17/09/23 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 2 (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

  • Glories to Bhagavat Saptaha and Srimad Bhagavatam.
  • The process of bhakti to reach Sri Krishna.
  • Verso: api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk (Bhagavad Gita 9.30-31).
  • Lila of Dhruva Maharaja on receiving Narada Muni’s mantra and having Narayana’s darsana.
  • The five categories of devotees.
  • Lila of Prahlada Maharaja and Lord Nrsimhadeva.
  • Kapiladeva instructing His mother and among the instructions He says: “Listen harikatha!
  • Glories of Lord Nrsimhadeva that Srila Gurudeva experienced together with his Gurudeva Srila BV Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
  • Lila by Ambarisa Maharaja and Durvasa Rsi.
  • Verse: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya – kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya 20.108-109). We can all be considered Vaisnavas.
  • Lilas and glories of the relationship between Hanuman and Lord Ramacandra.
  • Lila of Yudhisthira Maharaja asking Narada Rsi for advice.
  • Uddhava Maharaja and his association with the vraja-gopis.
  • Lila in which Mother Earth suffers a lot and prays for help. Visnu takes out two strands of hair: one white and one black, representing Lord Krishna and Balarama.
  • Verse: anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ mānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.36).
  • Caitanya Mahaprabhu tells Sanatana Gosvami that God’s lilas as a human being are the most special.
  • The cycle of samsara and the material world.
  • The story of the circus, which charges admission, but only one person can enter at a time.
  • Lila of Brahmaji and the four Kumaras.
  • Lila of Lord Siva on having baby Krsna’s darsana in Vrndavana.
  • Lila of Brahmaji stealing Sri Krsna’s friends and calves, verse: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ
    nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām (ŚB 10.14.32).
  • Sweet and intimate lilies of Sri Krsna and His gopa friends in Vrndavana.

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