arjuna uvācapaśyāmi devāḿs tava deva dehesarvāḿs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-sańghānbrahmāṇam īśaḿ kamalāsana-sthamṛṣīḿś ca sarvān uragāḿś ca divyānArjuna said: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, I see assembled in Your body all the demigods and various other living entitie
The attitude of the disciple should be to satisfy the bona fide spiritual master.Then it will be very easy for him to understand spiritual knowledge.This is confirmed in the Vedas, and Rūpa Gosvāmī will further explainthat for a person who has unflin
taḿ śrīmat-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaḿ vande jagad-gurumyasyānukampayā śvāpimahābdhiḿ santaret sukhamLet me offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master of the entire world, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even a dog can swim
vande gurūn īśa-bhaktānīśam īśāvatārakāntat-prakāśāḿś ca tac-chaktīḥkṛṣṇa-caitanya-saḿjñakamI offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord's incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the pri
vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān īśam īśāvatārakān tat-prakāśāḿś ca tac-chaktīḥ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-saḿjñakam
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord's incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-talesrimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namineI offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine GraceA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is verydear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus fee
Once the child, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, chastised His mother with His soft hand, and His mother pretended to faint. Seeing this, the Lord began to cry.The neighbouring ladies told Him, "Dear child, please bring a coconut from somewhere, and then Your mo
In the Caitanya-bhāgavata this pastime is described as follows: The Lord, with His beautiful eyes, would cry, but He would stop immediately upon hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. When the ladies, understanding the fun of the Lord, discovered that H
FROM JAIVA DHARMA BY SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA.Vijaya: Please make us understand all these offenses by explaining each sloka completely.Babaji: The first sloka describes two offenses. It is a great offense to blaspheme, censure, or disrespect bhakta
There are no hard and fast rules for chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.One can chant anywhere, anytime, in any situation.In fact, the Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya-lila, 20.18) describes that chanting the holy name at any time or place, even during
By constant chanting, then one come to realize Parabrahman (the Supreme Brahman), or the Absolute Truth.Any person, under any circumstances, can reach an elevated state of consciousness by properly hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, and then, by constantly c
Mantra: "man" means "mind" and "tra" means "to deliver".Thus a mantra is a transcendental sound vibration with potency to liberate the mind from material conditioning."Hare" is the vocative case (addressing form) of "Hari". This is another name for K
(1)paramātman vāsudevapradhāna-purūśeśvarasarva-jṇāna-kriya-śakti-dātre tubhyaḿ namo namaḥ(2)hṛt-padma-karṇikā-vāsagopāla puruśottamanārāyaṇa hṛśikeśanamo 'ntaryāmine `stu teTRANSLATION1) O Krsna, O all-pervading Supresoul, O Controller of the unmani
Srimad-arca-stavah.PRAYERS TO THE DEITY FORM OF THE LORD.FROM SRI KRSNA LILA STAVA.(1)pāṣāṇa-dhātu-mṛd-dāru-sikatā-maṇi-lekhajāsādā te prātikṛtir acalā vā calā prabho(2)śālagrāma-śilā cātha yatra kutrāpy avasthitāyādṛśī tādṛśī vāpi bhaktair bhaktyābh
The Krsna Book: Worshiping Govardhana Hill.While engaged with the brāhmaṇas who were too much involved in the performance of Vedic sacrifices, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma also saw that the cowherd men were preparing a similar sacrifice in order to pacify Indr
Krsna Book: The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā.Śukadeva Gosvāmī was very much encouraged when Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked him why the cowherd boys did not discuss the death of Aghāsura until after one year had passed. He explained thus: “My de