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    ततश्च व: पृच्छ्‍यमिमं विपृच्छे विश्रभ्य विप्रा इति कृत्यतायाम् । सर्वात्मना म्रियमाणैश्च कृत्यं शुद्धं च तत्रामृशताभियुक्ता: ॥ २४ ॥   tataś ca vaḥ pṛcchyam imaṁ vipṛcche viśrabhya viprā iti kṛtyatāyām sarvātmanā mriyamāṇaiś ca kṛtyaṁ śuddhaṁ … Read More

  एवं च तस्मिन्नरदेवदेवे प्रायोपविष्टे दिवि देवसङ्घा: । प्रशस्य भूमौ व्यकिरन् प्रसूनै- र्मुदा मुहुर्दुन्दुभयश्च नेदु: ॥ १८ ॥   evaṁ ca tasmin nara-deva-deve prāyopaviṣṭe divi deva-saṅghāḥ praśasya bhūmau vyakiran prasūnair mudā muhur dundubhayaś ca neduḥ   … Read More

    तच्छ्रद्दधाना मुनयो ज्ञानवैराग्ययुक्तया । पश्यन्त्यात्मनि चात्मानं भक्त्या श्रुतगृहीतया ॥ १२ ॥   tac chraddadhānā munayo jñāna-vairāgya-yuktayā paśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁ bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā   tat — that; śraddadhānāḥ — seriously inquisitive; munayaḥ — sages; jñāna — … Read More

    I always feel great pleasure writing the preface to the books I publish, especially when I spent many hours of the day and night working on them, correcting them, arranging them, writing philosophical and … Read More

  ŚB 1.19.17 इति स्म राजाध्यवसाययुक्त: प्राचीनमूलेषु कुशेषु धीर: । उदङ्‍मुखो दक्षिणकूल आस्ते समुद्रपत्‍न्‍या: स्वसुतन्यस्तभार: ॥ १७ ॥ iti sma rājādhyavasāya-yuktaḥ prācīna-mūleṣu kuśeṣu dhīraḥ udaṅ-mukho dakṣiṇa-kūla āste samudra-patnyāḥ sva-suta-nyasta-bhāraḥ Synonyms iti — thus; sma — as … Read More

  तस्यैव मेऽघस्य परावरेशो व्यासक्तचित्तस्य गृहेष्वभीक्ष्णम् । निर्वेदमूलो द्विजशापरूपो यत्र प्रसक्तो भयमाशु धत्ते ॥ १४ ॥   tasyaiva me ’ghasya parāvareśo vyāsakta-cittasya gṛheṣv abhīkṣṇam nirveda-mūlo dvija-śāpa-rūpo yatra prasakto bhayam āśu dhatte   tasya — his; eva … Read More

  ŚB 1.19.12 सुखोपविष्टेष्वथ तेषु भूय: कृतप्रणाम: स्वचिकीर्षितं यत् । विज्ञापयामास विविक्तचेता उपस्थितोऽग्रेऽभिगृहीतपाणि: ॥ १२ ॥ sukhopaviṣṭeṣv atha teṣu bhūyaḥ kṛta-praṇāmaḥ sva-cikīrṣitaṁ yat vijñāpayām āsa vivikta-cetā upasthito ’gre ’bhigṛhīta-pāṇiḥ Synonyms sukha — happily; upaviṣṭeṣu — all … Read More

Question: If we were originally in the spiritual world, why don’t we remember that and try to go back to the spiritual world?……..   Prabhupada: That I have already said, that when I am in tour … Read More

    Shri Yudhisthira Maharaja said, “Oh Madhusudana, Oh killer of the Madhu demon, please be merciful to me and describe to me the Ekadasi that occurs during the light fortnight of the month of Shravana … Read More

The original Vedas are preserved in the minds of Brahmins who have learned them by heart and transmitted them in perfect form to their students for over 7000 years. There are still gurukulas in India today … Read More