BG - 20
Verse
BG. 7.4
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायु: खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥ ४ ॥
bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ
khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca
ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me
bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
Synonyms
bhūmiḥ — earth; āpaḥ — water; analaḥ — fire; vāyuḥ — air; kham — ether; manaḥ — mind; buddhiḥ — intelligence; eva — certainly; ca — and; ahaṅkāraḥ — false ego; iti — thus; iyam — all these; me — My; bhinnā — separated; prakṛtiḥ — energies; aṣṭadhā — eightfold.
Translation
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego – all together these eight constitute My separated material energies.
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
Katha
From this session we will explain ONE pastime from the Vaishnava Song. Note that the learning document mentions Prithu Maharaj pastime - you need not take it.
Start with Putana Pastime - https://vedabase.io/en/library/kb/6/
Teaching Tracks (Juniors, Seniors and Parents combined in one doc)
https://help.iskconerp.com/attachments/56
Experiment
I don't believe in God (Krishna).
Ok - no problem. Please do not stand on his earth then - float in the air or go stay in the water some where - try!
Drive home the point - if the Lord asks us to not step on his earth where can we go? NO WHERE.
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