13 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 7 (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Sukadeva Gosvami clarified all of Pariksit Maharaja’s doubts.
  • Without the mood of a lover, rasa-lila cannot be performed.
  • Rasa-lila is the highest pastime.
  • Impersonal jnanis see God as a light (brahman); yogis see Him as Paramatma; and devotees see Him personally, as Bhagavan.
  • Vyasadeva’s lila with Ganesh.
  • Krsna’s lila with Putana is an example of Krsna’s magnanimous mercy.
  • Yogamaya’s lila with Kamsa.
  • Kamsa sends Akrura to fetch Krsna and Balarama.
  • On the suffering of separation from Krsna that the gopis feel upon learning that He and Balarama would be traveling to Mathura with Akrura.
  • The three types of viraha: bhavi-viraha; bhavan-viraha; bhava-viraha.
  • Krsna told the gopis that He would return the next day, but He did not.
  • Krsna kills Kamsa and frees Devaki and Vasudeva, but, unlike Mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja, they do not allow Him to touch their feet.
  • Parents should teach their children that they should touch their parents’ feet every day.
  • On how Bhisma Pitamaha gave His blessings to the Pandavas.
  • About the three incarnations of Prsni and Sutapa as Bhagavan’s parents.
  • Bhisma Pitamaha is one of the twelve mahajanas.
  • About Uddhava’s character and his ten-month stay in Vraja.
  • Uddhava returns to Mathura because he wanted to be with Krsna, but returns to Vrndavana after Krsna leaves this world.
  • Unlike Krsna, Ramachandra never fled the battlefield, never looked at any woman other than Sita, and never turned his back on anyone.
  • Krsna in Dvaraka and His Eight Principal Queens.
  • Krsna’s lila with Rukmini.
  • If you receive the stamp of Candravali or Rukmini, Sri Radha will not accept you!