20260103 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.13 in Śrī Māyāpur, India #JayapatakaSwamiArchives

Be sure to subscribe to our channel. We publish new videos every day. Don't forget, grab your smartphone and download the Lava Mantra app and stay in touch. Guru Maharaj's message is your advice. The following is a morning class given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj on January 3, 2026 in Sri Ramayapur, India. The class begins with a reading from the Srimad Bhagavatam 3rd Canto chapter 23 verse.

Cantu 3, chapter 23 text 13 sarva kama dugham divyam sarva ratna samanvitam sarva di upachayo dargam mani's thumb translation. It is a wonderful structure, bedecked with all sorts of jewels, adorned with pillars of precious stones and capable of yielding whatever one desired. It was equipped with every form of furniture and wealth which tended to increase in the course of time. Purport. Purport. By His Divine grace, AC Bhaktivedan Swami Srila Prabhupada Srila Prabhupada the Key the castle created in the sky by Kardam Muni may be called a castle in the air, but by his mystic power of Yoga, Kardam Muni actually constructed a huge castle in the air. To our feeble imagination, a castle in the sky is an impossibility. But if we scrutinizingly consider the matter, we can understand that it is not impossible at all. If the Supreme Personality of Godhead can create so many planets carrying millions of castles in the air, a perfect yogi like Kardamuni can easily construct one castle in the air. The castle is described as Sarva Kaama Dugham, yielding whatever one desired. It was full of jewels. Even the pillars were made of pearls and valuable stones. These valuable jewels and stones were not subject to deterioration, but were everlastingly and increasingly opulent. We sometimes hear of castles thus bedecked on the surface of this earth. Also, the castles constructed by Lord Krishna for his 16,108 wives were were so bedecked with jewels that there was no need of lamplight during the night.

Prasad. Amade khudro kalpanar akaser hogoban.

So what did we learn from this activity?

So what did we learn from this activity?

How we can apply it in our Ka consciousness?

How we can apply this in our Ka consciousness?

I mean, not that wife shares a husband that every husband will be able to create his castles in his sky.

So it's not that if the wife serves the husband, every husband can make these castles in the sky.

We can remember that Prabhupada compared this service of Devahoti to Guardavudi to disciple order of his spiritual master.

But we know that how Srila Prabhupada compared the service of Devahuti to Kardamuni to the service of a disciple to his spiritual master.

So this is in the Satyua or any time.

So this was in the Satyuga or the time of Sayambu Manu.

And saw this as a great daughter Shayabamu with the Prince of Gilly all Chiromonic.

So this was the great daughter of Soyambhuamano with husband as Kardam Muni.

Mahamuni.

And naturally Karamuni he was practicing his as a Ghoga thought he wanted to be a Vyasha and experience material happiness.

So naturally Kardamuni was practicing Misty Yoga. But we also wanted to be expert experienced in this material happiness.

And after that he wanted to take sannyas.

And after that he wanted to take sannyas.

Astromeprovesco tetra.

Now Lord Shaitanya had taught us that in holy luck we can be Brahmacharis, renounced order or Prehastas.

So now Lord Chaitanya taught us that how in Kalyuga we can be Brahmacharis in renounced order or Grihastas.

We have in mayapur many brahmacharis.

We have in mayapur many brahmacharis.

Siddha mayapure amader onek brahmachary achan.

Hello. Brahmachari takar jannah is a chandal mongol.

But it is very good. It is very auspicious to remain a Brahmachari.

But you know, we see it's not auspicious to be Brahmacharya or some kind of renounced order and fall down.

But it's not auspicious to be a Brahmachari or in some kind of renounce order and fall down.

Mongol. My Mongol Maiva Mongol Janakar Noi.

Astramaduge.

This is not a. It is not a problem if a Brahmachari would like to enter into a Grihasta Ashram or would like to experience what is there in the material world.

And.

