Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 31 - Verse 128

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 128 Sanskrit: इत्थं हरेर्भगवतो रुचिरावतार-वीर्याणि बालचरितानि च शन्तमानि ।अन्यत्र चेह च श्रुतानि गृणन् मनुष्योभक्तिं परां परमहंसगतौ लभेत ॥ २८ ॥कलेर्दोषनिधे राजन्नस्ति ह्येको महान् गुण: ।कीर्तनादेव कृष्णस्य मुक्तसङ्ग: परं व्रजेत् ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: itthaṁ harer bhagavato rucirāvatāra-vīryāṇi bāla-caritāni ca śantamānianyatra ceha ca śrutāni gṛṇan manuṣyobhaktiṁ parāṁ paramahaṁsa-gatau labheta Translation: The all-auspicious exploits of the all-attractive incarnations of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and also the pastimes He performed as a child, are described in this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and in other scriptures....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sanātana Dharma

Sanātana Dharma !HinduSwastika Sanātana Dharma (Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning “eternal dharma”, “eternal order”) is an endonym used by Hindus to refer to Hinduism. It refers to the “eternal” truth and teachings of Hinduism. It can also be translated as “the natural and eternal way to live". The term is used in Indian languages alongside the more common Hindu Dharma for Hinduism. Sanatana Dharma can also denote the list of ’eternal’ or absolute duties and practices....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 310

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 310 Sanskrit: इदं भगवता पूर्वं ब्रह्मणे नाभिपङ्कजे ।स्थिताय भवभीताय कारुण्यात् सम्प्रकाशितम् ॥ १० ॥ ITRANS: idaṁ bhagavatā pūrvaṁbrahmaṇe nābhi-paṅkajesthitāya bhava-bhītāyakāruṇyāt samprakāśitam Translation: It was to Lord Brahmā that the Supreme Personality of Godhead first revealed the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in full. At the time, Brahmā, frightened by material existence, was sitting on the lotus flower that had grown from the Lord’s navel. Purport: Lord Kṛṣṇa enlightened Brahmā with the knowledge of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam before the creation of this universe, as indicated here by the word pūrvam....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 311-12

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 311-12 Sanskrit: आदिमध्यावसानेषु वैराग्याख्यानसंयुतम् ।हरिलीलाकथाव्रातामृतानन्दितसत्सुरम् ॥ ११ ॥सर्ववेदान्तसारं यद ब्रह्मात्मैकत्वलक्षणम् ।वस्त्वद्वितीयं तन्निष्ठं कैवल्यैकप्रयोजनम् ॥ १२ ॥ ITRANS: ādi-madhyāvasāneṣuvairāgyākhyāna-saṁyutamhari-līlā-kathā-vrātā-mṛtānandita-sat-suram Translation: From beginning to end, the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is full of narrations that encourage renunciation of material life, as well as nectarean accounts of Lord Hari’s transcendental pastimes, which give ecstasy to the saintly devotees and demigods. This Bhāgavatam is the essence of all Vedānta philosophy because its subject matter is the Absolute Truth, which, while nondifferent from the spirit soul, is the ultimate reality, one without a second....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 313

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 313 Sanskrit: प्रौष्ठपद्यां पौर्णमास्यां हेमसिंहसमन्वितम् ।ददाति यो भागवतं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: prauṣṭhapadyāṁ paurṇamāsyāṁhema-siṁha-samanvitamdadāti yo bhāgavataṁsa yāti paramāṁ gatim Translation: If on the full moon day of the month of Bhādra one places Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam on a golden throne and gives it as a gift, he will attain the supreme transcendental destination. Purport: One should place Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam on a golden throne because it is the king of all literature....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 314

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 314 Sanskrit: राजन्ते तावदन्यानि पुराणानि सतां गणे ।यावद्भ‍ागवतं नैव श्रूयतेऽमृतसागरम् ॥ १४ ॥ ITRANS: rājante tāvad anyānipurāṇāni satāṁ gaṇeyāvad bhāgavataṁ naivaśrūyate ’mṛta-sāgaram Translation: All other Purāṇic scriptures shine forth in the assembly of saintly devotees only as long as that great ocean of nectar, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, is not heard. Purport: Other Vedic literatures and other scriptures of the world remain prominent until the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is duly heard and understood....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Boden Scholarship

Boden Scholarship The Boden Scholarship at the University of Oxford was established in 1833 to support students learning Sanskrit. History and scholars Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Boden, after whom the scholarship is named, served in the Bombay Native Infantry of the East India Company from 1781 until his retirement in 1807. He died on 21 November 1811, and his will provided that his estate should pass to the University of Oxford after his daughter’s death to establish a professorship in Sanskrit....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 318

