TEXT 16

kim karma kim akarmeti
kavayo 'py atra mohitah
tat te karma pravaksyami
yaj jnatva moksyase 'subhat

SYNONYMS

kim--what is; karma--action; kim--what is; akarma--inaction; iti--thus; kavayah--the intelligent; api--also; atra--in this matter; mohitah--bewildered; tat--that; te--unto you; karma--work; pravaksyami--I shall explain; yat--which; jnatva--knowing; moksyase--be liberated; asubhat--from ill fortune.

TRANSLATION

Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what

So that is our real business. This requires little intelligence, that "We are eternal. Why we are put into this process of taking birth and death?" Krsna also says, "This is the real misery of life -- janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam [Bg. 13.9]." They are trying, the so-called scientists, trying to increase... If the scientists sees that a man was to die immediately -- now he has lived one hour more -- he thinks that his science is successful. That is their foolishness. If you live

कहा जाता है कि "भज गोविन्दं स्त्रोत्र" के रचना की प्रेरणा, एक व्यक्ति के कई सारे प्रश्नों को सुनने के बाद, श्री शंकराचार्य को मिली। इस पाँचवें श्लोक की प्रेरणा उस व्यक्ति के कुछ इस प्रकार से प्रश्न करने पर कि, "आपके अनुसार संसार में दुःख-ही-दुःख है, किन्तु सभी वस्तुओं को कष्टदायक बताकर - इस शरीर को व्याधि-मन्दिर बताकर - आप मेरे जीवन के सुख को क्यों नष्ट करते है? मेरे स्वजनों को हीं लीजिए। वे मुझ पर कितना सारा प्रेम जताते हैं। इससे मुझे कितना आनन्द मिलता है। क्या यह सब मुझे सुखी करने के लिए काफ़ी

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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TEXT 15

evam jnatva krtam karma
purvair api mumuksubhih
kuru karmaiva tasmat tvam
purvaih purvataram krtam

SYNONYMS

evam--thus; jnatva--knowing well; krtam--performed; karma--work; purvaih--by past authorities; api--although; mumuksubhih--who attained liberation; kuru--just perform; karma--prescribed duty; eva--certainly; tasmat--therefore; tvam--you; purvaih--by the predecessors; purva-taram--ancient predecessors; krtam--as performed.

TRANSLATION

All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with

The same thing happened to Brahma. Because he had to create this whole universe -- so many planets, so many demigods, so many human societies, so many, so many... There is no limit. He is the creator of everything. He's called, therefore, "great-grandfather," prapitamaha [Bg. 11.39]. No, pitamaha. Prapitamaha is Krsna, great-grandfather, because He instructed Brahma. So the same thing: He can instruct you also. What is that instruction? Yena mam upayanti te. The instruction means how you can go

मूल:
नलिनीदलगतसलिलं तरलं, तद्वज्जीवितमतिशयचपलम्।
विद्धि व्याध्यभिमानग्रस्तं, लोकं शोकहतं च समस्तम्॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं मूढ़मते।

हिन्दी:
जीवन यह अत्यन्त चपल है, नलिनी-दल-जल-तुल्य तरल है।
दुःख-व्याधि-अभिमान-संकुलित, शोक-निहत यह लोक सकल है॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं गोविन्दं भज मूढ़मते।

पहले पांडित्य-मोह, फ़िर वित्त-मोह, उसके बाद स्त्री-मोह - इन तीनों का खण्डन करके इस चौथे श्लोक में श्री शंकराचार्य बताते हैं कि मनुष्य का सांसारिक जीवन किस प्रकार होता है।

वह कहते हैं कि मनुष्य का जीवन उसी प्रकार

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I was distributing on one of the longest shopping streets known to me in Europe, in Stockholm. This time of the year many tourists are expected. I'd hoped to meet some Germans as I drove through Stockholm with a little stock of German books, but it seems that they all vanished from Stockholm.

Nevertheless, after just a few minutes, I met a girl who was obviously enchanted by Indian culture. She was carrying a hare-nama chaddar and had Sanskrit prints on her hands. She wasn't at all the hippie t

TEXT 14

na mam karmani limpanti
na me karma-phale sprha
iti mam yo 'bhijanati
karmabhir na sa badhyate

SYNONYMS

na--never; mam--unto Me; karmani--all kinds of work; limpanti--do affect; na--nor; me--My; karma-phale--in fruitive action; sprha--aspiration; iti--thus; mam--unto Me; yah--one who; abhijanati--does know; karmabhih--by the reaction of such work; na--never does; sah--he; badhyate--becomes entangled.

TRANSLATION

There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One

So this whole material creation is like that. The creator of this universe, Krsna, He says, duhkhalayam asasvatam: [Bg. 8.15] "This is the place for suffering." And you are seeking after happiness. Just like in the prison house: it is the place for suffering, and if you want to be comfortable, this is called maya. Maya-sukhaya bharam udvahato vimudhan [SB 7.9.43]. The whole world is running after happiness what is not possible. Therefore they have been described as vimudhan, rascal. We sometimes

अत्र - यहाँ; शूराः - वीर; महा-इषु -आसा - महान धनुर्धर; भीम-अर्जुन - भीम तथा अर्जुन; समाः - के समान; युधि - युद्ध में; युयुधानः - युयुधान; विराटः - विराट; च - भी; द्रुपदः - द्रुपद; च - भी; महारथः - महान योद्धा ।

इस सेना में भीम तथा अर्जुन के समान युद्ध करने वाले अनेक वीर धनुर्धर हैं - यथा महारथी युयुधान, विराट तथा द्रुपद ।

पश्य - देखिये; एतम् - इस; पाण्डु-पुत्राणाम् - पाण्डु के पुत्रों की; आचार्य -हे आचार्य (गुरु); महतीम् - विशाल; चमूम् - सेना को; व्यूढाम् - व्यवस्थित; द्रुपद-पुत्रेण - द्रुपद के पुत्र द्वारा; तव - तुम्हारे; शिष्येण - शिष्य द्वारा; धी-मता - अत्यन्त बुद्धिमान ।

हे आचार्य! पाण्डुपुत्रों की विशाल सेना को देखें, जिसे आपके बुद्धिमान् शि

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

What is Hinduism?.......................Nectarean Mellows

What is Hinduism? In today’s world, Hinduism can mean anything. The word ‘Hindu’ is not found anywhere in any of the authorized scriptures. The word is sanatana dharma. Those who follow the Vedic culture follow the principles of sanatana dharma. Dharma means occupation. Dharma also means the intrinsic nature of a thing or a person. Intrinsic nature of sugar is that it is sweet. The intrins

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

अध्याय 1: कुरुक्षेत्र के युद्धस्थल में सैन्यनिरीक्षण

धृतराष्ट्र: उवाच - राजा धृतराष्ट्र ने कहा; धर्म-क्षेत्रे - धर्मभूमि (तीर्थस्थल) में; कुरु-क्षेत्रे -कुरुक्षेत्र नामक स्थान में; समवेता: - एकत्र ; युयुत्सवः - युद्ध करने की इच्छा से; मामकाः -मेरे पक्ष (पुत्रों); पाण्डवा: - पाण्डु के पुत्रों ने; च - तथा; एव - निश्चय ही; किम - क्या; अकुर्वत -किया; सञ्जय - हे संजय ।

धृतर