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Hare Krsna,

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

भगवान ने सर्वप्रथम ब्रह्मा जी को श्रीमद् भागवतम का सार; भगवान से हमारा सम्बन्ध, उस सम्बन्ध में हमारे कार्य तथा जीवन का लक्ष्य, इन 4 श्लोक में (चतु:श्लोकी) प्रदान किया |

भगवान कहते हैं: हे ब्रह्मा! वह मैं ही हूँ जो श्रृष्टि के पूर्व विद्धमान था, जब मेरे अतिरिक्त कुछ भी नहीं था तब इस श्रृष्टि की कारण स्वरूपा भौतिक प्रकृति भी नहीं थी | जिसे तुम अब देख रहे हो वह भी मैं ही हूँ, और प्रलय के बाद

Hare Krsna,

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

अल्प बुद्धि तथा कम आयु वाले आलसी मनुष्य रात को सोने में तथा दिन को व्यर्थ के कार्यो में बिता देते हैं (SB.1.16.9) | जो लोग भौतिकतावादी जीवन के प्रति आसक्त होते हैं और आध्यात्मिक जीवन के प्रति अन्धे बने रहते हैं, अपने कर्मों की क्रिया-प्रतिक्रिया के फलस्वरूप जन्म-मृत्यु के चक्र में बंध जाते हैं (CC.अन्त्य लीला 6.199) | मनुष्य कभी भी कर्म का त्याग नहीं कर सकता क्योकि शरीर निर्वाह के लिए कर्म

TEXT 48

na veda-yajnadhyayanair na danair
na ca kriyabhir na tapobhir ugraih
evam-rupah sakya aham nr-loke
drastum tvad anyena kuru-pravira

SYNONYMS

na--never; veda--Vedic study; yajna--sacrifice; adhyayanaih--study; na danaih--by charity; na--never; ca--also; kriyabhih--by pious activities; na tapobhih--by serious penances; ugraih--severe; evam--thus; rupah--form; sakyah--can be seen; aham--I; nr-loke--in this material world; drastum--to see; tvat--you; anyena--by another; kuru-pravira--O best am

Once Krishna was happily playing in his home. Just then, he heard at a distance, a fruit seller’s voice. She was trying to sell her fruits. She called, “Juicy fruits, buy juicy fruits.” Little Krishna’s mouth started watering at the thought of those nice juicy fruits. He looked around in the house to see what he could find in exchange. He had seen His parents bartering grains for other goods.  He grabbed a handful of grains from the house and ran towards the fruit seller. His tiny hands could ho

After tying Krishna With Mortar (Ukhal) Yashoda set about doing some household job. Krishna sat down on his knees and caused the mortar to tumble down so that it could roll when drawn. Now he began to crawl on his knees towards the twin trees standing in front of the house.The twin trees were, in fact, the two sons of Kubera--the god of wealth. Their names were Nalkuber and Manigreev. It was because of a curse that they had been turned to trees. The story goes that once these two brothers, after

Hare Krsna,

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

श्रीमद् भागवतम में शुकदेव गोस्वामी कहते हैं: “सत्ययुग में बिष्णु का ध्यान करने से, त्रेता युग में यज्ञ करने से तथा द्वापर युग में भगवान के चरणकमलों की सेवा करने से जो फल प्राप्त होता है, वही कलियुग में हरे कृष्ण महामंत्र के कीर्तन द्वारा ही प्राप्त किया जा सकता है” (SB.12.3.52) | कलियुग में यज्ञ करना संभव नही है इसीलिए शास्त्रों में कहा गया है “कलियुग में बुद्धिमान लोग भगवान के पवित्र नाम

TEXT 47

sri-bhagavan uvaca
maya prasannena tavarjunedam
rupam param darsitam atma-yogat
tejo-mayam visvam anantam adyam
yan me tvad anyena na drsta-purvam

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; maya--by Me; prasannena--happily; tava--unto you; arjuna--O Arjuna; idam--this; rupam--form; param--transcendental; darsitam--shown; atma-yogat--by My internal potency; tejah-mayam--full of effulgence; visvam--the entire universe; anantam--unlimited; adyam--original; yat me--t

Prabhupada: No. Yes, it is not possible. But you can do everything by becoming Krsna conscious. That is the advantage of Krsna consciousness. Krsna says, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami [Bg. 18.66]. You cannot get out of sinful action, but Krsna can do it. Therefore He says, "I'll get you released." You cannot get released; therefore He says, "I'll do that."

