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Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 4 Text 1 jaya jaya kṛpā-sindhu jaya gauracandra jaya jaya sakala-maṅgala-pada-dvandva   TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra, the ocean of mercy! All glories to His all-auspicious lotus feet!

The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address, given on Saturday, September 25, 2021.  

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 – The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute Kṛṣṇa was very expert in playing the flute, and the gopīs were captivated by the sound vibration, which was attractive not only to them but to all living creatures who heard it. One of the gopīs told her friends, “The...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 534 hena bhāgavata kona duṣkṛti paḍiyā nityānanda nindā kare tattva na jāniyā   TRANSLATION Yet even after reading this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam some sinful people blaspheme Nityānanda, without knowing His glories.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 509 bhāgavata-śāstre se bhaktira tattva kahe teñi bhāgavata-sama kona śāstra nahe   TRANSLATION “Because Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam glorifies devotional service, there is no literature equal to it.”

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 21 – The Gopīs Attracted by the Flute With the arrival of the beautiful autumn season, the waters in the lakes and rivers became as clear as crystal and filled with fragrant lotus flowers, and breezes blew very pleasantly. At that time Kṛṣṇa entered the forest of Vṛndāvana...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 505 śuna vipra bhāgavate ei vākhānibā bhakti vinā āra kichu mukhe nā ānibā   TRANSLATION “Listen, O brāhmaṇa, while teaching Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam you should not explain anything other than devotional service.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 467 dekhibāra yogyatā āchaye punaḥ tāna tabe kene na dekhilā kṛṣṇa se pramāṇa   TRANSLATION Although he had the qualification to see the Lord, only Kṛṣṇa knows why he was unable.

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 30 – Kṛṣṇa’s Hiding from the Gopīs In this way all the gopīs were madly feeling the absence of Kṛṣṇa. They inquired about Him from the trees and plants. In some places they found the imprints of the marks on the soles of His feet – namely the...

Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Chapter 29 – The Rāsa Dance: Introduction In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is stated that the rāsa dance took place on the full-moon night of the śarat season. From the statements of previous chapters, it appears that the festival of Govardhana-pūjā was performed just after the dark-moon night of the month...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 464 viprere karite prabhu tattva-upadeśa kṣaṇeke paṇḍiṭa devānandera praveśa   TRANSLATION As the Lord was instructing the brāhmaṇa in spiritual knowledge, Devānanda Paṇḍiṭa arrived there.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Texts 446 ei prabhu sei pāpa-karma saṅarite anukṣaṇa citta mora dahe sarva-mate   TRANSLATION “O Lord, when I now remember those sinful activities my heart constantly burns with repentance.”

In addition to today’s class, Dhanurdhara Swami speaks on the passing of his mother, Doris Winiker. Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 434 ye prabhu dekhite sarva deve kāmya kare se prabhu nācaye sarva-gaṇera gocare   TRANSLATION All the demigods desire to see the Lord who was now dancing before the eyes of one and all.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Texts 418-419 brahmaloka-śivaloka-ādi yata loka ye sukhera kaṇā-leśe sabei aśoka yogīndra munīndra matta ye sukhera leśe pṛthivīte kṛṣṇa prakāśila nyāsi-veśe   TRANSLATION Even a particle of the happiness distributed in this world by Kṛṣṇa in the dress of a sannyāsi freed the inhabitants of planets headed by Brahmaloka and Śivaloka from...

Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami is joined by His Grace Brahma Tirtha Prabhu as they share their realizations and remembrances of Śrīla Prabhupāda on his Vyāsa-pūjā.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 3 Texts 1-5 śrī-śuka uvāca atha sarva-guṇopetaḥ kālaḥ parama-śobhanaḥ yarhy evājana-janmarkṣaṁ śāntarkṣa-graha-tārakam diśaḥ prasedur gaganaṁ nirmaloḍu-gaṇodayam mahī maṅgala-bhūyiṣṭha- pura-grāma-vrajākarā nadyaḥ prasanna-salilā hradā jalaruha-śriyaḥ dvijāli-kula-sannāda- stavakā vana-rājayaḥ vavau vāyuḥ sukha-sparśaḥ puṇya-gandhavahaḥ śuciḥ agnayaś ca dvijātīnāṁ śāntās tatra samindhata manāṁsy āsan prasannāni sādhūnām asura-druhām jāyamāne ’jane tasmin nedur dundubhayaḥ samam   TRANSLATION Thereafter,...

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 45 tamyāṁ tamovan naihāraṁ khadyotārcir ivāhani mahatītara-māyaiśyaṁ nihanty ātmani yuñjataḥ   TRANSLATION As the darkness of snow on a dark night and the light of a glowworm in the light of day have no value, the mystic power of an inferior person who tries to use it against a...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 403 viśārada-caraṇe āmāra namaskāra sārvabhauma vācaspati nandana yāṅhara   TRANSLATION I offer my humble obeisances at the feet of Viśārada, who had Sārvabhauma and Vācaspati as his sons.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 13 Text 35 vrajasya rāmaḥ premardher vīkṣyautkaṇṭhyam anukṣaṇam mukta-staneṣv apatyeṣv apy ahetu-vid acintayat   TRANSLATION Because of an increase of affection, the cows had constant attachment even to those calves that were grown up and had stopped sucking milk from their mothers. When Baladeva saw this attachment, He was unable to...

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 393 anata arbuda loka kare hari-dhvani bāhira nā haya gupte āche nyāsi-maṇi   TRANSLATION Unlimited millions of people chanted the name of Hari, yet the crest jewel of sannyāsīs stayed hidden and did not come out.