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  What is Pradhana?   In sanskrit the word Pradhana means “ the main or original entity”, which is the material nature. From Pradhana, a product of Maha Visnu’s energy, comes the material world, although not … Read More

  Devotee: Can one sing without instructions? Prabhupāda: What? Sudāmā: She wants to know if she can really sing without reading her books, or without directions or without following the program. Prabhupāda: But singing must be … Read More

    Jul 02, 2016 — MUMBAI, INDIA (SUN) —   With the upcoming Jagannatha Rath Yatra Festival, this special issue covers Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic dancing in the mood of Srimati Radharani during the Rath … Read More

      Jul 02, 2016 — CANADA (SUN) — The Disappearance Day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is observed on July 3rd.   Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Thakura Prabhupada wrote the following words in Sajjana-tosani after the disappearance … Read More

    Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Jul 02, 2016 — CANADA (SUN) — On Gundica-marjana, observed on July 4th, from Caitanya-caritamrta, Madyam lila.   Lord Caitanya’s Pastimes in Jagannatha Puri   “Now please hear about Lord Jagannatha’s … Read More

    सूत उवाच एवमाभाषित: पृष्ट: स राज्ञा श्लक्ष्णया गिरा । प्रत्यभाषत धर्मज्ञो भगवान् बादरायणि: ॥ ४० ॥ अहमेवासमेवाग्रे नान्यद् यत् सदसत् परम् । पश्चादहं यदेतच्च योऽवशिष्येत सोऽस्म्यहम् ॥   sūta uvāca evam ābhāṣitaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ sa … Read More

  नूनं भगवतो ब्रह्मन् गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् । न लक्ष्यते ह्यवस्थानमपि गोदोहनं क्‍वचित् ॥ ३९ ॥   nūnaṁ bhagavato brahman gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām na lakṣyate hy avasthānam api go-dohanaṁ kvacit   nūnam — because; bhagavataḥ — of you, … Read More

    अन्यथा तेऽव्यक्तगतेर्दर्शनं न: कथं नृणाम् । नितरां म्रियमाणानां संसिद्धस्य वनीयस: ॥ ३६ ॥   anyathā te ’vyakta-gater darśanaṁ naḥ kathaṁ nṛṇām nitarāṁ mriyamāṇānāṁ saṁsiddhasya vanīyasaḥ   anyathā — otherwise; te — your; avyakta–gateḥ — … Read More

    प्रशान्तमासीनमकुण्ठमेधसं मुनिं नृपो भागवतोऽभ्युपेत्य । प्रणम्य मूर्ध्नावहित: कृताञ्जलि- र्नत्वा गिरा सूनृतयान्वपृच्छत् ॥ ३१ ॥   praśāntam āsīnam akuṇṭha-medhasaṁ muniṁ nṛpo bhāgavato ’bhyupetya praṇamya mūrdhnāvahitaḥ kṛtāñjalir natvā girā sūnṛtayānvapṛcchat   praśāntam — perfectly pacified; āsīnam … Read More

    स संवृतस्तत्र महान् महीयसां ब्रह्मर्षिराजर्षिदेवर्षिसङ्घै: । व्यरोचतालं भगवान् यथेन्दु- र्ग्रहर्क्षतारानिकरै: परीत: ॥ ३० ॥   sa saṁvṛtas tatra mahān mahīyasāṁ brahmarṣi-rājarṣi-devarṣi-saṅghaiḥ vyarocatālaṁ bhagavān yathendur graharkṣa-tārā-nikaraiḥ parītaḥ   saḥ — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī; saṁvṛtaḥ — … Read More

   स विष्णुरातोऽतिथय आगताय तस्मै सपर्यां शिरसाजहार । ततो निवृत्ता ह्यबुधा: स्त्रियोऽर्भका महासने सोपविवेश पूजित: ॥ २९ ॥   sa viṣṇu-rāto ’tithaya āgatāya tasmai saparyāṁ śirasājahāra tato nivṛttā hy abudhāḥ striyo ’rbhakā mahāsane sopaviveśa pūjitaḥ   … Read More

    तं द्व‌्यष्टवर्षं सुकुमारपाद- करोरुबाह्वंसकपोलगात्रम् । चार्वायताक्षोन्नसतुल्यकर्ण- सुभ्र्वाननं कम्बुसुजातकण्ठम् ॥ २६ ॥   taṁ dvyaṣṭa-varṣaṁ su-kumāra-pāda- karoru-bāhv-aṁsa-kapola-gātram cārv-āyatākṣonnasa-tulya-karṇa- subhrv-ānanaṁ kambu-sujāta-kaṇṭham   tam — him; dvi–aṣṭa — sixteen; varṣam — years; su–kumāra — delicate; pāda — … Read More

We Have to Tolerate and Become Merciful   BY: SRI VRINDAVAN DAS   Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Jul 02, 2016 — SRIDHAM MAYAPUR (SUN) —   Srila Prabhupada….”These boys, these American boys, they have come to help … Read More