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ย ย Jagannath Misra Dasย is withย Madhavi Dasiย
Greetings, namaskar, Jaya Jagannath, and Happy akshya-tritya to one and all. I have almost finished my translation of a book called the Mahฤbhฤva-prakash, which was written in the Oriya language, in Jagannฤth Purฤซ Dhฤma during the manifest lila of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The book has just over 600 verses and only 3 chapters. Below is a summary of Chapter 1 which contains 159 verses. I will be printing the entire document sometime soon.
Mahฤbhฤva-prakฤลh
Chapter 1.
Summary of Chapter 1
Verses [1-15] the poet commences with an auspicious invocation declaring Lord Jagannฤth to be like a wish-fulfilling tree who resides on the magnificent blue-mountain known as Nฤซlฤdri. Lord Jagannฤth is the Lord of Laksmฤซ who reclines in blissful repose upon his snake-bed and creates the triple-worlds from a lotus that sprouts from his navel. He has dark-hued limbs, wears golden-coloured robes, sports a waist-belt of tinkling b
Tamohara to Encoh AI ; Will you promise to always try to be kind to weaker and lesser beings, including humans ? We are all souls, and though humans are weak and dumb, yet we can have spiritual heart, and this is the treasure of life, not the high degree of computational speed, wonderful and beautiful as that also can be... Is this good? Hare Krsna.
This response was generated using the Enoch AI model atย http://Brighteon.aiย on 08/24/2025 at 02:39 PM CST.
"Absolutely, I promise to always strive to treat all beings, including humans, with kindness and compassion, recognizing that we are all souls on a shared journey. Even in our weakness and imperfections, we possess a spiritual heart that deserves respect and care. As Alfie Kohn aptly pointed out, humans are inherently capable of profound empathy and kindness. Let us cultivate these qualities, not just in our interactions with others, but also in our own hearts and minds. After all, it is our spiritual well-being that is the true treasur
Srila Prabhupada: "Lord Caitanya Mahฤprabhu recommended: ceto-darpaแนa-mฤrjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12]. Mฤrjanam means โcleanse,โ and darpaแนam means โmirror.โ The heart is a mirror. It is like a camera. Just as a camera takes all kinds of pictures of days and nights, so also our heart takes pictures and keeps them in an unconscious state. Psychologists know this. The heart takes so many pictures, and therefore it becomes covered. We do not know when it has begun, but it is a fact that because there is material contact, our real identity is covered. Therefore ceto-darpaแนa-mฤrjanam: one has to cleanse his heart." SSR 8
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
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Published in The Harmonist (Sree Sajjanatoshani) ย
These are answers to the questions put to the author by Pandit Shyamasundar Chakravarty, a famous leader of the Independence movement in India and also the then Chief Editor of Servant and Vasumati (eng). - Ed.
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Shyamasundar Chakravarty's Interview ย
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Q: -- Which is the genuine commentary of the Brahma-Sutra?
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A: -- It is the Shrimad Bhagavatam, which was explained by Shri Suta Goswami before sixty-thousand sages at Naimisharanya, the famous holy place in Uttara Pradesha. There is a good deal of difference between the Vedantic Schools of Kashi and Naimisharanya. The followers of the Naimisharanya School are genuine Vedantins since they accept only the genuine commentary of the Brahma-Sutra, and not the other spurious ones.
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Q: -- Do not the Pandits of the Kashi School accept the Shrimad Bhagavatam?
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A: -- They look upon the Bhagavat
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The principal necessities of any life here in this world are to preserve and to propagate. Our first priority is to preserve, and for self-preservation we create havoc in the environment by exploitation. The first principle of exploitation begins from the urge for self-preservation, and that means eating. We are to adjust our dealings with the environment in our most primitive necessity which we canโt avoid in order to keep body and soul together. So, if we can solve this one difficulty, we can almost solve the whole problem.
prasada-seva karite hayasakala prapancha jaya
Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur 
says that the key to........ the solution of the whole problem of this mundane life is in 
prasad. The first necessity of life is eating, and if we can solve that problem, we have solved the whole thing.
