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karṇāmṛta, vidyāpati, śrī-gīta-govinda ihāra śloka-gīte prabhura karāya ānanda The Lord especially liked to hear Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, the poetry of Vidyāpati, and Śrī Gīta-govinda, by Jayadeva Gosvāmī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great pleasure in His heart when His associates chanted verses and s...
Letter to: Hansadutta 70-11-10 Calcutta My Dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated 30th & 31st October, and 7th November, 1970. Yesterday evening Sagar Maharaja arrived well. From your letters, you seem to be a little unhappy so I would like you and Himavati to co...
‘rudra’-rūpa dhari kare jagat saṁhāra sṛṣṭi, sthiti, pralaya haya icchāya yāṅhāra “The Supreme Lord in His form of Rudra [Lord Śiva] brings about the dissolution of this material creation. In other words, only by His will are there creation, maintenance and dissolution of the whole cosmic manifestation. None
Without understanding the intricacies of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and without knowing His uncommon spiritual opulences, the innocent cowherd boys and men of Vṛndāvana began to discuss His wonderful activities, which surpass the activities of all men. One of them said, “My dear friends, considering His...
‘nirgranthāḥ’ hañā ihāṅ ‘api’ — nirdhāraṇe ‘rāmaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca’ yathā viharaye vane “The word ‘nirgranthāḥ’ can be used as an adjective, and ‘api’ can be used in the sense of certainty. For instance, rāmaś ca kṛṣṇaś ca means that both Rāma and Kṛṣṇa enjoy walking in the forest. Because it is said that both Rāma and...
Letter to: Tejiyas 74-10-11 New Delhi My Dear Tejiyas das: Please accept my blessings. One letter from Harikesa has been received regarding getting maintenance money. Gurudasa has all of a sudden left. How will the Vrindaban expenditure be met? Where is the money Gurudasa collected for the Deities? Where is it kept and...
Letter to: Mr. T. S. Orr 75-02-27 Att: Mr. T.S. Orr Vice President Bank of America, L.A. Dear sir: Re: Time fixed deposits for 257,356.09 dollars and 110,000.00 dollars respectively, due to be matured by the first week of March with interest. With reference to the above, I beg to inform you that on maturity of the abov...
Letter to: Rayarama 68-11-07 My Dear Rayarama, Please accept my blessings. I have received a very nice letter from England, sent to Mukunda, by an Indian gentleman named Laksmidasa. If it is possible, maybe you can make an editorial column, with letters to the editor or to our various centers, and use it in that way. I...
Letter to: Madhudvisa 74-10-25 Melbourne My Dear Madhudvisa Swami: Please accept my blessings. In India ghee is required for our temples. I want to now if you can supply 200 lbs. per month in exchange for books. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well wisher, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/bs
duḥkhaṁ sukhaṁ vyatiriktaṁ ca tīvraṁ kālopapannaṁ phalam āvyanakti āliṅgya māyā-racitāntarātmā sva-dehinaṁ saṁsṛti-cakra-kūṭaḥ The materialistic mind covering the living entity’s soul carries it to different species of life. This is called continued material existence. Due to the mind, the living entity suffers or en...
neha yat karma dharmāya na virāgāya kalpate na tīrtha-pada-sevāyai jīvann api mṛto hi saḥ Anyone whose work is not meant to elevate him to religious life, anyone whose religious ritualistic performances do not raise him to renunciation, and anyone situated in renunciation that does not lead him to devotional service ...
smaratāṁ hṛdi vinyasya viddhaṁ daṇḍaka-kaṇṭakaiḥ sva-pāda-pallavaṁ rāma ātma-jyotir agāt tataḥ After completing the sacrifice, Lord Rāmacandra, whose lotus feet were sometimes pierced by thorns when He lived in Daṇḍakāraṇya, placed those lotus feet in the hearts of those who always think of Him. Then He entered His o...
yadā karma-vipākeṣu lokeṣu nirayātmasu virāgo jāyate samyaṅ nyastāgniḥ pravrajet tataḥ If the vānaprastha, understanding that even promotion to Brahmaloka is a miserable situation, develops complete detachment from all possible results of fruitive activities, then he may take the sannyāsa order of life. None
śrī-bhagavān uvāca yāvanto viṣayāḥ preṣṭhās tri-lokyām ajitendriyam na śaknuvanti te sarve pratipūrayituṁ nṛpa The Personality of Godhead said: O my dear King, even the entirety of whatever there may be within the three worlds to satisfy one’s senses cannot satisfy a person whose senses are uncontrolled. The materi...
