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ŚB 2.3.1 श्री शुक उवाच एवमेतन्निगदितं पृष्टवान् यद्भवान् मम । नृणां यन्म्रियमाणानां मनुष्येषु मनीषिणाम् ॥ १ ॥ śrī-śuka uvāca evam etan nigaditaṁ pṛṣṭavān yad bhavān mama nṛṇāṁ yan mriyamāṇānāṁ manuṣyeṣu manīṣiṇām Synonyms śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — so; etat — all these; nigaditam — answered; pṛṣṭavān — as you inquired; yat — what; bhavān — your good self; mama — unto me; nṛṇām — of the human being; yat — one; mriyamāṇānām — on the threshold of death; manuṣyeṣu — amongst the human beings; manīṣiṇām — of the intelligent men. Translation Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Mahārāja Parīkṣit, as you have inquired from me as to the duty of the intelligent man who is on the threshold of death, so I have answered you. Purport In human society all over the world there are millions and billions of men and women, and almost all of them are less intelligent because they have very little knowledge of spirit soul. Almost all of them have a wrong conception of life, for they identify themselves with the gross and subtle material bodies, which they are not, in fact. They may be situated in different high and low positions in the estimation of human society, but one should know definitely that unless one inquires about his own self beyond the body and the mind, all his activities in human life are total failures. Therefore out of thousands and thousands of men, one may inquire about his spirit self and thus consult the revealed scriptures like Vedānta-sūtras, Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. But in spite of reading and hearing such scriptures, unless one is in touch with a realized spiritual master, he cannot actually realize the real nature of self, etc. And out of thousands and hundreds of thousands of men, someone may know what Lord Kṛṣṇa is in fact. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 20.122-123) it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa, out of His causeless mercy, prepared the Vedic literatures in the incarnation of Vyāsadeva for reading by the intelligent class of men in a human society which is almost totally forgetful of the genuine relation with Kṛṣṇa. Even such an intelligent class of men may be forgetful in their relation with the Lord. The whole bhakti-yoga process is therefore a revival of the lost relation. This revival is possible in the human form of life, which is obtained only out of the evolutionary cycle of 8,400,000 species of life. The intelligent class of human being must take a serious note of this opportunity. Not all human beings are intelligent, so the importance of human life is not always understood. Therefore manīṣiṇām, meaning “thoughtful,” is particularly used here. A manīṣiṇām person, like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, must therefore take to the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa and fully engage himself in devotional service — hearing, chanting, etc., of the holy name and pastimes of the Lord, which are all hari-kathāmṛta. This action is especially recommended when one is preparing for death.
SB_2.3.1 - The rarest of rare opportunity for the intelligent & thoughtful class of human species !
Hare Krishna , Chant at least 1 time , “Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda” and Chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra at least 108 times daily, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare" Chant and Be Happy. Hare Krishna !
Darshan Arati | ISKCON Chennai | 25 May 2026
Hare Krishna , Chant at least 1 time , “Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda” and Chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra at least 108 times daily, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare" Chant and Be Happy. Hare Krishna !
Sandhya Arati | ISKCON Chennai | 25 May 2026
Hare Krishna , Chant at least 1 time , “Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda” and Chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra at least 108 times daily, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare" Chant and Be Happy. Hare Krishna !
Tulasi Arati | ISKCON Chennai | 25 May 2026
Hare Krishna , Chant at least 1 time , “Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda” and Chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra at least 108 times daily, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare" Chant and Be Happy. Hare Krishna !
Mangal Arati | ISKCON Chennai | 25 May 2026
Hare Krishna , Chant at least 1 time , “Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda” and Chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra at least 108 times daily, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare" Chant and Be Happy. Hare Krishna !
Sandhya Arati | ISKCON Chennai | 24 May 2026
Hare Krishna , Chant at least 1 time , “Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda” and Chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra at least 108 times daily, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare" Chant and Be Happy. Hare Krishna !
