Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.21

Los Angeles Initiations & SB - Bhagavatam Establishes the Supremacy of Krishna

📅 August 24, 1972 📍 Los Angeles ⏱ 47 min
The knots of material attachment dissolve through Krishna consciousness; liberation comes by surrendering all action to Krishna.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.21 and Initiations — August 24, 1972, Los Angeles 720824SB-LOS ANGELES [46:49 Minutes] SB-01.02.21_720824SB-LOS ANGELES Initiations_720824SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to you Prabhupāda. [devotees offer obeisances]

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Begin. [05:41] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.

Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiś chidyante sarva-saṁśayāḥ kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi dṛṣṭa evātmanīśvare [SB 1.2.21] Prabhupāda: Ladies. [ladies chant] That's all. Now word meaning.

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms] bhidyate—pierced; hṛdaya—heart; granthiḥ—knots; chidyante—cut to pieces; sarva—all; saṁśayāḥ...

Prabhupāda: "Doubts." What is the meaning? Pradyumna: "Misgivings." Prabhupāda: That's all right. Misgiving and doubt is same. Pradyumna: [continues with synonyms] kṣīyante—terminated; ca—and; asya—his; karmāṇi—chain of fruitive actions; dṛṣṭe—having seen; eva—certainly; ātmani—unto the self; īśvare—dominating. [break] [11:50] Translation: "Thus the knots of the heart and all misgivings are cut to pieces. The chain of fruitive actions, or karma, is terminated when one sees the self as master." Prabhupāda: Hmm.

So, bhidyate means cut into pieces. What is that? Knot. Hṛdaya-granthi.

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