premāveśe tina dina ācha upavāsa āji mora ghare bhikṣā, cala mora vāsa Advaita Ācārya said, “You have been fasting continuously for three days in Your ecstasy of love for Kṛṣṇa. I therefore invite You to My home, where You may kindly take Your alms. Come with Me to My residence.” None
madhyāhna karite gelā prabhuke lañā tāhā dekhi’ loka āise caudike dhāñā When Lord Nityānanda Prabhu took Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for lunch at noon, everyone came running around Them. None
evaṁ śaptau sva-bhavanāt patantau tau kṛpālubhiḥ proktau punar janmabhir vāṁ tribhir lokāya kalpatām While Jaya and Vijaya, thus cursed by the sages, were falling to the material world, they were addressed as follows by the same sages, who were very kind to them. “O doorkeepers, after three births you will be able to...
choṭa-baḍa-kīrtanīyā — dui haridāsa rāmāi, nandāi rahe govindera pāśa Both Haridāsa senior and Haridāsa junior, who were musicians, as well as Rāmāi and Nandāi, used to stay with Govinda. None
tasmin mahā-bhāgavate mahā-bhāge mahātmani hiraṇyakaśipū rājann akarod agham ātmaje My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu tormented this exalted, fortunate devotee, although Prahlāda was his own son. When a demon like Hiraṇyakaśipu, despite his elevated position due to severe austerities, begins to teas...
pañcama varṣera bālaka kahe siddhāntera sāra śuniyā pāilā ācārya santoṣa apāra When Advaita Ācārya heard this statement from His five-year-old son Acyutānanda, He felt great satisfaction because of his conclusive judgment. commenting on verses 13 through 17, Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives an extensive desc...
Nitāi: "Just as this present springtime indicates the nature of the past springtimes and the future springtimes, similarly, this life of happiness, distress or a mixture of both gives evidence of religious and irreligious activities of past and future lives." [break] Prabhupāda: vartamānaḥ anyayoḥ kālaḥ guṇabhijñāpak...
[laughter] Gurudāsa: Very nice. Prabhupāda: Sometimes they visit = kill them. [laughs] But don't kill my mistake. Gurudāsa: None of our own men. Prabhupāda: Hmm. If you live twenty-five, he'll never come. But we should be careful. Gurudāsa: Yes. Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. [break] Then they will [indistinct]. [break...
piśaṅga-nīvīṁ suśroṇīṁ śyāmāṁ kanaka-mekhalām padbhyāṁ kvaṇadbhyāṁ calantīṁ nūpurair devatām iva The waist and hips of the woman were very beautiful. She was dressed in a yellow sārī with a golden belt. While she walked, her ankle bells rang. She appeared exactly like a denizen of the heavens. This verse expresses ...
Prabhupāda: Neither of you saw this? [break] ...in Delhi? Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Hindi books. Hindi books are selling very well. Prabhupāda: So what to do with this unfinished part? It will never be finished. That is the difficulty. We supplied three lakhs rupees monthly. Still, when I come, it is unfinished. Unfinished. I ...
tāṅra eka śiṣya tāṅra ṭhākurera sevā kare sevā chāḍiyāche, tāre sādhibāra tare One of Yadunandana Ācārya’s disciples had been worshiping the Deity but had left that service. Yadunandana Ācārya wanted Raghunātha dāsa to induce the disciple to take up that service again. None
Letter to: Vamanadeva 70-05-04 St. Louis My Dear Vamanadeva, Please accept my blessings. I hope everything is going on well in your center. As each and every ISKCON Center is my life and soul for preaching this movement, I hope you are doing your best to conduct the regular routine duties of the Temple—chanting regular...
Letter to: All Devotees 68-09-07 ALL GLORIES TO SRI GURU AND GAURANGA MEMO TO ALL DEVOTEES RE: NEW VRINDABAN I have just returned from a two days stay at our newest center New Vrindaban in Moundsville, West Virginia, near Wheeling. This New Vrindaban is under the direction of Sriman Hayagriva and Kīrtanānanda Maharaja ...