He performed every activity, all his activities within devotional service or service to Kajin. He performed the Garbhadana Samskara.

And so he did austerities and got mystic powers.

So he did all the austerities and got mystic powers.

And now he's begetting children in this wonderful castle in his heart.

And he is begetting children in the wonderful castle in the sky.

We see that in our Samadhya some of the Acharyas like. He was first the grasshopper.

So we see in our Sampradaya how the many great Acharyas like Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Param Guru Madhavendrapuri he was a Grihasta.

Sriman Mahaprabhur Param Gurudev Srila Madhavandra Puripad.

His son was Krishna Das and he was a great Christian.

His son was Krishna Das and he was a great preacher. But later he took Sannyas.

And Radh Rad said that if a wife is submissive to the Hajj at least she's proud waiting Krishna consciousness and he doesn't have to leave his rehast.

Hajna Srila Prabhupada said that if a wife is submissive to her husband and if she's collaborating in Ka Consciousness then the husband does not have to leave to take Sannyas.

Bachila Prabhupada said that in Ka Consciousness we are engaging in warfare with Maya in both the Ashrams.

So whatever Ashram we're in, we have to continue the tight with the Maya.

So whatever Ashram we are in, we have to continue the fight against Maya.

Like Ramanujacharya. His wife didn't trade on God's dice.

Ramani Acharya his wife. His wife she didn't treat the guests nicely.

When he was a Vaith, he wanted to treat all the Vaishnava guests. Common guests are nice.

He was a Vaishnava so he wanted to treat all the Vaishnava Brahmin guests very nicely.

Shastras mentioned enjoying that even if your enemy comes to your house, you do not treat him like an enemy and you treat him nicely. So Ramanujacharya wrote a letter through one boy and sent her the message that your father is calling you because there is some marriage or some other ceremony in your parental house.

Who I love. He took Sannyas.

So after the wife left he took Sannyas.

Was also a Grihasta.

Srila Prabhupada was also a Grihasta.

Srila Prabhupada Grihosto Chilen he had many children.

He had many children.

But when he was translating Bhagavad Gita Prabhart he had a huge manuscript.

But when he was translating the Bhagavad Gita with purports, he had a huge manuscript.

Kram K Jogo Klen Just imagine how much Hard work. How much sacrifice he went through to write this. His wife sold the manuscript thinking it is old trash paper and bought tea with it.

So this was a shocking thing to raw up.

This was a shocking thing to. So then he took Vanaprasta and then Sanyas.

So wives should not do such things.

So wives should not do such things.

And of course we went with it.

Of course we benefited. Srila Prabhupada came to America. Carrying out the order of.

How I carry out the order of his spiritual master.

So he carried out the order of his spiritual master.

And that way Ka Conscious moment has spread all over the world.

In that way the Ka Consciousness movement was spread all over the world.

So many things we can learn from this.

So many things we can learn from this.

Life.

We can apply these teachings in our own Ka Conscious life.

So we should always keep praying with Maya sir in Kristoff.

So we should always keep fighting against Maya and serving Krishna.

Wagman architect is using Bhakti Yoga our weapon.

Our fight is using Bhakti Yoga.

We are here in the material world for the purpose of sense gratification.

We want to lord it over the material energy.

We want to lord over the material energy.

Bhakti Yoga or devotional service means we want to engage in the devotional service of the Lord with all devotion.

Samana comes to us and all those different.

So Maya comes to us in all these sense and offer different sense gratification.

So whatever we do, we should do it within devotional service.

And Brahma was saying that even as one works at a job, gets a salary, he thinks I am working for Kurzchei.

Sri Prabhupada said even if one is working in a job and getting salary, he can think I'm working for Krishna.

Devotees have the opportunity to serve Ka but they get maintenance in Mayapur.

Of course devotees, they have a chance to serve Krishna and they get maintenance.

Mayapuriya worship, Bhaktodar Krishna, Shiva, Sujoguro, Tarajalon.

