- Srimad Bhagavad Class Verse: SB 11.3.27-28
- Venue: Iskcon Newtown,Kolkata
- Speaker: HG Vrindavan Chari Prabhu
- Date: 21st May 2025
In today’s Srimad Bhagavatam class, HG Vrindavan Chari Prabhu was saying that “Lord gets conquered by the love of his devotees.” Prabhuji was speaking on SB 11.3.27-28.
ŚB 11.3.27-28
śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ dhyānaṁ
harer adbhuta-karmaṇaḥ
janma-karma-guṇānāṁ ca
tad-arthe ’khila-ceṣṭitam
iṣṭaṁ dattaṁ tapo japtaṁ
vṛttaṁ yac cātmanaḥ priyam
dārān sutān gṛhān prāṇān
yat parasmai nivedanam
Translation
“One should hear, glorify and meditate upon the wonderful transcendental activities of the Lord. One should specifically become absorbed in the appearance, activities, qualities and holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus inspired, one should perform all of one’s daily activities as an offering to the Lord. One should perform sacrifice, charity and penance exclusively for the Lord’s satisfaction. Similarly, one should chant only those mantras which glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And all one’s religious activities should be performed as an offering to the Lord. Whatever one finds pleasing or enjoyable he should immediately offer to the Supreme Lord, and even his wife, children, home and very life air he should offer at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
Below article is based on the class given by HG His Grace Vrindavan Chari Prabhu.
Process of Bhagavad Dharma
We should daily chant minimum 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Mahamantra. This is the most important thing to do. One of the other important vows which we take in our spiritual life is to observe ekadasi vrata and we should always follow it.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that if one does not take to the process of Bhagavad Dharma then one cannot understand the Supreme Lord. To try to understand the Lord with our imperfect senses is impossible.
One should take to this process of Bhagavad Dharma whether one is a sanyasi, brahmachari, vanaprastha or grihasta.
We should throw away all speculative knowledge and try to practice devotion to the Lord in any situations and circumstances. There is a song compiled by Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakura where he says,
grihe thako, vane thako, sada ‘hari’ bole’ dako,
sukhe duhkhe bhulo na’ko, vadane hari-nam koro re
“Whether you are a householder or a sannyasi, constantly chant “Hari! Hari!” Do not forget this chanting, whether you are in a happy condition or a distressful one. Just fill your lips with the hari-nama.”
Whatever be your position, you should constantly chant the name of Hari.
The process of hearing the glories of Lord is immensely powerful. Anybody can develop love of God by this process. And everybody is qualified to hear the glories of Lord. It does not depend upon one’s social position. In Iskcon no one asks which caste we belong to.
This is why we see in our temple Srimad Bhagavad Class is given by everyone – sanyasi also gives, brahmachari also gives, vanaprastha also gives and grihasta also gives.
Offer your activities to the Lord
We should perform our daily activities as an offering to the Lord. This is the process given to us. Every morning, we do mangala arati, hear Srimad Bhagavatam and chant 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Mahamantra. And this every devotee should do whether one is staying in temple or at home.
nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā – hearing daily Srimad Bhagavatam is very important and should be followed by all.
naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu
nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā
bhagavaty uttama-śloke
bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī
“By regular attendance in classes on the Bhāgavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.” Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.18
This is the process of Bhagavad Dharma.
Conquer the Lord by your love
One should become absorbed in chanting the names of the Lord and in hearing the glories of the Lord. We should do service as per our position and all services should be an offering to the Lord.
The devotees are able to conquer the Lord by their love. Non-devotees cannot conquer the Lord because they do not have love for the Lord.
Sanatana Goswami explains how devotees conquer the Lord. Devotees of the Lord, through their words, body and mind conquer the Lord and thus they become perfect in Krishna Consciousness. Such devotees can touch the lotus feet of Krishna with their hands, call him with their words and attain direct guidance in their mind simply by thinking about him.
It is said that it becomes possible to remember the Lord through the mind, speak his glories and render service to him with our body when we become servant of the servant of the devotees of the Lord i.e. when we become “dasanudas”. So, we should always aspire to become a surrendered servant of the Lord.
When one is able to offer all respects to all then one can remember the Lord and serve the Lord constantly.
Lord wants to be conquered by the love of his devotees. And non devotees can never conquer the Lord because they are not engaged in the loving service of the Lord.
