jñāna-niṣṭhāya deyāni kavyāny ānantyam icchatā daive ca tad-abhāve syād itarebhyo yathārhataḥ One involves jñāna-kāṇḍa and karma-kāṇḍa, and the other involves upāsanā-kāṇḍa. Vaiṣṇavas never want to merge…
The direct meaning of the forest of material existence is given in this chapter. Merchants sometimes enter the forest to…
tathaiva rājann uru-gārhamedha- vitāna-vidyoru-vijṛmbhiteṣu na veda-vādeṣu hi tattva-vādaḥ prāyeṇa śuddho nu cakāsti sādhuḥ Here two words are significant — veda-vāda and tattva-vāda. According to Bhagavad-gītā, those…
Today when I read this verse I recalled an old memory of mine. I was in an evening class of…
How Uddhava, on the order of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, delivered the Lord’s message to the gopīs, consoled them and then returned to…
When the bad qualities of the Age of Kali will increase to an intolerable level, the Supreme Personality of Godhead…
This chapter particularly describes the brahmacārī and the person in the vānaprastha stage, and it also gives a general description of the four āśramas — brahmacarya, gṛhastha,…
This chapter describes the general principles by following which a human being, and specifically one who is interested in advancing…
Prahlāda Mahārāja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of…
We should always remember the distinction between spiritual and material. That which is material is infected by material qualities, but…