The Vaishnava Blog

Glory of Sridhara Bhagavatpad:           ' Aham bedmi Suko vetti vyaso vetti na vtti ba Sridharam sakala vttye Srinirsimha prasadata '  This sloka concluded the authenticity of Sridhara's Bhashya or commentary in the Yoga of Bhakti or Devotion .Sri Caitanaya Mahaprabhu too once said : jagad-guru śrīdhara-svāmī ‘guru’ kari’ māni , Only Through the blessings of  Sridhara Swami,I have learnt the Bhagvata , hence i consider him as my Guru!   Invocation :  Vagisha yashya vadane Laxmiyashya cha bakshasi  yashyaste Hridaye Sambitam Nisimham maham bhaje . (Bhavartha Dipika -1.1) Summary of  Chapter III : The Divine Incarnations     Avatara Katha prasneTritiye : The third canto of Srimad Bhagavata describes the Incarnation theory and Lord Krishna's supremacy ,Swami Sridhara wrote - Prathamam Purushaavtaramaha : First description is that of the Purusha form. Ekanrave sayanacha : the Lord at the begining was sleep...

  Vrindavanam punah prapya Navineev swarupinee – Although Born in Dravid Desha (or Southern India) but Bhakti (or Krishna devotion ) evolved to youth phase only in Vrindavna. When,invaders destroyed the heritage of bhakti in Mathura and Vrindavana in medieval time,then Bhakti Saints have re-established the cult of  Bhakti in these sacred places .Past times of Acharya Vallabh as well as that of the six gosvamis,Hita Harivamsa and other saints made the place more holier ,as in the Bhagavatam –    nirvairaṁ sama-darśanam anuvrajāmy ahaṁ nityaṁ pūyeyety aṅghri-reṇubhiḥ   Polymath Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva visited Mathura and Vrindavana during His first pilgrimage to all over  the Indian subcontinent . He spent a long time in the Jagannath Puri,but in Vrindavana ,the stay period was less !But Vrindavana finds a place in the songs of both Sri Sankara and Madhavdeva , Krishna’s cowherd playtime influenced both . The Katha Gurucharit and  Sarvabhauma Bhat...