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Vedavarsity Sound™Why did Lord Krishna enjoy the wounds created on the body by the sharpened arrows of Sri Bhishma Deva? | H.G Brajsundar DasOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-05-1802 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Purpose of Performing Parikrama | H.G Brajsundar DasCircling the inner sanctum of the temple is a a very common ritual in Hindu temples .This is called Parikrama or Pradakshina or Pradakshinam The devotees walk around the innermost chamber of the shrine housing the temple deity.It is done in a clockwise direction for an odd rather than for an even number of times. it is usually done three times .When one does that one's right side is facing the deity inside the garbhagraham and the circumambulation is Dakshinacharam or auspicous as recommended by the veda .It is performed to help unburden yourself of the baggage of stress...
2023-05-1603 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Do Not Disturb The Mood Of Lord Chaitanya | H.G Brajsundar DasLord Chaitanya is Krishna Himself but in the form and mood of a devotee. By becoming a devotee, the Lord performed bhakti-yoga and taught it to humanity. As Lord Chaitanya, Lord Krishna is especially merciful (maha-vadanya), even towards the most sinful people.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-05-1505 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Qualifications of a bonafide Spiritual Master | H.G Brajsundar Das“Any person who seriously desires to achieve real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter of him by initiation. The qualification of his spiritual master is that he must have realized the conclusion of the scriptures by deliberation and be able to convince others of these conclusions.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-05-1302 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The curse that gave Srimad Bhagavatam to the world | Brajsundar DasIt is said that the beauty of a tapasvī, or saintly person, is forgiveness. There are many instances in the spiritual history of the world in which many saintly persons, although unnecessarily harassed, did not take action, although they could have done so. Parīkṣit Mahārāja, for example, was unnecessarily cursed by a brāhmaṇa boy, and this was very much regretted by the boy's father, but Parīkṣit Mahārāja accepted the curse and agreed to die within a week as the brāhmaṇa boy desired. Parīkṣit Mahārāja was the emperor and wa...
2023-05-1106 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Can Ghosts get delivered by hearing Srimad Bhagavatam? | H.G Brajsundar DasTo liberate the ghost from that existence, Gokarna decided to recite Srimad Bhagavatam in seven days in that house. He invited the local residents to attend and informed them that Dhundhukari had become a ghost.The local residents accepted the invitation and the recitation of Bhagavatam began on Asadha Sukla Navami day (which takes place in light part of June-July).Gokarna got a seven-knotted bamboo and erected it before the seat he would recite Bhagavatam from so that the ghost (Dhundhukari) could sit upon the tip and listen to the Bhagavatam narration (per the scriptures a ghost can only sit...
2023-05-1020 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How Gajendra the Elephant devotee remembered his past life? | H.G Brajsundar DasThe weight of Gajendra’s body made Trikuta Mountain tremble. As Gajendra walked he perspired, his mouth dripping with liquor and his eyes clouded with intoxication. From a distance he smelled the lotus flowers’ sweet pollen. Now he led his herd to the lake, where they could satisfy their thirst.In a moment the king of the elephants plunged in, bathed, and drank the cold, clear, nectarean water. Feeling utterly satisfied and refreshed, he invited his wives and children to bathe and drink as he had done. And with great endeavor he drew water in through his trunk and sprayed it o...
2023-05-0909 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Only 3 Destination of our life | H.G Brajsundar DasOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-05-0822 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Although a demon how did Maharaja Bali became a Pure devotee? | H.G Brajsundar DasMaharaja Bali was the grandson of the great devotee Prahlada who instilled in Bali, a strong sense of dharma, values and most importantly, devotional service to the Supreme Lord. With such an upbringing, Bali Maharaja grew up to be very pious, contrary to the expected behaviour of others in his asura (demonic) clan. His reign as the king of the asuras was characterised by peace, tranquillity and prosperity. Even demigods like Indra became envious of Maharaja Bali.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en...
2023-05-0636 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Churning of the Milk Ocean | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter Lord Śiva drank all the poison, both the demigods and demons took courage and resumed their activities of churning. Because of this churning, first a surabhi cow was produced. Great saintly persons accepted this cow to derive clarified butter from its milk and offer this clarified butter in oblations for great sacrifices. Thereafter, a horse named Uccaiḥśravā was generated. This horse was taken by Bali Mahārāja. Then there appeared Airāvata and other elephants that could go anywhere in any direction, and she-elephants also appeared. The gem known as Kaustubha was also generated, and Lord Viṣṇu to...
2023-05-0330 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Nine types of Devotion and their respective acharyas | H.G Brajsundar DasThese are, shravana, kirtana, smarana, pada-sevana, archana, vandana, dasya, sakhya and atma-nivedana. Shravana is listening to the divine name, the lila's or sports of the Lord, the stories of saints, as these may orient one's mind towards spirituality.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GBx
2023-05-0245 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Glories of Srila Prabhupada | H.G Brajsundar DasŚrīla Prabhupāda is the pre-eminent ācārya of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sampradāya of our time. His voyage on the Jaladuta thirty years ago marked the beginning of a spiritual revival, and the twelve years after his arrival in America saw the Hare Krishna movement spread to major cities worldwide. For millennia, the Vedic tradition had been hidden behind the boundaries of India and within Sanskrit and the vernacular languages. To a world immersed in a materialistic ethos, Śrīla Prabhupāda revealed the wisdom of this timeless philosophy.
