ŚRĪ DĀMODARĀṢṬAKAM
We present Śrī Babaji’s translations of the famous Śrī Dāmodarāṣṭaka from the Padma Purāṇa.
Is an ācārya allowed to make changes to foundational teachings of the sampradāya?
To what extent can such adjustments be made without totally obscuring the sampradāya?
Uddhava-stuti: Uddhava’s Prayers to the Gopīs
Uddhava’s praise of the gopīs appears in the Bhāgavata purāṇa 10.47.58-63. We present Śrī Babaji’s translations below.
Bhramara Gītā: the song of the bee
We present Śrī Babaji’s commentary and translations of the famous Bhramara Gītā from the Bhāgavatam 10.47.12–21 below.
ŚRĪ ŚIKṢĀṢṬAKAM
We present Śrī Babaji’s translation of the famous eight instructions by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
How pratyakṣa is given by śabda
Frequently one comes across the concept that Kṛṣṇa’s names are Kṛṣṇa Himself. The reason this is a difficult concept is that śabda or a word, in our experience, at best gives parokṣa jñāna or knowledge that is obstructed from the seer or subject’s perception in some way. If […]
Śrī Jīva Goswami explains kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
Śrī Jīva Goswami presents what he calls a paribhāsā sūtra of the Bhāgavata in Anuccheda 28 of Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha. He states that this sūtra, like a great heroic emperor (महावीरराज) overrules hundreds of opposing statements, assimilating them into itself. The emperor statement are the words kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayaṁ […]
Harināmāmṛta vyākaraṇam
Sanskrit is a complex language that can take years to master. Instruction in Sanskrit typically involves a lot of memorization. Memorizing forms of the various nouns and verbs etc. can take years, and even after all this effort, the language seems impenetrable. More than any inherent impenetrability of […]