“Keeping in mind the time of sandhya, that lovely woman of fair complexion, the daughter of Janaka, will surely come to this river of auspicious water to perform that sandhya rite.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 14.49) sandhyā kāla manāḥ… Read More ›
“This virat-rupa of the Lord was especially manifested, not for the benefit of Arjuna, but for that unintelligent class of men who accept anyone and everyone as an incarnation of the Lord and so mislead the general mass of people…. Read More ›
“Understanding that Rama’s beauty, patience, age and ancestry were completely perfect, the king remembered his own oath and thus started to lament.” (Janaki Mangala, 48) rūpa sīla baya baṃsa rāma parisurana | samujhi kaṭhina pana āpana lāga bisūrana || You… Read More ›
“Anything, either material or spiritual, is but an expansion of the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as stated in the Bhagavad-gita (13.13), the omnipotent Lord has His transcendental eyes, heads and other bodily parts distributed everywhere. He… Read More ›
“Indeed, previously Rama’s beloved and chaste wife, the daughter of Janaka, always had a fondness for the creatures of the forest.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 14.48) vane carāṇām satatam nūnam spṛhayate purā | rāmasya dayitā bhāryā janakasya sutā sati… Read More ›
“Upon hearing this from Krishna’s playmates, mother Yashoda, who was always full of anxiety over Krishna’s welfare, picked Krishna up with her hands to look into His mouth and chastise Him. Her eyes fearful, she spoke to her son as… Read More ›
“These two are the sons of King Dasharatha, are jewels of their family line, are named Rama and Lakshmana, and are here to vanquish the enemies of the demigods.” (Janaki Mangala, 47) pūṣana baṃsa bibhūṣana dasaratha nandana | nāma rāma… Read More ›
“He is a person, but His body is different from those of conditioned persons like us. Otherwise, meditation beginning from the pranava (omkara) up to the limbs of the personal body of Vishnu would not have been recommended by Shukadeva… Read More ›
“Tormented by the grief of separation from Rama, that lovely-eyed goddess must always come by this way, for she likes living in the forest and is accustomed to moving about in it.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 14.47) rāma śoka… Read More ›
“First a complaint was lodged with mother Yashoda about Krishna’s stealing, but mother Yashoda did not chastise Him. Now, in an attempt to awaken mother Yashoda’s anger so that she would chastise Krishna, another complaint was invented-that Krishna had eaten… Read More ›