2023-05-0107 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Are there in total 8 regulative principles for devotees? | H.G Brajsundar DasThere are four pillars upon which human society rests. These pillars are: mercy, truthfulness, austerity and cleanliness. Everyone appreciates these qualities. By following the four regulative principles, we support these pillars and free ourselves from miseries and from causing pain to others. Along with chanting Hare Krishna, following these principles form the basis of Krishna conscious practice
2023-04-2812 min
Vedavarsity Sound™ब्रह्म विमोहन लीला | ब्रजसुंदर दास'श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण' के अनुसार- श्रीशुकदेवजी कहते हैं- परीक्षित! तुम बड़े भाग्यवान हो। भगवान के प्रेमी भक्तों में तुम्हारा स्थान श्रेष्ठ है। तभी तो तुमने इतना सुन्दर प्रश्न किया है। यों तो तुम्हें बार-बार भगवान की लीला-कथाएँ सुनने को मिलती हैं, फिर भी तुम उनके सम्बन्ध में प्रश्न करके उन्हें और भी सरस, और भी नूतन बना देते हो। रसिक संतों की वाणी, कान और हृदय भगवान की लीला के गान, श्रवण और चिन्तन के लिये ही होते हैं, उनका यह स्वभाव ही होता है कि वे क्षण-प्रतिक्षण भगवान की लीलाओं को अपूर्व रसमयी और नित्य-नूतन अनुभव करते रहें। ठीक वैसे ही, जैसे लम्पट पुरुषों को स्त्रियों की चर्चा में नया-नया रस जान पड़ता है। परीक्षित! तुम एकाग्र चित्त से श्रवण करो। यद्यपि भगवान की यह लीला अत्यन्त रहस्यमयी है, फिर भी मैं तुम्हें सुनाता हूँ। क्योंकि दयालु आचार्यगण अपने प्रेमी शिष्य को गुप्त रहस्य भी बतला दिया करते हैं। यह तो मैं तुमसे कह ही चुका हूँ कि भगवान श्रीकृष्ण ने अपने साथी ग्वालबालों को मृत्युरूप अघासुर के मुँह से बचा लिया। इसके बाद वे उन्हें यमुना के पुलिन पर ले आये और उनसे कहने लगे- "मेरे प्यारे मित्रों! यमुनाजी का यह पुलिन अत्यन्त रमणीय है। देखो तो सही, यहाँ की बालू कितनी कोमल और स्वच्छ है। हम लोगों के लिए खेलने की तो यहाँ सभी सामग्री विद्यमान है। देखो, एक ओर रंग-बिरंगे कमल खिले हुए हैं और उनकी सुगन्ध से खिंचकर भौंरे गुंजार कर रहे हैं; तो दूसरी ओर सुन्दर-सुन्दर पक्षी बड़ा ही मधुर कलरव कर रहे हैं, जिसकी प्रतिध्वनि से सुशोभित वृक्ष इस स्थान की शोभा बढ़ा रहे हैं। अब हम लोगों को यहाँ भोजन कर लेना चाहिए; क्योंकि दिन बहुत चढ़ आया है और हम लोग भूख से पीड़ित हो रहे हैं। बछड़े पानी पीकर समीप ही धीरे-धीरे हरी-हरी घास चरते रहें।"Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-2431 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Story Of An Ancient Deity of Sri Ramchandra | H.G Brajsundar DasThe seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu was Lord Rama who was born to King Dasharatha and Queen Kaushalya in Ayodhya in Treta Yuga. Shree Ram belongs to the ‘Ikshvaku dynasty’ founded by King ‘Ikshvaku’ the son of Lord Surya, which is why Ramchandra is called ‘Suryavanshi’. Shri Ramachandra; the central figure of the Hindu epic Ramayana is a major deity in Hinduism; especially important to Vaishnavism. Born in a royal family, Lord Rama’s life was challenged by unexpected circumstances such as exile for 14 years and several moral dilemmas and ethical questions.
2023-04-2203 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Why Did Mother Sita Prevent Hanuman From Killing Ravana? | H.G Brajsundar DasHaving shrunk to the size of a mouse, Hanuman ran through Lanka, looking for Sita. He found her held captive in an ashok grove near Ravana's palace. She was guarded by hideous demonesses and harassed by Ravana, who wanted her to forget Rama, and marry him instead. She was sitting under a tree crying. Meanwhile Hanuman climbed the tree, dropped Rama's ring into her lap, and told her Rama will come and save her.
2023-04-2108 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the 19th Purana? | H.G Brajsundar DasAlthough Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is counted among the Purāṇas, it is called the spotless Purāṇa. Because it does not discuss anything material, it is liked by transcendental Vaiṣṇava devotees. The subject matter found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is meant for paramahaṁsas.
2023-04-1902 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Who Made Codes Of Religion ? | H.G Brajsundar DasOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-1703 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Nine Processes Of Devotional Service | H.G Brajsundar DasThey are described by Prahlada Maharaja in the 7th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam as follows:To hear about Sri Visnu's transcendental name, His form, His characteristics, His possessions and His pastimes and to hear and chant about His pastimes, to remember them, to serve the lotus feet of the Lord, to respectfully offer service to the Lord, to offer prayers to the Lord, to become His servant, to consider the Lord one's best friend and to offer Him everything-these nine processes are recognized as pure devotional service.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our cause...
2023-04-1503 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to become a friend of all living entities ? | H.G Brajsundar Das"The devotees are actually saintly persons, or sādhus. The first qualification of a sādhu, or devotee, is ahiṁsā, or nonviolence. Persons interested in the path of devotional service, or in going back home, back to Godhead, must first practice ahiṁsā, or nonviolence. A sādhu is described as titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ (SB 3.25.21)Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-1403 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Life Of Queen Kunti | H.G Brajsundar DasThe tragic and heroic figure of Queen Kunti emerges from an explosive era in the history of ancient India. As related in the Mahabharata, India's grand epic poem of 110,000 couplets, Kunti was the wife of King Pandu and the mother of five illustrious sons known as the Pandavas. As such, she was one of the central figures in a complex political drama that culminated fifty centuries ago in the Kurukshetra War, a devastating war of ascendancy that changed the course of world events.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country...
2023-04-1304 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Significance Of The Six Arm Form Of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | H.G Brajsundar DasShri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a 15th-century Indian saint from Bengal. He was one of the all-time great saints of Hinduism. It will be unfair to describe him just as a great saint, he was in true sense a great social and religious reformer who single handedly brought a lot of changes in contemporary social and religious structure and re-introduced the "Bhakti Yoga" or the devotion cult which swept the contemporary Bengal and large parts of India like a Tsunami.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x...
