In Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, prolific 19th century author and reformer of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism, draws a profound comparison between the Rāsa-līlā pastime of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the principle of electromagnetic attraction in particle physics: "In the world of matter wrought by Māyā, there is one main star that appears

💡The contents of this article are derived from Śrī Dīnanātha Dhara's booklet entitled "Suvarṇa-vaṇika-kula Uddhāra-kārī Sādhu-puṅgava Ṭhākura Uddhāraṇa Datta", published in 1904 by Śrī Rādhikā-prasāda Datta, printed at Heyāra Press, No. 46 Bechu Chatterjee Street, Calcutta. Fall of the Subarṇa-Baṇiks Ballāla Sena became the king of

Looking through Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's bibliography the other day, I found the curious heading "Pratīcye kārṣṇa sampradāya (The Lineage of Krishna in the West)" in Year 7 of the Gauḍīya, Issue 28, page 443: I've attempted a faithful translation below: A Kṛṣṇa Tradition

Keśava-māsa, or Mārgaśīrṣa The ancient Vedic name of the month we are currently in is Mārgaśīrṣa, derived from the asterism (a small group of stars within a constellation) called Mṛga-śira, which is part of what Western astronomers refer to as the constellation of Orion. Mṛga means deer, and śira means

jaya guru śrī bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatī | jagannātha-bhaktivinoda-gaura-priya ati || 1 || All glories to Guru Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, to Śrī Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja, Śrī Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, and Śrī Gaura-kiśora Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja, who are very dear to Śrī Gaurahari. jaya gaura nityānanda, jaya gadādhara | jayādvaita śrīnivāsa vaiṣṇava-pravara || 2 || All glories to Śrī

Adapted from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 19, Issue 10 (16/12/1967) page 395 and Śrī Bhāgavata Patrikā, Year 13, Issues 5–6, page 122: The Unseen Stalwart As we observe the grand battle for the salvation of our souls in this age of hypocrisy and conflict from our narrow

✨Let's say this is deliberately a day late to keep the spirit of Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva fresh in our minds, but is meditation on the eternal līlā ever late? We live thus in the eternal present, with our heads at the feet of the Lord as He rents asunder

(This aṣṭaka was translated from the appendix of Śrī Karṇānanda by Śrī Yadunandana Dāsa Ṭhākura, a grand-disciple of Śrī Hemalatā Ṭhākurāṇī, though it is not clearly stated therein that he is in fact the author.) kaṣita-kanaka-gātraḥ sāttvikaiḥ śobhamānaḥ jita-sita-kara-vaktraḥ padma-netroruvakṣāḥ | subhaga-tilaka-mālair-bhāla-kaṇṭhollasan yaḥ sphuratu sa hṛdaye śrī śrīnivāsa prabhur naḥ || 1

By Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmi-pāda jaya jayājita jahy aga-jaṅgamā- vṛtim ajām upanīta-mṛṣāguṇām | na hi bhavantam ṛte prabhavanty amī nigama-gīta-guṇārṇavatā tava ||1|| O Ajita – The Undefeatable! All glories to You, I proclaim again and again! Kindly destroy the delusion that festers in false identification with the physical coverings of the living entities,

(Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 7, Issue 1, page 12) prabhu-nityānanda dvāre śrīvāsa paṇḍita-ghare Via Prabhu Nityānanda, in the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita mahāprabhu dilena śikṣaṇa | Mahāprabhu gave instructions vyāsa-pūjā anuṣṭhāna bhakatera prāṇa-dhana On the performance of Vyāsa-pūjā, the life-treasure of the devotees bhinna nahe śrī guru-pūjana || 1 || Not different

(Patrottara – “Response to a Letter”) Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 26, Issue 8 (15/6/1974), page 274:           śrī śrī guru-gaurāṅgau jayataḥ                    Śrī Gauḍīya Vedānta Samiti                       (Gov. Registered)                     Śrī Devānanda Gauḍīya Maṭha                        P.O. Navadvīpa, Nadiyā                           Date: 15/8/1974 śrī śrī vaiṣṇava-caraṇe daṇḍavan-nati-pūrvikeyam— Narahari! I have received your letter

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The following is an excerpt from Śrī Kṛṣṇa Premāmṛtam, a small priceless book attributed to Śrīmad Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmipāda, which describes an instance of Kṛṣṇa stealing the gopīs' clothes when Śrīmatī Rādhikā and Her sakhīs are the targets of His loving prank and not the young, unmarried, Kātyayānī-worshipping gopīs.

By Prabhupāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura ✨Appearing in English for the first time. Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 1, Issue 1 (March 14, 1949). Śakti and Śaktimān are to be worshipped together In the world of material affairs (vyavahārika-jagata), there has been a longstanding feud between Śāktas and

By Śrī Śrīnivāsācārya Prabhu premādhāraṁ madhura-vikāraṁ, [He is] the substrata of divine love, of sweetest eccentricity śrī caitanyāṅghri-jalaja-sāram | (For whom) the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya are quintessence śrī-khaṇḍākhye vihita-nivāsaṁ, And whose home domain is the renowned Śrī Khaṇḍa vande śrīlaṁ narahari-dāsam ||1|| I venerate that Śrīla Narahari Dāsa gāṅgeyāṅga-dyutim-ati-dhīraṁ,

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Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa, Vijaya-Daśamī, Padmanābha-māsa – October 5th, 2022 – On the auspicious occasion of Śrī Rāma-vijayotsava and Śrī Madhvācārya's Appearance In honor of Saccidānanda Ṭhākura Śrī Bhaktivinoda’s Sajjana-toṣaṇī, Śrīla  Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasavatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda’s bṛhat-mṛdaṅga movement, which included the weekly Gauḍīya, The Harmonist, and numerous other publications, as well as