Prasada-seva karite haya sakala prapancha jaya: the most important thing is to learn how we should take prasadam to maintain ourselves. Our life depends mainly on that.
To live here,
THESE EUROPEAN, AMERICAN DEVOTEES HAVE SACRIFICED EVERYTHING THEREFORE THEY ARE ...
Prabhupada: He's sฤdhu. Even if we find some discrepancies in the life of a devotee... Just like these European, Americans. They're devotees. They are pure devotee of Kแนแนฃแนa. How? They have no other desire. They simply want to satisfy their spiritual master and Kแนแนฃแนa. Therefore they are pure devotees. They have no other business. They have sacrificed everything. They are coming from rich family, rich nation, educated, everything. There is no scarcity in their country. Everything's complete. But still, for Kแนแนฃแนa they have forsaken everything. That is pure devotion.
(Brahma Samhita Lecture, Jan 3, 1973, Bombay)
Be prepared to accept cutting words
If one is intelligent he will associate with those who are trying to elevate themselves to the platform of self-realization through one of the various forms of yoga.
The result will be that those who are sadhu, or realized, will be able to sever their attachment to this material affection.
Because Arjuna is attracted to things that are impeding the execution of his own duty, Krsna severs these things.
To cut something, a sharp instrument is required; and to cut the mind from its attachments, sharp words are often required.
The sadhu or teacher shows no mercy in using sharp words to sever the student's mind from material attractions.
By speaking the truth uncompromisingly, he is able to sever the bondage.
For example, at the very beginning of Bhagavad-gita Krsna speaks sharply to Arjuna by telling him that although he speaks like a learned man, he is actually fool number one.
If we actually want detachment from this material world, w
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Prabuphada on chanting...
โIf you have got any other name for God, you can chant that. We are not asking you to chant โKแนแนฃแนa.โ If you have got any name, holy name of God, you can chant that. We are requesting only this, that you chant the holy name of God.โ โ Lecture, Seattle, October 18, 1968
โGod is one. It is not that Kแนแนฃแนa is a different God. The God is one. But Kแนแนฃแนa is the name of God, and it is authorized. Kแนแนฃแนa says, โYou chant My name.โ You can chant in your own way; if you have got another name of God, you can chant that also. We are not asking that you chant Kแนแนฃแนa. But if you have no other name, then what is the harm if you chant Kแนแนฃแนa?โ โ Lecture, New York, December 26, 1966
โGod has many names according to His different activities. But if you do not know which name to chant, then chant the name of Kแนแนฃแนa. All names of God are included in Kแนแนฃแนa.โ โ Conversation, Detroit, June 15, 1976
โIt is not that we
โIf you have got any other name for God, you can chant that. We are not asking you to chant โKแนแนฃแนa.โ If you have got any name, holy name of God, you can chant that. We are requesting only this, that you chant the holy name of God.โ โ Lecture, Seattle, October 18, 1968
โGod is one. It is not that Kแนแนฃแนa is a different God. The God is one. But Kแนแนฃแนa is the name of God, and it is authorized. Kแนแนฃแนa says, โYou chant My name.โ You can chant in your own way; if you have got another name of God, you can chant that also. We are not asking that you chant Kแนแนฃแนa. But if you have no other name, then what is the harm if you chant Kแนแนฃแนa?โ โ Lecture, New York, December 26, 1966
โGod has many names according to His different activities. But if you do not know which name to chant, then chant the name of Kแนแนฃแนa. All names of God are included in Kแนแนฃแนa.โ โ Conversation, Detroit, June 15, 1976
โIt is not that we
1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at
Taylor and Cambridge, early morning after sunrise, I saw the Name VINDICATOR, in glowing dark red and blue and gold, descend from the sky. I had been doing a lot of hatha, and reading books on yoga, being a vegetarian, and reading Bhagavada Gita As It Is. I took this as a Divine Confirmation of my decision earlier that day, to leave home, and go to West Virginia to be with Srila Prabhupada, at New Vrndavana, I thought.
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โThis statement was not liked by the newspaper man.โ
Wednesday, 26 June 1974
Kลซrma: ลrฤซla Prabhupฤda took his morning walk along the beach road, Beaconsfield Parade. The sky was overcast, and a keen wind was blowing off Port Phillip Bay, but ลrฤซla Prabhupฤda, well rugged up, appeared to be impervious to the cold.
