09 Jul 2026 evening – Glorification of Srivasa Thakura (English) – New Vraj, USA

 

– Sloka on Mahaprabhu absorbed in the mood of Srimati Radhika: kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha… (CC Madhya-lila 2.15).
– Sloka on the coming of souls to the material world: kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva anādi… (CC Madhya-lila 20.117).
– Maya covers, binds, and casts souls into the material world, and they wander among species and planets, both high and low.
– The Holy Names are the remedy for the soul.
– Dialogue between Srivasa and Mahaprabhu.
– ⁠A verse revealing that the Mahamantra is the spiritual method of Kali-yuga: harer nāma harer nāma… (CC Madhya-lila 6.242).
– Srivasa dies and is resurrected.
– Mahaprabhu teaches that we must have faith in the Holy Names and that this is the only method to reach Him.
– Srivasa is Narada Rsi.
– Narada’s funny lila thinking she had conquered lust and receiving a lesson from Vishnu.
– Srivasa’s lila hiding a sadhu who only drank milk in his house so that he could see Mahaprabhu.
– A verse spoken by Mahaprabhu to call the sadhu: ārādhito yadi haris tapasā… (SB 11.18.4).
– ⁠Lila of Mahaprabhu, Srivasa, and his deceased son.
– Sloka in which Krishna promises that whoever attains His abode will not return to the material world: na tad bhāsayate sūryo… (BG 15.6).
– Sloka that says we have spiritual realization in a potential state in our hearts: nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema… (CC Madhya-lila 22.107).
– With sadhu-sanga and Harikatha, all realization will manifest.
– The awakened spiritual seed corresponds to the natural transcendental rasa proper to each one.
– Sloka that reveals that Mahaprabhu came to grant Krishna-prema to all living beings: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt… (CC Adi-lila 1.4).
– ⁠Beautiful sloka written by Prabhodananda Sarasvati about Navadvipa: aradhitam nava-vanam vraja-kananam te… (Navadvipa-shatakam 78).

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