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This is an AI-generated transcript and it might not be fully accurate: So, are our thoughts a part of our karma? Well, yes and no. Broadly speaking, if we see, okay, let me start with this. I was in Australia a couple of months ago, not a couple of years ago, and one young man…
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The blast in Delhi has sent shockwaves throughout India and beyond.How do we make sense of such an atrocity? The Bhagavad Gita teaches that the cause for every event can be seen at three levels—the human, the natural, and the divine.These correspond to the three components of reality:Jiva — the living being,Jagat — the material…
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The blast in Delhi has sent shockwaves throughout India and beyond.How do we make sense of such an atrocity? The Bhagavad Gita teaches that the cause for every event can be seen at three levels—the human, the natural, and the divine.These correspond to the three components of reality:Jiva — the living being,Jagat — the material…
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ki bhāve bujhāle tārā bujhe sei rasa How will they come to understand, The taste of your love so deep, so grand? My dear Lord, Srila Prabhupada highlights the vast gulf between the materially infatuated and the spiritually dedicated. Those who are constantly seeking, scheming, and dreaming of sensual pleasures often have no inner space…
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This is an AI-generated transcript and it might not be fully accurate: So, when the Gita says that we should not disturb others’ minds, 3.26, na buddhi-bhedam janayet, ajnanam karma-sangeenam, joshyet sarva-karmani vidwanikta-samajam. So when we go out to distribute books, no, we are not letting people live their lives comfortably, we are trying to…
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eta kṛpā koro prabhu kori nija-baśa Grant this mercy on me, O Lord Omnipotent Take charge of me and make my words potent Active surrender in service My dear Lord, this verse reveals the mood of active surrender that defines Srila Prabhupada’s devotion. While he candidly acknowledges that the task before him is impossible without…
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namo ’nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam I bow to you, O timeless one,Whose endless plays are never done.In my heart, may your pastimes gleam,As the pinnacle of love, the deathless dream. (Damodarashtakam, Verse 8, Line 4) My dear Lord, your pastimes are unlimited and unlimitedly attractive, yet my perception is sadly the opposite. To my conditioned mind,…
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sakal-i sambhava hoy tumi se kautukī Your mercy makes everything possible, You are incredible, unstoppable, magical. My dear Lord, Srila Prabhupada here articulates his conviction that, for you, everything is possible. You have the power to do not just the things I may consider impossible, but also the things I cannot even conceive—things that lie…
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This is an AI-generated transcript and it might not be fully accurate: Question: Why are there references to raised breasts of Rukmini and others in 10th canto of Srimad Bhagavatam and as rendered in Srila Prabhupada’s Krishna book? Answer: Yes, this is one of the challenging aspects when we read the description of the epics,…
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namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai I bow to Rādhā, your dearest bride,Whose love flows deep, a boundless tide.Through her your mercy brightly streams,Fulfilling all the devotees’ dreams. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 8, Line 3) My dear Lord, your most intimate devotee, Radharani, is not only the greatest of all devotees but also the very embodiment of devotion and…
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tabe jadi taba kṛpā hoy ahaitukī Choose, O Lord, to bless With your mercy causeless My dear Lord, when faced with a formidable challenge, a devotee naturally remembers you—as does Srila Prabhupada on seeing the spiritually barren landscape before him. When he seeks your causeless mercy, is his seeking not one cause for that mercy? …
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bāsudeb-kathā ruci nahe se prasanna For Vasudeva’s glories, they have no attraction In the divine, they find no satisfaction My dear Lord, this prayer reveals that Srila Prabhupada’s earlier description of America as ugra-sthāna—a terrible place—was not condemnation but compassion. His concern was never that America’s material progress was bad, but that it diverted people…
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tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne I bow to your belly, where worlds reside,With the whole wide creation safe inside.Sustaining all, yet submitting to your mother’s will.You, O Lord, are bound, while being boundless still. (Damodarashtakam Verse 8, Line 2) My dear Lord, you are always almighty, yet your defining glory lies not in doing everything possible, but…
