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Bg. 14.22-25 श्रीभगवानुवाच प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्‍क्षति ॥ २२ ॥ उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥ २३ ॥ समदु:खसुख: स्वस्थ: समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चन: … Read More

Bg. 14.13 अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च । तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥ १३ ॥ aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana Synonyms aprakāśaḥ — darkness; apravṛttiḥ — inactivity; ca — … Read More

Bg. 14.5 सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणा: प्रकृतिसम्भवा: । निबध्‍नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥ ५ ॥ sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛti-sambhavāḥ nibadhnanti mahā-bāho dehe dehinam avyayam Synonyms sattvam — the mode of goodness; rajaḥ — the … Read More

  Introduction Originally delivered as five morning lectures on Caitanya-caritāmṛta – the authoritative biography of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī – before the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, New York City, April 10–14, 1967. … Read More

  CHAPTER EIGHT The Avatāras Lord Caitanya continued explaining to Sanātana Gosvāmī about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s avatāras, or incarnations, which are His expansions who come to the material creation. The word avatāra means “one who descends from … Read More

यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा । तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोऽशसम्भवम् ॥ ४१ ॥ yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejo-’ṁśa-sambhavam Synonyms yat yat — whatever; vibhūti — opulences; mat — having; … Read More

  CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Ecstasy of the Lord and His Devotees The symptoms of highly developed devotional service for Kṛṣṇa, which are exhibited by the pure devotees, are sometimes imitated by those who are not actually … Read More

  CHAPTER THIRTEEN Devotional Service in Attachment Next Lord Caitanya said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Thus far I have explained devotional service according to regulative principles. Now I shall explain devotional service to you in terms of … Read More

  CHAPTER TWELVE The Devotee As mentioned above, a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, being fully devoted to the transcendental loving service of the Lord, develops all the godly qualities of the demigods. There are many such … Read More

  CHAPTER ELEVEN Service to the Lord Next Lord Caitanya explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī the process by which one can approach Kṛṣṇa. The only process, said Caitanya Mahāprabhu, is devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. This is the … Read More

  CHAPTER TEN The Beauty of Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa is known as Madana-mohana because He conquers the mind of Cupid. He is also known as Madana-mohana due to His bestowing favors upon the damsels of Vraja and … Read More

  CHAPTER NINE The Opulences of Kṛṣṇa Since Lord Caitanya is especially merciful to innocent, unsophisticated persons, His name is also Patita-pāvana, the deliverer of the most fallen conditioned souls. Although a conditioned soul may be … Read More

  CHAPTER EIGHT The Avatāras Lord Caitanya continued explaining to Sanātana Gosvāmī about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s avatāras, or incarnations, which are His expansions who come to the material creation. The word avatāra means “one who descends from … Read More

  CHAPTER SEVEN Unlimited Forms of Godhead According to the Vaiṣṇava almanac, the twelve months of the year are named according to the twelve Vaikuṇṭha forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and these forms are known as the … Read More

  CHAPTER SIX His Forms Are One and the Same By devotional service one can understand that Kṛṣṇa first of all manifests Himself as svayaṁ-rūpa, His personal form, then as tad-ekātma-rūpa, and then as āveśa-rūpa. It … Read More

  CHAPTER FIVE How to Approach God In truth, all Vedic literature directs the human being toward the perfect stage of devotion. The paths of fruitive activities, speculative knowledge, and meditation do not lead one to … Read More

  CHAPTER FOUR The Wise Man Since no one can trace the history of the living entity’s entanglement in material energy, Lord Caitanya said that it is beginningless. By “beginningless” He meant that conditioned life exists … Read More

CHAPTER THREE Teachings to Sanātana Gosvāmī From the instructions of Lord Caitanya to Sanātana Gosvāmī we can understand the science of God as it relates to God’s transcendental form, His opulences, and His devotional service. Indeed, … Read More

  CHAPTER TWO Sanātana Gosvāmī vande ’nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ   śrī-caitanya-mahāprabhum nīco ’pi yat-prasādāt syād   bhakti-śāstra-pravartakaḥ I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even a person in the lowest status of life can find … Read More