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#BG 2.69   या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी । यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ॥ ६९ ॥   yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ   yā … Read More

#BG 2.68   तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ६८ ॥   tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā   tasmāt — therefore; yasya — whose; mahā–bāho — O mighty-armed one; … Read More

#BG 2.64   रागद्वेषविमुक्तैस्तु विषयनिन्द्रियैश्चरन् । आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥ ६४ ॥   rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati   rāga — attachment; dveṣa — and detachment; vimuktaiḥ — by one who has become … Read More

#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