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TEXT 52

sri-bhagavan uvaca
su-durdarsam idam rupam
drstavan asi yan mama
deva apy asya rupasya
nityam darsana-kanksinah

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; su-durdarsam--very difficult to be seen; idam--this; rupam--form; drstavan asi--as you have seen; yat--which; mama--of Mine; devah--the demigods; api asya--also this; rupasya--form; nityam--eternally; darsana-kanksinah--always aspire to see.

TRANSLATION

The Blessed Lord said: My dear Arjuna, the form which you a

Hare Krsna,

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

श्रीमद् भागवतम (3.28.12-36) में भगवान कपिल ने अपनी माता देवहुति को भक्ति-योग का वर्णन करते समय भक्ति साधना के लिए भगवान के स्वरुप पर ध्यान लगाने की विधि का वर्णन इस प्रकार किया:

भगवान कपिल कहते हैं: मनुष्य को चाहिए कि अधखुली आँखों से नाक के अग्रभाग में ध्यान को केन्द्रित करके भगवान के स्वरुप को इस प्रकार देखे | भगवान का मुख उत्फुल्ल कमल के समान है और लाल लाल ऑंखें कमल के कोश के समान है | उ

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Hare Krsna,

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

भगवान कपिल ने अपनी माता देवहूति के पूछने पर इन्द्रियतृप्ति के बन्धन से मुक्त होने तथा दिव्य साक्षात्कार के लिए भक्तियोग का ऐसा सरल वर्णन किया जिसे एक स्त्री भी भलीभांति समझ सके व भगवद्-धाम वापस जा सके (स्कन्द 3: अध्याय 25-33):

भगवान कपिल कहते हैं: जो योग पद्धति जीवात्मा को भगवान से जोडती है, जो भौतिक जगत में समस्त सुखों तथा दुखों से विरक्ति उत्पन्न करती है वही सर्वोच्च योग पद्धति है (25.13)

TEXT 51

arjuna uvaca
drstvedam manusam rupam
tava saumyam janardana
idanim asmi samvrttah
sa-cetah prakrtim gatah

SYNONYMS

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; drstva--seeing; idam--this; manusam--human being; rupam--form; tava--Your; saumyam--very beautiful; janardana--O chastiser of the enemies; idanim--just now; asmi--I am; samvrttah--settled; sa-cetah--in my consciousness; prakrtim--my own; gatah--I am.

TRANSLATION

When Arjuna thus saw Krsna in His original form, he said: Seeing this humanlike form, so

Lecture on Important and Unimportant by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 09 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 Balaram Jayanti by HH Radha Raman Swami on 10 Aug 2014 at Bhaktivedanta Manor

(His Holiness Radha Raman is a famous for his Vraja parikramas. He is a very good orator and speaks non stop on the pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna. He is very simple and humble. He is brother of His Holiness Radha Govinda Swami.)

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Lecture on The Six Symptoms of Pure Devotion by Sivarama Swami 09 July 2014 at Eger

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. In 1956, during the failed Hungarian revolution, he emigrated with his family to Canada.)

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TEXT 50

sanjaya uvaca
ity arjunam vasudevas tathoktva
svakam rupam darsayam asa bhuyah
asvasayam asa ca bhitam enam
bhutva punah saumya-vapur mahatma

SYNONYMS

sanjayah uvaca--Sanjaya said; iti--thus; arjunam--unto Arjuna; vasudevah--Krsna; tatha--that way; uktva--saying; svakam--His own; rupam--form; darsayam asa--showed; bhuyah--again; asvasayam asa--also convinced him; ca--also; bhitam--fearful; enam--him; bhutva punah--becoming again; saumya-vapuh--beautiful form; maha-atma--the great one.

TRAN

Not many people know about it, but Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Lord Krishna, is celebrated in a big way in a sacred place for the Muslim community in Rajasthan.

A three-day festival is organised at the Dargah of Narhar - also known as Dargah of Sharif Hazrat Hajib Shakarbar - situated near Chirawa in Jhunjhunu district, about 200 km from Jaipur.

"This festival is being organised here for the last 300-400 years and people of all communities come here. A main aim of this celebration is to

Tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahi… If you preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, so many people will chastise you. The government will not allow you to go on the public street, and you’ll not get visa. You’ll be refused to enter. So you have to tolerate all these things. That is humbleness. Taken from a Bg Lecture Oct 29, 1975 Srila Prabhupada.

trinad api sunichena

taror api sahishnuna

amanina manadena

kirtaniyah sada harih

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself

Lecture on How to balance our Lives by Mahadyuti Prabhu on 27 March 2014 at ISKCON Slovenia

(I joined ISKCON in Honolulu, November 1971, when Gaurasundara dasa and Govinda dasi were there. I was a bit obstreperous, so I didn't get initiated by Srila Prabhupada until January 1974 (in San Juan, Puerto Rico) at a time when almost anyone who had been in the temple for six months was automatically initiated)

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Lecture on Remembering Srila Prabhupada by HG Srutakirti Prabhu on 16 Aug 2013

(His Grace Srutakirti Prabhu would travel with Srila Prabhupada to various countries. He noted the details of his travels and thus he is one of the greatest speakers on Srila Prabhupada's pastimes.)

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Lecture on May the Ganga of My Consciousness Flow to the Sea of Krishna by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu

(His Divine Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari appeared in this world in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on 7 November 1947, the tenth day (Dasami) of the most holy month of Kartik according to the Vaisnava calendar.)

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Lecture on The Challenge of Scientism Part 01 by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 06 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 Sri Krishna Janmastami Evening by HH Giriraj Swami at Los Angeles on 17 Aug 2014

(In the year following Srila Prabhupada’s departure in 1977, Giriraj was awarded the renounced order of life and appointed president of ISKCON’s board of trustees in India. In 1982 he was appointed to ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, and he went on to oversee the Society’s activities in Bombay, Mauritius, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.)

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Lecture on Krishnas Childhood Pastimes by HH Bhakti Charu Swami on 28 Jan 2008 at ISKCON Ujjain

(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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(ecstatic kīrtana, prema-dhvanī )

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Madhudviṣa: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta will now deliver a brief message in regarding the Ratha-yātrā festival, following which the members of the press will present their questions to His Divine Grace.

Prabhupāda: My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for your kindly receiving me to serve you. This Ratha-yātrā festival is part of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu said to Kazi : ‘In this Age of Kali, five acts are forbidden: the offering of a horse in sacrifice, the offering of a cow in sacrifice, the acceptance of the order of sannyāsa, the offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and a man’s begetting children in his brother’s wife.’

“Since you Muslims cannot bring killed cows back to life, you are responsible for killing them. Therefore you are going to hell; there is no way for your deliverance. “Cow-killers are conde

TEXT 49

ma te vyatha ma ca vimudha-bhavo
drstva rupam ghoram idrn mamedam
vyapeta-bhih prita-manah punas tvam
tad eva me rupam idam prapasya

SYNONYMS

ma--let it not be; te--unto you; vyatha--trouble; ma--let it not be; ca--also; vimudha-bhavah--bewilderment; drstva--by seeing; rupam--form; ghoram--horrible; idrk--like this; mama--My; idam--as it is; vyapeta-bhih--just become free from all fear; prita-manah--be pleased in mind; punah--again; tvam--you; tat--that; eva--thus; me--My; rupam--form; ida