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna,

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

ज्ञान का अर्थ है श्री कृष्ण को जानना | गीता (15.15) में श्रीकृष्ण का वचन है- “वेदों का वास्तविक प्रयोजन मुझे जान लेना है” |  ज्ञान का अर्थ आत्मा, भौतिक पदार्थ व इनके नियामक तथा उनके अंतर को जान लेना है | शरीर भौतिक पदार्थ है, यह स्थूल शरीर (जल, पृथ्वी, अग्नि, आकाश व  वायु) तथा  सूक्ष्म शरीर ( मन, बुद्धि व् अहंकार) से मिल कर बना हें | और शाश्वत आत्मा (आध्यात्मिक शरीर), श्रीकृष्ण का नित्य अ

TEXT 46

kiritinam gadinam cakra-hastam
icchami tvam drastum aham tathaiva
tenaiva rupena catur-bhujena
sahasra-baho bhava visva-murte

SYNONYMS

kiritinam--with helmet; gadinam--with club; cakra-hastam--disc in hand; icchami--I wish; tvam--You; drastum--to see; aham--I; tatha eva--in that position; tena eva--by that; rupena--with form; catuh-bhujena--four-handed; sahasra-baho--O thousand-handed one; bhava--just become; visva-murte--O universal form.

TRANSLATION

O universal Lord, I wish to see You in

The process of taking shelter is described in the Vaiṣṇava-tantra—
ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ prātikūlya-vivarjanam

rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso goptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathā

ātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇye ṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ

Translation: Accepting that which is favorable, rejecting the unfavorable, believing that Krishna will save me, accepting Krishna as one’s maintainer, self-surrender and humility are the six types of sharanagati.

Bhaktivinode Thakur—
bhakti anukūla jāhā tāhāi svīkāra
bhakti pratikūla saba kari parihāra

In Mukunda-mālā (43)—
kṛṣṇo rakṣati no jagat-traya-guruḥ kṛṣṇo hi viśvambharaḥ
kṛṣṇād eva samutthitaṁ jagad idaṁ kṛṣṇe layaṁ gacchati

kṛṣṇe tiṣṭhati viśvam etad akhilaṁ kṛṣṇasya dāsā vayaṁ
kṛṣṇenākhila-sad-gatir vitaritā kṛṣṇāya tasmai namaḥ

Translation: Krishna protects us. Krishna is the spiritual master of the three worlds. Krishna is the sustainer of the universe. The entire creation arose from Krishna and is wound up in Him at the time of dissolution. The entire universe is situated within Krish

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On Sunday, August 17, 2014, ISKCON Baroda organized a grand observance of the annual festival of Sri Krishna Janmastami. On this day Lord Krishna advented himself five thousand years ago at Mathura, in North India.

Estimates of the huge numbers of local residents who came to have “darshan” -- to see - the Deities of

TEXT 45

adrsta-purvam hrsito 'smi drstva
bhayena ca pravyathitam mano me
tad eva me darsaya deva rupam
prasida devesa jagan-nivasa

SYNONYMS

adrsta-purvam--never seen before; hrsitah--gladdened; asmi--I am; drstva--by seeing; bhayena--out of fear; ca--also; pravyathitam--perturbed; manah--mind; me--my; tat--therefore; eva--certainly; me--unto me; darsaya--show; deva--O Lord; rupam--the form; prasida--just be gracious; deva-isa--O Lord of lords; jagat-nivasa--the refuge of the universe.

TRANSLATION

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English Annada Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music

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English Narration: Madanmanjiri Devi Dasi
Recording, Editing, Music mixing : Madhava Das (BVKS) at Gopal's Studio (ISKCON Desire Tree)

Lecture on Dirty Things in the Mind by Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 05 Aug 2014 at Lika

(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 The God who conceals his divinity so that love can reign supreme by Chaitanya Charan Prabhu on Aug 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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