2023-04-1201 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Transcendental competition between Lord Caitanya and Lord Jagannatha | H.G Brajsundar Das | H.G Brajsundar DasOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-1103 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam uproots demoniac influence in the society? | H.G Brajsundar DasOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-0804 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya Became A Pure Vaishnava? | H.G Brajsundar Das"Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya’s given name was Vasudeva. He was the son of Maheshvara Visharada, a celebrated resident of Vidyanagara, a village which lies about two and a half miles away from both Navadwip and Champahati. Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was a student of Pakshadhara Mishra, the head professor of what was at that time India’s leading school of logic (nyaya) in Mithila in Bihar. Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya memorized the entire body of learning available there and then returned to Navadwip to establish his own school for the study of logic. This caused a revolution in the history of this branch of learning, as t...
2023-04-0706 min
Vedavarsity Sound™What are the dangers of bad association? | H.G Brajsundar DasThe effects of bad associations and environment are evident and the cause of lots of changes that occur within our minds which are replicated outwardly by us.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-0602 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to attract Krishna? | H.G Brajsundar DasOur greatest problem is that we have turned away from Krishna. This one action has turned into our existential dilemma. We are lost servants. But strangely we think, at least unconsciously, that it is Krishna who has abandoned us. Only when we become eager to meet Krishna again, and serve Him with body, mind and heart – as eager as a drowning man is eager to breathe again – can we attain our spiritual success. Real love, however, will only flow when we move out of the center and put Krishna there.For that, hearing about Krishna’s divine characteristics, activities and His sw...
2023-04-0505 min
Vedavarsity Sound™What is the qualification needed to read Srimad Bhagavatam? | H.G Brajsundar DasSrimad Bhagavatam is pre-eminently the book in India. Once enter into it and you are transplanted, as it were, into the spiritual world where gross matter has no existence. The true follower of Srimad Bhagavatam is a spiritual man who has already cut his temporary connection with phenomenal nature and has made himself the inhabitant of that region where God eternally exists and loves.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-0401 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Glories of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasPersons who hear Srimad-Bhagavatam regularly and are always taking the matter very seriously will have the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna manifested in their hearts within a short time. Parikshit Maharaj also heard Bhagavatam for 7 days and could reach the abode of Lord.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-0303 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Prabhupada Japa 16 rounds | Prabhupada Chanting 16 rounds | Prabhupada Japa Srila Prabhupada chanting hare krishna mahamantraOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-031h 57
Vedavarsity Sound™Srila Prabhupada Chanting Japa 32 rounds | Srila Prabhupada Chanting 32 roundsSrila Prabhupada Chanting Japa 32 roundsOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-033h 55
Vedavarsity Sound™Why is it Said Krishna Never Leave Vrindavan? | H.G Brajsundar DasKrishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes, including the origin of all His Vishnu and Narayana expansions, NEVER leaves Vrindavan in the Spiritual World as His original form.When Krishna does come to this material world, He comes as His Vishnu expansion who plays the role of Krishna in His original form, but this is really Krishna's Vishnu-tattva expansion.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-04-0103 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Who is a Mahā-bhāgavata? | H.G Brajsundar DasMahā-bhāgavata means one who can see God in everything and everything in God. That is mahā-bhāgavata.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-03-3104 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to eliminate all the inauspicious things? | H.G Brajsundar DasOur initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-03-3002 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Glories of Srimati Radha Rani | H.G Brajsundar DasSri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is stated in the Svetasvatara Upanishad (6.8) “The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity are being directed solely by His will”. The material world, where we are now living, is called bahir-anga-sakti, the external energy of Krishna. Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-Gita (9.10): “Under My superintendence the material energy is working”. Apart from the material, external energy, there is another energy – the internal energy. By the internal energy the spiritual world is being manifested. As the material world is manipulated under the external energy, the spiritual...
2023-03-2905 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Position Of A Pure Devotee | H.G Brajsundar DasA pure devotee is a completely surrendered soul unto the Personality of Godhead. He knows the Personality of Godhead as the supreme proprietor and all others as His servitors. And by the association of pure devotees only, one can get rid of all sins accumulated by mundane association.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-03-2802 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to bind Krishna? | H.G Brajsundar DasThe Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the son of Yashoda and Nanda Maharaja, is never so completely known to the yogis and speculators. But He is easily available to His devotees.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-03-2705 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Glories of Sri Radha-Kunda | H.G Brajsundar Das“It is stated that a devotee will at once develop pure love of Krishna in the wake of the gopis if he ONCE TAKES A BATH in Radha-Kunda. If one bathes even once, he can develop his transcendental love for Krishna, exactly as the gopis did.”Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-03-2510 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How does the association with Sadhus help our devotional life? | H.G Brajsundar DasThe company that we keep plays a significant role in our lives. Our desires, habits, and goals are often dependent on the association that we are in (saṅgāt sanjāyate kāmaḥ, BG 2.62). Associating with cultured people helps us develop good habits, and associating with corrupt people makes us corrupt generally. The holy scriptures therefore repeatedly recommend that we avoid bad association and keep good association. Here is Lord Kṛṣṇa’s direct description on the glory of saintly association, in the Uddhava-gīta, the philosophical song that He sang to enlighten His dear devotee Uddhava.Destruction of material atta...
2023-03-2436 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa | Chapter 9 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasLord Kṛṣṇa was also a younger cousin of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira as well as the intimate friend of Arjuna. But all the family members of the Pāṇḍavas knew Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord, although conscious of His supreme position, always behaved in a humanly custom, and so He also bowed down before the dying Bhīṣmadeva as if He were one of the younger brothers of King Yudhiṣṭhira.
2023-03-1414 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved | Chapter 8 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasKuntīdevī is quite aware that the existence of the Pāṇḍavas is due to Śrī Kṛṣṇa only. The Pāṇḍavas are undoubtedly well established in name and fame and are guided by the great King Yudhiṣṭhira, who is morality personified, and the Yadus are undoubtedly great allies, but without the guidance of Lord Kṛṣṇa all of them are nonentities, as much as the senses of the body are useless without the guidance of consciousness. No one should be proud of his prestige, power and fame without being guided by the favor of the Supreme Lord.
