Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 11 Text 2 By His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada TEXT 2 Atoms are the ultimate state of the manifest universe. When they stay in their own forms without forming different bodies, they are…
Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 11 Text 1 to text 20 By His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada TEXT 1 The material manifestation’s ultimate particle, which is indivisible and not formed into a body, is called the atom. It…
One can understand Me as I am, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of Me by such devotion, he can enter into my abode.
jayati te ‘dhikaṁ janmanā vrajaḥ śrayata indirā śaśvad atra hi dayita dṛśyatāṁ dikṣu tāvakās tvayi dhṛtāsavas tvāṁ vicinvate The gopīs said: O beloved, Your birth in the land of Vraja has made it exceedingly glorious, and thus Indirā, the goddess…
Srila Prabhupada Pranati 1) nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine (Chant one time ) 2) namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvisesha-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine (Chant one time ) Panca-tattva Maha-mantra 3) (jaya) sri-krishna-caitanya prabhu…
(1) ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaḿ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaḿ śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaḿ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaḿ prati-padaḿ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaḿ sarvātma-snapanaḿ paraḿ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-sańkīrtanam (2) nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ (3) tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena…
sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam “The spiritual master is to be honoured as much as the Supreme Lord because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This…
तस्माद् गुरुं प्रपद्येत जिज्ञासु: श्रेय उत्तमम् । शाब्दे परे च निष्णातं ब्रह्मण्युपशमाश्रयम् ॥ २१ ॥ tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁ brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam Therefore any person who seriously desires real happiness must seek a bonafide spiritual…
“tad-vijṣānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham“ This is essential. Ācāryopāsanam. This is Vedic instruction. If you at all interested in the understanding of spiritual subject matter, then you must approach a bonafide spiritual master. abhigacchet means “must”. It is not that if you…