śabdaḥ kolāhalo ’thāsīc chiśupāle hate mahān tasyānuyāyino bhūpā dudruvur jīvitaiṣiṇaḥ When Śiśupāla was thus killed, a great roar and howl went up from the crowd. Taking advantage of that disturbance, the few kings who were supporters of Śiśupāla quickly left the assembly out of fear for their lives. The above tra...
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [aside; asks Prabhupāda which text] Prabhupāda: Dehī nityam avadhyo 'yaṁ. Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] dehī nityam avadhyo 'yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata t...
ātmānaṁ ced vijānīyāt paraṁ jñāna-dhutāśayaḥ kim icchan kasya vā hetor dehaṁ puṣṇāti lampaṭaḥ The human form of body is meant for understanding the self and the Supreme Self, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, both of whom are transcendentally situated. If both of them can be understood when one is purified by advan...
Letter to: Dr. R.F. Rao 75-03-13 Dr. R. F. Rao Reader in Chemistry University of Gorakhpur Gorakhpur, U.P., INDIA My dear Dr. Rao, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan 21, 1975 and have noted the contents. I had not received any letter from you until now, Svarupa Damodara das is in o...
rudanto rāsabha-trastā nīḍād udapatan khagāḥ ghoṣe ’raṇye ca paśavaḥ śakṛn-mūtram akurvata Frightened by the braying of the asses, birds flew shrieking from their nests, while cattle in the cowsheds as well as in the woods passed dung and urine. None
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahe, nāce, karaye rodana tāṅra bhāgya dekhi’ ślāghā kare bhakta-gaṇa The boy began to cry and dance, and he chanted, “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” Upon seeing his bodily symptoms and his chanting and dancing, all the devotees praised him for his great spiritual fortune. None
Letter to: Satsvarupa 68-06-16 My Dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter of June 12, 1968. Yes, I am getting some good opportunities to meet here several learned scholars. Last night we had a meeting in the house of Mr. Abdul Rabbi, and there were some University professors a...
sa āvasat puṣkara-nāla-tantūn alabdha-bhogo yad ihāgni-dūtaḥ varṣāṇi sāhasram alakṣito ’ntaḥ sañcintayan brahma-vadhād vimokṣam Always thinking of how he could be relieved from the sinful reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa, King Indra, invisible to everyone, lived in the lake for one thousand years in the subtle fibers ...
guru-śiṣya-nyāye satya śiṣyera parājaya bhāratī kahe, — eho nahe, anya hetu haya Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus posed Himself as a disciple and accepted Brahmānanda Bhāratī as His spiritual master. He then said, “The disciple is certainly defeated in an argument with the spiritual master.” Brahmānanda Bhāratī immedia...
Letter to: Yadunandana 68-04-13 Allston, MA My Dear Yadunandana, Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letter, and I am very happy to learn that you are all coming to N.Y. to meet me on the 17th. We are starting at 9:00 a.m., and will reach there about 4:45 p.m., N.Y. time. Regarding your questions...
kīrtanera dhvanite kājī lukāila ghare tarjana garjana śuni’ nā haya bāhire The loud sound of the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra certainly made the Kazi very much afraid, and he hid himself within his room. Hearing the people thus protesting, murmuring in great anger, the Kazi would not come out of his home. The ...
evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ By chanting the holy name of the Supreme Lord, one comes to the stage of love of Godhead. Then the devotee is fixed in his vow as an eternal servant of the Lord, and he gradually becomes very...
evaṁ vidhāny asya hareḥ sva-māyayā viḍambamānasya nṛ-lokam ātmanaḥ vīryāṇi gītāny ṛṣibhir jagad-guror lokaṁ punānāny aparaṁ vadāmi kim The Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, appeared as a human being, yet He performed many uncommon and wonderful pastimes by His own potency. How can I say more about His activities than what has already...
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas te 'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ [Bg. 2.6] [Prabhupāda co...
Śrutakīrti: [introducing recording] The following morning walk takes place on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, on May 28th, 1975. [break] Prabhupāda: This earthly planet also looks bright like the moon? Śrutakīrti: At night? Prabhupāda: No, when it looks bright? Śrutakīrti: Well, they say from space, when looking at earth,...
Letter to: Jadurani 70-07-31 Boston My Dear Jadurani, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 28th July, 1970. Krsna can expand Himself in various ways with His different wives. You are not only advanced student in painting, but also in Krsna consciousness, so always pray to Krsna ...
