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Mother Yasoda Binds Lord Krsna
1. One day when mother Yasoda saw that all the maidservants were engaged in other household affairs, she personally began to churn the yogurt. While churning, she remembered the childish activities of Krsna, and in her own way she composed songs and enjoyed singing to herself about all those activities.
2. While mother Yasoda was churning butter, Lord Krsna, desiring to drink the milk of her breast, ap
jai radhe shyaam
ram ram ram ram
jai seeta ram;
naam tera le hum subah shaam
jai jai jai shree ghanshyam
tu govinda ;tu he kanehiya
tu madhav tu raas rasieya
tera mandir hum sabka dhaam
jai jai jai shree ghanshyam
hai rishikesh tu he mahaan
hai krsna tu bhagvaan
teri bhakti hum sabka kaam
jai jai jai shree ghanshyam
madhusudan ae ;mere ishvar
hai keshav tu he parmeshvar
teri leela tera naam
jai jai jai shree ghanshyam
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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.21.29
yā ta ātma-bhṛtaḿ vīryaḿ
navadhā prasaviṣyati
vīrye tvadīye ṛṣaya
ādhāsyanty añjasātmanaḥ
SYNONYMS:
yā — she; te — by you; ātma-bhṛtam — sown in her; vīryam — the seed; nava-dhā — nine daughters; prasaviṣyati — will bring forth; vīrye tvadīye — in the daughters begotten by you; ṛṣayaḥ — the sages; ādhāsyanti — will beget; añjasā — in total; ātmanaḥ — children.
TRANSLATION:
She will bring forth nine daughters from the seed sown in her by you, and through the daughte
Dharu Nandanandana ko dhyan re.
Oh, my mind! Lovingly meditate on Nandanandana Shri Krishna.
Jako dhyan dharat nishi vasar, vidhi hari har bhagavan re.
Even Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar, who are supreme God, continuously meditate upon Shri Krishna.
Mor mukut lakuti lapati pat, lajavati bhrikuti kaman re.
A crown embellished with peacock feathers is adorning His head. The yellow silken shawl that graces His shoulders is wrapped around His staff. The arch of His eyebrows puts to shame the
Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Image: Tom Shierlitz
Another health hazard to be discovered too late?
Earlier this winter, I met an investment banker who was diagnosed with a brain tumor five years ago. He's a managing director at a top Wall Street firm, and I was put in touch with him through a colleague who knew I was writing a story about the potential dangers of cell-phone radiation. He agreed to talk with me only if his name wa
Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth
1. One day while Krsna was playing with His small playmates, including Balarama and other sons of the gopas, all His friends came together and lodged a complaint to mother Yasoda. "Mother," they submitted, "Krsna has eaten earth."
2. Upon hearing this from Krsna's playmates, mother Yasoda, who was always full of anxiety over Krsna's welfare, picked Krsna up with her hands to look
Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya! Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya!
So because o
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761210DB.HYD Lectures
“So we got this information from His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta SarasvatiThakura, and
evaḿ sura-gaṇais tāta
bhagavantāv abhiṣṭutau
labdhāvalokair yayatur
arcitau gandhamādanam
SYNONYMS:
evam — thus; sura-gaṇaiḥ — by the demigods; tāta — O Vidura; bhagavantau — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; abhiṣṭutau — having been praised; labdha — having obtained; avalokaiḥ — the glance (of mercy); yayatuḥ — departed; arcitau — having been worshiped; gandha-mādanam — to the Gandhamādana Hill.
TRANSLATION:
[Maitreya said:] O Vidura, thus the demigods worshiped wit
The importance of the 'Association of the Devotees / Saadhu Sanga' is narrated in the following illustration from the Shaastra. For your satisfaction further, various Shaastric references (references from the celebrated texts) are also given :
Once the great sage Narada was intrigued by a doubt. He was sure that Lord Vishnu would clear it for him. He proceeded to the Ocean of Milk and found his Lord reclining on the giant hooded serpent-bed Shankarshana, His beautiful consort, Lakshmi devi besid
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Srila Vrndaban Das Thakur
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.57
so 'yaḿ sthiti-vyatikaropaśamāya sṛṣṭān
sattvena naḥ sura-gaṇān anumeya-tattvaḥ
dṛśyād adabhra-karuṇena vilokanena
yac chrī-niketam amalaḿ kṣipatāravindam
SYNONYMS
saḥ — that; ayam — He; sthiti — of the created world; vyatikara — calamities; upaśamāya — for destroying; sṛṣṭān — created; sattvena — by the mode of goodness; naḥ — us; sura-gaṇān — the demigods; anumeya-tattvaḥ — understood by the Vedas; dṛśyāt — glance over; adabhra-karuṇ
guru maharaj (H.H BHAKTICHARU SWAMI MAHARAJ) has been operated now he is well & coming to ujjain on 10th of april.thank u for all ur prayers.
Rūpa Gosvāmī states that there are six characteristics of pure devotional service, which are as follows:
(1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.
(2) Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
(3) Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.
(4) Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.
(5) Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.
(6) Pure devotional service is the onl
sa vai bhagavato raja
pandaveyo maha-rathah
bala-kridanakaih kridan
krsna-kridam ya adade
sah -- he; vai -- certainly; bhagavatah -- a great devotee of the Lord; raja -- Maharaja Pariksit; pandaveyah -- grandson of the Pandavas; maha-rathah -- a great fighter; bala -- while a child; kridanakaih -- with play dolls; kridan -- playing; krsna -- Lord Krsna; kridam -- activities; yah -- who; adade -- accepted.
Maharaja Pariksit, the grandson of the P
