Thursday, May 6, 2021

verse 8 sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’

‘sādhu-saṅga’, ‘sādhu-saṅga’ — sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya

Synonyms
sādhu-saṅga sādhu-saṅga — association with pure devotees; sarva-śāstre — all the revealed scriptures; kaya — say; lava-mātra — even for a moment; sādhu-saṅge — by association with a devotee; sarva-siddhi — all success; haya — there is.

Translation
“The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment’s association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success.

Purport
According to astronomical calculations, a lava is one eleventh of a second.
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Madhukar Prabhu's video on this and the next verse. (With a little bit left over from bhramande bhramite verse )
 
 
Srila Prabhupad in a Hawaii conversation

Yaśodānandana: Also one time in Bombay you told this verse from Caitanya-caritāmṛta, sādhu-saṅga (CC Madhya 22.83), sādhu-saṅga . . .

Prabhupāda: . . . sarva-śāstre kaya, lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya (CC Madhya 22.54). For me, personally, I had the opportunity to talk with my spiritual master not more than ten times in my whole life. Not more. It may be less than that. But I tried to follow his instruction, that's all, although I was a gṛhastha.

Bali-mardana: You are a much better student than us.
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Conversation between Srila ACBhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupad and Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj reminiscing on the trajectory of their joining Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur's movement. 1973 Mayapur.
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