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ŚB 2.1.29 इन्द्रादयो बाहव आहुरुस्रा: कर्णौ दिश:श्रोत्रममुष्य शब्द: । नासत्यदस्रौ परमस्य नासे घ्राणोऽस्य गन्धो मुखमग्निरिद्ध: ॥ २९ ॥ indrādayo bāhava āhur usrāḥ karṇau diśaḥ śrotram amuṣya śabdaḥ nāsatya-dasrau paramasya nāse ghrāṇo ’sya gandho mukham agnir iddhaḥ Synonyms … Read More

ŚB 2.1.26 पातालमेतस्य हि पादमूलं पठन्ति पार्ष्णिप्रपदे रसातलम् । महातलं विश्वसृजोऽथ गुल्फौ तलातलं वै पुरुषस्य जङ्घे ॥ २६ ॥ pātālam etasya hi pāda-mūlaṁ paṭhanti pārṣṇi-prapade rasātalam mahātalaṁ viśva-sṛjo ’tha gulphau talātalaṁ vai puruṣasya jaṅghe Synonyms pātālam — … Read More

ŚB 2.1.19 तत्रैकावयवं ध्यायेदव्युच्छिन्नेन चेतसा । मनो निर्विषयं युक्त्वा तत: किञ्चन न स्मरेत् । पदं तत्परमं विष्णोर्मनो यत्र प्रसीदति ॥ १९ ॥ tatraikāvayavaṁ dhyāyed avyucchinnena cetasā mano nirviṣayaṁ yuktvā tataḥ kiñcana na smaret padaṁ tat paramaṁ … Read More

ŚB 2.1.20 रजस्तमोभ्यामाक्षिप्तं विमूढं मन आत्मन: । यच्छेद्धारणया धीरो हन्ति या तत्कृतं मलम् ॥ २० ॥ rajas-tamobhyām ākṣiptaṁ vimūḍhaṁ mana ātmanaḥ yacched dhāraṇayā dhīro hanti yā tat-kṛtaṁ malam Synonyms rajaḥ — the passionate mode of nature; … Read More

ŚB 2.1.15 अन्तकाले तु पुरुष आगते गतसाध्वस: । छिन्द्यादसङ्गशस्त्रेण स्पृहां देहेऽनु ये च तम् ॥ १५ ॥ anta-kāle tu puruṣa āgate gata-sādhvasaḥ chindyād asaṅga-śastreṇa spṛhāṁ dehe ’nu ye ca tam Synonyms anta–kāle — at the last stage … Read More

ŚB 2.1.9 परिनिष्ठितोऽपि नैर्गुण्य उत्तमश्लोकलीलया । गृहीतचेता राजर्षे आख्यानं यदधीतवान् ॥ ९ ॥ pariniṣṭhito ’pi nairguṇya uttama-śloka-līlayā gṛhīta-cetā rājarṣe ākhyānaṁ yad adhītavān Synonyms pariniṣṭhitaḥ — fully realized; api — in spite of; nairguṇye — in transcendence; uttama … Read More

ŚB 2.1.2 श्रोतव्यादीनि राजेन्द्र नृणां सन्ति सहस्रश: । अपश्यतामात्मतत्त्वं गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् ॥ २ ॥ śrotavyādīni rājendra nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām Synonyms śrotavya–ādīni — subject matters for hearing; rājendra — O Emperor; nṛṇām — … Read More

CHAPTER 3 Liberation from Material Planets The jñānīs and yogīs are generally impersonalists, and although they attain the temporary form of liberation by merging into the impersonal effulgence, the spiritual sky, according to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam their knowledge … Read More

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Lord Caitanya and Rāmānanda Rāya The author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has described Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the ocean of transcendental knowledge and Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya as the cloud which is produced from that ocean. … Read More

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Conversations with Prakāśānanda According to the principles of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, singing, dancing and playing musical instruments are strictly prohibited, for they are considered to be sinful activities. The Māyāvādī sannyāsī is simply supposed … 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 qualities, … Read More