2023-03-1314 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Son of Droṇa Punished | Chapter 7 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasAśvatthāmā’s mother, Kṛpī, was born in the family of Gautama. The significant point in this śloka is that Aśvatthāmā was caught and bound up with ropes like an animal. According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, Arjuna was obliged to catch this son of a brāhmaṇa like an animal as a part of his duty (dharma). This suggestion by Śrīdhara Svāmī is also confirmed in the later statement of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Aśvatthāmā was a bona fide son of Droṇācārya and Kṛpī, but because he had degraded himself to a lower status of...
2023-03-0913 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva | Chapter 6 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar Das In his previous life, when Nāradajī was impregnated with spiritual knowledge by the grace of the great sages, there was a tangible change in his life, although he was only a boy of five years. That is an important symptom visible after initiation by the bona fide spirituai master. Actual association of devotees brings about a quick change in life for spiritual realization. How it so acted upon the previous life of Śrī Nārada Muni is described by and by in this chapter.
2023-03-0709 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Nārada’s Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for Vyāsadeva | Chapter 5 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar Das Śrī Vyāsadeva was advised by Nārada to describe the science of God directly by relating His transcendental activities. Vyāsadeva is himself a personality expert in this science, and he is unattached to material enjoyment. Therefore he is the right person to describe it, and Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Vyāsadeva, is the right person to receive it.
2023-03-0312 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Appearance of Śrī Nārada | Chapter 4 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasVidhi means Brahmā, the first created living being. He is the original student as well as professor of the Vedas. He learned it from Śrī Kṛṣṇa and taught Nārada first. So Nārada is the second ācārya in the line of spiritual disciplic succession. He is the representative of Brahmā, and therefore he is respected exactly like Brahmā, the father of all vidhis
2023-03-0207 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations | Chapter 3 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasThe original source of all energies is the living force, and He is logically accepted as the Supreme Person. He is therefore conscious of everything past, present and future, and also of each and every corner of His manifestations, both material and spiritual. An imperfect living being does not even know what is happening within his own personal body. He eats his food but does not know how this food is transformed into energy or how it sustains his body. When a living being is perfect, he is aware of everything that happens, and since the Supreme Person is...
2023-03-0112 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Divinity and Divine Service | Chapter 2 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasIn this prayer, Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī practically summarizes the complete introduction of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the natural supplementary commentary on the Vedānta-sūtras. The Vedānta-sūtras, or the Brahma-sūtras, were compiled by Vyāsadeva with a view to presenting just the cream of Vedic knowledge. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the natural commentary on this cream. Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was a thoroughly realized master on the Vedānta-sūtra, and consequently he also personally realized the commentary, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And just to show his boundless mercy upon bewildered materialistic men w...
2023-02-2810 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Questions by the sages | Chapter 1 | Canto 1 | Overview of Srimad Bhagavatam | H.G Brajsundar DasThe Supreme Person, or parameśvara, is the supreme conscious personality, and because He does not derive any power from any other source, He is supremely independent. In the Vedic literatures Brahmā is described as the supreme god or the head of all other gods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa, but the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam confirms that even Brahmā is not independent as far as his power and knowledge are concerned. He received knowledge in the form of the Vedas from the Supreme Person who resides within the heart of every living being. That Supreme Personality knows everything directly...
2023-02-2708 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The secret of Krishna consciousness | H.G Brajsundar DasThe basic principle of Krishna consciousness is unacceptable to most people, still many are attached to the idea of presenting themselves as pious persons and great devotees even though they reject the basic principle. They can not understand Krishna consciousness because they do not surrender to a pure devotee of Krishna.Actually it is not possible to understand Krishna consciousness by practicing austerities, by following regulative principles, by chanting a certain number of rounds; even by reading books one can not understand Krishna consciousness. The secrets of Krishna consciousness are hidden within the hearts of Krishna’s pu...
2023-02-2514 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Can people born in the western world become pure devotees? | H.G Brajsundar Das“The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of all causes, the original person from whom everything has emanated. He is the root cause of this cosmic manifestation, and the entire cosmos rests in Him, yet He is transcendental, for He does everything in relation to the material world through His external energy. He is eternally situated in the spiritual world — in Vaikuṇṭha or Goloka Vṛndāvana — where He engages in His eternal pastimes. The material world is a product of His external energy, or material nature, which works under His direction. It is thus that creation, maintenance a...
2023-02-2410 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Can one attain salvation by staying at Grihastha-ashram? | Ideal Householder Life | Part 2 | H.G Brajsundar DasEvery householder should be very careful because even though a householder may try to conquer the senses, he becomes a victim to the association of relatives and falls down. Thus a gṛhastha must become a vānaprastha or sannyāsī, live in a secluded place, and be satisfied with food gotten by begging from door to door. He must chant the oṁkāra mantra or Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and in this way he will perceive transcendental bliss within himself. After taking sannyāsa, however, if one returns to gṛhastha life, he is called a vāntāśī, which means...
2023-02-211h 00
Vedavarsity Sound™Can one attain salvation by staying at Grihastha-ashram? | Part 1 | H.G Brajsundar DasThe occupational duties of the householder according to the time, the country and the performer. When Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja became very much inquisitive about the occupational duties for the householder, Nārada Muni advised him that a gṛhastha’s first duty is to be fully dependent on Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, and to try to satisfy Him in all respects by executing one’s prescribed devotional service. This devotional service will depend on the instructions of authorities and the association of devotees who are actually engaged in devotional service. The beginning of devotional service is śravaṇam, or hearing. One mus...
2023-02-2054 min
Vedavarsity Sound™What instructions does Prahlad Maharaja give to his classmates? | H.G Brajsundar DasPrahlada Maharaja’s instructions to his class friends.In speaking to his friends, who were all sons of demons, Prahlada Maharaja stressed that every living entity, especially in human society, must be interested in spiritual realization from the very beginning of life.When human beings are children, they should be taught that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the worshipable Deity for everyone.One should not be very much interested in material enjoyment; instead, one should be satisfied with whatever material profits are easily obtainable, and because the duration of one’s life is v...
