Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 109
TRANSLATION
Living there as a guru in the science of weaponry, He dresses as a brahmacārī, His hair in matted locks, and performs severe austerities as an instruction for the benefit of the world.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 101
TRANSLATION
Of the nine kinds of devotional service, remembrance is the chief. It is an offering of the activity of the mind, the most important of all the senses.
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In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
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The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami’s Vyasa-puja address and initiation, given on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
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In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 103-105
tat-prasādaika-labhyo yas
tad-bhaktaika-mahā-nidhiḥ
vicitra-paramānanda-
mādhurya-bhara-pūritaḥ
mahā-nirvācya-māhātmyaḥ
padārthaḥ prema-saṁjñakaḥ
pariṇāma-viśeṣe hi
ceto-vṛtter udeti saḥ
TRANSLATION
There is one goal of all disciplines, one highest attainment of all, the one potent means to bring the Supreme Lord under one’s control. Only by the mercy of the Lord can it be gained. It is the rare, exclusive treasure of His devotees, a treasure rich with every sort of transcendental ecstasy and sweetness. Its wonderful glories are beyond the power to describe. That attainment is called prema. It arises from special transformations of the functions of the mind.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 100
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord, by nature the bestower of ecstasy, creates such unlikely situations to delight His devotees by showing them the greatness of devotional service.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 98-99
madhu-kaiṭabha-mukhyānām
asurāṇāṁ durātmanām
na līno duṣṭa-bhāvo ’pi
sarva-pīḍā-karo hi yaḥ
TRANSLATION
The beautiful, all-opulent form of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the concentrated essence of supreme bliss, refines the functions of all the senses. Yet demons like Madhu and Kaiṭabha, even after seeing the Lord in person, did not lose their evil disposition, distressing to all.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 93
TRANSLATION
And even if by the power of His mercy He becomes visible to external eyes, the bliss that arises from seeing Him has its natural source in the heart.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 86
TRANSLATION
Śrī Pippalāyana said: Why do you want to leave this exalted place and go somewhere else? And why are you wandering around just to see the Supreme Lord with your eyes?
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