Difference between Radha and Chandravali
Radharani’s mood is fiery, She doesn’t always accept what Krishna does and She looks like as She is rejecting Him. Sri Radha becomes angry and refuses to see the Lord. Krishna is so much in … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 2.7.
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसम्मूढचेताः । यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् ॥ ७ ॥ kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me śiṣyas te ’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 2.5.
गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके । हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुज्जीय भोगान्रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ॥ ५ ॥ gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyam apīha loke hatvārtha-kāmāṁs tu gurūn ihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhira-pradigdhān Synonyms gurūn — … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.45.
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः । धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥ ४५ ॥ yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṁ śastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣema-taraṁ bhavet Synonyms yadi — even if; mām — me; apratīkāram — without … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.32-35
किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा । येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च ॥ ३२ ॥ त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च । आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ॥ ३३ ॥ मातुलाः … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.30.
न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः । निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ॥ ३० ॥ na ca śaknomy avasthātuṁ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava Synonyms na — nor; ca — … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.29.
वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते । गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ॥ २९ ॥ vepathuś ca śarīre me roma-harṣaś ca jāyate gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate Synonyms vepathuḥ — trembling of the body; ca — … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.25
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् । उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरुनिति ॥ २५ ॥ bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ sarveṣāṁ ca mahī-kṣitām uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūn iti Synonyms bhīṣma — Grandfather Bhīṣma; droṇa — the teacher Droṇa; pramukhataḥ — … Read More
The Great Repositories
Click on the picture The Great Repositories is a department of the Vedic Encyclopedia where you find some of the most important Live Books. This department will keep growing and growing as time passes. … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.20. atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā
अथ व्यवस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः । प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः । हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते ॥ २० ॥ atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapi-dhvajaḥ pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ hṛṣīkeśaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate atha — … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.10.
अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् । पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् ॥ १० ॥ aparyāptaṁ tad asmākaṁ balaṁ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam paryāptaṁ tv idam eteṣāṁ balaṁ bhīmābhirakṣitam Synonyms aparyāptam — immeasurable; tat — that; asmākam — of ours; … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.8.
भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिंजयः । अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च ॥ ८ ॥ bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca kṛpaś ca samitiṁ-jayaḥ aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca saumadattis tathaiva ca Synonyms bhavān — your good self; bhīṣmaḥ — … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.6.
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् । सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः ॥ ६ ॥ yudhāmanyuś ca vikrānta uttamaujāś ca vīryavān saubhadro draupadeyāś ca sarva eva mahā-rathāḥ Synonyms yudhāmanyuḥ — Yudhāmanyu; ca — and; vikrāntaḥ — … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 1.3. paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍu-putrānām
पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् । व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥ ३ ॥ paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍu-putrānām ācārya mahatīṁ camūm vyūḍhāṁ drupada-putreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā paśya — behold; etām — this; pāṇḍu-putrānām — of the … Read More
Bhagavad-gita, The Disciplic Succession
Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ (Bhagavad-gītā 4.2). This Bhagavad-gītā As It Is is received through this disciplic succession: 1. Kṛṣṇa 2. Brahmā 3. Nārada 4. Vyāsa 5. Madhva 6. Padmanābha 7. Nṛhari 8. Mādhava 9. Akṣobhya … Read More
Kuta, meaning
#Kuta कूट n. m. kUTa mountain peak कुतः interr. kutaH from where? कुतः interr. ad kutaH whence? कुतः interr. ad kutaH why? कुतः interr. ad kutaH from what place? कुतस् ind. … Read More
Ramananda Raya
Sri Ramananda Ray was the viceroy of the east and west side of the Godavari River in the empire of Raja Sri Prataparudra. When Mahaprabhu was setting out on his tour of South India, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya … Read More
Revati Devi – Two versions
In those days it was socially acceptable and almost customary for people to marry more than one wife. Sri Krishna was married more than twice. But his brother, Balarama, married only once. He married a most … Read More