2023-02-1827 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to deal with an irritable husband? | H.G Brajsundar DasThis is an indication of the relationship between husband and wife. A great personality like Cyavana Muni has the temperament of always wanting to be in a superior position. Such a person cannot submit to anyone. Therefore, Cyavana Muni had an irritable temperament. His wife, Sukanyā, could understand his attitude, and under the circumstances she treated him accordingly. If any wife wants to be happy with her husband, she must try to understand her husband's temperament and please him. This is victory for a woman.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasS...
2023-02-1710 min
Vedavarsity Sound™कृष्ण अपहरण रुक्मिणी | भाग - 3 | कृष्ण रुक्मिणी विवाहजब राजा भीष्मक ने सुना कि कृष्ण और बलराम आ गए हैं, तो वह विजयी संगीत की संगत में उनका अभिनन्दन करने के लिए बाहर गए। उन्होंने विभिन्न उपहारों के साथ प्रभुओं की पूजा की और फिर उनके लिए आवास निर्धारित किए। इस प्रकार राजा ने प्रभुओं के प्रति उचित सम्मान दिखाया, जैसा कि उसने अपने कई शाही मेहमानों के लिए किया था।
2023-02-1644 min
Vedavarsity Sound™श्रीकृष्ण के नाम देवी रुक्मिणी का प्रेम पत्र | भाग - 2 | कृष्ण रुक्मिणी विवाहजब भगवान कृष्ण ने ब्राह्मण दूत को रुक्मिणी के पत्र का पाठ सुना, तो भगवान ने उससे कहा, "मैं वास्तव में रुक्मिणी के प्रति आकर्षित हूं, और मुझे उसके भाई रुक्मी के मेरे विवाह के विरोध के बारे में पता है। इसलिए मुझे सभी निम्न-वर्ग के राजाओं को कुचलकर उसका अपहरण करना चाहिए, जैसे कोई लकड़ी से घर्षण से आग पैदा कर सकता है। चूंकि रुक्मिणी और शिशुपाल के बीच प्रतिज्ञा का अनुष्ठान केवल तीन दिनों में होने वाला था, इसलिए भगवान कृष्ण ने तुरंत दारुक को अपना रथ तैयार करने के लिए कहा। फिर वे तुरंत विदर्भ के लिए निकल पड़े, जहाँ वे एक रात की यात्रा के बाद पहुँचे।
2023-02-1551 min
Vedavarsity Sound™रुक्मिणी ने ब्राह्मण को भगवान कृष्ण के पास भेजा | भाग - 1 | कृष्ण रुक्मिणी विवाहभगवान श्री कृष्ण और रुक्मिणी के विवाह का इतिहास। विदर्भ के राजा भीष्मक की छोटी बेटी रुक्मिणी ने श्री कृष्ण की सुंदरता, शक्ति और अन्य अच्छे गुणों के बारे में सुना था, और इसलिए उन्होंने अपना मन बना लिया कि वे उनके लिए आदर्श पति होंगे। भगवान कृष्ण भी उससे शादी करना चाहते थे। लेकिन यद्यपि रुक्मिणी के अन्य रिश्तेदारों ने कृष्ण के साथ उसके विवाह को मंजूरी दे दी, उसका भाई रुक्मी भगवान से ईर्ष्या करता था और इस तरह उसे उससे शादी करने से मना करता था। रुक्मी चाहती थी कि उसकी बजाय शिशुपाल से उसका विवाह हो। रुक्मिणी ने अप्रसन्न होकर विवाह की तैयारी में अपने कर्तव्यों को निभाया, लेकिन उसने एक भरोसेमंद ब्राह्मण को एक पत्र के साथ कृष्ण के पास भेजा।
2023-02-1443 min
Vedavarsity Sound™ The Power of Holy Name: Story of Ajamila | Session-5 | Yamarāja described the glories of the Lord and His devotees | H.G Brajsundar DasWe should note that although Ajāmila chanted the name of Nārāyaṇa imperfectly, he was delivered from all sinful reactions. The chanting of the holy name is so auspicious that it can free everyone from the reactions of sinful activities. One should not conclude that one may continue to sin with the intention of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa to neutralize the reactions. Rather, one should be very careful to be free from all sins and never think of counteracting sinful activities by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, for this is another offense. If by chance a devotee acciden...
2023-02-1340 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Power of Holy Name: Story of Ajamila | Session- 4 | Yamaraja Instructs his Messengers | H.G Brajsundar DasYamarāja was describing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller, but the order carriers of Yamarāja were very eager to know about the Viṣṇudūtas, who had defeated them in their encounter with Ajāmila. Yamarāja therefore stated that the Viṣṇudūtas resemble the Supreme Personality of Godhead in their bodily features, transcendental qualities and nature. In other words, the Viṣṇudūtas, or Vaiṣṇavas, are almost as qualified as the Supreme Lord. Yamarāja informed the Yamadūtas that the Viṣṇudūtas are no less powerful than Lord Viṣṇu. Since Viṣṇu is above Yamarāja, the...
2023-02-1240 min
Vedavarsity Sound™ The Power of Holy Name: Story of Ajamila | Session-3 | 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝘂𝗱𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘀 freed Ajamila from the bondage of 𝗬𝗮𝗺𝗱𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘀 | H.G Brajsundar DasAlthough Ajāmila was not punishable, the Yamadūtas were insisting on taking him away to Yamarāja for punishment. This was adharma, contrary to religious principles. The Viṣṇudūtas feared that if such irreligious acts were allowed, the management of human society would be spoiled. In modern times, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to introduce the right principles of management for human society, but unfortunately the governments of Kali-yuga do not properly support the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement because they do not appreciate its valuable service. The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is the right movement for ameliorating the falle...
