Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 24
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Jul 16, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Today we'll cover the last two of three lectures Srila Prabhupada gave on SB 1.1.3. First is the second in series from London, August 20, 1971, and the other is from Caracas, Venezuela on February 24, 1975.
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Sri Garga Samhita 18
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Jul 16, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Eighteen
Brahmanda-darsanam
Vision of the Universal Form
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
gopi-griheshu vicaran navanita-caurah
syamo manohara-vapur nava-kanja-netrah
sri-bala-candra iva vriddhi-gato naranam
cittam harann iva cakara vraje ca sobham
Sri Narada said: Wandering from one to another of the gopis'
homes and stealing the hearts of the cowherd people, that
charming, handsome, blossoming-lotus-eyed dark butter-thief, like
a rising full moon, brought great beauty to Vraja.
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Prabhupada Padma-vakya
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Jul 16, CANADA (SUN)
Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.
July 16, 1973, London
Bhagavad-gita 1.16-19
" The breaking of the heart by vibrating different types of
conchshell from the side of the Pandavas, it broke the heart of the
dhartarastranam."
July 16, 1975, San Francisco
Morning Walk
" What man can do, the dog cannot do. What the dog can do, the cat
cannot do. What the cat can do, the rat cannot do. So we see so many
differences. Therefore there must be others who are more intelligent
than man. That is demigod."
July 16, 1975, San Francisco
Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.31
" If you want to know Krsna as He is, then you have to know Him
through bhakti-yoga, not any other. Others, they may go on speculating
for many, many millions of years. Still, they will not be able to
understand."
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 23
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Jul 12, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
In our last segment, we presented Text 3 of the First Chapter, First Canto from the original Srimad Bhagwatam, offering a side-by-side comparison of the sloka and translation, and a few comments on the differences between editions. Today we will cover Srila Prabhupada's lectures on SB 1.1.3.
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Sri Garga Samhita 17
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Jul 12, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Seventeen
Dadhi-steya-varnana
Description of the Yogurt Theft
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
atah balau krishna-ramau
gaura-syamau manoharau
lilaya cakratur alam
sundaram nanda-mandiram
Sri Narada said: With Their pastimes the two handsome fair and dark boys, Krishna and Balarama, made Nanda's palace beautiful.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 22
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Jul 10, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Today we begin the next sloka of Srimad Bhagavatam -- 1.1.3 – first giving the sloka and purport from Srila Prabhupada's original Srimad Bhagwatam, offering a side-by-side comparison of the sloka and translation as it appeared in the Bhagwatam and the first BBT Bhagavatam edition.
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Sri Garga Samhita 16, Part 2
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Jul 10, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Sixteen - Part Two
Sri Radhika-vivaha-varnana
Description of Sri Radhika's Wedding
Text 32
sa vahayam asa harim ca radhikam
pradakshinam sapta-hiranya-retasah
tatas ca tau tam pranamayya veda-vit
tau pathayam asa ca sapta-mantrakam
Brahma performed the wedding-ceremony of Lord Hari and Sri
Radhika. He had Them circumambulate the sacred fire and bow down before it, and then Brahma, the knower of the Vedas, recited the seven mantras.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 21
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Jul 08, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
As a last step in considering Srila Prabhupada's preaching on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.2, we will summarize the references made to other sastric verses, both in the purport to the verse and in the five lectures we've covered on this sloka. In the SB 1.1.2 purport itself, Srila Prabhupada quotes only one other verse – S.B. 1.1.1:
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Sri Garga Samhita 16
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Jul 08, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Sixteen
Sri Radhika-vivaha-varnana
Description of Sri Radhika's Wedding
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
gas carayan nandanam anka-dese
samlalayan duratamam sakasat
kalindaja-tira-samira-kampitam
nando 'pi bhandiravanam jagama
Herding the cows and holding His infant son in his arms,
Nanda went to Bhandiravana, which trembled with the breezes
coming from the Yamuna's shore.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 20
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Jul 06, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
We began our study of Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.2 by offering the complete text and purport from Srila Prabhupada's original Bhagwatam edition. Next, we worked our way through all five of his lectures on this verse, extracting the essential points (or at least, many of the essential points) from each lecture. Today, we further categorize these primary points by grouping them under the specific statement in the translated sloka which they appear to be most closely associated with.
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Sri Garga Samhita 15, Part 2
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Jul 06, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Fifteen, Part 2
Nanda-patnya visva-rupa-darsanam
Revelation of the Universal Form to Nanda's Wife
Text 37
anantany asya namani
veda-guhyani bharata
lilabhis ca bhavishyanti
tat-karmasu na vismayah
O descendent of King Bharata, according to His different
pastimes Your son will have names without end, names that are secret even from the Vedas. Do not be surprised at what He is able to do.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 19
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Jul 03, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Today we continue our study of Srila Prabhupada's lectures on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.2. In previous segments we covered four consecutive lectures he gave on this sloka while in London, on August 15th through 18th, 1971. Today we cover the fifth and last lecture on SB 1.1.2, given in Caracas, Venezuela on February 23, 1975.
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Sri Garga Samhita 15
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Jul 03, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Fifteen
Nanda-patnya visva-rupa-darsanam
Revelation of the Universal Form to Nanda's Wife
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
prenkhe harim kanaka-ratna-maye sayanam
syamam sisum jana-mano-hara-manda-hasam
drishtyarti-hari mashi-bindu-dharam yasoda
svanke cakara dhrita-kajjala-padma-netram
Sri Narada said: Yasoda took dark Lord Hari, whose gentle
smile enchants the people's hearts, whose glance takes away their troubles, who was decorated with dots of mashi, whose lotus eyes were anointed with black kajjala, and who was resting in a cradle of gold and jewels, on her lap.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 18
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Jul 01, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Today we continue our study of Srila Prabhupada's lectures on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.2, covering the last two of four consecutive lectures he gave on this verse while in London, on August 17th and 18th, 1971. As we noted yesterday, there may be a labeling error that slots the four parts into the wrong order. The August 17th lecture begins with a reading of the Translation, and the lecture on the 18th covers much of the purport.
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Sri Garga Samhita 14, Part 2
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Jul 01, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Fourteen, Part Two
Sakatasura-trinavarta-mokshah
The Liberation of Sakatasura and Trinavarta
Text 31
rurudus ca tada gopyah
prema-sneha-samakulah
asru-mukhyo nanda-sunum
pasyantyas ta itas tatah
Filled with love, and their faces covered with tears, the
gopis also wept as here and there they searched for Nanda's son.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 17
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Jun 28, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Today we begin an exploration of the five lectures Srila Prabhupada gave on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.2. Four of these were consecutive lectures in London in 1971, and the fifth was a lecture in Caracas in 1975. The Venezuela lecture was immediately following two days of lectures on SB 1.1.1 in Caracas. Likewise the London lectures, given over four consecutive days, took place about a week after the two London lectures on SB 1.1.1, covered in previous segments.
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Sri Garga Samhita 14
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Jun 28, CANADA (SUN) Canto One, Volume Two - Chapter Fourteen
Sakatasura-trinavarta-mokshah
The Liberation of Sakatasura and Trinavarta
Text 1
sri-garga uvaca
ity evam kathitam divyam
sri-krishna-caritam varam
yah srinoti naro bhaktya
sa kritartho na samsayah
Sri Garga Muni said: A person who with devotion hears Lord
Krishna's transcendental pastimes becomes perfect and successful.
Of this there is no doubt.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 16
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Jun 26, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Today we begin the next sloka of Srimad Bhagavatam -- 1.1.2 -- following the same process we did over the last four segments, covering SB 1.1.1. First, we will give the sloka and purport from Srila Prabhupada's original Srimad Bhagwatam, offering side-by-side comparisons of the sloka and translation as it appeared in the Bhagwatam and the later BBT Bhagavatam edition.
