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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20 parāṁ kāṣṭhāṁ gataṁ tat-tad- rasa-jātīyatocitam athāpi rāsa-kṛt-tādṛg- bhaktānām astu kā gatiḥ TRANSLATION They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the rāsa dance?

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 20 parāṁ kāṣṭhāṁ gataṁ tat-tad- rasa-jātīyatocitam athāpi rāsa-kṛt-tādṛg- bhaktānām astu kā gatiḥ TRANSLATION They have all attained the ultimate limit of happiness, each in his own kind of ecstatic reciprocation with the Lord. But what place is destined for the exceptional devotees of the performer of the rāsa dance?

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā labhante sadya eva tat TRANSLATION That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 14 vaikuṇṭhaṁ durlabhaṁ muktaiḥ sāndrānanda-cid-ātmakam niṣkāmā ye tu tad-bhaktā labhante sadya eva tat TRANSLATION That abode, Vaikuṇṭha, is made of concentrated ecstasy and pure consciousness. Even for liberated souls it is difficult to attain. But the Lord’s devotees who are free from selfish desires reach it at once.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 śrīmad-uttarovāca kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayam TRANSLATION Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the four worlds still beyond those.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 10 śrīmad-uttarovāca kāmināṁ puṇya-kartṝṇāṁ trai-lokyaṁ gṛhiṇāṁ padam agṛhāṇāṁ ca tasyordhvaṁ sthitaṁ loka-catuṣṭayam TRANSLATION Śrīmatī Uttarā said: By performing auspicious duties, householders with material desires can achieve the three worlds, and persons who have renounced their homes can reach the four worlds still beyond those.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 1 śrī-janamejaya uvāca satyaṁ sac-chāstra-vargārtha- sāraḥ saṅgṛhya durlabhaḥ gūḍhaḥ sva-mātre pitrā me kṛṣṇa-premṇā prakāśitaḥ TRANSLATION Śrī Janamejaya said: Truly, my father gleaned the essential meaning of all eternal scriptures, and with great love for Kṛṣṇa he revealed to his mother that rare confidential truth.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 151 svayaṁ yad-bhakti-māhātmyam anubhūtam itas tataḥ sānandaṁ vīṇayā gāyan sa yayau bhakti-lampaṭaḥ TRANSLATION Thus Nārada started on his journey to Prayāga, intoxicated with eagerness for pure devotion. Wherever he passed he vibrated his vīṇā and blissfully sang the glories of the kṛṣṇa-bhakti he had seen with his own eyes.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 7 Text 150 atha prayāge gatvā tān mad-apekṣā-vilambitān munīn kṛtārthayānīti samanujñāpya mādhavam TRANSLATION Nārada then took leave of Mādhava, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and went to Prayāga, thinking, “Let me bestow perfection on the sages who have waited so long for me to return.”