Letter to: Mukunda 69-06-10 London My Dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter of June 3, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. Regarding Mataji Syamadevi's temple in Leicester, your version is all right, and I am not very interested to establish a Hindu temple. Perhaps y...
premāra svabhāve bhakta hāse, kānde, gāya unmatta ha-iyā nāce, iti-uti dhāya “ ‘When one actually develops love of Godhead, he naturally sometimes cries, sometimes laughs, sometimes chants and sometimes runs here and there just like a madman. In this connection Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī says that sometimes ...
puṁso ’yaṁ saṁsṛter hetur asantoṣo ’rtha-kāmayoḥ yadṛcchayopapannena santoṣo muktaye smṛtaḥ Material existence causes discontent in regard to fulfilling one’s lusty desires and achieving more and more money. This is the cause for the continuation of material life, which is full of repeated birth and death. But one wh...
Letter to: Jayatirtha, Bhagavan 76-12-10 Dear Jayatirtha and Bhagavan prabhus, Please accept my blessings. I am very satisfied with the work Harikesa Swami is doing there in Germany and Eastern Europe, therefore in order to encourage him and give him facility to rectify the situation in Germany, I have appointed him as...
nijendriya-sukha-hetu kāmera tātparya kṛṣṇa-sukha-tātparya gopī-bhāva-varya “Lusty desires are experienced when one is concerned with his own personal sense gratification. The mood of the gopīs is not like that. Their only desire is to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa. None
Letter to: Upendra 69-05-26 My Dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated 14 May, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. Also I have received your check, and I am so pleased that you are so regular in sending it. Regarding your decision to wait until you are more able ...
Letter to: Gurudasa 70-04-01 My Dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 24th March, 1970. I understand that the Lord Caitanya's Birthday procession was very, very nice and similarly in San Francisco also they took out a procession in the street, and it is understood ...
tabe pradyumna-miśra tāhāṅ rahila vasiyā rāmānanda nibhṛte sei dui-jana lañā While Pradyumna Miśra remained seated there, Rāmānanda Rāya took the two girls to a solitary place. None
yadu-sṛñjaya-kāmboja- kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ kampayanto bhuvaṁ sainyair yayamāna-puraḥ-sarāḥ The massed armies of the Yadus, Sṛñjayas, Kāmbojas, Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas made the earth tremble as they followed Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, the performer of the sacrifice, in procession. None
Letter to: Locana 71-08-17 Berkeley My Dear Locana Das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 12th August, 1971 along with the check for $10.00 as daksina. Thank you very much. Your ideas for toys are nice, but I don't think that is a very sound proposal. You have to engage your time in t...
yathā svayaṁ-vare rājñi matsyaḥ pārthepsayā kṛtaḥ ayaṁ tu bahir ācchanno dṛśyate sa jale param Just as a fish was used as a target in your svayaṁvara ceremony, O Queen, to assure that you would obtain Arjuna as your husband, so a fish was also used in my ceremony. In my case, however, it was concealed on all sides, a...
To Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja MY SPIRITUAL MASTER On the 26th Annual Ceremony of His Disappearance Day He lives forever by his divine instructions and the follower lives with him.
śakuniṁ śambaraṁ dhṛṣṭiṁ bhūtasantāpanaṁ vṛkam kālanābhaṁ mahānābhaṁ hariśmaśrum athotkacam O King, Hiraṇyakaśipu was extremely angry, but since he was a great politician, he knew how to act according to the time and situation. With sweet words he began pacifying his nephews, whose names were Śakuni, Śambara, Dhṛṣṭi,...
