Weekly Sanga

Dhanurdhara Swami

Twice a week Srila Dhanurdhara Swami shares his thoughts and realizations on sacred texts such as Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta and more.

  • 45 minutes 22 seconds
    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 62 – March 9, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 62


    bhagavantam ime viṣṇuṁ
    nityaṁ vayam upāsmahe
    guror gṛhīta-dīkṣākā
    yathā-mantraṁ yathā-vidhi

    TRANSLATION
    Initiated by our gurus, we always worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu with the mantras and methods they have given us.

    9 March 2025, 5:57 pm
  • 49 minutes 8 seconds
    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 52 – March 5, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 52


    iti-kartavyatā-mūḍho
    dīnaḥ san svapnam āgataḥ
    tayā devyā sahāgatya
    tatrādiṣṭaḥ śivena saḥ

    TRANSLATION
    Confused about what he should do, he became depressed. Then, in another dream, Lord Śiva came to him, along with the goddess, to instruct him.

    5 March 2025, 11:13 pm
  • 1 hour
    Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Text 92 – March 2, 2025

    Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Text 92


    svargāpagā-hema-mṛṇālinīnāṁ
    nānā-mṛṇālāgra-bhujo bhajāmaḥ
    annānurūpāṁ tanu-rūpa-ṛddhiṁ
    kāryaṁ nidānād dhi guṇān adhīte

    TRANSLATION
    “ ‘The river Ganges flowing in the heavenly planets is full of golden lotus flowers, and we, the residents of those planets, eat the stems of the flowers. Thus we are very beautiful, more so than the inhabitants of any other planet. This is due to the law of cause and effect, for if one eats food in the mode of goodness, the mode of goodness increases the beauty of his body.’ ”

    2 March 2025, 4:59 pm
  • 48 minutes 26 seconds
    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 50 – February 26, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 50


    sva-japyaṁ gauravād devyās
    tathāntaḥ-sukha-lābhat
    aḥatyajann ekadā svapne
    ’paśyat tan-mantra-devatām

    TRANSLATION
    Still, out of respect for the goddess, and because it gave him pleasure within, he never gave up chanting his mantra. And one day he saw the Deity of his mantra in a dream.

    27 February 2025, 12:11 am
  • Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39 – February 23, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 39


    vastu-tattvānabhijño ’nyat
    sa kiñcit pāra-laukikam
    sādhanaṁ kila sādhyaṁ ca
    vartamānam amanyata

    TRANSLATION
    Ignorant of the real facts, he thought that something other than this mantra must be his means of success in the next life and something else must be his final goal.

    23 February 2025, 5:31 pm
  • 37 minutes 11 seconds
    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38 – February 19, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 38


    devy-ādeśena taṁ mantraṁ
    vivikte satataṁ japan
    dhanecchāyā nivṛtto ’bhūl
    lebhe ca hṛdi nirvṛtim

    TRANSLATION
    On the order of the goddess, he chanted the mantra constantly to himself in a secluded place. Gradually he gave up his desire for wealth, and his heart became satisfied.

    19 February 2025, 4:52 pm
  • 55 minutes 54 seconds
    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 16, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35


    vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
    purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
    vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
    bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayā

    TRANSLATION
    Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

    16 February 2025, 6:26 pm
  • 52 minutes 16 seconds
    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 12, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35


    vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
    purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
    vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
    bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayā

    TRANSLATION
    Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

    12 February 2025, 5:43 pm
  • 24 minutes 39 seconds
    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35 – February 9, 2025

    Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 1 Text 35


    vipro niṣkiñcanaḥ kaścit
    purā prāgjyotiṣe pure
    vasann ajñāta-śāstrārtho
    bahu-draviṇa-kāmyayā

    TRANSLATION
    Long ago in the city of Prāgjyotiṣa there lived a poor brāhmaṇa. He was ignorant of the teachings of scripture, and he hankered after abundant wealth.

    9 February 2025, 5:29 pm
  • 50 minutes 5 seconds
    Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Texts 3-4 – February 5, 2025

    Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 1 Texts 3-4


    śrī-rūpa, sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
    śrī-jīva, gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunātha

    ei chaya gurura karoṅ caraṇa vandana
    yāhā haite vighna-nāśa, abhīṣṭa-pūraṇa

    TRANSLATION

    I pray to the lotus feet of the six Gosvāmīs — Śrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha — so that all impediments to my writing this literature will be annihilated and my real desire will be fulfilled.

    5 February 2025, 5:01 pm
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    Weekly Sanga – February 2, 2025

    In today’s sanga, Śrīla Dhanurdhara Swami shares his realizations from his recent studies.

    2 February 2025, 4:34 pm
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