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Hare Krsna, Krsna and Balarama’s childhood pastimes are sweetest. They are the source of all transcendental bliss. I was counting the number of times Srila Prabhupada quoted ‘transcendental’ in his purports of this lesson (SB 10.8.21-31). It appears fourteen times. He mentions ‘transcendental happiness’, ‘transcendental bliss’, ‘transcendental happiness’, ‘ transcendental affection’, ‘ transcendental ecstasy’, ‘transcendentalContinue reading “SB 10.8.21-31: Krsna and Balarama’s Very Young Pastimes (Kaumara-lila)”

Hare Krsna, The chronology of Lord Krsna’s appearance in each yuga is a bit perplexing. Garga Muni told Nanda Maharaja: Your son Kṛṣṇa appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past, He assumed three different colors — white, red and yellow — and now He has appeared in a blackish color. [In anotherContinue reading “SB 10.8.11-20: Calculating Krsna’s and Balarama’s Astrological Charts”

Hare Krsna, One thing that caught my attention in this lesson is the art of asking the right questions to sadhus. When Garga Muni had been properly received as a guest and was very comfortably seated, Nanda Mahārāja submitted with gentle and submissive words: Dear sir, because you are a devotee, you are full inContinue reading “SB 10.8.1-10: Nanda Maharaja Welcomes Garga Muni”

Hare Krsna, It is mentioned by our acaryas that Trnāvarta represents the false pride produced by useless scholarship, which gives rise to wrangling debates and arguments, dry reasoning, and dry logical indulgences in the association of people who are attached to such things. While meditating on this anartha, I could see a connection to SriContinue reading “SB 10.7.18-37: The Tṛṇāvarta Līlā”

Hare Krsna, It’s good to be back with our regular study of Srimad Bhagavatam in the association of like-minded devotees. For this forum post, I would like to focus on the 1st and 2nd verse which talks mainly about the benefits of hearing topics about Krsna. SB 10.7.1-2: King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Śukadeva Gosvāmī,Continue reading “SB 10.7.1-17: Benefits of hearing Krsna-katha”

Hare Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna is known as bhava-grahi janardana because He takes only the essence of a devotee’s attitude. If a devotee sincerely surrenders unto Him, the Lord, as the Supersoul in everyone’s heart, immediately understands this. Thus, even though, externally, a devotee may not render full service, if he isContinue reading “SB 10.6.31-44: Mercy Bestowed Upon the Demoness Putana”

Hare Krsna, I would like to share Putana’s past life so that we have a context why she behaved the way she did. Brahma-vaivarta Purana mentions that in her last life Putana was Ratnamala, the younger sister of Bali Maharaja. However, Garga Samhita mentions that she was the daughter of Bali Maharaja. At the timeContinue reading “SB 10.6.1-30: Meditations on the Killing of Putana Lila”

Hare Krsna, It is a revelation to learn that both Vasudeva and Nanda Maharaja are stepbrothers, born from the same grandfather King Devamidha. It is, therefore, pleasing to see such a beautiful friendship, brotherhood, love and affection between them even though we hardly get to see such relationships between step-siblings in the material world today.Continue reading “SB 10.5.19-32: Meditations on the Meeting of Vasudeva and Nanda Maharaja”

Hare Krsna, Reading the festivities and activities in Gokula after Krsna’s birth gave me great bliss and joy. The description shows how a perfect Krsna-conscious society lives. For that matter, this also provides an exemplary template on what an ideal society should look like. The festivities in Gokula and the activities of the residents ofContinue reading “SB 10.5.1-18: Meditations on Festivities in Gokula”

Hare Krsna, Kamsa’s conduct in this pastime clearly proves that just having good transcendental knowledge is useless if it doesn’t lead to association with good devotees. In his conversation with Devaki and Vasudeva, Kamsa was apologetic to them, and understood the philosophical difference between immediate cause and remote, ultimate cause. It appears from his talksContinue reading “SB 10.4.28-46: Meditations on the Influence of Association”