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#vasat #vashat See Maha-bharata Adi One of the bija mantras necessary to “activate” a mantra. Vasat kriti, the utterance at the moment of pouring the butter in the fire.

  By Giriraj Swami Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 8, Chapter 7 (texts 36-42) describes the benevolent activities of Lord Siva when the living entities were threatened by the deadliest poison (halahala): “Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: ‘Lord Siva is … Read More

  Sage Kashyapa was the son of Marichi and grandson of Lord Brahma. He married thirteen daughters of the Daksha. One of them was Danu. She had many powerful sons and one of them was Viprachitta. … Read More

    (Produced from a lecture given on 27th April 1998 at Govindaji Gardens, India) Kali kāle nāma rūpe kṛṣṇa avatāra—in the age of Kali, the avatāra of Kṛṣṇa is Nāma Prabhu. The sound —  Hare … Read More

1) General. She was an exceptionally beautiful apsara woman, and she revelled in disturbing the peace of the sages and becoming mother of children by them. Ghrtaci, who succeeded in breaking the penance of the sages … Read More

There are six main types of mantras used in worship of deities: Dhyana mantras are meditational mantras used to evoke in the mind the transcendental form of the Lord, His abode and play. Bija-mantras are mantra-seeds; … Read More

  By Drutakarma Dasa Providing a strong challenge to established academic perception and methodology, Drutakarma Dasa presents the Vaisnava Hindu worldview on the fundamental concepts to the approach to and interpretation of the archaeological record. His … Read More

Bhima is considered physically stongest warrior of the Mahabharata. He had approximately power of 10,000 elephant. He was naturally strong since his birth due to boon of the deity vayu. Once , he was fallen down … Read More