“Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvan is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?” (Bhagavad-gita, 4.4) Download as podcast episode (right click and save) अर्जुन उवाच अपरं भवतो… Read More ›
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How Do Devotees Know What To Say
“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15) Download as podcast episode (right click and save) यदि शक्नोषि गच्छ त्वम् अतिचञ्चलचेष्टित इत्य् उक्त्वा च निजं… Read More ›
Five Ways Krishna Is Related To Arjuna
“I have in the past addressed You as ‘O Krishna,’ ‘O Yadava,’ ‘O my friend,’ without knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many times while relaxing or… Read More ›
Five Times It Felt Wrong To Win
“The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlefield out of fear only, and thus they will consider you a coward.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.35) Download as podcast episode (right… Read More ›
Five Reasons Someone Might Be Crying While Holding Bhagavad-gita
“Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told the brahmana, ‘Indeed, you are an authority in the reading of the Bhagavad-gita. Whatever you know constitutes the real purport of the Bhagavad-gita.’” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya, 9.102) Download as podcast episode (right click and save) प्रभु… Read More ›
Is There A Way To Identify The Presence Of The Divine Prakriti
“O son of Pritha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.”… Read More ›
Five Promises Krishna Did Not Make To Arjuna When Recommending Shelter
“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.66) Download as podcast episode (right click and save) सर्व-धर्मान् परित्यज्य माम् एकं शरणं व्रज अहं… Read More ›
Can You Explain The Knower And The Field
“The Blessed Lord then said: This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field.” (Bhagavad-gita, 13.2) Download as podcast episode (right click and save) श्रीभगवानुवाच इदं… Read More ›
Five Times We Might Ask For Credentials In A Pact Of Protection
“Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the… Read More ›
Five Things That Can Go Wrong With A New Venture
“Every endeavor is covered by some sort of fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the work which is born of his nature, O son of Kunti, even if such work is full… Read More ›