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 318 Sanskrit: श्रीमद्भ‍ागवतं पुराणममलं यद्वैष्णवानां प्रियंयस्मिन् पारमहंस्यमेकममलं ज्ञानं परं गीयते ।तत्र ज्ञानविरागभक्तिसहितं नैष्कर्म्यमाविष्कृतंतच्छृण्वन् सुपठन् विचारणपरो भक्त्या विमुच्येन्नर: ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: śrīmad-bhāgavataṁ purāṇam amalaṁ yad vaiṣṇavānāṁ priyaṁyasmin pāramahaṁsyam ekam amalaṁ jñānaṁ paraṁ gīyatetatra jñāna-virāga-bhakti-sahitaṁ naiṣkarmyam āviskṛtaṁtac chṛṇvan su-paṭhan vicāraṇa-paro bhaktyā vimucyen naraḥ Translation: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless Purāṇa. It is most dear to the Vaiṣṇavas because it describes the pure and supreme knowledge of the paramahaṁsas....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 319

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 319 Sanskrit: कस्मै येन विभासितोऽयमतुलो ज्ञानप्रदीप: पुरातद्रूपेण च नारदाय मुनये कृष्णाय तद्रूपिणा ।योगीन्द्राय तदात्मनाथ भगवद्राताय कारुण्यत-स्तच्छुद्धं विमलं विशोकममृतं सत्यं परं धीमहि ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: kasmai yena vibhāsito ’yam atulo jñāna-pradīpaḥ purātad-rūpeṇa ca nāradāya munaye kṛṣṇāya tad-rūpiṇāyogīndrāya tad-ātmanātha bhagavad-rātāya kāruṇyatastac chuddhaṁ vimalaṁ viśokam amṛtaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi Translation: I meditate upon that pure and spotless Supreme Absolute Truth, who is free from suffering and death and who in the beginning personally revealed this incomparable torchlight of knowledge to Brahmā....

May 9, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Lahiri Mahasaya

Lahiri Mahasaya name Shyama Charan Lahiri religion Hinduism birth_name Shyama Charan Lahiri birth_date September 30, 1828 birth_place Ghurni village, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj (Present day in Nadia district, West Bengal, India) death_date September 26, 1895 death_place Benares, United Provinces), British Raj order Self-realization (Enlightenment)) school Yoga nationality Indian guru Mahavatar Babaji honors Yogiraj, Kashi Baba disciples Yukteswar Giri, Tinkouri Lahiri, Panchanan Bhattacharya, Keshavananda Brahmachari philosophy Kriya Yoga ** Shyama Charan Lahiri** (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school)....

February 15, 2023 · 9 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 321

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 321 Sanskrit: योगीन्द्राय नमस्तस्मै शुकाय ब्रह्मरूपिणे ।संसारसर्पदष्टं यो विष्णुरातममूमुचत् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: yogīndrāya namas tasmaiśukāya brahma-rūpiṇesaṁsāra-sarpa-daṣṭaṁ yoviṣṇu-rātam amūmucat Translation: I offer my humble obeisances to Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the best of mystic sages and a personal manifestation of the Absolute Truth. He saved Mahārāja Parīkṣit, who was bitten by the snake of material existence. Purport: Sūta Gosvāmī now offers obeisances to his own spiritual master, Śukadeva Gosvāmī....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 13 - Verse 323

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 323 Sanskrit: नामसङ्कीर्तनं यस्य सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।प्रणामो दु:खशमनस्तं नमामि हरिं परम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: nāma-saṅkīrtanaṁ yasyasarva-pāpa praṇāśanampraṇāmo duḥkha-śamanastaṁ namāmi hariṁ param Translation: I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Hari, the congregational chanting of whose holy names destroys all sinful reactions, and the offering of obeisances unto whom relieves all material suffering. Purport: The Twelfth Canto was completed at Gainesville, Florida, on Sunday, July 18, 1982....

May 9, 2023 · 1 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Vīrya (Hinduism)

Vīrya (Hinduism) Vīrya (Sanskrit वीर्य) literally means “state of a strong man” or “manliness.” In Hindu Vedic literature, the term is often associated with heroism and virility. In Brahmacharya in Hinduism, Virya also refers to semen in a male and it is considered to be the ‘vital fluid’. Loss of Virya from the body is avoided in Brahmacharya. Vedic literature Vīryà as “manly” and “hero” can be found, for instance, in the following excerpts from the Rig Veda (RV)....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Purusha Sukta

Purusha Sukta !The Rig Veda Purusha suktam (Sanskrit पुरुषसूक्तम्) is hymn 10.90 of the Rigveda, dedicated to the Purusha, the “Cosmic Being”. It is also found in the Shukla Yajurveda Samhita 31.1-16 and Atharva Veda Samhita 19.6. Slightly different versions of the Sukta appear in different Vedas. One version of the suktam has 16 verses, 15 in the meter, and the final one in the meter. Another version of the Sukta consists of 24 verses with the first 18 mantras designated as the Purva-narayana and the later portion termed as the Uttara-narayana probably in honour of Rishi Narayana....

February 15, 2023 · 8 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir

Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir name Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir map_type India Uttar Pradesh map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh coordinates 27.56778°N, 77.64493°W country India state Uttar Pradesh district Mathura location Vrindavan elevation_m 213 deity Krishna & Radha architecture Nagara architecture and Modern architecture year_completed 2026 creator ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) website http://www.vcm.org.in/ Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir is a temple under early stages of construction at Vrindavan, Mathura, India. As planned, it will be the tallest religious monument in the world....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum