4 March 2025 evening – Study of the Bhagavad Gita (Bengali) | Bengal, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The special meter, Kanak Manjari Chada, from Sanskrit used in the Gopi Gita.
  • Meanings for Kanak, gold or intoxicating plant like datura.
  • Only Srimati Radhika, the highest in the art of singing and dancing, is able to recite the verses with the Kanak Manjari meter.
  • Explanation of the Krsna dynasty.
  • Characteristics of the ksatriya class: those who fight to protect a nation, and are hard-hearted.
  • Characteristics of the vaisya class: those who tend cows, do business and are sweet.
  • The disappearance of Krsna in the rasa dance and the singing of the Gopi Gita.
  • Krsna responds that He manifests Himself wherever His name is chanted: in Harikatha, when reading and discussing the Bhagavad Gita.
  • We must first study the Bhagavad Gita, with its 700 verses.
  • The importance of remembering the five absolute truths and their five slokas (verses).
  • He who memorizes the 25 essential slokas cannot be defeated.
  • What are the five absolute truths?
  • First: general knowledge, having good sense to understand the transcendental truths.
  • A one-pointed devotee without good behavior causes confusion.
  • The book Hari Bhakti Vilasa, with slokas collected by Gopal Bhakta Gosvami and embellished by Santana Gosvami Pada.
  • Qualifications necessary for chanting the Holy Names: humility, compassion, respect and modesty.
  • One must understand and follow the instructions of Sri Siksastaka.
  • Knowledge of the soul.
  • Arjuna on the battlefield of Kuruksetra.
  • Krsna instructs Arjuna about the soul.
  • Second: special knowledge, about the arrival of old age and the loss of the senses.
  • About not needing knowledge, but doing bhajana to Govinda and taking shelter of His lotus feet.
  • The highest state of surrender is that of Srimati Radhika.
  • We should take shelter of Srimati Radhika and be under Her guidance, She is the shelter of divine love.
  • Krsna is serving Srimati Radhika by massaging Her feet in Seva Kunja, we should all follow this example.

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