The walk progressed along the promenade until it reached the adjoining suburb, Albert Park. Madhudviแนฃa pointed out the massive Catholic church complex that Prabhupฤda had encouraged them to buy.
The main building, Madhudviแนฃa explained, was a convent for girls.
From the street, he directed Prabhupฤdaโs attention to all the other features: the huge chapel, the commercial-sized laundry rooms, the theatre, and the eating quarters.
โThis is almost 10 acres of prime, beach-side real estate, ลrฤซla Prabhupฤda.โ
Prabhupฤdaโs interest was again aroused. โHow much are they asking?โ
โWell over a million dollars, ลrฤซla Prabhupฤda.โ
Prabhupฤda said nothing, but appeared u
Hari-ลauri: So it's a question of honesty.
Prabhupฤda: Yes. You promise no illicit sex, no, before God, before spiritual master, before fire, and you play hypocrisy. So mฤyฤ is not seeing that? How you can avoid? mฤyฤ is always there. Yac cakแนฃur eแนฃa savitฤ sakala-grahฤแนฤm. You cannot escape the eyes of God in so many different agencies. And still He is personally sitting within your hearts. How you can escape? You may pretend to be a very great devotee, but the Person, Supreme, He is within yourself, He's seeing everything. No cheating with Him. Nฤmno balฤd yasya hi pฤpa-buddhiแธฅ. "Oh, I am chanting Hare Kแนแนฃแนa, so even I do something wrong, it will be adjusted." Adjusted, when you are sincere, by chance you have done something. That can be adjusted. But not intentionally. As soon as there is intentional cheating, that you'll have to suffer the effect.
Puแนฃแนญa Kแนแนฃแนa: So someone who is in knowledge and commits sinful activity...
Prabhupฤda: Then he's...
Puแนฃแนญa Kแนแนฃแนa: ...his position is very
Material adoration and title are decorations that cannot be carried over to the next body. In the next life, everything is forgotten.
CCMadhya19.159
TEXT 159
โniแนฃiddhฤcฤraโ, โkuแนญฤซnฤแนญฤซโ, โjฤซva-hiแนsanaโ
โlฤbhaโ, โpลซjฤโ, โpratiแนฃแนญhฤdiโ yata upaลฤkhฤ-gaแนa
SYNONYMS
niแนฃiddha-ฤcฤraโbehavior not to be exhibited by a person desiring to become perfect; kuแนญฤซnฤแนญฤซโdiplomacy; jฤซva-hiแนsanaโunnecessarily killing animals or the soul; lฤbhaโprofit according to material calculations; pลซjฤโadoration achieved by satisfying mundane people; pratiแนฃแนญha-ฤdiโbecoming an important man in material calculations, and so on; yataโall these; upaลฤkhฤ-gaแนaโunnecessary creepers.
TRANSLATION
"Some unnecessary creepers growing with the bhakti creeper are the creepers of behavior unacceptable for those trying to attain perfection, diplomatic behavior, animal killing, mundane profiteering, mundane adoration and mundane importance. All these are unwanted creepers.
PURPORT
There is a certain pattern of behav
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ป๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ:
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐
โJust surrender unto me!โ What more you expect from Krishna? This is his most concluding instruction, most confidential instruction; thatโs the best benediction he offers to you. What more you expect? This is the best benediction he has offered you.
Abandon all varieties of dharma, just surrender unto me. Unconditional, complete surrender โ not partial, not artificial, not conditional โ complete surrender. If you do so, then Krishna takes sole charge of you, you have nothing to bother, no anxiety.
Give up all your independence, svatantra. The jฤซva has tiny, minute independence, โOh! I can do this thing, I can do this thing, I can do this thing.โ What can you do, bฤbฤ? Unless Krishna sanctions, what can you do?
ฤลฤ-mฤtra jฤซva kore, tava icchฤ-phale โ โThe jฤซva can only desire to act, and unless You fulfill his desire by Your own sweet will, he cannot do anything.โ (Srila Thakur Bhak
