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Srila Gurudeva Speaks on Katyayani-vrata

Vraja-mandala Parikrama, Cira ghata, 9 November 1993 Srila Gurudeva: This Vraja-dhama is not a new place. It has been existing since time immemorial. By hearing and witnessing these pastimes, a greed to attain Krsna awakens…

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The Glories of Yogamaya

Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja Yogamāyā has so many forms, and we should never commit any offence to any of them. We should give them appropriate respect because they are the śakti of Bhagavān,…

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The Gopīs Who Observed The Vow To Worship Kātyāyanī

Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyan. a Gosvāmī Mahārāja hemante prathame māsi nanda-vraja-kamārikāḥ cerur haviṣyaṁ bhuñjānāḥ kātyāyany-arcana-vratam Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.22.1) [During the first month of the winter or prewinter frost, the young unmarried vrajakumāris observed the vrata of…

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Sri Katyayani-vrata | By Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

Excerpts from his Sārārtha Darśini, Tenth Canto Commentaries of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam kātyāyani mahā-māye, mahā-yoginy adhīśvañ nanda-gopa-sutam devi, patim me kuru te namah, iti mantram japantyas tāh, pūjām cakruh kamārikāh Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.22.4 [Each of the young gopīs…

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Sri Katyayani-vrata | Quotes From the Sastras

śrī-śuka uvāca hemante prathame māsi nanda-vraja-kumārikāḥ cerur haviṣyaṁ bhuñjānāḥ kātyāyany-arcana-vratam Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.22.1 [Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: During the first month of the winter or pre-winter frost, the young unmarried vraja-kumāris observed the vrata of worshiping Kātyāyanī-devī.…

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Sri Katyayani-vrata | How to Rid the Disease of Lust

After following Katyayani-vrata, the sadhanasiddha-gopis renounced everything, taking real sannyasa. As such, they attainted the moods of the nitya-siddha-gopis and were able to enter Krsna's rasa-mandala. Without the association of the nityasiddha gopis, it is…

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Sri Katyayani-vrata | The Goal

The gopīs’ parents would ask them, “What vrata are you following? Now cāturmāsya is over, so what vrata can you be following? What mantra do you chant and who is your guru?” But the gopīs…

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