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Hare Krsna, In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the word dainya (humility) is explained as follows: “When unhappiness, fearfulness and the sense of having offended combine, one feels condemned. This sense of condemnation is described as dīnatā, humility. When one is subjected to such humility, he feels physically inactive, he apologizes, and his consciousness is disturbed. His mindContinue reading “SB 10.14.9-14: Benefits of True Humility”

Hare Krsna, It is a well-established fact that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not perceivable through the gross material senses. According to Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s name, fame, pastimes, etc., cannot be understood by material senses. Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional service under proper guidance is He revealed. There areContinue reading “SB 10.14.3-5: The Best Means to Attain Self-Realization”

Hare Krsna, This is such a sweet pastime for meditation on Krsna’s sweetness and opulence. One may be tempted to think that Krsna is upset with Lord Brahma for having stolen His cowherd friends and calves. But here we see a sweet exchange of love between the two. It takes lots of mercy, good fortune,Continue reading “SB 10.14.1-2: The Form of Lord Krsna as a Cowherd Boy”

Hare Krsna, The Absolute Truth always remains the Absolute Truth irrespective of form, place, time, and circumstances. When Krsna appeared as a child with four arms to Devaki and Vasudeva, He was still the same Absolute Truth. When Krsna was caught stealing butter and bound up by Mother Yasoda, He was still the same AbsoluteContinue reading “SB 10.13.50-64: The Absolute Truth, Who Is One Without a Second, Assumed the Role of a Child”

Hare Krsna, It is good to review the basics sometimes – Avaroha-pantha and Aroha-pantha. Modern science has very limited understanding of the first two of the five subjects of Bhagavad-Gita (Isvara and Jiva) and even more limited and imperfect understanding of the last three subjects (Prakrti, Kala and Karma). This is because the very processContinue reading “SB 10.13.56-58: The Difference Between Avaroha-panthā and Āroha-panthā”

Hare Krsna, SB 10.13.54: The viṣṇu-mūrtis all had eternal, unlimited forms, full of knowledge and bliss and existing beyond the influence of time. Their great glory was not even to be touched by the jñānīs engaged in studying the Upaniṣads. I was wondering why the cowherd boys appeared as Visnu-murti forms to Lord Brahma. WeContinue reading “SB 10.13.50-55: Lord Visnu Is the Reservoir of all Truth, Knowledge and Bliss”

Hare Krsna, SB 10.13.40-43: When Lord Brahmā returned after a moment of time had passed (according to his own measurement), he saw that although by human measurement a complete year had passed, Lord Kṛṣṇa, after all that time, was engaged just as before in playing with the boys and calves, who were His expansions. LordContinue reading “SB 10.13.40-49: Brahmā Confused to Find Another Set of Boys and Calves”

Hare Krsna, It took me a significant amount of research to determine the type of expansion of Krsna when he expanded as the cowherd boys and calves. I still do not have a conclusive answer. It is generally understood that Krsna has three main forms – svayam-rupa, tad-ekatma -rupa and avesa-rupa. It is in theseContinue reading “SB 10.13.21-39: Kṛṣṇa’s Various Types of Expansions”

Hare Krsna, Meditation on this pastime brought me to think about the past and present condition of the jivas (conditioned living entities) who are struggling in this material world. At several places of this lesson where the calves wandered too far and the cowherd boys stolen, I was drawing parallel to the fate of theContinue reading “SB 10.13.1-20: Brahmā Tests Kṛṣṇa by Exhibiting Powers of His Own”

Hare Krsna, SB 10.12.40-42: Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: O learned saints, the childhood pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa are very wonderful. Mahārāja Parīkṣit, after hearing about those pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, who had saved him in the womb of his mother, became steady in his mind and again inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī to hear about those pious activities. Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired: O greatContinue reading “SB 10.12.36-44: How the Narration Blends Between Sūta Gosvāmī, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Mahārāja Parīkṣit”