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ŚB 1.2.2 सूत उवाच यं प्रव्रजन्तमनुपेतमपेतकृत्यं द्वैपायनो विरहकातर आजुहाव । पुत्रेति तन्मयतया तरवोऽभिनेदु- स्तं सर्वभूतहृदयं मुनिमानतोऽस्मि ॥ २ ॥ sūta uvāca yaṁ pravrajantam anupetam apeta-kṛtyaṁ dvaipāyano viraha-kātara ājuhāva putreti tan-mayatayā taravo ’bhinedus taṁ sarva-bhūta-hṛdayaṁ munim ānato … Read More

#SB 1.2.1   व्यास उवाच इति सम्प्रश्नसंहृष्टो विप्राणां रौमहर्षणि: । प्रतिपूज्य वचस्तेषां प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥ १ ॥   vyāsa uvāca iti sampraśna-saṁhṛṣṭo viprāṇāṁ raumaharṣaṇiḥ pratipūjya vacas teṣāṁ pravaktum upacakrame   vyāsaḥ uvāca — Vyāsa said; iti — … Read More

CHAPTER TWO Divinity and Divine Service Text 1: Ugraśravā [Sūta Gosvāmī], the son of Romaharṣaṇa, being fully satisfied by the perfect questions of the brāhmaṇas, thanked them and thus attempted to reply. Text 2: Śrīla Sūta … Read More

B 1.1.18 अथाख्याहिहरेर्धीमन्नवतारकथा: शुभा: । लीला विदधत: स्वैरमीश्वरस्यात्ममायया ॥ १८ ॥ athākhyāhi harer dhīmann avatāra-kathāḥ śubhāḥ līlā vidadhataḥ svairam īśvarasyātma-māyayā Synonyms atha — therefore; ākhyāhi — describe; hareḥ — of the Lord; dhīman — O sagacious … Read More

ŚB 1.1.15 यत्पादसंश्रया: सूत मुनय: प्रशमायना: । सद्य: पुनन्त्युपस्पृष्टा: स्वर्धुन्यापोऽनुसेवया ॥ १५ ॥ yat-pāda-saṁśrayāḥ sūta munayaḥ praśamāyanāḥ sadyaḥ punanty upaspṛṣṭāḥ svardhuny-āpo ’nusevayā     yat — whose; pāda — lotus feet; saṁśrayāḥ — those who have … Read More

  ŚB 1.1.6 त्वया खलु पुराणानि सेतिहासानि चानघ । आख्यातान्यप्यधीतानि धर्मशास्त्राणि यान्युत ॥ ६ ॥   ṛṣaya ūcuḥ tvayā khalu purāṇāni setihāsāni cānagha ākhyātāny apy adhītāni dharma-śāstrāṇi yāny uta   Synonyms ṛṣayaḥ — the sages; ūcuḥ … Read More

  #SB 1.1.2   धर्म: प्रोज्झितकैतवोऽत्र परमो निर्मत्सराणां सतां वेद्यं वास्तवमत्र वस्तु शिवदं तापत्रयोन्मूलनम् । श्रीमद्भागवते महामुनिकृते किं वा परैरीश्वर: सद्यो हृद्यवरुध्यतेऽत्र कृतिभि: शुश्रूषुभिस्तत्क्षणात् ॥ २ ॥   dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ vedyaṁ vāstavam … Read More

ŚB 1.1.1 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय जन्माद्यस्य यतोऽन्वयादितरतश्चार्थेष्वभिज्ञ: स्वराट् तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यत्सूरय: । तेजोवारिमृदां यथा विनिमयो यत्र त्रिसर्गोऽमृषा धाम्ना स्वेन सदा निरस्तकुहकं सत्यं परं धीमहि ॥ १ ॥ oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya … Read More

  #SB 1.1.3   निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलं शुकमुखादमृतद्रवसंयुतम् । पिबत भागवतं रसमालयं मुहुरहो रसिका भुवि भावुका: ॥ ३ ॥   nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ śuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutam pibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayam muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ   nigama — … Read More

Dedication To Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja MY SPIRITUAL MASTER On the 26th Annual Ceremony of His Disappearance Day He lives forever by his divine instructions and the follower lives with him.

Chapter 3 Eligibility of the Candidate for Accepting Devotional Service On account of his association with mahātmās, or great souls one hundred percent engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, one may attain a little … Read More

CHAPTER SIX How to Discharge Devotional Service Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī states that his elder brother (Sanātana Gosvāmī) has compiled Hari-bhakti-vilāsa for the guidance of the Vaiṣṇavas and therein has mentioned many rules and regulations to be … Read More

CHAPTER SEVEN Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles ACCEPTING THE SHELTER OF A BONA FIDE SPIRITUAL MASTER In the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, third chapter, verse 21, Prabuddha tells Mahārāja Nimi, “My dear King, please know for certain … Read More