2023-02-1148 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Power of Holy Name: Story of Ajamila | Session- 2 | Conversation between Vishnudutas and Yamdutas | H.G Brajsundar DasAjāmila was a resident of Kānyakubja (the modern Kanauj). He was trained by his parents to become a perfect brāhmaṇa by studying the Vedas and following the regulative principles, but because of his past, this youthful brāhmaṇa was somehow attracted by a prostitute, and because of her association he became most fallen and abandoned all regulative principles. Ajāmila begot in the womb of the prostitute ten sons, the last of whom was called Nārāyaṇa. At the time of Ajāmila’s death, when the order carriers of Yamarāja came to take him...
2023-02-091h 08
Vedavarsity Sound™The Power of Holy Name: Story of Ajamila | Session-1 | How Ajamila was about to give up his body? | H.G Brajsundar DasA person who performs sinful activities performs them with his body, mind and words. Therefore three order carriers from Yamarāja came to take Ajāmila to Yamarāja’s abode. Fortunately, even though he was referring to his son, Ajāmila chanted the four syllables of the hari-nāma Nārāyaṇa, and therefore the order carriers of Nārāyaṇa, the Viṣṇudūtas, also immediately arrived there. Because Ajāmila was extremely afraid of the ropes of Yamarāja, he chanted the Lord’s name with tearful eyes. Actually, however, he never meant to chant the holy name of N...
2023-02-081h 09
Vedavarsity Sound™What if we don't practice Krishna Consciousness? | H.G Brajsundar DasPracticing Krishna consciousness—chanting Hare Krishna, and reading the Bhagavad-gita, for example—frees us from fear of death, because we learn that the self never dies. We become more aware of our relationship with the Supreme Person, Krishna, and feel His loving, caring presence in our life.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-02-0738 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Are you hopeless in Krishna Consciousness? | H.G Brajsundar DasPracticing Krishna consciousness helps you become helpless, yet we don’t feel hopeless. A devotee may face repeated disappointments, but he’s never discouraged. That’s because he loves Krishna .Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-02-0635 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Why not to commit offences unto Vaishnavas? | H.G Brajsundar DasThere are three types of devotees. The kanishta – they are sometimes quarreling. The madhyamas – they are friendly to each other and merciful to kanishtas and other people. And the uttamas – the completely pure souls with love of God. This essay is for the benefit of all who like to attain the uttama platform.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-02-0435 min
Vedavarsity Sound™What were the prayers that forced Supreme Lord Krishna to change his course of action? | H.G Brajsundar DasKrishna is responding to everyone, devotee or non-devotee. He is revealing Himself or not revealing Himself according to the desire of the individual person. In another place in the Gita Krishna says: “I am within everyone’s heart and I am giving remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” So one may ask why would Krishna give anyone the ability to forget Him? He states here clearly that He gives remembrance and knowledge — but He also gives forgetfulness.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country...
2023-02-0326 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to be attracted towards Krishna? | H.G Brajsundar DasOur greatest problem is that we have turned away from Krishna. This one action has turned into our existential dilemma. We are lost servants. But strangely we think, at least unconsciously, that it is Krishna who has abandoned us. Only when we become eager to meet Krishna again, and serve Him with body, mind and heart – as eager as a drowning man is eager to breathe again – can we attain our spiritual success. Real love, however, will only flow when we move out of the center and put Krishna there.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l...
2023-02-0238 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to be attracted towards Krishna? | Brajsundar DasOur greatest problem is that we have turned away from Krishna. This one action has turned into our existential dilemma. We are lost servants. But strangely we think, at least unconsciously, that it is Krishna who has abandoned us. Only when we become eager to meet Krishna again, and serve Him with body, mind and heart – as eager as a drowning man is eager to breathe again – can we attain our spiritual success. Real love, however, will only flow when we move out of the center and put Krishna there.
2023-02-0238 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Unheard Mysteries of Kaliya Daman Lila | Brajsundar DasWhen he understood that the water of the Yamunā was being polluted by the black serpent Kāliya, Lord Kṛṣṇa took action against him and made him leave the Yamunā and go elsewhere, and thus the water became purified.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-02-0144 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How to liberate oneself from the cycle of birth and death? | Brajsundar DasLiberation fro the cycle of birth and death does not mean that you will not be born here again. It means that now there is neither coming nor going- nowhere, not any plane. then you remain rooted where you are. The day this happens, the springs of Joy burst forth on all sides. We cannot experience Joy being in an imaginary place, we can only find Joy being where we really are. We can only be happy being what we are, we can never be happy being what we are not. So moving through the cycle of birth and...
2023-01-3046 min
Vedavarsity Sound™How should devotees offer shraddha to their forefathers? | H.G Brajsundar Das The four orders of human society, combined with family welfare activities as they are set forth by the institution of the sanatana-dharma or varnasrama-dharma, are designed to enable the human being to attain his ultimate salvation. Therefore, the breaking of the sanatana-dharma tradition by irresponsible leaders of society brings about chaos in that society, and consequently people forget the aim of life—Visnu. Such leaders are called blind, and persons who follow such leaders are sure to be led into chaos.presently it is time actually called Pitru paksha in the month of Bhadrapada masa ..Is perfect ti...
2023-01-2739 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Deliverance of Putana | Session 7 | Putana's liberation | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter consulting with his demoniac ministers, Kaṁsa instructed a witch named Pūtanā, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanting or hearing of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is done, even negligently, all bad elements – witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities – immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the...
2023-01-2645 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Deliverance of Putana | Session 6 | How gopis protecting Krishna | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter consulting with his demoniac ministers, Kaṁsa instructed a witch named Pūtanā, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanting or hearing of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is done, even negligently, all bad elements – witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities – immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the...
2023-01-2338 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Deliverance of Putana | Session 5 | Putana killed by Lord Krishna | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter consulting with his demoniac ministers, Kaṁsa instructed a witch named Pūtanā, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanting or hearing of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is done, even negligently, all bad elements – witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities – immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the...
2023-01-1934 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Deliverance of Putana | Session 4 | Who is Putna? | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter consulting with his demoniac ministers, Kaṁsa instructed a witch named Pūtanā, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanting or hearing of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is done, even negligently, all bad elements – witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities – immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the...
