Gaura Vani
Gaur Vani Podcast is the official podcast of In service of Srimad Bhagavatam. It will have lecture excerpts from Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja. He appeared on the 2nd of September in the Gaurabda year 443 (1929 A.D.) in Orissa, India. Both his parents were devotees of Krishna and Jagannath, as were their ancestors up to the time of Sri Syamananda Prabhu. His mother’s family were the famous kirtaniyas of Gadai Giri. Thus most of His Divine Grace’s child- and boyhood was spent in Gadai Giri, in the company of his uncles and maternal grandfather, having kirtan and worshiping their ancient family deity, Sri Gopal Jiu.He was never attached to play, but rather spent his time reading Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Chaitanya Charitamrta and singing Hare Krishna.
In April 1974, on Ramnavami, the day of the holy appearance of Lord Ramachandra, His Divine Grace left his family to search for Sri Guru. He was now 45 years old but had since childhood had the desire to accept the renounced order of life, sannyasa, and preach the message of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He was already acquainted with many sadhus in Orissa and throughout the rest of India, but was not satisfied by them. He travelled on foot and by train around northern India for about 5 months, stopping at every temple, monastery and institution where there might be a sadhu. Arriving at last in Sri Vrindavan Dham, he met His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada on the 15th of September 1974. Among the first things Srila Prabhupada asked him was whether or not he had taken sannyasa. Srila Prabhupada said: “I will give you sannyasa!”. Within a short time Srila Prabhupada initiated him giving him Harinam and Diksa and the name Sri Gour Govinda Das and sent him to preach in Orissa. On Ramnavami 1975, during the opening of the Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir in Vrindavan, one year after he had left home, Sri Gour Govinda Das was given sannyas by Srila Prabhupada.
Thus Srila Gour Govinda Swami came back to Orissa and gradually, after much hardships, opened the temple that Srila Prabhupada had envisioned in Bhubaneswar. He also translated Srila Prabhupada’s books into the Oriyan language. From 1985 through 1996 His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami preached throughout the world and accepted disciples. Thus he executed the three instructions Srila Prabhupada gave him.
Though he had problems walking after an operation, His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami travelled extensively and preached energetically. He spoke with the force and firmness of a bullet, yet was soft at heart. He stressed the value of purity and simplicity, emphasizing the importance of pure chanting and encouraging everyone to yearn for sadhu-sanga, the association of pure devotees. He warned against duplicity and the pollution that Kali has infiltrated into the minds of people in this age. He always made it a point to support everything he said with reference from shastra and present that everything is in Srila Prabhupada’s books, you only have to extract it.
The centennial of Srila Prabhupada’s divine appearance was celebrated 1996. In the evening of the appearance day of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, on february 9th, two senior devotees asked Srila Gour Govinda Swami why xcMahaprabhu stayed in Jagannath Puri. While narrating the pastime of Lord Krishna coming back to Vrindavan after a long separation and how He appeared in the form of Lord Jagannath, His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj departed from this world and entered into the Divine Lilas of Sri Krishna.
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Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 |
nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya
naraṁ caiva narottamam
devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ
tato jayam udīrayet
Translation
Before reciting this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 |
yaḥ svānubhāvam akhila-śruti-sāram ekam
adhyātma-dīpam atititīrṣatāṁ tamo ’ndham
saṁsāriṇāṁ karuṇayāha purāṇa-guhyaṁ
taṁ vyāsa-sūnum upayāmi guruṁ munīnām
Translation
Let me offer my respectful obeisance…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 |
munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo ’haṁ
bhavadbhir loka-maṅgalam
yat kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa-sampraśno
yenātmā suprasīdati
Translation
O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are worthy because they relate to …
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 |
munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo ’haṁ
bhavadbhir loka-maṅgalam
