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16 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 3 (English translation) – Canning, West Bengal, India
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 Sukadeva explains to Pariksit Maharaja about knowledge and renunciation. Bhakti is seva-vrtti. Verse: na sādhayati māṁ yogo na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava… (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.20). Pastime between Krsna and Sridama demonstrates the mood of the Vrajavasis (lokik-sad-bandhu-prat-vriti). The Lord is at the same time: Sarvajnata = knows everything; Mugdhata = completely innocent. Mother Yasoda binds Krishna to the mortar (Dama-bandhana-lila). Seven generations receive the...
16 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 3 (Bengali) – Canning, West Bengal, India
Sukadeva explains to Pariksit Maharaja about knowledge and renunciation. Bhakti is seva-vrtti. Verse: na sādhayati māṁ yogo na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava… (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.20). Pastime between Krsna and Sridama demonstrates the mood of the Vrajavasis (lokik-sad-bandhu-prat-vriti). The Lord is at the same time: Sarvajnata = knows everything; Mugdhata = completely innocent. Mother Yasoda binds Krishna to the mortar (Dama-bandhana-lila). Seven generations receive the opportunity for...
16 Feb 2026 midday – Shiva-ratri (English translation) – Sundarbans, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Verse: vaiṣṇavānāṁ yathā śambhuḥ… (Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.16).
Devadhi-deva Mahadeva, Shiva is the best of the Vaishnavas and the greatest among the demigods.
Song: Tumi Sarvesvaresvara.
How, obeying the guidance of Krishna, Shankara, Shivaji, preaches the Mayavada philosophy to deliver the world from atheism.
Pastimes of Dana Kuvera, Shiva, and Parvati.
Ravana made a fire sacrifice to Shiva and Parvati.
16 Feb 2026 midday – Shiva-ratri (Bengali) – Sundarbans, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Verse: vaiṣṇavānāṁ yathā śambhuḥ… (Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.16).
Devadhi-deva Mahadeva, Shiva is the best of the Vaishnavas and the greatest among the demigods.
Song: Tumi Sarvesvaresvara.
How, obeying the guidance of Krishna, Shankara, Shivaji, preaches the Mayavada philosophy to deliver the world from atheism.
Pastimes of Dana Kuvera, Shiva, and Parvati.
Ravana made a fire sacrifice to Shiva and Parvati.
