ISKM Vedic Lectures

ŚB 5.9.11 Jaḍa Bharata used to work only for food. His stepbrothers took advantage of this and engaged him in agricultural field work in exchange for some food, but actually he did not know how to work very well in the field. He did not know where to spread dirt or where to make the ground level or uneven. His brothers used to give him broken rice, oil cakes, the chaff of rice, worm-eaten grains a...

BG 10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds – he only, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https://t.me/iskmnews

ŚB 5.8.31 Remaining in that āśrama, the great King Bharata Mahārāja was now very careful not to fall victim to bad association. Without disclosing his past to anyone, he remained in that āśrama and ate dry leaves only. He was not exactly alone, for he had the association of the Supersoul. In this way, he waited for death in the body of a deer. Bathing in that holy place, he finally gave up that bo...

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BG 18.78 Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https://t.me/iskmnews⁠

CC Ādi 17.16-33 Nityānanda Prabhu then arranged to offer Vyāsa-pūjā, or worship of the spiritual master, to Lord Śrī Gaurasundara. But Lord Caitanya carried the plow-like weapon called muṣala in the ecstasy of being Nityānanda Prabhu. [...] One must strictly follow the principles given by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in this verse. If one simply follows in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya and the Gosvām...

ŚB 5.9.3 Due to his being especially gifted with the Lord’s mercy, Bharata Mahārāja could remember the incidents of his past life. Although he received the body of a brāhmaṇa, he was still very much afraid of his relatives and friends who were not devotees. He was always very cautious of such association because he feared that he would again fall down. Consequently, he manifested himself before th...

BG 10.2 Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin or opulences, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and sages. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https://t.me/iskmnews⁠

BG 5.29 A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https:/...

ŚB 5.8.31 Remaining in that āśrama, the great King Bharata Mahārāja was now very careful not to fall victim to bad association. Without disclosing his past to anyone, he remained in that āśrama and ate dry leaves only. He was not exactly alone, for he had the association of the Supersoul. In this way he waited for death in the body of a deer. Bathing in that holy place, he finally gave up that bod...

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BG 10.1 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Listen again, O mighty-armed Arjuna. Because you are My dear friend, for your benefit I shall speak to you further, giving knowledge that is better than what I have already explained. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https://t.me/iskmnews

ŚB 5.8.30 Although Bharata Mahārāja received the body of a deer, by constant repentance he became completely detached from all material things. He did not disclose these things to anyone, but he left his mother deer in a place known as Kālañjara Mountain, where he was born. He again went to the forest of Śālagrāma and to the āśrama of Pulastya and Pulaha. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Conscio...

BG 9.34 Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https://t.me/iskmnews

ŚB 5.8.29 In the body of a deer, Bharata Mahārāja began to lament: What misfortune! I have fallen from the path of the self-realized. I gave up my real sons, wife and home to advance in spiritual life, and I took shelter in a solitary holy place in the forest. I became self-controlled and self-realized, and I engaged constantly in devotional service – hearing, thinking, chanting, worshiping and re...

CC Ādi 17.1-15 Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, by whose mercy even unclean yavanas become perfectly well bred gentlemen by chanting the holy name of the Lord. Such is the power of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. [...] Finally the Lord showed Nityānanda Prabhu His two-armed form of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, simply playing on His flute, His bluish body dresse...

ŚB 5.8.27 At the time of death, the King saw that the deer was sitting by his side, exactly like his own son, and was lamenting his death. Actually the mind of the King was absorbed in the body of the deer, and consequently – like those bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness – he left the world, the deer, and his material body and acquired the body of a deer. However, there was one advantage. Although he l...

BG 10.20 I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https://t.me/iskmnews

ŚB 5.8.22-26 When I placed all the sacrificial ingredients on the kuśa grass, the deer, when playing, would touch the grass with its teeth and thus pollute it. When I chastised the deer by pushing it away, it would immediately become fearful and sit down motionless, exactly like the son of a saintly person. Thus, it would stop its play. [...] Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, in this way B...

CC Ādi 16.28-111 Once, on a full moon night, the Lord was sitting on the bank of the Ganges with His many disciples and discussing literary topics. [...] Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Pr...

BG 9.33 How much more this is so of the righteous brāhmaṇas, the devotees, and the saintly kings? Therefore, having come to this temporary, miserable world, engage in loving service unto Me. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): ⁠⁠ https://t.me/iskmnews ⁠⁠

BG 9.32  O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth – women, vaiśyas [merchants] and śūdras [workers] – can attain the supreme destination. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https://t.me/iskmnews

ŚB 5.8.20 That deer is exactly like a prince. When will it return? When will it again display its personal activities, which are so pleasing? When will it again pacify a wounded heart like mine? I certainly must have no pious assets, otherwise the deer would have returned by now. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī's): ⁠https...

CC Ādi 15.23 - 16.27 After some days, Jagannātha Miśra passed away from this world to the transcendental world, and both mother and son were very much aggrieved in their hearts. [...] Offering my obeisances to Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, I shall try to describe that portion of the Lord’s analysis which, when he heard it, made the Digvijayī feel himself condemned.  Please feel free to join our K...

ŚB 5.8.19 Alas, when the sun rises, all auspicious things begin. Unfortunately, they have not begun for me. The sun-god is the Vedas personified, but I am bereft of all Vedic principles. That sun-god is now setting, yet the poor animal who trusted in me since its mother died has not returned. Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both Prabhujī's and Mātājī&#...