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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 23
pratyadistam maya tatra
tvayi karma-vimohite
tapo me hrdayam saksad
atmaham tapaso 'nagha


pratyadistam -- ordered; maya -- by Me; tatra -- because of; tvayi -- unto you; karma -- duty; vimohite -- being perplexed; tapah -- penance; me -- Me; hrdayam -- heart; saksat -- directly; atma -- life and soul; aham -- Myself; tapasah -- of one who is engaged in penance; anagha -- O sinless one.


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O sinless Brahma, you may know from Me that it was I who fir
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 22
manisitanubhavo 'yam
mama lokavalokanam
yad upasrutya rahasi
cakartha paramam tapah


manisita -- ingenuity; anubhavah -- perception; ayam -- this; mama -- My; loka -- abode; avalokanam -- seeing by actual experience; yat -- because; upasrutya -- hearing; rahasi -- in great penance; cakartha -- having performed; paramam -- highest; tapah -- penance.


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The highest perfectional ingenuity is the personal perception of My abodes, and this has been possi
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 21
varam varaya bhadram te
varesam mabhivanchitam
brahman chreyah-parisramah
pumsam mad-darsanavadhih


varam -- benediction; varaya -- just ask from; bhadram -- auspicious; te -- unto you; vara-isam -- the giver of all benediction; ma (mam)-from Me; abhivanchitam -- wishing; brahman -- O Brahma; sreyah -- the ultimate success; parisramah -- for all penances; pumsam -- for everyone; mat -- My; darsana -- realization; avadhih -- up to the limit of.


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I
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 20
sri-bhagavan uvaca
tvayaham tositah samyag
veda-garbha sisrksaya
ciram bhrtena tapasa
dustosah kuta-yoginam


sri-bhagavan uvaca -- the all-beautiful Personality of Godhead said; tvaya -- by you; aham -- I am; tositah -- pleased; samyak -- complete; veda-garbha -- impregnated with the Vedas; sisrksaya -- for creating; ciram -- for a long time; bhrtena -- accumulated; tapasa -- by penance; dustosah -- very hard to please; kuta-yoginam -- for the pseudo mystic
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 19
tam priyamanam samupasthitam kavim
praja-visarge nija-sasanarhanam
babhasa isat-smita-socisa gira
priyah priyam prita-manah kare sprsan


tam -- unto Lord Brahma; priyamanam -- worthy of being dear; samupasthitam -- present before; kavim -- the great scholar; praja -- living entities; visarge -- in the matter of creation; nija -- His own; sasana -- control; arhanam -- just suitable; babhase -- addressed; isat -- mild; smita -- smiling; socisa -- with enligh
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 18
tad-darsanahlada-pariplutantaro
hrsyat-tanuh prema-bharasru-locanah
nanama padambujam asya visva-srg
yat paramahamsyena pathadhigamyate


tat -- by that audience of the Lord; darsana -- audience; ahlada -- joy; paripluta -- overwhelmed; antarah -- within the heart; hrsyat -- full in ecstasy; tanuh -- body; prema-bhara -- in full transcendental love; asru -- tears; locanah -- in the eyes; nanama -- bowed down; pada-ambujam -- under the lotus feet; asya -- of
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 17
adhyarhaniyasanam asthitam param
vrtam catuh-sodasa-panca-saktibhih
yuktam bhagaih svair itaratra cadhruvaih
sva eva dhaman ramamanam isvaram


adhyarhaniya -- greatly worshipable; asanam -- throne; asthitam -- seated on it; param -- the Supreme; vrtam -- surrounded by; catuh -- four, namely prakrti, purusa, mahat and ego; sodasa -- the sixteen; panca -- the five; saktibhih -- by the energies; yuktam -- empowered with; bhagaih -- His opulences; svaih -- per
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 16
bhrtya-prasadabhimukham drg-asavam
prasanna-hasaruna-locanananam
kiritinam kundalinam catur-bhujam
pitamsukam vaksasi laksitam sriya


bhrtya -- the servitor; prasada -- affection; abhimukham -- favorably facing; drk -- the very sight; asavam -- an intoxication; prasanna -- very much pleased; hasa -- smile; aruna -- reddish; locana -- eyes; ananam -- face; kiritinam -- with helmet; kundalinam -- with earrings; catuh-bhujam -- with four hands; pita -- yellow
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 15
dadarsa tatrakhila-satvatam patim
sriyah patim yajna-patim jagat-patim
sunanda-nanda-prabalarhanadibhih
sva-parsadagraih parisevitam vibhum


dadarsa -- Brahma saw; tatra -- there (in Vaikunthaloka); akhila -- entire; satvatam -- of the great devotees; patim -- the Lord; sriyah -- of the goddess of fortune; patim -- the Lord; yajna -- of sacrifice; patim -- the Lord; jagat -- of the universe; patim -- the Lord; sunanda -- Sunanda; nanda -- Nanda; prabala --
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 14
srir yatra rupiny urugaya-padayoh
karoti manam bahudha vibhutibhih
prenkham srita ya kusumakaranugair
vigiyamana priya-karma gayati


srih -- the goddess of fortune; yatra -- in the Vaikuntha planets; rupini -- in her transcendental form; urugaya -- the Lord, who is sung of by the great devotees; padayoh -- under the lotus feet of the Lord; karoti -- does; manam -- respectful services; bahudha -- in diverse paraphernalia; vibhutibhih -- accompanied by her p
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 13
bhrajisnubhir yah parito virajate
lasad-vimanavalibhir mahatmanam
vidyotamanah pramadottamadyubhih
savidyud abhravalibhir yatha nabhah


bhrajisnubhih -- by the glowing; yah -- the Vaikunthalokas; paritah -- surrounded by; virajate -- thus situated; lasat -- brilliant; vimana -- airplanes; avalibhih -- assemblage; maha-atmanam -- of the great devotees of the Lord; vidyotamanah -- beautiful like lightning; pramada -- ladies; uttama -- celestial; adyubhih --
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The Pada-Yatra of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

The Pada-Yatra of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

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His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami (Calcutta)

The word pada-yatra literally means to walk on foot. In early India people used to travel by chariot, horseback, elephant, bullock-cart, or palanquin. But saintly persons, having renounced such worldly comforts, would travel by foot. Their main concern was to teach the glories of God to the conditioned living entities and thereby deliver them from their miserable materialistic lives. Walking was the best means

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Krishna–He Has all Opulences in Full

Krsna is instructing us how to understand Him. That is our only business. This human form of life is meant for understanding Krsna because we are very thickly related with Krsna, just like father and the son. This relation cannot be broken. Maybe son is out of home, son may have forgotten, but Krsna, the supreme father, He does not forget.

Prabhupada:

sri bhagavan uvaca
mayy asakta-manah partha
yogam yunjan mad-asrayah
asamsayam samagram mam
yatha jnasyasi tac chrnu

Krishna, Bhagavan, the Supreme… Bhag

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Trust God

Once there was a small kid on earth. One fine day it came to know that God is distributing apples to humans in his place at heaven. The kid was so happy to receive that news and it went with lot of enjoyment to heaven to get the apple from God. There was a big queue standing to get apple from God and this kid also joined in that queue. While it was standing, it was fully excited and thrilled for the fact that it is going to receive in person from God's hands. It's turn too came and the kid showe
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Anxiety

Vaikunta is a place of no anxiety. But higher than no anxiety, is to be in anxiety out of love for the pleasure of the Lord and the devotees. - South India Yatra, 2010
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