Sunday feast class & Raj bhog Arati | ISKCON Chennai | 24 May 2026
Transcript: https://bhanuswamiarchives.net/sb/2/2/37 ŚB 2.2.37 पिबन्ति ये भगवत आत्मन: सतां कथामृतं श्रवणपुटेषु सम्भृतम् । पुनन्ति ते विषयविदूषिताशयं व्रजन्ति तच्चरणसरोरुहान्तिकम् ॥ ३७ ॥ pibanti ye bhagavata ātmanaḥ satāṁ kathāmṛtaṁ śravaṇa-puṭeṣu sambhṛtam punanti te viṣaya-vidūṣitāśayaṁ vrajanti tac-caraṇa-saroruhāntikam Synonyms pibanti — who drink; ye — those; bhagavataḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; ātmanaḥ — of the most dear; satām — of devotees; kathā-amṛtam — the nectar of the messages; śravaṇa-puṭeṣu — within the earholes; sambhṛtam — fully filled; punanti — purify; te — their; viṣaya — material enjoyment; vidūṣita-āśayam — polluted aim of life; vrajanti — do go back; tat — the Lord’s; caraṇa — feet; saroruha-antikam — near the lotus. Translation Those who drink through aural reception, fully filled with the nectarean message of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of the devotees, purify the polluted aim of life known as material enjoyment and thus go back to Godhead, to the lotus feet of Him [the Personality of Godhead]. Purport The sufferings of human society are due to a polluted aim of life, namely lording it over the material resources. The more human society engages in the exploitation of undeveloped material resources for sense gratification, the more it will be entrapped by the illusory, material energy of the Lord, and thus the distress of the world will be intensified instead of diminished. The human necessities of life are fully supplied by the Lord in the shape of food grains, milk, fruit, wood, stone, sugar, silk, jewels, cotton, salt, water, vegetables, etc., in sufficient quantity to feed and care for the human race of the world as well as the living beings on each and every planet within the universe. The supply source is complete, and only a little energy by the human being is required to get his necessities into the proper channel. There is no need of machines and tools or huge steel plants for artificially creating comforts of life. Life is never made comfortable by artificial needs, but by plain living and high thinking. The highest perfectional thinking for human society is suggested here by Śukadeva Gosvāmī, namely, sufficiently hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. For men in this Age of Kali, when they have lost the perfect vision of life, this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the torchlight by which to see the real path. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhupāda has commented on the kathāmṛtam mentioned in this verse and has indicated Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to be the nectarean message of the Personality of Godhead. By sufficient hearing of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the polluted aim of life, namely lording it over matter, will subside, and the people in general in all parts of the world will be able to live a peaceful life of knowledge and bliss. For a pure devotee of the Lord, any topics in relation with His name, fame, quality, entourage, etc., are all pleasing, and because such topics have been approved by great devotees like Nārada, Hanumān, Nanda Mahārāja and other inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, certainly such messages are transcendental and pleasing to the heart and soul. And by the constant hearing of the messages of the Bhagavad-gītā, and later of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, one is assured herein by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī that he will reach the Personality of Godhead and render Him transcendental loving service in the spiritual planet of the name Goloka Vṛndāvana, which resembles a huge lotus flower. Thus by the process of bhakti-yoga, directly accepted, as suggested in this verse, by sufficient hearing of the transcendental message of the Lord, the material contamination is directly eliminated without one’s attempting to contemplate the impersonal virāṭ conception of the Lord. And by practicing bhakti-yoga, if the performer is not purified from the material contamination, he must be a pseudodevotee. For such an imposter there is no remedy for being freed from material entanglement. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Second Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Lord in the Heart.”
SB_2.2.37 - All angas of bhakti foster bhakti; proper hierarchy strengthens its growth !
Hare Krishna , Chant at least 1 time , “Jaya Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda” and Chant Hare Krishna Maha mantra at least 108 times daily, "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare" Chant and Be Happy. Hare Krishna !
Darshan Arati | ISKCON Chennai | 24 May 2026
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