Bhagavat-saptaha

11 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 5 (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Regarding the Tenth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, it refers to the lotus face of the Lord. Explanation of the three dhamas: purna-dhama (Mathura); purnatara-dhama (Dvaraka); purnattama-dhama (Vraja). Verse: duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ… (BG 2.56) which describes that sage of stable mind. Verse: anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ… (SB 10.33.36). Gurudeva reveals the result of hearing this katha, the glory of having the darsana (vision) of the pastime. On the Lord’s mercy in assuming a human body and...

10 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4 (English translation) – Dvaraka, India

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 – Nrsimha-Prahlada katha. – The family should be centered on Krsna. – How the Four Kumaras abandoned impersonal brahman and began to worship Visnu. – Brahma’s blessing to Hiranyakasipu. – Prahlada states that material life is like a deep, dark, and waterless well. – Nrsimhadeva’s blessing to Prahlada Maharaja. – Verse: prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā… (SB 7.9.44). – Appearance of Vasudeva Krsna...

10 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 4 (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Nrsimha-Prahlada katha. – The family should be centered on Krsna. – How the Four Kumaras abandoned impersonal brahman and began to worship Visnu. – Brahma’s blessing to Hiranyakasipu. – Prahlada states that material life is like a deep, dark, and waterless well. – Nrsimhadeva’s blessing to Prahlada Maharaja. – Verse: prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā… (SB 7.9.44). – Appearance of Vasudeva Krsna to the couple Devaki and...

08 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 2 (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

Srila Gurudeva glorifies the city of Dvaraka, which is one of the seven cities that grant liberation because it is a place where Krsna made His sweet pastimes. Srimad-Bhagavatam is Bhagavad-svarupa (the very sound form of the Lord). By listening to Bhagavad-katha, all the sins of all living entities are destroyed. We should listen with faith (sraddha). The first three verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam represent the Mangalacarana. The first establishes the subject of the book, the second offers the...

08 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 2 (English translation) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

PART 1 PART 2 – Srila Gurudeva glorifies the city of Dvaraka, which is one of the seven cities that grant liberation because it is a place where Krsna made His sweet pastimes. – Srimad-Bhagavatam is Bhagavad-svarupa (the very sound form of the Lord). – By listening to Bhagavad-katha, all the sins of all living entities are destroyed. We should listen with faith (sraddha). – The first three verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam represent the Mangalacarana. The first establishes the...

07 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 1 (English translation) – Dvaraka, India

Dvaraka is one of the seven cities capable of granting liberation from material existence and attainment of the Lord’s abode, simply by remaining there for a day. There are eighteen thousand verses in the Bhagavatam. If we take refuge in Bhagavam, He will liberate us from all suffering and stress. Srimati Radhika is the origin of all goddesses of fortune. Wherever Radha is, Krsna will be with Her and vice versa. Without Radha, Krsna is only half, thus They are always together. Radha and...