yat kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa-sampraśno
yenātmā suprasīdati
Translation
O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are worthy because they relate to …
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 |
nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya
naraṁ caiva narottamam
devīṁ sarasvatīṁ vyāsaṁ
tato jayam udīrayet
Translation
Before reciting this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 |
sūta uvāca
yaṁ pravrajantam anupetam apeta-kṛtyaṁ
dvaipāyano viraha-kātara ājuhāva
putreti tan-mayatayā taravo ’bhinedus
taṁ sarva-bhūta-hṛdayaṁ munim ānato ’smi
Translation
Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī said: Let m…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 | Science Of The Soul |
vyāsa uvāca
iti sampraśna-saṁhṛṣṭo
viprāṇāṁ raumaharṣaṇiḥ
pratipūjya vacas teṣāṁ
pravaktum upacakrame
Translation
Ugraśravā [Sūta Gosvāmī], the son of Romaharṣaṇa, being fully satisfied by the perfect ques…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 | Defects Of Women |
brūhi yogeśvare kṛṣṇe
brahmaṇye dharma-varmaṇi
svāṁ kāṣṭhām adhunopete
dharmaḥ kaṁ śaraṇaṁ gataḥ
Translation
Since Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, the master of all mystic powers, has departed for His …
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 | Guru Must Be Premi Bhakt |
brūhi yogeśvare kṛṣṇe
brahmaṇye dharma-varmaṇi
svāṁ kāṣṭhām adhunopete
dharmaḥ kaṁ śaraṇaṁ gataḥ
Translation
Since Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, the master of all mystic powers, has departed for His …
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 |
kṛtavān kila karmāṇi
saha rāmeṇa keśavaḥ
atimartyāni bhagavān
gūḍhaḥ kapaṭa-mānuṣaḥ
Translation
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, along with Balarāma, played like a human being, and so masked H…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-7 | Give Food To The Soul |
kalim āgatam ājñāya
kṣetre ’smin vaiṣṇave vayam
āsīnā dīrgha-satreṇa
kathāyāṁ sakṣaṇā hareḥ
Translation
Knowing well that the Age of Kali has already begun, we are assembled here in this holy place to hea…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-6 |
vayaṁ tu na vitṛpyāma
uttama-śloka-vikrame
yac-chṛṇvatāṁ rasa-jñānāṁ
svādu svādu pade pade
Translation
We never tire of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is glorified …
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-6 | Simplicity Determination Unalloyedness |
athākhyāhi harer dhīmann
avatāra-kathāḥ śubhāḥ
līlā vidadhataḥ svairam
īśvarasyātma-māyayā
Translation
O wise Sūta, please narrate to us the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Godhead’s multi-incarnat…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-4 | Follow The Path Of The Mahajanas |
tasya karmāṇy udārāṇi
parigītāni sūribhiḥ
brūhi naḥ śraddadhānānāṁ
līlayā dadhataḥ kalāḥ
Translation
His transcendental acts are magnificent and gracious, and great learned sages like Nārada sing of them…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-4 | Position And Service To Sri Guru |
ko vā bhagavatas tasya
puṇya-ślokeḍya-karmaṇaḥ
śuddhi-kāmo na śṛṇuyād
yaśaḥ kali-malāpaham
Translation
Who is there, desiring deliverance from the vices of the age of quarrel, who is not willing to he…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-4 | The Real Standard Of Knowledge |
yat-pāda-saṁśrayāḥ sūta
munayaḥ praśamāyanāḥ
sadyaḥ punanty upaspṛṣṭāḥ
svardhuny-āpo ’nusevayā
Translation
O Sūta, those great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-4 | Bidya Badhu Jivanam |
tan naḥ śuśrūṣamāṇānām
arhasy aṅgānuvarṇitum
yasyāvatāro bhūtānāṁ
kṣemāya ca bhavāya ca
Translation
O Sūta Gosvāmī, we are eager to learn about the Personality of Godhead and His incarnations. Please expl…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-4 | Be Determined Like Dhruv |
sūta jānāsi bhadraṁ te
bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ
devakyāṁ vasudevasya
jāto yasya cikīrṣayā
Translation
All blessings upon you, O Sūta Gosvāmī. You know for what purpose the Personality of Godhead appeared i…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-4 | Attachment To Women |
sūta jānāsi bhadraṁ te
bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ
devakyāṁ vasudevasya
jāto yasya cikīrṣayā
Translation
All blessings upon you, O Sūta Gosvāmī. You know for what purpose the Personality of Godhead appeare…
Gaur Vani | Sri Srimad Gaur Govind Swami Maharaj | Srimad Bhagvatam | English Lectures | Canto-3 | Gaur Avatar Is The Fulfillment Of All Greed |
prāyeṇālpāyuṣaḥ sabhya
kalāv asmin yuge janāḥ
mandāḥ sumanda-matayo
manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ
Translation
O learned one, in this iron Age of Kali men almost always have but short lives. They are quarrelso…