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namas te ’stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne Obeisance to the rope that gloriously gleams,Whose fortune outshines the brightest beams.That binds the Lord, a feat impossible rare,Celebrates a thread of love beyond compare. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 8, Line 1) My dear Lord, how fortunate are those who can directly take part in your divine pastimes.When Mother Yashoda bound…
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rajas tamo guṇe erā sabāi ācchanna By rajas and tamas in formidable might, All here are covered in illusion’s night. My dear Lord, Srila Prabhupada’s devotion is founded on deep scriptural erudition: he sees America not as a land filled with majestic architecture, impressive technology, or dazzling prosperity, but as a land dominated by the…
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na mokṣe graho me ’sti dāmodareha I seek not any liberation, O Dāmodar dear,In your love, the supreme heaven is right here.No wish do I have for freedom from pain,Living with you and for you–that’s the greatest gain. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 7, Line 4) My dear Lord, how single-pointed and undistracted is the desire of…
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nahe keno ānibenei ugra-sthāne Why else would you bring me to such a terrible place— so lost in illusion, so void of grace? My dear Lord, great devotees are never enamored by material opulence, as seen in Srila Prabhupada’s description of America as an ugrasthān—a terrible place. While most people across the world, including India,…
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tathā prema-bhaktiṁ svakāṁ me prayaccha So grant me, Lord, that love divine,The purest gift to call you mine.Bestow the bond that nothing can end,Before you, in utter humility, repeatedly I bend. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 7, Line 3) My dear Lord, for my heart to be drawn to you requires both my rational endeavor and your…
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āche kichu kārja tabaei anumāne You must have some purpose, I humbly guess,some hidden aim in this wilderness. My dear Lord, Srila Prabhupada reveals the disarming blend of certainty and uncertainty that marks bhakti in this world. He is confident that you have a plan, while humbly acknowledging that he can only infer its details….
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ki lāgiyānile hethā koro ebe gati Why have you brought me to this place? Now do with me as suits your grace. My dear Lord, please bless me to entrust myself into your hands, just as Srila Prabhupada did when he arrived in America—uncertain of what exactly he would do but certain that you were…
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tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca By you were they granted the supreme gain,Freed from illusion, the root of all pain.You blessed them with love divine,And made their hearts forever thine. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 7, Line 2) My dear Lord, the paths to worldly success and the path to you are often different—sometimes even diametrically opposite….
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kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvat To the sons of Kuvera, cursed long ago,From their bondage you let them go.Though by a rope you were bound,In you unlimited power was still to be found. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 7, Line 1) My dear Lord, even when tied by a rope, you are never subdued by it. Your omnipotence remains…
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gṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ Receive me, Lord, though lost in night,And grant my eyes your saving sight.Though foolish, still to you I run,Let me see you, O radiant one. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 6, Line 4) My dear Lord, you are ever present everywhere, but I can’t see you anywhere because my eyes are blind….
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boro-kṛpā kaile kṛṣṇaadhamer prati Such immense mercy have you shown,O Krishna, upon this soul, fallen and forlorn. My dear Lord, how stunning is the consciousness of the saints devoted to you—as seen in Srila Prabhupada, who declared that he had received immense mercy from you. Yet, to any ordinary eye, no mercy is visible. He…
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kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaṁ batānu Your heart is so kind, so deep,You alone can wake me from illusion’s sleep.Cast upon me your merciful glandsSo this soul can awaken and dance. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 6, Line 3) My dear Lord, by your omniscience and by your omnibenevolence, your glance is already on everyone. For those who already have love…
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prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam Be merciful, Lord, I’m drowned in pain,In sorrow’s sea I cry in vain.O master, lift me from despair,And keep me safe within your care. (Damodarashtakam — Verse 6, Line 2) My dear Lord, help me realize that pain is inevitable in any life directed toward anything but you. The cause of that…
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