Bhagavat-saptaha

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...

14 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata saptaha, day 1 (English translation) – Canning, India

PART 1 PART 2 The nectar of hearing Harikatha: Harikathamrtam. Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). All demigods glorify the katha of Srimad Bhagavatam. After enjoying the celestial planets due to punya-karma, conditioned souls need to return to the material world. The fruit of hearing Bhagavat Kathamrtam. The glorification of Srimad Bhagavatam is mentioned in the scriptures. Story of Brahmaji weighing the Bhagavatam on a scale: the Bhagavatam on one side of the scale and all the...

14 Feb 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 1 (Bengali) – Canning, West Bengal, India

Bada Mahaprabhu, Vishvanath Prabhu, Radha Kunja House Canning – The nectar of hearing Harikatha: Harikathamrtam. – Sloka: tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁ… (ŚB 10.31.9). – All demigods glorify the katha of Srimad Bhagavatam. – After enjoying the celestial planets due to punya-karma, conditioned souls need to return to the material world. – The fruit of hearing Bhagavat Kathamrtam. – The glorification of Srimad Bhagavatam is mentioned in the scriptures...

10 Jan 2026 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil

Srimad Bhagavatam is eternal, nityam. Acintya-sakti (inconceivable potency) of Krsna. It is difficult to concentrate on Harikatha for more than twenty minutes at a time. Asura-bhava and Deva-bhava. Spiritual realization arises through the mercy of Guru and Krsna when the devotee surrenders to Them. The concept of sara-svabhava: simple heart. Sloka: labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte… (SB 11.9.29). Sloka: kṛṣṇa-bhakti-janma-mūla haya ‘sādhu-saṅga’… (CC Madhya 22.83). On...

10 Jan 2026 morning – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7 (Glories of the Gopis) (English) – Gaia Vrindavana, Brazil

After the hari-katha of the seventh day of hearing, there is the day of rest of Bhagavat Katha. Punishment is to purify the heart. There is no difference between Lord Rama and Sri Krishna. About rasa-vicara. Rama-lila-katha. The body of the gopis is made of sat-cit-ananda. Manava-lila. Krishna is dhira-lalita nayaka – Hero with specific characteristics. Maha-rasa-lila katha that happens only in Radha-kunda. ⁠The original Gandharvika is Srimati Radhika, She is expert in all the arts of dance and...