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Krishna has given some the opportunity to serve Him by nice writing, some by good business ability, some by nice cooking, and so on, but these various services are all accepted equally by Krishna. On the transcendental plane, one service is as good as another. There is no question of higher or lower. We are very tiny, and so we cannot really do very much. Simply we can engage our time and energy, and that is all Krishna sees. He sees this boy or girl is spending his time in My Service, and He is
We should never sit idly and ask Krishna to do everything. That is the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. It is clearly said in the Gita: "Yuddhasya ca mam anusmara [Bg. 8.7]. So ordinarily, we have to try our best to our best capacity to achieve something, and by Krishnas Grace, all of a sudden we shall see everything is there. This sort of help from Krishna is transcendental happiness.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
(1)
adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram
nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram
hridayam madhuram gamanam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
His lips are sweet, His face is sweet, His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet, His heart is sweet, His gait is sweet – everything is sweet about the original Lord of Sweetness.
(2)
vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram
vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram
calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
His voice is sweet, His character is swe
khaḿ vāyum agniḿ salilaḿ mahīḿ ca
jyotīḿṣi sattvāni diśo drumādīn
sarit-samudrāḿś ca hareḥ śarīraḿ
yat kiḿ ca bhūtaḿ praṇamed ananyaḥ
SYNONYMS
kham — ether; vāyum — air; agnim — fire; salilam — water; mahīm — earth; ca — and; jyotīḿṣi — the sun, moon and other celestial luminaries; sattvāni — all living beings; diśaḥ — the directions; druma-ādīn — trees and other immovable creatures; sarit — the rivers; samudrān — and oceans; ca — also; hareḥ — of the Supreme Lord, Hari; śarīram — the body; yat
ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam
shreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidyavadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate shri-krishna-sankirtanam
Let there be supreme victory for the chanting of the holy name of Shri Krishna, which cleanses the mirror of the heart and completely extinguishes the blazing forest fire of material existence. Shri-krishna-sankirtana diffuses the soothing moon rays of bhava which cause the white lot
Achievements turned to failures- Destiny;
Desires remained dreams- Destiny;
Smiles melted to tears -Destiny;
Opportunities left regrets too many;
Sri Guru showed every penance a devotional irony;
Every worldly loss bonded with Sri Krishna like a blissful ceremony.
vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram
gopangananam ca dukula-cauram
aneka-janmarjita-papa-cauram
cauragraganyam purusham namami
I offer pranama to that foremost of thieves – who is famous in Vraja as the butterthief and He who steals the gopis’ clothes, and who, for those who take shelter of Him, steals the sins which have accrued over many lifetimes.
(2)
shri radhikaya hridayasya cauram
navambuda-shyamala-kanti-cauram
padashritanam ca samasta-cauram
cauragraganyam purusham namami
I offer pranama to the f