śrotraṁ tvag darśanaṁ ghrāṇo jihveti jñāna-śaktayaḥ vāk-pāṇy-upastha-pāyv-aṅghriḥ karmāṇy aṅgobhayaṁ manaḥ Hearing, touch, sight, smell and taste are the five knowledge-acquiring senses, My dear Uddhava, and speech, the hands, the genitals, the anus and the legs constitute the five working senses. The mind belongs to...
yat-tejasā nṛpa-śiro-’ṅghrim ahan makhārtham āryo ’nujas tava gajāyuta-sattva-vīryaḥ tenāhṛtāḥ pramatha-nātha-makhāya bhūpā yan-mocitās tad-anayan balim adhvare te Your respectable younger brother, who possesses the strength of ten thousand elephants, killed, by His grace, Jarāsandha, whose feet were worshiped by man...
kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rase duṅhe parama pradhāna kṛṣṇa-rasa āsvādana kara, laha kṛṣṇa-nāma” “Both of you are expert in understanding the mellows of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service. Therefore you should both continue relishing the taste for such activities and chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.” None
Letter to: Kirtiraja 73-03-05 My Dear Kirtiraja: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of letter and plans for the new building dated the 14th of February. After some delays, I have just arrived here the day before yesterday. I have examined the plans for the building on West 43rd Street just near th...
aśmakād bāliko jajñe yaḥ strībhiḥ parirakṣitaḥ nārī-kavaca ity ukto niḥkṣatre mūlako ’bhavat From Aśmaka, Bālika took birth. Because Bālika was surrounded by women and was therefore saved from the anger of Paraśurāma, he was known as Nārīkavaca [“one who is protected by women”]. When Paraśurāma vanquished all the kṣa...
vedena nāma-rūpāṇi viṣamāṇi sameṣv api dhātuṣūddhava kalpyanta eteṣāṁ svārtha-siddhaye My dear Uddhava, although all material bodies are composed of the same five elements and are thus equal, the Vedic literatures conceive of different names and forms in relation to such bodies so that the living entities may achieve...
Letter to: Jitadusana 76-11-20 Los Angeles My dear Jitadusana, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated Nov. 10, 1976. Devotional service does not depend on material assessment. It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam, "ahaituki apratihata". Devotional service must be without any material ambition and t...
sadṛśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish? Unless one is situated on the transcendental platform of Kṛṣṇa c...
Letter to: Touati Lakhdar 75-11-15 Frankfurt Dear Touati Lakhdar, Please accept my best wishes. I am in due receipt of your letter dated October 21, 1975. I am glad to learn of your interest in Krsna consciousness. You should take up this chanting of Hare Krsna mantra very seriously. The devotees in the Frankfurt templ...
tasyāpi bhagavān eṣa sākṣād brahmamayo hariḥ aṁśāṁśena caturdhāgāt putratvaṁ prārthitaḥ suraiḥ rāma-lakṣmaṇa-bharata- śatrughnā iti saṁjñayā Being prayed for by the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth Himself, directly appeared with His expansion and expansions of the expansion. Their hol...
Indian man: [indistinct] Prabhupāda: Yes, why not? We shall select. Indian man: Īśopaniṣad. Prabhupāda: Whichever you like. Īśopaniṣad? [break] Instruction is = read one or two books thoroughly, but don't show yourself a scholar and simply note down, "I have read this." That's all. This is foolishness. This we don...
śrī-vallabhasena, āra sena śrīkānta śivānanda-sambandhe prabhura bhakta ekānta Śrīvallabha Sena and Śrīkānta Sena were also subbranches of Śivānanda Sena, for they were not only his nephews but also unalloyed devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When Lord Nityānanda Prabhu rebuked Śivānanda Sena on the way to Purī,...
prasādānna pāñā bhaṭṭācāryera ānanda haila snāna, sandhyā, danta-dhāvana yadyapi nā kaila At that time the Bhaṭṭācārya had not even washed his mouth, nor had he taken his bath or finished his morning duties. Nonetheless, he was very pleased to receive the prasādam of Lord Jagannātha. None
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā, [brea [Bg. 7.4] [break] [leads chanting of synonyms] Prabhupāda: [aside:] ...
[leads kīrtana] [prema-dhvani] Gaura-Premanandi. Hari Haribol. [aside:] that's alright... [break] [26:50] evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati [Bg 3.16] [My dear Arjuna, a man who does not follow this prescribed Vedic system of sacrifice certainly leads a life of sin,...
tomā dekhi’ jihvā mora bale ‘kṛṣṇa-nāma’ ‘āmi — baḍa jñānī’ — ei gela abhimāna “Now that I have seen You, my tongue is chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. The false prestige I felt from being a learned scholar is now gone.” None
Letter to: Dr. R. N. Vyasa 70-06-07 Dr. R. N. Vyasa Indore Dear Sriman Vyasaji, Please accept my greetings and blessings of Lord Krishna, I beg to thank you for your kind letter dated 26th May, 1970. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam there is a question asked by Pariksit Maharaja to Sukdeva Goswami on the sinful activities of t...
