04 Mar 2025 evening – Study of the Bhagavad Gita (Bengali) | West 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.
