El hijo de Brahma. Atri Maharsi fue uno de los #manasa putras de Brahma. Los manasaputras fueron: Marici, – Angiras, Atri, Pulastva, Pulaha Kratu (Maha-bharata Adi Parva, Capítulo 65, Verso 10). 2) Uno de los Saptarsis. … Read More
A Hindu saint, who was visiting river Ganges to take bath, found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled and asked. “Why do … Read More
Vrindavan, 2016.02.10 (Hari Bhakta Das, VT): Acharya Sri Nirmala Candra Gosvami was the 15th sevaita acharya of the Sri Radha Damodar mandir. His ancestry can be traced to Sri Krishna Das Goswami, a student … Read More
ŚB 1.18.6 यस्मिन्नहनि यर्ह्येव भगवानुत्ससर्ज गाम् । तदैवेहानुवृत्तोऽसावधर्मप्रभव: कलि: ॥ ६ ॥ yasminn ahani yarhy eva bhagavān utsasarja gām tadaivehānuvṛtto ’sāv adharma-prabhavaḥ kaliḥ yasmin — on that; ahani — very day; yarhi eva — in … Read More
#SB 1.18.5 तावत्कलिर्न प्रभवेत् प्रविष्टोऽपीह सर्वत: । यावदीशो महानुर्व्यामाभिमन्यव एकराट् ॥ ५ ॥ tāvat kalir na prabhavet praviṣṭo ’pīha sarvataḥ yāvad īśo mahān urvyām ābhimanyava eka-rāṭ tāvat — so long; kaliḥ — the personality of … Read More
#SB 1.18.3 उत्सृज्य सर्वत: सङ्गं विज्ञाताजितसंस्थिति: । वैयासकेर्जहौ शिष्यो गङ्गायां स्वं कलेवरम् ॥ ३ ॥ utsṛjya sarvataḥ saṅgaṁ vijñātājita-saṁsthitiḥ vaiyāsaker jahau śiṣyo gaṅgāyāṁ svaṁ kalevaram utsṛjya — after leaving aside; sarvataḥ — all around; … Read More
#SB 1.18.2 ब्रह्मकोपोत्थिताद् यस्तु तक्षकात्प्राणविप्लवात् । न सम्मुमोहोरुभयाद् भगवत्यर्पिताशय: ॥ २ ॥ brahma-kopotthitād yas tu takṣakāt prāṇa-viplavāt na sammumohorubhayād bhagavaty arpitāśayaḥ brahma-kopa — fury of a brāhmaṇa; utthitāt — caused by; yaḥ — … Read More
Shrivatsa (Sanskrit श्रीवत्स śrīvatsa) is an ancient symbol considered auspicious in Indian religious traditions. Srivatsa means “beloved of Sri”, the goddess Lakshmi. It is a mark on the chest of Vishnu where his consort … Read More
#SB 1.17.42 वृषस्य नष्टांस्त्रीन् पादान् तप: शौचं दयामिति । प्रतिसन्दध आश्वास्य महीं च समवर्धयत् ॥ ४२ ॥ vṛṣasya naṣṭāṁs trīn pādān tapaḥ śaucaṁ dayām iti pratisandadha āśvāsya mahīṁ ca samavardhayat vṛṣasya — of the bull … Read More
#SB 1.17.41 अथैतानि न सेवेत बुभूषु: पुरुष: क्वचित् । विशेषतो धर्मशीलो राजा लोकपतिर्गुरु: ॥ ४१ ॥ athaitāni na seveta bubhūṣuḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit viśeṣato dharma-śīlo rājā loka-patir guruḥ atha — therefore; etāni — all these; … Read More
#SB 1.17.39 पुनश्च याचमानाय जातरूपमदात्प्रभु: । ततोऽनृतं मदं कामं रजो वैरं च पञ्चमम् ॥ ३९ ॥ punaś ca yācamānāya jāta-rūpam adāt prabhuḥ tato ’nṛtaṁ madaṁ kāmaṁ rajo vairaṁ ca pañcamam punaḥ — again; ca — … Read More
#SB 1.17.38 सूत उवाच अभ्यर्थितस्तदा तस्मै स्थानानि कलये ददौ । द्यूतं पानं स्त्रिय: सूना यत्राधर्मश्चतुर्विध: ॥ ३८ ॥ sūta uvāca abhyarthitas tadā tasmai sthānāni kalaye dadau dyūtaṁ pānaṁ striyaḥ sūnā yatrādharmaś catur-vidhaḥ sūtaḥ uvāca … Read More
#SB 1.17.37 तन्मे धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ स्थानं निर्देष्टुमर्हसि । यत्रैव नियतो वत्स्य आतिष्ठंस्तेऽनुशासनम् ॥ ३७ ॥ tan me dharma-bhṛtāṁ śreṣṭha sthānaṁ nirdeṣṭum arhasi yatraiva niyato vatsya ātiṣṭhaṁs te ’nuśāsanam tat — therefore; me — me; … Read More
#Lavana lived in the island of Ramaniyaka. He had come to the island long before the serpents came to that place. The serpents saw him when they went there to live. (Maha-bharata, Sloka 2, Chapter 27, … Read More
An island near Dvaraka where, according to Chapter 38 of the Southern Text of Bharata, there was a forest. It was in this island that Vinata, mother of Garuda and Kadru, mother of the nagas lived. … Read More
#SB 1.17.34 यस्मिन् हरिर्भगवानिज्यमान इज्यात्ममूर्तिर्यजतां शं तनोति । कामानमोघान् स्थिरजङ्गमाना- मन्तर्बहिर्वायुरिवैष आत्मा ॥ ३४ ॥ yasmin harir bhagavān ijyamāna ijyātma-mūrtir yajatāṁ śaṁ tanoti kāmān amoghān sthira-jaṅgamānām antar bahir vāyur ivaiṣa ātmā yasmin — … Read More
Briefly: Once #Indra had an illicit sexual relationship with #Ahalya. Her husband, sage #Gautama, cursed him to have a thousand vaginas all over his body. Later this curse was changed into having a thousand eyes. We’ll … Read More
