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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

His Divine Grace A.C.

Bhaktivedanta

Swami

Prabhupāda

,

Founder-

Ācārya

of the International Society for Krishna ConsciousnessSlide2

SB 3.25.44etāvān eva loke ’sminpuṁsāṁ niḥśreyasodayaḥtīvreṇa bhakti-yogena

mano mayy arpitaṁ

sthiramSlide3

etāvān eva — only so far;loke asmin — in this world;puṁsām — of men;niḥśreyasa — final perfection of life;

udayaḥ — the attainment of

tīvreṇa

 — intense; 

bhakti-

yogena

 — by practice of devotional

service;manaḥ — mind;mayi — in Me;arpitam — fixed;sthiram — steady.Slide4

Purport: Here the words mano mayy arpitam, which mean “the mind being fixed on Me,” are significant.One should fix his mind on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa or His incarnation. To be fixed steadily in that freedom is the way of liberation.

Ambarīṣa Mahārāja is an example. 

tīvreṇa

bhakti-

yogena

mano

mayy arpitaṁ sthiramSlide5

Ambarīṣa

Mahārāja is an exampleSlide6

He fixed his mind on the lotus feet of the Lord, He spoke only on the pastimes of the

Lord,He smelled only the flowers and tulasī offered to the

Lord,

H

e walked only to the temple of the Lord,

He

engaged his hands in cleansing the

temple,He engaged his tongue in tasting the foodstuff offered to the Lord, andHe engaged his ears for hearing the great pastimes of the Lord.In that way all his senses were engaged. Slide7

First of all, the mind should be engaged at the lotus feet of the Lord, very steadily and naturally. Because the mind is the master of the senses, when the mind is engaged, all the senses become engaged. Slide8

That is bhakti-yoga.Yoga means controlling the senses.

The senses cannot be controlled in the proper sense of the term;

They

are always

agitated.

This

is true also with a child — how long can he be forced to sit down

silently?It is not possible.Even Arjuna said;Slide9

Even Arjuna said, cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa: “The mind is always agitated.”

The best course is to fix the mind on the lotus feet of the Lord.

Mano

mayy

arpitaṁ sthiramSlide10

The conclusion is that those who are still entrapped by sex indulgence should never progress to meditation above the feet of the Lord; ThereforeRecital of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by them should be restricted to the first and second cantos of the great literature. (SB 2.2.12, Purport)Slide11

If one seriously engages in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that is the highest perfectional stage.All Kṛṣṇa conscious activities are on the highest perfectional level of human life.Slide12

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Glories of Devotional Service.”Slide13

Introduction

Preface

SB 1.1: Questions by the Sages

SB 1.2: Divinity and Divine Service

SB 1.3: Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All

Incarnations

SB 1.4: The Appearance of

Śrī

Nārada

SB 1.5:

Nārada’s

Instructions on

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

for

Vyāsadeva

SB 1.6: Conversation Between

Nārada

and

VyāsadevaSlide14

SB

1.7: The Son of

Droṇa

Punished

SB 1.8: Prayers by Queen

Kuntī

and

Parīkṣit SavedSB 1.9: The Passing Away of

Bhīṣmadeva

in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa

SB 1.10: Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for

Dvārakā

SB 1.11: Lord

Kṛṣṇa’s

Entrance into

Dvārakā

SB

1.12: Birth of Emperor

Parīkṣit

SB 1.13: Dhṛtarāṣṭra Quits HomeSB 1.14: The Disappearance of Lord KṛṣṇaSB 1.15: The

Pāṇḍavas

Retire

Timely

SB 1.16: How

Parīkṣit

Received the Age of Kali

SB 1.17: Punishment and Reward of Kali

SB 1.18:

Mahārāja

Parīkṣit

Cursed by a

Brāhmaṇa

Boy

SB 1.19: The Appearance of

Śukadeva

GosvāmīSlide15

SB 2.1: The First Step in God Realization

SB 2.2: The Lord in the Heart

SB 2.3: Pure Devotional Service: The Change in

Heart

SB 2.4: The Process of Creation

SB 2.5: The Cause of All Causes

SB 2.6:

Puruṣa-sūkta

Confirmed

SB 2.7: Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions

SB

2.8: Questions by King

Parīkṣit

SB 2.9: Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version

SB 2.10:

Bhāgavatam

Is the Answer to All

QuestionsSlide16

Sankirtan