– On the Srimad Bhagavatam: Tenth Canto/Chapter 35. – On the Yugala Gita spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami Pada to Parikisit Maharaja. – The five songs of the Srimad Bhagavatam: Venu-gita, Pranaya-gita, Gopi-gita, Yugala-gita, and Bhramara-gita. – On the purva-raga of the gopis, the mood that expresses the longing for the encounter between the hero and the heroine. – Beautiful description by Srimati Radhika in response to Lalita about Krsna. – On the beauty of...
Discourses in Hindi 2025
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...
10 Nov 2025 morning – The Adorable Deity of Kali-yuga Is Sriman Mahaprabhu (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India
– Upon arriving at Jagannatha Puri, Mahaprabhu was in the mood of Srimati Radhika and fainted upon seeing Lord Jagannatha. – Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya meets Mahaprabhu in the Jagannatha Temple. – Mahaprabhu stay at Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya’s house and do philosophical discussions on Vedanta. – The four egos of the conditioned soul. – Mahaprabhu defeated the advaitavadi philosophy of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. – Mahaprabhu gave His darshan in the form of...
09 Nov 2025 midday – Gopi Talav (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Katha about Srimati Radharani drinking warm milk and Krsna’s feet getting blisters. Krsna resides in the heart of Srimati Radharani; subtly, He is always there. How Krsna destroyed all the ego of those who served warm milk to Srimati Radhika. Krsna’s fever and headache were cured with the dust from the lotus feet of the gopis. The queens of Dvaraka did not want to give the dust from their feet to Krsna, but the gopis did. Krsna left the remaining dust from the lotus feet of the...
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...
07 Nov 2025 evening – Sri Bhagavata-saptaha, day 1 (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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...
07 Nov 2025 morning – Sri Krsna’s Lilas in Dvaraka (Hindi) – Dvaraka, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Krsna needed to finish His activities (mainly killing the demons). – Srimati Radhika said to Uddhava: “Let Him complete His purpose before returning.” – “Oh gopis, please be patient, think that I am already there.” Don’t press too hard for Krsna to return. – Krsna was very harsh in His words, telling the queens of Dvaraka that they were not qualified to be His wives and that He had only married them because they slightly resembled the...