2023-01-1842 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Deliverance of Putana | Session 3 | Meeting of Nanda Maharaj and Vasudev | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter consulting with his demoniac ministers, Kaṁsa instructed a witch named Pūtanā, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanting or hearing of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is done, even negligently, all bad elements – witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities – immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the...
2023-01-1439 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Deliverance of Putana | Session 2 | Birth Ceremony of Lord Sri Krishna | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter consulting with his demoniac ministers, Kaṁsa instructed a witch named Pūtanā, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanting or hearing of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is done, even negligently, all bad elements – witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities – immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the...
2023-01-1246 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Deliverance of Putana | Session 1 | Minister's advice to Kamsa | H.G Brajsundar DasAfter consulting with his demoniac ministers, Kaṁsa instructed a witch named Pūtanā, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanting or hearing of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is done, even negligently, all bad elements – witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities – immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the...
2023-01-1142 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The struggle of raising children in Krishna Consciousness | H.G Brajsundar DasI regularly hear parents complaining that their children don’t listen to them or they do not have basic etiquette while talking to parents or siblings, everything is about their own self.The problem is that we, as parents, are ourselves so busy in so-called `enjoying my life’ that we are also guilty in neglecting our duty of raising our kids properly. In many cases the material life has become so busy, with both parents working hard, children are bound to get neglected. Of course, today the whole atmosphere is polluted with exposure from TV, mobile and now...
2023-01-0923 min
Vedavarsity Sound™भाग २ | समस्त भक्तों में श्री गिरिराज गोवर्धन सबसे श्रेष्ठ क्यों हैं ?Lord Indra was overcome by anger when the residents of Vraja canceled his sacrifice, how he tried to punish them by sending forth a devastating rainfall to Vṛndāvana, and how Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa protected Gokula by lifting Govardhana Hill and for seven days using it as an umbrella to ward off the rain.Indra, angered at the disruption of the sacrifice meant for him and falsely presuming himself the supreme controller, said, “People often give up the pursuit of transcendental knowledge — the means for self-realization — and imagine that they can cross over the ocean of material exist...
2023-01-0735 min
Vedavarsity Sound™भाग 1 | समस्त भक्तों में श्री गिरिराज गोवर्धन सबसे श्रेष्ठ क्यों हैं ?Lord Indra was overcome by anger when the residents of Vraja canceled his sacrifice, how he tried to punish them by sending forth a devastating rainfall to Vṛndāvana, and how Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa protected Gokula by lifting Govardhana Hill and for seven days using it as an umbrella to ward off the rain.Indra, angered at the disruption of the sacrifice meant for him and falsely presuming himself the supreme controller, said, “People often give up the pursuit of transcendental knowledge — the means for self-realization — and imagine that they can cross over the ocean of material exist...
2023-01-0535 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Is it possible for a woman to gain supernatural powers? | H.G Brajsundar Das“The wife of a brāhmaṇa suffering from leprosy manifested herself as the topmost of all chaste women by serving a prostitute to satisfy her husband. She thus stopped the movement of the sun, brought her dead husband back to life and satisfied the three principal demigods [Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara]..Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-01-0308 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Is there a story about how King Indradyumna became Gajendra in the next life? | H.G Brajsundar DasVishnu informed Gajendra that he, in one of his previous births, had been the celebrated King Indradyumna, a devotee of Vishnu, but due to his disrespect to the great sage Agastya, he had been cursed to be reborn as an elephant.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2023-01-0234 min
Vedavarsity Sound™A Glimpse into Uddhava's life | H.G Brajsundar DasUddhava was a cousin brother of Lord Krishna and also a student of lord Brihaspati. His guru, Lord Brihaspati said to him that, “the supreme lord Vishnu will incarnate on the earth in your family as your cousin brother".So after knowing it, Uddhava started worshipping him and he was a great devotee of Lord Krishna. He had all knowledge about GOD. He was a gyaani. He knew Bhramgyaan. He thought everything is illusion in this world. Even Love is illusion. He became very much arrogant about his knowledge he had.Our initiatives need your su...
2022-12-3032 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Is it possible to see the Supreme Lord face-to-face? | H.G Brajsundar DasDhruva Maharaja was born as a son of a great king. The king had two wives, and he begot children by each of them. One day, while Dhruva’s stepbrother was playing on the lap of the king, Dhruva also wanted to play on his father’s lap. We can picture the king, whose name was Uttanapada, seated on the throne in a leisurely moment, in an affectionate mood, with one of the boys on his lap. His boy Dhruva, who was five years old, climbed up on his father’s knee, but his father did not receive him with a...
2022-12-2922 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Lord Krishna chastises Kaliya | Session 2 | Why did Krishna ask Kaliya to leave Vrindavan? | H.G Brajsundar DasSeeing how very weary Kāliya had become, his wives, the Nāgapatnīs, bowed down at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. Then they offered Him various prayers in hopes of gaining their husband’s freedom: “It is quite fitting that You have brought our cruel husband to this condition. Indeed, by Your anger he has gained great benefit. What piety Kāliya must have amassed in his previous lives! Today he has borne upon his head the dust of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, the attainment of which is difficult for even the mother of the universe...
2022-12-2740 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Lord Krishna chastises Kaliya | Session 1 | Black serpent enwrapped Krishna in the coils | H.G Brajsundar DasŚukadeva Gosvāmī narrated the story as follows. Within the river Yamunā there was a great lake, and in that lake the black serpent Kāliya used to live. Because of his poison, the whole area was so contaminated that it emanated a poisonous vapor twenty-four hours a day. If a bird happened to even pass over the spot, it would immediately die and fall down into the water. Due to the poisonous effect of the Yamunā’s vapors, the trees and grass near the bank of the Yamunā had all dried up. Lord Kṛṣṇa saw the effect of the great se...
2022-12-2345 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Life of Sudama | Session 3 | Lords causeless mercy on Sudama | H.G Brajsundar DasSudāmā spent that night comfortably in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s palace, and the next morning he set off for home. As he passed along the highway, he thought of how fortunate he was to have been so honored by Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Absorbed in this meditation, Sudāmā arrived at the place where his home used to be — and he was struck with great wonder. Instead of his broken-down hovel, he saw a series of opulent palaces. While he stood astonished, a group of beautiful men and women came forward to greet him with singing and music. The brāhmaṇa’s wife, wonde...
