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4. Vidura Approaches Maitreya
uddhava uvaca
atha te tad-anujnata
bhuktva pitva ca varunim
taya vibhramsita-jnana
duruktair marma pasprsuh
uddhavah uvaca -- Uddhava said; atha -- thereafter; te -- they (the Yadavas); tat -- by the brahmanas; anujnatah -- being permitted; bhuktva -- after partaking; pitva -- drinking; ca -- and; varunim -- liquor; taya -- by that; vibhramsita-jnanah -- being bereft of knowledge; duruktaih -- with harsh words; marma -- the core
annam coru-rasam tebhyo
dattva bhagavad-arpanam
go-viprarthasavah surah
pranemur bhuvi murdhabhih
annam -- foodstuff; ca -- also; uru-rasam -- highly delicious; tebhyah -- unto the brahmanas; dattva -- after supplying; bhagavat-arpanam -- which was first offered to the Personality of Godhead; go -- cows; vipra -- brahmanas; artha -- purpose; asavah -- purpose of living; surah -- all the valiant ksatriyas; pranemuh -- offered obeisances; bhuvi -- touching
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Sathyam jnanam anantham nithyamanakasam paramakasam,
Goshta prangana ringana lolam anayasam paramayasam,
Maya kalpitha nanakara manakaram bhuvanakaram,
Kshmama nadha manadham, pranamatha govindam paramanandham.
Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, real, knowledge, infinite, and eternal, who is free from Ákáùa (and other upádhis), who is the highest light, who was eager as a child to crawl in the cow-pen, who is really free from difficulties, but who appears to be in difficulties (or who is the ab
Learn to accept thorns Sri Krishna will gift you roses;
Learn to accept mud Sri Krishna will make life a lotus;
Learn to accept fears Sri Krishna will fill heart with devotion;
Learn to accept foes Sri Krishna will protect you from storms of emotion.
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Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to all his faithful followers.
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Katyayani Vrata begins
Just like the government considers it their responsibility to maintain roads and highways so that the traffic can move, similarly the ideal government should also consider it their responsibility to keep the roads and highways open by which the people can go back to godhead.
By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
A humble plea indicates a mood of sincere surrender and devotion, particularly when the devotee feels that he is the most wretched person with out any shelter to protect him. Humbly pray to Radha-Krsna to overcome deceit.
Srila Rupa Gosvami writes in his Sri Gandharva-samprathana-astakam:
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vrindavane viharator iha keli-kunje
matta-dvipa-pravara-kautuka-vibhramena
sandarshayasva yuvayor vadanaravindadvandva
dvandvam vidhehi mayi devi! kripam prasida
O Devi Radhika! You and Shri Krishna are const
Srila Nimbarkacarya - Appearance
Read more about other vaishnav acharyas on www.gaudiyahistory.com
Astaka refers to the number 8, and Jagannath means “Lord of the Universe”. This particular song consists of 8 verses specially glorifying the Lord of the Universe, Lord Jagannatha, Lord Krishna, originally uttered from the mouth of Lord Caitanya 500 years back.
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kadacit kalindi-tata-vipina-sangita-taralo
mudabhiri-nari-vadana-kamalasvada-madhupah
rama-shambhu-brahmamara-pati-ganesha-arcita-pado
jagannatha svami nayana-patha-gami bhavatu me
Who sometimes fervently plays His flute on the banks of
Did you just experience the same sinking feeling in your heart upon reading this headline that I did upon writing it?
A few months back, I wrote you all asking for monthly financial support to help keep Prabhupada’s 1st western temple up, running and under ISKCON care. My reasoning was that this temple is of global concern and surely the
worldwide ISKCON community has a stake in whether or not its bills can be paid. I may have been wrong.
Since posting my plea (titled “Seeking Matchless Gifts”), on
Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (Marriage)
Even if somebody is not able to execute fully Krishna Consciousness, whatever amount of service he does it never goes in vain. It will eternally remain. And it will act. Even if somebody does small amount of service, and not even very willingly, still, he is assured to get human body in next birth, and chance to execute some service further. So there is no question of failure in Krishna Consciousness. It is only success. Krishna says, “My devotee is never vanquished.” So we must try sincerely, t
List of Niti Sastras
1. Bhirgu Niti
2. Vidur Niti
3. Yudhistar Niti
4. Chanakya Niti
