BG - 18
Verse
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).
Bhajan
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
Note to Teacher: Every stanza is a pastime of the sweet Lord. First briefly tell the pastime in 5 mins and then start singing.
For Tune see 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
(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
(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
Katha
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/
Split this pastime across two sessions.
Teaching Tracks (Juniors, Seniors and Parents combined in one doc)
https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/54
Experiments
https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/5553