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#SB 1.18.22     यत्रानुरक्ता: सहसैव धीरा व्यपोह्य देहादिषु सङ्गमूढम् । व्रजन्ति तत्पारमहंस्यमन्त्यं यस्मिन्नहिंसोपशम: स्वधर्म: ॥ २२ ॥   yatrānuraktāḥ sahasaiva dhīrā vyapohya dehādiṣu saṅgam ūḍham vrajanti tat pārama-haṁsyam antyaṁ yasminn ahiṁsopaśamaḥ sva-dharmaḥ   yatra — … Read More

#SB 1.18.19     कुत: पुनर्गृणतो नाम तस्य महत्तमैकान्तपरायणस्य । योऽनन्तशक्तिर्भगवाननन्तो महद्गुणत्वाद् यमनन्तमाहु: ॥ १९ ॥   kutaḥ punar gṛṇato nāma tasya mahattamaikānta-parāyaṇasya yo ’nanta-śaktir bhagavān ananto mahad-guṇatvād yam anantam āhuḥ   kutaḥ — what to … Read More

The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.17) affirms this: tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer bhajann apakvo ’tha patet tato yadi yatra kva vābhadram abhūd amuṣya kiṁ ko vārtha āpto ’bhajatāṁ sva-dharmataḥ “If someone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even though he may … Read More

ŚB 1.3.12 तत: सप्तम आकूत्यां रुचेर्यज्ञोऽभ्यजायत । स यामाद्यै: सुरगणैरपात्स्वायम्भुवान्तरम् ॥ १२ ॥ tataḥ saptama ākūtyāṁ rucer yajño ’bhyajāyata sa yāmādyaiḥ sura-gaṇair apāt svāyambhuvāntaram Synonyms tataḥ — after that; saptame — the seventh in the line; … Read More

  Daughter of Virata, the King of Matsya. Her brother was called Uttara.   Up to marriage. The Pandavas led their incognito life in the capital of the Matsya Kingdom. Arjuna adopted the name Brhannala and … Read More

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  The kindest and the most liberal of the Kings in ancient India. 1) Genealogy. Descended from Visnu thus: Atri Candra Budha Pururavas Ayus Nahusa Yayati Puru Janamejaya Pracinvan Pravira Namasyu Vitabhaya Sundu Bahuvidha Sarhyati Rahovadi … Read More

  Harimedha A saintly King of ancient days. He once conducted a yajna and a daughter called Dhvajavati was born to him. She lived in the western regions (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 110, Verse 13)  

  Candra was born to Atri by Anasuya. (See Pururavas). 2) Candra led married life with the wife of his guru. Tara, the very beautiful wife of Brhaspati, preceptor of the Devas happened to reach Candra’s … Read More

The son of the Maharsi Jaratkaru and his wife, also named Jaratkaru. He stopped King Janamejaya’s Sarpasatra and saved the nagas. There is a story about Astika’s birth in the Devi Bhagavata. Long ago the people … Read More

If we take shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu, then we get peace. Koṭi-candra-suśītala. Just like in daytime, especially in the summer season, we become very much exasperated. But at night, in the evening, as soon as there … Read More

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#Adhvaryu The adhvaryu was in charge of the physical details of the sacrifice (in particular the adhvara, a term for the Somayajna). According to Monier-Williams, the adhvaryu “had to measure the ground, to build the altar, … Read More

Gokarṇa (गोकर्ण) refers to the “distance between the stretched out thumb and little finger” and represents a type of measurement, as defined in the texts dealing with śilpa (arts and crafs), known as śilpaśāstras.—Besides the smaller … Read More

  Rtvij, a ministering priest, or, according to some, the Rtvij who is also the Hota, the priest who actually presents the oblation, or who invokes or summons the deities to the ceremony, accordingly as the … Read More