Letter to: Tamala Krsna, Gurudasa 71-08-23 Delhi My Dear Tamala and Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated 19th and 17th August, 1971 respectively as well as Yamuna's letter dated the 15th August. Regarding Indira Gandhi there is no hope. The high commissioner has informed. So i...
‘sālokyādi’ cāri yadi haya sevā-dvāra tabu kadācit bhakta kare aṅgīkāra “If there is a chance to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a pure devotee sometimes accepts the sālokya, sārūpya, sāmīpya or sārṣṭi forms of liberation, but never sāyujya. None
Letter to: VARIOUS — Unknown Place, Unknown Date Dear Prabhus, The following are letters from His Divine Grace to particular devotees, these are to be considered the last of such letters, from now on all the letters will be answered by the GBC, thus leaving His Divine Grace to translate. Unless there happens to be any ...
saptadaśe — vanapathe mathurā-gamana aṣṭādaśe — vṛndāvana-vihāra-varṇana In the seventeenth chapter I have described the Lord’s journey through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa and His arrival at Mathurā. In the eighteenth chapter there is a description of His tour of the forest of Vṛndāvana. None
Prabhupāda: Jayadeva's, that poetry, that Kṛṣṇa is begging pardon from Rādhārāṇī, that is also very confidential. Dehi pada-pallava... Indian man: Dehi pada-pallavam udaram. Indian man (1): We have recorded songs, thirty-four songs, written by the ancient poets and Jayadeva. Indian man (2): Vaiṣṇavas. Indian man (...
tac chrutvā kupito rājan bhagavān bhagavat-priyaḥ vijighāṁsur mahā-vegaḥ kāliyaṁ samapādravat O King, the greatly powerful Garuḍa, who is very dear to the Supreme Lord, became angry when he heard of this. Desiring to kill Kāliya, he rushed toward the serpent with tremendous speed. Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī explains th...
raghunātha āsi’ kailā caraṇa vandana rāghava-paṇḍita-dvārā kailā nivedana Raghunātha dāsa went there and worshiped Lord Nityānanda’s lotus feet. Through Rāghava Paṇḍita, he submitted his desire. None
lakṣmī kene nā pāila, ihāra ki kāraṇa tapa kari’ kaiche kṛṣṇa pāila śruti-gaṇa “But can you tell Me why the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, could not enter the rāsa dance? The authorities of Vedic knowledge could enter the dance and associate with Kṛṣṇa. None
Letter to: Swami Jara Kumar 74-08-20 Munchi Dear Swami Jara Kumar, Please accept my best wishes, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 10th 1974. In this age the spiritual revolution was recommended by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He demonstrated that the Yuga Dharma for this age is the Sankirtana chantin...
Letter to: Govinda 69-08-17 My Dear Govinda Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 9th, 1969. In the meantime I have sent one tape to Gaurasundara. Perhaps you might have received it, and if it is all right, then I can send you many other tapes, similarly stereoed. Fr...
eta bali’ karena teṅho nāma-saṅkīrtana sei nārī vasi’ kare śrī-nāma-śravaṇa After saying this, Haridāsa Ṭhākura continued to chant the holy name of the Lord. Thus the woman sitting before him began to hear the chanting of the holy name. None
vraja-janārti-han vīra yoṣitāṁ nija-jana-smaya-dhvaṁsana-smita bhaja sakhe bhavat-kiṅkarīḥ sma no jala-ruhānanaṁ cāru darśaya “O Lord, remover of the afflictions of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana! O hero of all women! O Lord who destroy the pride of Your devotees by Your sweet, gentle smile! O friend! We are Your maids...
caidya-pauṇḍraka-śālvānāṁ dantavakrasya durmateḥ śambaro dvividaḥ pīṭho muraḥ pañcajanādayaḥ There are descriptions of the powers and the deaths of the King of Cedi, Pauṇḍraka, Śālva, the foolish Dantavakra, Śambara, Dvivida, Pīṭha, Mura, Pañcajana and other demons, along with a description of how Vārāṇasī was burned...
