ŚB 2.1.23 श्रीशुक उवाच जितासनो जितश्वासो जितसङ्गो जितेन्द्रिय: । स्थूले भगवतो रूपे मन: सन्धारयेद्धिया ॥ २३ ॥ śrī-śuka uvāca jitāsano jita-śvāso jita-saṅgo jitendriyaḥ sthūle bhagavato rūpe manaḥ sandhārayed dhiyā Synonyms śrī–śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; … Read More
ŚB 2.1.22 राजोवाच यथा सन्धार्यते ब्रह्मन् धारणा यत्र सम्मता । यादृशी वा हरेदाशु पुरुषस्य मनोमलम् ॥ २२ ॥ rājovāca yathā sandhāryate brahman dhāraṇā yatra sammatā yādṛśī vā hared āśu puruṣasya mano-malam Synonyms rājā uvāca — the … Read More
ŚB 2.1.10 तदहं तेऽभिधास्यामि महापौरुषिको भवान् । यस्य श्रद्दधतामाशु स्यान्मुकुन्दे मति: सती ॥ १० ॥ tad ahaṁ te ’bhidhāsyāmi mahā-pauruṣiko bhavān yasya śraddadhatām āśu syān mukunde matiḥ satī Synonyms tat — that; aham — I; te — … Read More
ŚB 2.1.5 तस्माद्भारत सर्वात्मा भगवानीश्वरो हरि: । श्रोतव्य: कीर्तितव्यश्च स्मर्तव्यश्चेच्छताभयम् ॥ ५ ॥ tasmād bhārata sarvātmā bhagavān īśvaro hariḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca smartavyaś cecchatābhayam Synonyms tasmāt — for this reason; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata; … Read More
ŚB 2.1.4 देहापत्यकलत्रादिष्वात्मसैन्येष्वसत्स्वपि । तेषां प्रमत्तो निधनं पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥ ४ ॥ dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ paśyann api na paśyati Synonyms deha — body; apatya — children; kalatra — wife; ādiṣu — … Read More
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE The Supreme Perfection Whatever position one may have, if he is fully conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he can become a bona fide spiritual master – an initiator or a teacher … Read More
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Personal and Impersonal Realization The Purāṇas are supplementary Vedic literatures. Because sometimes in the original Vedas the subject matter is too difficult for the common man to understand, the Purāṇas explain matters by the … Read More
CHAPTER TWENTY The Goal of Vedānta Study It is concluded that Lord Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu, is not of this material world. He belongs to the spiritual world. One who considers Him to be a demigod of … Read More
CHAPTER SIX His Forms Are One and the Same By devotional service one can understand that Kṛṣṇa first of all manifests Himself as svayaṁ-rūpa, His personal form, then as tad-ekātma-rūpa, and then as āveśa-rūpa. It is … Read More
Preface There is no difference between the teachings of Lord Caitanya presented here and the teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā. The teachings of Lord Caitanya are practical demonstrations of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s teachings. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s … Read More
Foreword Brahma-saṁhitā TEXT 1: Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is … Read More
Īśo 9 andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye ’vidyām upāsate tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāḿ ratāḥ Synonyms andham — gross ignorance; tamaḥ — darkness; praviśanti — enter into; ye — those who; avidyām — nescience; … Read More
Īśo 7 yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvam anupaśyataḥ Synonyms yasmin — in the situation; sarvāṇi — all; bhūtāni — living entities; ātmā — the cit–kaṇa, or spiritual spark; eva — … Read More
Bhakti: The Art of Eternal Love Bhakti, the Art of Eternal Love was prepared from the introduction and first chapter of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s translation of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, called The Nectar of Devotion, along with transcripts … Read More
