04/04/24 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 3 (English translation) – Kashinagar, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1

PART 2

  • The Bhagavad katha was uttered on three occasions: between Narada Muni and Vyasadeva (Narada-Vyasa-Samvada); between Sukadeva Gosvami and Pariksit Maharaja (Suka-Pariksit-Samvada); between Suta Gosvami and Saunaka Rsi (Suta-Saunaka-Samvada).
  • ⁠One should not hear about Bhagavatam from a non-devotee.
  • ⁠Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya-lila 20.108–109).
  • ⁠There is only one process for us to understand God: complete surrender.
  • ⁠Sloka: nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo (Katha Upanisad 1.2.23).
  • ⁠Sloka: Ānanda-mayo ‘bhyāsāt (Vedanta Sutra 1.1.12): God is eternally and increasingly full of transcendental joy and bliss.
  • ⁠About Kapiladeva’s instructions to His mother Devahuti.
  • ⁠We must know the true reason for birth in the human body.
  • ⁠In every birth we get a father and mother, but not a reliable Guru. Now we must have faith in the Guru’s words.
  • ⁠Sloka: I know parama-bandhu, I know mata-pita sri-krsna-carane yei prema-bhakti-data (Gaudiya Kanthahara 1.44).
  • Story of the king with the eagle and the pigeon.
  • ⁠The best donation is that of Sri Bhagavad-katha because whoever listens becomes purified.
  • ⁠Drink Harikatha through your ears. Sloka: pibanti ye bhagavata ātmanaḥ satāṁ (Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.37). Have pure greed!
  • ⁠About Krsna’s wonderful flute.
  • ⁠The Srimad Bhagavatam is the highest Purana, among all the Scriptures it is Samraja!
  • ⁠Song: Sita Ram Sita Ram Kahiye.
  • ⁠Sloka: paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ (Bhagavad Gita 4.8).
  • ⁠Krsna sends Uddhava to Vrndavana but there, he does not understand anything. Meeting in separation and separation in meeting.
  • ⁠The three manifestations of Radha and the three manifestations of Krsna.
  • ⁠Dhruva Maharaja katha; and the katha of Bhakti with her two sons: Jnana and Vairagya.

Advanced Search

Select Videos by Month

Discover more from Vanamadhuryam Video Archive

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading