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May 2022
57m 48s

745: Loneliness in the Waterpark of Libe...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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Socrates on the sage of steady mind / its as easy to get swept away by success as by misfortune / Maharaja Prithu feels devotional ecstasy / water parks aren’t fun alone / serving together is the best association / Vishnu demonstrates the purity of the Bhakti-yogis’s heart by offering a boon to Prithu / Prithu’s boon - to hear about Krishna from the devotees / when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and the senses become inert

SB 4.20.19-25

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