2022-12-2237 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Life of Sudama | Session 2 | When sudama met Krishna | H.G Brajsundar DasIn the course of His loving talks with His friend Sudāmā, Lord Kṛṣṇa said, “My dear brāhmaṇa, have you brought any gift for Me from home? I regard as very significant even the smallest offering from My loving devotee.” But the poor brāhmaṇa was ashamed to present Kṛṣṇa with his meager gift of flat rice. However, since Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul dwelling in all hearts, He knew why Sudāmā had come to visit Him. So He grabbed the bundle of flat rice Sudāmā was hiding and ate a handful of it with great pleasure.
2022-12-2143 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Life of Sudama | Session 1 | Sudama's departure for Dwarka | H.G Brajsundar DasAs Sudāmā approached the palace of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s principal wife, Rukmiṇī-devī, the Lord saw him from a distance. Kṛṣṇa immediately rose from His seat on Rukmiṇī’s bed and embraced His friend with great joy. Then He sat Sudāmā down on the bed, washed his feet with His own hands and sprinkled the wash water on His head. After this He presented him with various gifts and worshiped him with incense, lamps and so on. Meanwhile, Rukmiṇī fanned the shabbily dressed brāhmaṇa with a yaktail whisk. All of this astonished the residents of the palace.Lo...
2022-12-2038 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Three Secrets of Life | H.G Brajsundar DasGenerally when we find someone more qualified than ourselves, we become envious of him; when we find someone less qualified, we deride him; and when we find someone equal we become very proud of our activities. These are the causes of all material tribulations. The great sage Narada therefore advised that a devotee should act perfectly. Instead of being envious of a more qualified man, one should be jolly to receive him. Instead of being oppressive to a less qualified man, one should be compassionate toward him just to raise him to the proper standard. And when one meets...
2022-12-1733 min
Vedavarsity Sound™Relevance of Devotion: Story of Bhakti Devi and her sons | H.G Brajsundar DasThe Shrimad Bhagwat Puran, opens with a story of a mother called, Bhakti and her two sons Gyaan and Vairagya.When Narad Muni came down on Earth thinking it was the first and foremost place in the cosmos. But, after visiting such pilgrim places like Pushkar, Prayag, Kashi, Godavari (Nashik), Haridwar, Kurkshetra, Shrirang, Setubandh and several other pilgrim places he still did not feel peace and contentment anywhere. He realised it was the bane of Kaliyug, the rein of that period in Time, when Truth, Auserity, Purity ( both inward & outward). compassion, giving, etc are nothing and even those who...
2022-12-1543 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Life of King Yayati | Session 3 | How to get out of clutches of Maya to become liberated? | Brajsundar DasKing Yayāti, however, renounced worldly life and divided his property among his sons. He personally adopted the life of a mendicant, or sannyāsī, giving up all attraction to material enjoyment, and engaged himself fully in devotional service to the Lord. Thus he attained perfection. Later, when his beloved wife, Devayānī, was freed from her mistaken way of life, she also engaged herself in the devotional service of the Lord.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&local...
2022-12-1434 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Life of King Yayati | Session 2 | Why was Yadu's rejection accepted as religious and his brother's rejection as irreligious? | Brajsundar DasŚukrācārya became angry and cursed Mahārāja Yayāti to become old, but when Yayāti begged Śukrācārya to be merciful to him, Śukrācārya gave him the benediction that he could transfer his old age and invalidity to some young man. Yayāti exchanged his old age for the youth of his youngest son, Pūru.Our initiatives need your support: https://rzp.io/l/brajsundardasSupport our causePaypal: https://paypal.me/bdpayments?country.x=IN&locale.x=en_GB
2022-12-1342 min
Vedavarsity Sound™The Life of King Yayati | Session 1 | How the daughter of a king became the maidservant of Shukracharya's daughter Devayani. | Brajsundar Das When Nahuṣa, who had six sons, was cursed to become a python, his eldest son, Yati, took sannyāsa, and therefore the next son, Yayāti, was enthroned as king. By providence, Yayāti married the daughter of Śukrācārya. Śukrācārya was a brāhmaṇa and Yayāti a kṣatriya, but Yayāti married her nonetheless. Śukrācārya’s daughter, named Devayānī, had a girlfriend named Śarmiṣṭhā, who was the daughter of Vṛṣaparvā. King Yayāti married Śarmiṣṭhā also. The history of this marriage is as follows. Once Śarmiṣṭhā was sporting in the water with thou...
2022-12-1245 min
Vedavarsity Sound™भीष्म स्तुति | भाग -४ | पितामह भीष्म द्वारा श्री कृष्ण की स्तुतिThe Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
2022-12-1247 min
Vedavarsity Sound™भीष्म स्तुति | भाग ३ | भगवान श्री कृष्ण के अनुभावThe Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
2022-12-1054 min
Vedavarsity Sound™भीष्म स्तुति | भाग २ | भीष्म पितामह द्वारा महापुरुषों का स्वागतThe Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
2022-12-0946 min
Vedavarsity Sound™भीष्म स्तुति | भाग 1 | महाराज युधिष्ठिर का शोकThe Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
2022-12-0954 min
Vedavarsity Sound™What is Srimad Bhagavatam? | H.G Brajsundar DasŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam is one of the eighteen Purāṇas, but Srila Vyasdeva wrote it after compiling the essence of the Vedas in the Vedānta-sūtra and also composing the Mahābhārata and Purāṇas. But, one might ask, if the eighteen Purāṇas had already been compiled, does this make Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the nineteenth Purāṇa?Srila Jiva Goswami explains in Tattva Sandharbha that this is not the case. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam appeared first to Srila Vyasa in a concise and subtle form, as one of the eighteen Purāṇas. Srila Vyasa composed the Vedāntasūtra on the basi...
2022-12-0707 min