Weekly Sanga Dhanurdhara Swami

The following is a recording of a talk Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami gave at the home of Govardhana Lal and Jaya Subhadra on Sunday, May 26, 2024.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 50


śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca
bho mātar nava-nītāti-
mṛdu-svāntasya tasya hi
avijñāyāntaraṁ kiñcit
katham evaṁ tvayocyate
yūyaṁ śṛṇuta vṛttāni
tarhi tarhi śrutāni me


TRANSLATION
Śrī Rukmiṇī said: My dear mother, you don’t understand the inner feelings of Kṛṣṇa at all. His heart is softer than newly churned butter. Why are you saying these things? Just hear from me what I have heard.

In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations on the appearance of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śrī Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 42


śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
tac chrutvā duṣṭa-kaṁsasya
jananī dhṛṣṭa-ceṣṭitā
jarā-hata-vicārā sā
sa-śiraḥ-kampam abravīt


TRANSLATION
Śrī Parīkṣit said: Upon hearing this, the mother of the wicked Kaṁsa spoke out, her head shaking, her manner bold, her judgment spoiled by old age.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Texts 36-38


mama pratyakṣam evedaṁ
yadā kṛṣṇo vraje ’vrajat
tato hi pūtanādibhyaḥ
keśy-antebhyo muhur muhuḥ

daityebhyo varuṇendrādi-
devebhyo ’jagarāditaḥ
tathā cirantana-svīya-
śakaṭārjuna-bhaṅgataḥ

ko vā nopadravas tatra
jāto vraja-vināśakaḥ
tatratyās tu janāḥ kiñcit
te ’nusandadhate na tat


TRANSLATION
My own experience is this: When Kṛṣṇa lived in Vraja, so many calamities threatened to destroy it. Vraja was disturbed by demons, from Pūtanā to Keśī, by demigods like Varuṇa and Indra, by creatures like the python, and by the falling of familiar things at Kṛṣṇa’s house like the cart and the arjuna trees. But to these dangers the residents paid no regard.

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 6 Text 33


athāgataṁ guru-gṛhāt
tvat-prabhuṁ prati kiñcana
saṅkṣepeṇaiva tad-vṛttaṁ
duḥkhād akathayaṁ ku-dhīḥ


TRANSLATION
But I am not very intelligent. After your Lord returned from the house of His spiritual master, my sadness drove me to tell Him briefly how the Vraja-vāsīs were faring.