read More