Scriptural Reading

jāne tvām īśaṁ viśvasya jagato yoni-bījayoḥ śakteḥ śivasya ca paraṁ yat tad brahma nirantaram 'I know you as the controller of the entire manifestation of the cosmic creation, as the potency of...

The glories of Utpanna Ekadashi, as described in the “Bhavisyottara Puran” in the conversation of Sri Krishna and Arjuna.  As Arjuna asked about the details of this ekadashi.Sri...

markaṭa-vairāgya nā kara loka dekhāñā yathā-yogya viṣaya bhuñja’ anāsakta hañā “Don't do monkey or false renunciation and show off to people. In the meantime, just enjoy the material world in...

kāmasya nendriya-prītir lābho jīveta yāvatā jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā nārtho yaś ceha karmabhiḥ One should not strive much for sense-enjoyment and gain, a human being is meant for inquiry about Absolute Truth thus no other duties should...

yajamānaḥ pramudito darśanīyaṁ manoramam rūpānurūpāvayavaṁ tasmā āsanam āharat "Bali Mahārāja who had engaged the Brahmins to perform sacrifices was delighted to see Lord Vāmana so beautiful in each of His lustrous limbs,...

tato yateta kuśalaḥ kṣemāya bhavam āśritaḥ śarīraṁ pauruṣaṁ yāvan na vipadyeta puṣkalam An intelligent person leading this material life, who is able to discriminate right from wrong should endeavour for the real...

dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śivadaṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte kiṁ vā parair īśvaraḥ sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate ’tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt "Reject all religion which is motivated, This Purāṇa...

caturdaśaṁ nārasiṁhaṁ bibhrad daityendram ūrjitam dadāra karajair ūrāv erakāṁ kaṭa-kṛd yathā In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord came in the form of half-man, half-lion and bifurcated the strong body of the the...

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śamena ca damena ca tyāgena satya-śaucābhyāṁ yamena niyamena vā deha-vāg-buddhijaṁ dhīrā dharmajñāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ kṣipanty aghaṁ mahad api veṇu-gulmam ivānalaḥ "Austerity or one-pointed attention, exclusive celibacy, subjugation of the internal and external senses, charity, truthful...

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ "In Kali yuga, people with proper understanding will perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of God who constantly sings the names of...