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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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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 136
bhagavantaṁ muhuḥ paśyan
praṇamann avadaṁ manaḥ
nijepsitāntam adyāgā
niścalaṁ tvaṁ mudaṁ bhaja
TRANSLATION
Gazing at the Supreme Lord and repeatedly bowing down before Him, I told my mind: “Today you have attained the ultimate fulfillment of all your desires! Be steady and joyful.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 132
saṁvāhyamāna-caraṇaṁ ramayā suparṇe
baddhāñjalau kṛta-dṛśaṁ vidhinārcyamānam
bhūyo vibhūtibhir amuṁ bahu lālayantaṁ
śrī-nārada-praṇaya-bhaktiṣu datta-cittam
TRANSLATION
As the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, massaged His feet, He glanced at Garuḍa, who stood before Him with joined palms. Lord Brahmā worshiped the Lord with opulent offerings, and in turn the Lord amply gratified him. Lord Mahāpuruṣa was also attentive to Śrī Nārada’s displays of loving devotion.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 129
śrī-gopa-kumāra uvāca
tac chrutvā tatra gatvā taṁ
mahā-puruṣam īkṣitum
japaṁ kurvaṁs tapo-loke
niviṣṭo ’ntaḥ-samādhinā
TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopa-kumāra said: Hearing this, I wanted to go to that planet and see the Mahāpuruṣa. Seated on Tapoloka, I chanted my mantra and focused my attention in samādhi.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 119
kadācit sanakādīṁś ca
dhyāna-niṣṭhā-vaśaṁ gatān
vindatas tāni rūpāṇi
dṛṣṭvāpnomi parāṁ mudam
TRANSLATION
Sometimes when Sanaka and his brothers were absorbed in meditation they would assume those forms of the Lord. Seeing this, I would relish extreme pleasure.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 108
antar bahiś ca paśyāmas
taṁ samādhi-parāyaṇāḥ
nāto viccheda-duḥkhaṁ syād
ity agāt tatra sa prabhuḥ
TRANSLATION
We devotees of yoga-samādhi see Lord Nara-Nārāyaṇa both within ourselves and without. And so, there being no danger of our suffering pain due to separation from the Lord, He went to Gandhamādana.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 109
loka-śikṣā-hitārthaṁ tu
kurvann āste mahat tapaḥ
dhanur-vidyā-gurur brahma-
cāri-veśo jaṭā-dharaḥ
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.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 2 Text 101
bhaktau nava-vidhāyāṁ ca
mukhyaṁ smaraṇam eva hi
tat samagrendriya-śreṣṭha-
mano-vṛtti-samarpaṇam
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.
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.
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