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7th August, 2014. Gurugaon.

Q: What are different debts a person owes to demigods, sages, forefathers, living entities, etc. ?

Ans: Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport of verse Cc madhya 22.140 ‘After birth, every man is indebted in so many ways.

He is indebted to the demigods for their supplying necessities like air, light and water.

When one takes advantage of the Vedic literatures, one becomes indebted to great sages like Vyāsadeva, Nārada, Devala and Asita.

When one takes birth in

Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

पुराने समय में, आपमें से कुछ लोगों ने महान अभिनेता राजकपूर की एक मूवी “जिस देश में गंगा बहती है” देखी होगी | यह मूवी चम्बल के बीहड़ों में डाकुओं के जीवन पर आधारित थी | इस मूवी का नायक जो एक सीधा सादा ईमानदार व्यक्ति होता है, इन डाकुओं को समाज की मुख्य धारा में लौटाने की कोशिश करता रहता है और अन्त में सफल भी हो जाता है | उस मूवी का एक गीत “आ अब लौट चलें” भी शायद सुना होगा | यह कहानी और इस ल

HareKrsna..... Dandavat Pranam

Humbly Request to All

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or any Hindus

TEXT 39

vayur yamo 'gnir varunah sasankah
prajapatis tvam prapitamahas ca
namo namas te 'stu sahasra-krtvah
punas ca bhuyo 'pi namo namas te

SYNONYMS

vayuh--air; yamah--controller; agnih--fire; varunah--water; sasa-ankah--moon; prajapatih--Brahma; tvam--You; prapitamahah--grandfather; ca--also; namah--offering respects; namah te--again my respects unto You; astu--are being; sahasra-krtvah--a thousand times; punah ca--and again; bhuyah--again; api--also; namah--offer my respects; namah te--offering

Śrī Naṛasimhāshṭakam

(1) Thy fangs’ sharp flash & sparking breath set all our hearts ablaze,

Chimeric God in shimm’ring mane of gold with crimson highlight.

Like blue in golden flame is Vishṇu’s shade in lion’s face,

Appearing in the night-blue day-gold mingled hues of twilight.

(2) Within Thy burnished mane Thine eyes are red coals in a brazier

That burn away our mental imperfections, soul’s Protector!

Fierce Savior, cut our hearts free from its knots with claws’ keen razor!

Shake out Thy bright blon

Śrī Vasudevāshṭakam

(1) So comfortably attired in Thy saffron robes of silk;

So tired from Thy constant work as cosmos’s Upkeeper;

Supine upon Thy serpent couch across the sea of milk…

O Vasudeva, waken in my heart, Thou sacred Sleeper!

(2)   Thou danced on Kāliya’s snake heads & with each pretty Gopi,

And claimed the three worlds with Thy strides, the universe’s Leaper,

So why so still within my heart, just dreaming, drooping dopey?

O Vasudeva, waken in my heart, Thou sacred Sleeper!

(3)   Oh how to

Śrī Hari Vilāpa Chaturdasha-stōtram

Holy Sonnet:

Complaint to our Lord Hari

Our Hari, in my heart’s no charity—

It’s rife with vice & vile conceit,

And, miserly of love, doth cheat

Thee, Lord, in sin’s error’s insincerity.

When will my mind fix on Thy lotus feet

Where’s pinned our Lady of Prosperity,

And, meditating in austerity,

Not fidget, fickle in its yoga seat?

Pray whirl in me Thy dazzling discus blade

To turn my stuck heart chakra’s cog so rusted!

Please wash with lotus dew my mind bedusted!

May on Th

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Dear Devotees,
Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

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Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 01 Text 36 The Quality of Forgiveness by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 24 July 2014 at Dobromysh

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagvatam Canto 04 Chapter 22 Text 22 Increasing Attachment to Supreme Lord by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami on 2014 at Lithuania

(Bhakti Caitanya Swami is mostly engaged in traveling and spreading Krsna consciousness in an authoritative and accessible way. His permanent base is Durban, where his gentle and saintly presence provides stability.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Text 64-65 Glories of Raghunandan Thakur and Vamsidas Babaji Maharaj by Vishwarup Prabhu on 31 July 2014

(Introduced to the movement of ISKCON in 1983 during medical college days. Started chanting 16 rounds in 1984. Acquired MBBS degree in 1985. Received first initiation in 1986 and Brahmin initiation in 1987.)

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TEXT 38

tvam adi-devah purusah puranas
tvam asya visvasya param nidhanam
vettasi vedyam ca param ca dhama
tvaya tatam visvam ananta-rupa

SYNONYMS

tvam--You; adi-devah--the original Supreme God; purusah--personality; puranah--old; tvam--You; asya--this; visvasya--universe; param--transcendental; nidhanam--refuge; vetta--knower; asi--You are; vedyam ca--and the knowable; param ca--and transcendental; dhama--refuge; tvaya--by You; tatam--pervaded; visvam--universe; ananta-rupa--unlimited form.

TRANSL

Prabhupada: Samsara-dava. You are singing daily. Samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam **. One who can deliver from this entanglement of material, miserable condition of life, he is guru. That is the first definition of guru. Samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam, praptasya kalyana -- one who has obtained this qualification -- vande guroh sri caranara..., he is guru **.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Lecture on Balaram Jayanti by Vedavyasapriya Swami on 24 Aug 2010 at Canberra

(His Holiness Vedavyasapriya Swami Maharaja, born in an Audichya Sahasra Brahmana family on 1st August 1944 in the town of Kadod, Gujarat, India, on Sravan Sud Dwadashi, also celebrated as Pavitra Dwadashi, that follows Pavitraropana Ekadashi.)

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Lecture on Balaram Jayanti by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 21 Aug 2013 at Radhadesh

(Bhakti Charu Swami is from a Bengali family and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He met with Srila Prabhupada at the end of 1976 after a long and intense search for a spiritual teacher. This initial meeting resulted in Bhakti Charu Swami being assigned to translate the books of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust into the Bengali language.)

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Lecture on The Pure Intention bestows the Perfect Destination by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on July 2014

(His Grace Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a monk and spiritual teacher in the time honored tradition of bhakti yoga. He is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement.)

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Lecture on Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhya Lila 14-01-05 by HG Vaisesika Prabhu on 02 Aug 2014 at Los Angeles

(For thirty-six years Vaisesika Prabhu has been traveling, lecturing, counseling and inspiring devotees and other serious aspirants of spiritual life throughout the world.)

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TEXT 37

kasmac ca te na nameran mahatman
gariyase brahmano 'py adi-kartre
ananta devesa jagan-nivasa
tvam aksaram sad-asat tat param yat

SYNONYMS

kasmat--why; ca--also; te--unto You; na--not; nameran--offer proper obeisances; maha-atman--O great one; gariyase--You are better than; brahmanah--Brahma; api--although; adi-kartre--the supreme creator; ananta--unlimited; deva-isa--God of the gods; jagat-nivasa--O refuge of the universe; tvam--You are; aksaram--imperishable; sat-asat--cause and effect; t

Real knowledge is expounded in Bhagavad-gita: “Just become Krishna conscious. Just worship Krishna and become a devotee of Krishna.” Srimad Bhagavatam 3.24.18, Srila Prabhupada

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada