Weekly Sanga
Summary: Twice a week Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares his thoughts and realizations on sacred texts such as Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta and more.
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Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 7 govardhano jayati śaila-kulādhirājo yo gopikābhir udito hari-dāsa-varyaḥ kṛṣṇena śakra-makha-bhaṅga-kṛtārcito yaḥ saptāham asya kara-padma-tale ’py avātsīt TRANSLATION All glories to Govardhana, the emperor of lordly mountains! The Lord’s dear gopīs called him the best servant of Hari, Lord Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa disrupted the sacrifice for worship of Indra to worship Govardhana instead, and then the hill resided for a week on the Lord’s lotus palm.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 5 jayati jayati vṛndāraṇyam etan murāreḥ priya-tamam ati-sādhu-svānta-vaikuṇṭha-vāsāt ramayati sa sadā gāḥ pālayan yatra gopīḥ svarita-madhura-veṇur vardhayan prema rāse TRANSLATION All glories, all glories to this place where we are living, Lord Murāri’s Vṛndāvana forest! He prefers residing here to residing in Vaikuṇṭha or in the hearts of elevated saints. In Vṛndāvana, while always tending His cows, He gives pleasure to the gopīs, whose love for Him in the mood of the rāsa dance He increases by sweetly playing His flute.
On the auspicious day of Akṣaya-tṛtīya, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives his introductory class as part of his Japa and Prayer School. He begins this introductory class with Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9. Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 9 jayati jayati nāmānanda-rūpaṁ murārer viramita-nija-dharma-dhyāna-pūjādi-yatnam katham api sakṛd āttaṁ mukti-daṁ prāṇināṁ yat paramam amṛtam ekaṁ jīvanaṁ bhūṣaṇaṁ me TRANSLATION All glories, all glories to the all-ecstatic name of Lord Murāri. It makes one put aside such tasks as meditation, ritual worship, and social duties. If a living being even once takes the Lord’s holy name, the name will grant him liberation. That holy name is the greatest source of eternal pleasure and is my very life and ornament.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 4 jayati mathurā-devī śreṣṭhā purīṣu mano-ramā parama-dayitā kaṁsārāter jani-sthiti-rañjitā durita-haraṇān mukter bhakter api pratipādanāj jagati mahitā tat-tat-krīḍā-kathāstu vidūrataḥ TRANSLATION All glories to goddess Mathurā-devī, the best of holy cities! She enchants the mind, she is most dear to the enemy of Kaṁsa, and she is adorned with the Lord’s birthplace. The city of Mathurā is acclaimed throughout the world for dispelling misery and bestowing liberation and devotion, not to mention the various pastimes the Lord has played there.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 3 sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt su-madhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpeṇa lobhāt jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā harir iha yati-veśaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥ TRANSLATION Realizing that the ecstasy of His beloved devotees is even sweeter than His own, out of greed the Lord descended to this world in the form of His own devotee. Dressed as a renunciant, golden in effulgence, He bears the name Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. All glories to that Lord Hari, who has appeared as the son of Mother Śacī!
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 2 śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti gopyo nitānta-bhagavat-priyatā-prasiddhāḥ yāsāṁ harau parama-sauhṛda-mādhurīṇāṁ nirvaktum īṣad api jātu na ko ’pi śaktaḥ TRANSLATION All glories above all to the gopīs, headed by Śrī Rādhikā, who are famous as the Lord’s dearmost devotees. No one can even begin to properly describe the charm of their supreme affection for Śrī Hari.
Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 1 Text 1 jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko ’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityam TRANSLATION All glories to that inconceivable Lord who descended to bestow the gift of perfect love for His own lotus feet. He is an ocean filled with many kinds of sweetness, and He always bears the fragrance of fresh youth. In His form as Śrī Caitanya He has realized the last extreme of transcendental experience, the love residing eternally in the gopīs.
In today's sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent travels and studies.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 17 na hi sad-bhāva-yuktānāṁ surāṇām īśa-vismayaḥ matto ’satāṁ māna-bhaṅgaḥ praśamāyopakalpate TRANSLATION Since the demigods are endowed with the mode of goodness, the false pride of considering oneself the Lord should certainly not affect them. When I break the false prestige of those bereft of goodness, My purpose is to bring them relief.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 14 śilā-varṣāti-vātena hanyamānam acetanam nirīkṣya bhagavān mene kupitendra-kṛtaṁ hariḥ TRANSLATION Seeing the inhabitants of His Gokula rendered practically unconscious by the onslaught of hail and blasting wind, the Supreme Lord Hari understood that this was the work of angry Indra.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 7 ahaṁ cairāvataṁ nāgam āruhyānuvraje vrajam marud-gaṇair mahā-vegair nanda-goṣṭha-jighāṁsayā TRANSLATION I will follow you to Vraja, riding on my elephant Airāvata and taking with me the swift and powerful wind-gods to decimate the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 46 Text 4 tā man-manaskā mat-prāṇā mat-arthe tyakta-daihikāḥ mām eva dayitaṁ preṣṭham ātmānaṁ manasā gatāḥ ye tyakta-loka-dharmāś ca mad-arthe tān bibharmy aham TRANSLATION The minds of those gopīs are always absorbed in Me, and their very lives are ever devoted to Me. For My sake they have abandoned everything related to their bodies, renouncing ordinary happiness in this life, as well as religious duties necessary for such happiness in the next life. I alone am their dearmost beloved and, indeed, their very Self. I personally sustain such devotees, who for My sake give up all worldly duties.
In today's sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gives an introductory talk for his bhakti immersion retreat at Shyam Ashram in Cali, Colombia.
The following is a recording of a talk Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave at the home of Gopa Kisora and Jaya Sri Radhe on Saturday, March 11, 2023. This talk includes Dhanurdhara Swami remembering His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami, who recently left his body on March 9, 2023, in Sri Vrindavan-dhama.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 25 Text 6 eṣāṁ śriyāvaliptānāṁ kṛṣṇenādhmāpitātmanām dhunuta śrī-mada-stambhaṁ paśūn nayata saṅkṣayam TRANSLATION [To the clouds of destruction King Indra said:] The prosperity of these people has made them mad with pride, and their arrogance is backed up by Kṛṣṇa. Now go and remove their pride and bring their animals to destruction.