# BG - 18

<p class="callout info">Verse</p>

Bg. 15.12

यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भ‍ासयतेऽखिलम् ।  
यच्च‍न्द्रमसि यच्च‍ाग्न‍ौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥ १२ ॥

yad āditya-gataṁ tejo  
jagad bhāsayate ’khilam  
yac candramasi yac cāgnau  
tat tejo viddhi māmakam

Synonyms  
yat — that which; āditya-gatam — in the sunshine; tejaḥ — splendor; jagat — the whole world; bhāsayate — illuminates; akhilam — entirely; yat — that which; candramasi — in the moon; yat — that which; ca — also; agnau — in fire; tat — that; tejaḥ — splendor; viddhi — understand; māmakam — from Me.

Translation  
The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from Me.

Focus of this session will be AGNI (two sessions).

<p class="callout info">Bhajan</p>

Song Name: **Nagare Nagare Gora Gay**  
Official Name: Sri Krsnaer Vimsottara-Sata-Nama Song 1  
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura  
Book Name: Gitavali  
Language: Bengali

[https://kksongs.org/songs/n/nagarenagaregoragay.html](https://kksongs.org/songs/n/nagarenagaregoragay.html)

<span style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184); color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">Note to Teacher: Every stanza is a pastime of the sweet Lord. First briefly tell the pastime in 5 mins and then start singing.</span>

**For Tune** see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQS0kp9-8j4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQS0kp9-8j4)

  
LYRICS:

(Refrain:) nagare nagare gorā gāy

  
(1)  
yaśomatī-stanya-pāyī śrī-nanda-nandana  
indra-nīla-maṇi braja-janera jīvana  
   
(2)  
śrī-gokula-niśācarī-pūtanā-ghātana  
duṣṭa-tṛnāvarta-hantā śakaṭa-bhañjana

(3)  
navanīta-cora dadhi-haraṇa-kuśala  
yamala-arjuna-bhañjī govinda gopāla

(4)  
dāmodara bṛndābana-go-vatsa-rākhāla  
vatsāsurāntaka hari nija-jana-pāla

(5)  
baka-śatru agha-hantā brahma-vimohana  
dhenuka-nāśana kṛṣṇa kāliya-damana

(6)  
pītāmbara śikhi-piccha-dhārī venu-dhara  
bhāṇḍīra-kānana-līlā dāvānala-hara

(7)  
naṭabara guhācara śarata-bihārī  
vallabī-vallabha deva gopī-vastra-hārī

(8)  
yajña-patnī-gaṇa-prati karunāra sindhu  
govardhana-dhṛk mādhava braja-bāsī-bandhu  
   
(9)  
indra-darpa-hārī nanda-rakṣitā mukunda  
śrī-gopī-vallabha rasa-krīḍa pūrnānanda  
   
(10)  
śrī-rādhā-vallabha rādhā-mādhava sundara  
lalitā-viśākhā-ādi sakhī-prāneśwara

(11)  
nava-jaladhara-kānti madana-mohana  
vana-mālī smera-mukha gopī-prāna-dhana

(12)  
tri-bhańgī muralī-dhara jamunā-nāgara  
rādhā-kuṇḍa-rańga-netā rasera sāgara

(13)  
candrāvalī-prāna-nātha kautukābhilāṣī  
rādhā-māna-sulampaṭa milana-prayāsī  
   
(14)  
mānasa-gańgāra dānī prasūna-taskara  
gopī-saha haṭha-kārī braja-baneśwara

(15)  
gokula-sampad gopa-duḥkha-nivāraṇa  
durmada-damana bhakta-santāpa-haraṇa

(16)  
sudarśana-mocana śrī-śańkha-cūḍāntaka  
rāmānuja śyāma-cānda muralī-vādaka

(17)  
gopī-gīta-śrotā madhu-sūdana murāri  
ariṣṭa-ghātaka rādhā-kuṇḍādi-bihārī

(18)  
vyomāntaka padma-netra keśi-nisūdana  
rańga-krīḍa kaḿsa-hantā malla-praharaṇa  
   
(19)  
vasudeva-suta vṛṣṇai-vaḿśa-kīrti-dhvaja  
dīna-nātha mathureśa devakī-garbha-ja

(20)  
kubjā-kṛpāmoya viṣnu śauri nārāyana  
dwārakeśa naraka-ghna śrī-yadu-nandana

(21)  
śrī-rukminī-kānta satyā-pati sura-pāla  
pāṇḍava-bāndhava śiśupālādira kāla

(22)  
jagadīśa janārdana keśavārta-trāna  
sarva-avatāra-bīja viśvera nidāna  
   
(23)  
māyeśwara yogeśwara brahma-tejādhāra  
sarvātmāra ātmā prabhu prakṛtira pāra  
   
(24)  
patita-pāvana jagannātha sarveśwara  
bṛndābana-candra sarva-rasera ākara

(25)  
nagare nagare gorā gāy  
bhakativinoda tachu pāy

[https://kksongs.org/songs/m/mamamanamandire.html](https://kksongs.org/songs/m/mamamanamandire.html)

<p class="callout info">Katha</p>

This is a beautiful pastime of Agni deva in the Mahabharata.

You can start reading from "One day Arjuna suggested, “O Kṛṣṇa, the days are hot. Let us go for some time to the banks of the Yamunā. We have constructed many fine pleasure houses there.”

[https://vedabase.io/en/library/mbk/1/14/](https://vedabase.io/en/library/mbk/1/14/)

Split this pastime across two sessions.

<p class="callout success">Teaching Tracks (Juniors, Seniors and Parents combined in one doc)</p>

[https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/54](https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/54)

<p class="callout success">Experiments</p>

[https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/53](https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/53)