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Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares his thoughts and realizations on sacred texts such as Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta and more every week.
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In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
The following is a recording of Srila Dhanurdhara Swami's Vyasa-puja address and initiation, given on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 103-105
aśeṣa-sādhanaiḥ sādhyaḥ
samastārthādhikādhikaḥ
yo vaśī-karaṇe gāḍho-
pāyo bhagavato ’dvayaḥ
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.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 100
ānandaka-svabhāvo ’pi
bhakti-māhātmya-darśanāt
bhaktān harṣayituṁ kuryād
durghaṭaṁ ca sa īśvaraḥ
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.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Texts 98-99
parānanda-ghanaṁ śrīmat
sarvendriya-guṇāñjanam
nārāyaṇasya rūpaṁ tat
sākṣāt sampaśyatām api
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.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 93
tasya kāruṇya-śaktyā vā
dṛśyo ’stv api bahir-dṛśoḥ
tathāpi darśanānandaḥ
sva-yonau jāyate hṛdi
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.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 86
śrī-pippalāyana uvāca
idaṁ mahat padaṁ hitvā
katham anyad yiyāsasi
kathaṁ vā bhramasi draṣṭuṁ
dṛgbhyāṁ taṁ parameśvaram
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?
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 30 Text 28
anayārādhito nūnaṁ
bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ
yan no vihāya govindaḥ
prīto yām anayad rahaḥ
TRANSLATION
Certainly this particular gopī has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 83
tatrāthāpy avasaṁ teṣāṁ
prabhāva-bhara-darśanāt
guru-vāg-gauravād dṛṣṭa-
phalatvāc cātyajañ japam
TRANSLATION
Nonetheless, I stayed there for some time, attracted by the display of great power. Out of respect for my guru’s order, and because I had seen how effective my mantra was, I kept on chanting.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 74
śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tato ’kārṣam ahaṁ citte
tatrāho kīdṛśaṁ sukham
īdṛśāḥ kati vānye syur
eṣāṁ pūjyaś ca kīdṛśaḥ
TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: I then wondered, “Indeed, what kind of happiness do they enjoy on Tapoloka? How many more are there like him? And what kind of Lord do they worship?”
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67
vihāya yajña-karmāṇi
bhaktyotthāya maharṣibhiḥ
praṇamya dhyāna-niṣṭho ’sau
yajñeśvara-vad arcitaḥ
TRANSLATION
The great sages put aside their sacrificial rituals, stood up with devotion, bowed down to the boy, who was absorbed in meditation, and worshiped him as if he were the Lord of sacrifice Himself.
In today's saṅga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations about his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, on the day of his appearance.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67
tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥ
TRANSLATION
Once, someone arrived from a higher planet. His form surrounded by brilliant light, he was dressed by the directions only. He appeared to be a five- or six-year-old boy.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 67
tatraikadā mahā-tejaḥ-
puñja-rūpo dig-ambaraḥ
pāñca-ṣābdika-bālābhaḥ
ko ’py āgād ūrdhva-lokataḥ
TRANSLATION
Once, someone arrived from a higher planet. His form surrounded by brilliant light, he was dressed by the directions only. He appeared to be a five- or six-year-old boy.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 61
catur-yuga-sahasrasya
tatratyaika-dinasya hi
ante trai-lokya-dāhena
jana-loko ’dhigamyate
TRANSLATION
At the end of one thousand cycles of ages — for that place, one day — the conflagration of the three worlds forced us to take refuge on Janaloka.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 60
kintu yajña-samāptau syād
duḥkham antarhite prabhau
vṛtte yajñāntare cāsya
prādurbhāvāt punaḥ sukham
TRANSLATION
But at the end of each sacrifice, unhappiness would arise when the Lord disappeared; and when the Lord reappeared at the start of another sacrifice, happiness would begin again.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 58
tatas tān anumānyāham
anaṅgī-kṛtya vipratām
tatrāvasaṁ svato jāta-
prājāpatya-mahā-sukhaiḥ
TRANSLATION
Therefore, while showing respect to the sages, I declined the status of a brāhmaṇa. But I stayed on Maharloka, enjoying the exalted pleasures that automatically appear in the world of the Prajāpatis.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 56
śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tac chrutvācintayaṁ brahman
vaiśyatve syāt sukhaṁ mahat
prabhor eṣāṁ ca viprāṇāṁ
tad-bhaktānām upāsanāt
TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Hearing this, O brāhmaṇa, I thought I would be much happier staying a vaiśya, for then I could keep worshiping both the Supreme Lord and those brāhmaṇas, His devotees.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 51
apūrva-labdham ānandaṁ
paramaṁ prāpnuvaṁs tataḥ
kāruṇyātiśayāt tasya
saṁsiddhāśeṣa-vāñchitaḥ
TRANSLATION
By that Lord’s abundant mercy, I attained an exceptional bliss I had never known before, and all my desires were fulfilled.
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