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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.

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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

Kaya, Maya, Naamjapa, Bhakti Mukti - Chant and be happy

                                                            - Veerendra Ekbote

All the conditioned fallen souls or Jivatmas have taken birth in this material world in a particular Kaya

As we are ignorant about the presence of Parmatma in us due to being conditioned by Maya

What keeps the Spirit Soul ignorant from the path of Self-realization in the material world and of performing Bhakti to the Supreme Lord Hari

It is the Spirit Soul’s forgetf

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