pātra prakṣālana kari’ khaṇḍa khaṇḍa kaila bahir-vāse bāndhi’ sei ṭhikāri rākhila After this, Mādhavendra Purī washed the pot and broke it into pieces. He then bound all the pieces in his outer cloth and kept them nicely. None
śrī-śuka uvāca sarveṣām api bhūtānāṁ nṛpa svātmaiva vallabhaḥ itare ’patya-vittādyās tad-vallabhatayaiva hi Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, for every created being the dearmost thing is certainly his own self. The dearness of everything else — children, wealth and so on — is due only to the dearness of the self. ...
kṛṣṇa avatari’ karena bhaktira vistāra tabe ta’ sakala lokera ha-ibe nistāra Śrīla Advaita Ācārya Prabhu thought, “If Kṛṣṇa Himself appears in order to distribute the cult of devotional service, then only will liberation be possible for all people.” Just as a condemned person can be relieved by a special favor of t...
gopīnātha paṭṭanāyaka — rāmānanda-bhrātā rājā māritechila, prabhu haila trātā After this, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu saved Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, the younger brother of Rāmānanda Rāya, from being condemned to death by the King. None
bhūyo namaḥ sad-vṛjina-cchide ’satām asambhavāyākhila-sattva-mūrtaye puṁsāṁ punaḥ pāramahaṁsya āśrame vyavasthitānām anumṛgya-dāśuṣe I again offer my respectful obeisances unto the form of complete existence and transcendence, who is the liberator of the pious devotees from all distresses and the destroyer of the fur...
gṛhītārhaṇam āsīnaṁ saṁyataṁ prīṇayan muniḥ smaran bhagavad-ādeśam ity āha ślakṣṇayā girā After receiving the sage’s attention, the King sat down and was silent. Recalling the instructions of the Lord, Kardama then spoke to the King as follows, delighting him with his sweet accents. None
priyavratottānapadoḥ svaseyaṁ duhitā mama anvicchati patiṁ yuktaṁ vayaḥ-śīla-guṇādibhiḥ My daughter is the sister of Priyavrata and Uttānapāda. She is seeking a suitable husband in terms of age, character and good qualities. The grown-up daughter of Svāyambhuva Manu, Devahūti, had good character and was well qualif...
sa hi sarva-surādhyakṣo hy asura-dviḍ guhā-śayaḥ tan-mūlā devatāḥ sarvāḥ seśvarāḥ sa-catur-mukhāḥ ayaṁ vai tad-vadhopāyo yad ṛṣīṇāṁ vihiṁsanam Lord Viṣṇu, the Supersoul within the core of everyone’s heart, is the ultimate enemy of the asuras and is therefore known as asura-dviṭ. He is the leader of all the demigods b...
Letter to: Bhumata 74-01-02 My Dear Bhumata, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 27, 1973. I can understand that you are sometimes experiencing difficulties but that you are very sincerely trying to become Krsna Conscious and that you have a number of persons there who...
tatropajagmur bhuvanaṁ punānā mahānubhāvā munayaḥ sa-śiṣyāḥ prāyeṇa tīrthābhigamāpadeśaiḥ svayaṁ hi tīrthāni punanti santaḥ At that time all the great minds and thinkers, accompanied by their disciples, and sages who could verily sanctify a place of pilgrimage just by their presence, arrived there on the plea of maki...
Letter to: Hayagriva Sriman Hayagriva Das Adhikary ISKCON Temple 318 East 20th Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, and the contents are very much encouraging. So what you ...
tat tatrādyaiva yāsyāmaḥ śakaṭān yuṅkta mā ciram godhanāny agrato yāntu bhavatāṁ yadi rocate Therefore, let us immediately go today. There is no need to wait any further. If you agree to my proposal, let us prepare all the bullock carts and put the cows in front of us, and let us go there. None
Letter to: Jayapataka 69-09-26 My Dear Jayapataka, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 11th, and I have noted the contents. Enclosed please find one photograph of the Radha-Krishna throne, so you may begin constructing it as soon as possible. When the Radha-Krishna De...
te paramparayā prāptās tat-tac-chiṣyair dhṛta-vrataiḥ catur-yugeṣv atha vyastā dvāparādau maharṣibhiḥ In this way, throughout the cycles of four ages, generation after generation of disciples — all firmly fixed in their spiritual vows — have received these Vedas by disciplic succession. At the end of each Dvāpara-yug...