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#BG 2.61   तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः । वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ६१ ॥   tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā   tāni — those … Read More

#BG 2.59     विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः । रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥ ५९ ॥   viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate   viṣayāḥ — objects for sense enjoyment; … Read More

The standard knee-jerk response to BTP from the guru hoaxers and their followers is that its contents constitute “Vaisnava aparadha“, or the committing of offenses or blasphemy against a devotee. In this article, we analyse what … Read More

#BG 2.57   यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य श‍ुभाश‍ुभम् । नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ५७ ॥   yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā   yaḥ — one who; sarvatra — … Read More

#BG 2.56     दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्न‍मनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः । वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थिधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥ ५६ ॥   duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate   duḥkheṣu — in the threefold miseries; anudvigna–manāḥ — without being agitated in mind; … Read More

#BG 2.54     अर्जुन उवाच स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव । स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥   arjuna uvāca sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhi-sthasya keśava sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim … Read More

  #Nandimukhi Devi has a fair complexion and wears exquisite garments. Her father is Sandipani Muni and her mother is the chaste Sumukhi-devi. Her brother is Madhumangala and her paternal grandmother is Paurnamasi-devi. She wears various … Read More

#Nama cintamani krishnas – Padma Purana   nama cintamanih krishnas caitanya-rasa-vigrahah purnah suddho nitya-mukto ‘bhinnatvan nama-naminoh The holy name of Krishna is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Krishna Himself, the reservoir … Read More

“Five Prayers to Lord Narasimha” from Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga, 36-40, by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.   Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written five beautiful prayers in “Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga” for receiving the mercy of Lord … Read More

#Adhikara, qualification   अधिकार m. adhikAra section   अधीकार m. adhIkAra ability   अधिकार m. adhikAra official act   अधिकार m. adhikAra influence   अधिकार m. adhikAra authorization [amer.]   अधिकार m. adhikAra authorisation [brit.]   … Read More

Acarya — the teacher; (we use this Sanskrit word in the sense of “best source of explanation of knowledge”)   Sanskrit root, “a-car”. Car means to go. Therefore one meaning of the word #acarya is “he … Read More

  Quoted by Srila Sanatana Gosvami in his Hari-bhakti Vilasa (the standard lawbook for all Gaudiya Vaisnavas) Intro -if one neglects to perform the Kartika Vrata all his pious merits amassed in the passed are burned … Read More

Dust from the lotus feet of pure devotees is conducive to devotional service, while service to the Vaisnavas is itself the supreme perfection and the root of the tender creeper of divine love. (Saranagati)     … Read More