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Sri Garga Samhita 13
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Jun 26, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Thirteen
Putana-moksha
The Liberation of Putana
Texts 1 and 2
sri-narada uvaca
saury-anamaya-pricchartham
karam datum nripasya ca
putrotsavam kathayitum
nande sri-mathuram gate
kamsena preshita dushta
putana ghata-karini
pureshu grama-ghosheshu
caranti gharghara-svana
While, to ask about Vasudeva's welfare, to pay his tax to
the king, and to describe his son's birth-festival, Nanda was in
Sri Mathura, the murderess Putana, sent by Kamsa, was traveling
among cities, towns, and cowherd villages, making a menacing
rumbling sound.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 15
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Jun 23, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
In the last two segments we have offered a summary of many of the points made by Srila Prabhupada over the course of five lectures he gave on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1. Today we will make some comparative observations on the content of these lectures, which include:
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Sri Garga Samhita 12
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Jun 23, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Twelve
Sri Nanda-mahotsava-varnana
Description of Sri Nanda's Festival
Text 1
atha putrotsavam jatam
srutva nanda ushah-kshane
brahmanams ca samahuya
karayam asa mangalam
Hearing the happy news of his son's birth, Nanda called the brahmanas at dawn and had them perform the auspicious ceremonies.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 14
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Jun 21, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Following our last summary of the contents of Srila Prabhupada's lectures on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1 in London, August 6th and 7th, 1971, today we'll offer a similar breakdown of some of the main points he addressed (paraphrased) in three subsequent classes on this sloka:
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Sri Garga Samhita 11, Part 2
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Jun 21, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Eleven, Part 2
Sri-Balabhadra-janma-varnana
Description of the Birth of Lord Balarama
Text 40
na mat-samah ko 'pi suto jagaty alam
vicarya tad vam abhavam paresvarah
sri-prisnigarbho bhuvi visrutah punar
dvitiya-kale 'ham upendra-vamanah
Thinking, "No one is like Me," I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became your son, famous in the world as Sri Prisnigarbha. Then a second time I again became your son as Indra's younger brother Vamana.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 13
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Jun 17, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
In our last segment, we presented Text 1 of the First Chapter, First Canto from the original Srimad Bhagwatam, offering a few comments about the differences between the various editions. Today we will begin to explore Srila Prabhupada's preaching on SB 1.1.1, in his lectures and references to the sloka.
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Sri Garga Samhita 11
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Jun 17, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Eleven
Sri-Balabhadra-janma-varnana
Description of the Birth of Lord Balarama
Text 1
paripurnatamah sakshac
chri-krishno bhagavan svayam
vivesa vasudevasya
manah purvam parat parah
Sri Krishna, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than the greatest, personally entered Vasudeva's heart.
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Srila Prabhupada on Srimad Bhagavatam, Part 12
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Jun 15, CANADA (SUN) Srila Prabhupada's preaching of Srimad Bhagavatam.
Today we begin with Text 1 of the First Chapter of the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. Throughout this First Canto, we will continue to offer a comparative view of the text as it appears in Srila Prabhupada's original Bhagwatams and in his first BBT edition. But beginning with this first sloka, we will now add a few layers to our study.
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Sri Garga Samhita 10
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Jun 15, CANADA (SUN) Chapter Ten
Balabhadra-janma-varnana
Description of the Birth of Lord Balarama
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
bhitah palayate nayam
yoddharah kamsa-noditah
ayutam sastra-samyukta
rurudhuh sauri-mandiram
Frightened Vasudeva could not flee, for ten thousand armed soldiers sent by Kamsa surrounded Vasudeva's palace.
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Archaeology and Vaishnava Tradition, Part 12
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Jun 15, CANADA (SUN) From a monograph by Ramaprasad Chanda, published by the Archaeological Survey of India, 1998.
[Continuing discussion of the fragmentary stone inscription from Mahakshatrapa Sodasa referring to Bhagavat Vasudeva at Mathura…]
Prati must be restored at the end of line 8 to form prathishthapito with shthapito in the beginning of line 9. In line 8 the word preceding toranam and ending in lam and the word following toranam and beginning with ve may be restored as chatuhsalam and vedika respectively. Two words are now wanting to complete the fragment:
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Parishads: Sri Vakresvara Pandit
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Jun 15, CANADA (SUN) The Appearance day of Sri Vakresvara Pandit is observed on June 15th.
Vakresvara Pandit is the fourth member of the catur-vyuha, Aniruddha. He brought happiness to the lord by dancing in the mood of Krishna. He would sweetly say to Mahaprabhu, "O merciful lord! Give me a thousand singers so that I can dance." Radha's dear sakhi Sasirekha also entered into him. (Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 71)
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