It is often seen that devotees who take up to spiritual life look up to the Guru for all their problems. This is good. Whom will the devotees depend on other than the one who has been accepted as one’s spiritual father? Continue reading “The Physical Guru and Beyond”
0144-RG–Vishada Yoga 1.44, 1.45, 1.46
Verses 44, 45, 46
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ
kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam
yad rājya-sukha-lobhena
hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ
yadi mām apratīkāram
aśastraṁ śastra-pāṇayaḥ
dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus
tan me kṣemataraṁ bhavet
sañjaya uvāca
evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye
rathopastha upāviśat
visṛjya sa-śaraṁ cāpaṁ
śoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ
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Bhakti Sutras 31 to 40
31.For it is seen in the case of dinner in the palace of a King. Continue reading “Bhakti Sutras 31 to 40”
0142-RG–Vishada Yoga 1.42, 1.43
Verses 42, 43
doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ
varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ
utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ
kula-dharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ
utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ
manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana
narake niyataṁ vāso
bhavatīty anuśuśruma
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Bhakti Sutras 21 to 30
21.As for instance, in the case of the cow-herd girls of Vraja Gokula. Continue reading “Bhakti Sutras 21 to 30”
Bhakti Sutras 11 to 20
11.Indifference to obstacles consists of only accepting or undertaking activities during the course of ordinary life, those enjoined in Vedas, favorable to Bhakti. Continue reading “Bhakti Sutras 11 to 20”
0141-RG–Vishada Yoga 1.41
Verse 1.41
saṅkaro narakāyaiva
kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya ca
patanti pitaro hy eṣāṁ
lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
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Bhakti Sutras 1 to 10
- We shall now expound on Bhakti.
0139-RG–Vishada Yoga 1.39, 1.40
Verse 1.39
kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti
kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam
adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta
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0137-RG–Vishada Yoga 1.37, 1.38
Verse 1.37, 1.38
yady apy ete na paśyanti
lobhopahata-cetasaḥ
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ
mitra-drohe ca pātakam
kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ
pāpād asmān nivartitum
kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ
prapaśyadbhir janārdana
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