+ nagara-sankirtana
– When Krishna plays His flute, all the peacocks become very happy and offer their feathers to Him.
– If we don’t have love and affection for someone, we don’t offer gifts.
– Krishna’s peacock feather has the name Radha and is inclined to the left, demonstrating that He pays homage to Her.
– The Srimad Bhagavatam is the Emperor, the essence of all the Sacred Scriptures, the Vedas, the Puranas, and the Upanishads.
– Whoever develops a taste for the Srimad Bhagavatam, all other Puranas lose their flavor.
– The story of Brahma placing all the Vedas, Puranas, and Upanishads on one side of the scales against the Srimad Bhagavatam on the other, denoting the greater weight of the Bhagavatam.
– Jamindar (landowner): the double meaning of this word in Hindi. The conclusion is that whoever sits on a platform is lighter and whoever is below is heavier.
– We must listen to the Srimad Bhagavatam for seven consecutive days.
– Sloka: naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā… (ŚB 1.2.18).
– The nectar of the Srimad Bhagavatam is extremely powerful!
– The curse given to Pariksit Maharaja that he would be bitten by a deadly snake on the seventh day of his life.
– Story of when Sukadeva Gosvamipada spoke the Srimad Bhagavatam to Pariksit Maharaja.
– The nectar of Svarga, from the celestial planets, is compared to shards of glass, and the sweet nectar of the Srimad Bhagavatam, to the most precious stone: maha-mani.
– One who is absorbed in material pleasures is not qualified to drink the sweet nectar of the Bhagavat Kathamrtam.
– One who does not have simple faith (sraddha) is not qualified to practice devotional service to the Lord.
– Everyone should listen daily to excerpts from the Gaudiya Rasamrta lectures of Srila Gurudeva Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, translate them, and help share them so that life may be successful.
– Sloka: śraddhāvān jana haya bhakti-adhikārī… (CC Madhya 22.64).
– The true wish-fulfilling stone (cintamani) is the Holy Names and Harikatha.
– The nectar of Bhagavat Kathamrtam is not different from the Supreme Lord, and we should listen with firm faith.
– Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9).