And maintenance mind sounds like this. We don't span that we get rich by serving Krishna.

But human day it is not that we can get rich by serving Krishna, but we can maintain.

He was a nice sticky Brahmachari.

Siddhanta, Saraswati Thakur, he was a nice tick of Brahmachari.

And bhakti was a household.

So the point is that whatever Ashan we're in.

The point is that whichever ashram we are in, we should serve Krishna.

And so this is a great opportunity to use this.

So it is A great opportunity to use this human form of life.

So we want to engage all of our senses, all of our activities in Ka Consciousness.

So we want to engage all of our senses and all of our activities in Ka Consciousness.

You want to conquer all the negative influences on the material world and engage ourselves positive activities or Krishnajana So we.

Want to conquer all the negative influences in this material world and engage in the positive activities of Ka Consciousness.

Now the pleasure that is there in Ka Consciousness that cannot be availed here in the material world. In the material world there is some happiness and there is misery as well. We go to different hospitals, we see there are so many patients.

Thank you as blessing my husband blessings and he will be cured.

So they asked me, please give me some blessings so I can be cured. My husband can be cured.

Now everyone sees happiness in the real world. All the sadness.

So everyone sees about the happiness in the material world. What about the sadness?

Dukhair Ki Katha.

Now in the 16th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita it tells the divine holidays and the divine equality.

In the 16th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita it speaks about the it says about the divine qualities and the demoniac qualities.

And in the 17th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita the different modes of material nature are explained and which activities are in which mode. That is all very conclusively explained. At least we should be on the platform of goodness. But the best is if we can perform all our activities in Ka Consciousness for Ka.

Sounds like every activity like if we give charity, not one charity. We give to good person, good time. No expectation of return.

Like charity. If you give to a good person at a good time with no expectation of return, That is in the mode of goodness.

Everyone giving a donation thinking that I get some return by getting some money here he'll give me something. All that is in a mode of passion.

So if one gives some donation somewhere thinking that I'll get this thing, then that is in the mode of passion.

Rajasik Dhan when one gives a charity to untold diversity without singing, without any moral agent.

So if one gives charity to an unqualified person without thinking, without purpose, then that then that is charity in the mode of ignorance.

Transcendental Harshaja Rajas Tamas Guru situated.

Every activity is either transcendental or situated in Satva Rajast Tamma.

Rajaguna.

Krishna Bhavanar Dorson Therefore we want that every devotee will understand the philosophy of Ka Consciousness very nicely.

No Prabhupada he went through the great austerity of writing many books and we should read those books. We should study them.

Srila Prabhupada went through the austerity of writing many books. We should read those books and study them.

Ten thousand view of Ka Consciousness in.

The Brahma Vaivartha Puran it is mentioned that we are in the 10,000 year period of Ka Consciousness.

And I will start 5,000 years after the beginning of Kaliyuga and it is.

Said that it would start 5,000 years after the beginning of Kali Yuga.

Five thousand years after the beginning of the Kali Yuga.

It wasn't an accident that Bhagavad said it was a law book for the next 10,000 years.

So it wasn't an accident that Srila Prabhupada said that his books would be the law books for the next 10,000 years.

Why did Prabhupada say his books with the law books for 10,000 years?

Why did Srila Prabhupada say that his books would be the law books for the next 10,000 years?

Ayin Grantho.

I could tell you many things that I had personally experienced with Srila Prabhupada.

I can tell you many things that I have personally experienced with Srila Prabhupada.

When I ask. Body.

So I have asked those who are engaged in my service. I have asked them and many of them have not read Prabhupada's books.

Some have but many didn't.

Some have but many didn't.

So I think it's very important to read Prabhupada books.

I think it is very important to read Srila Prabhupada's books.

And increased system so that people would be encouraged to read his books.

Srila Prabhupada made this degree system so.

That people would be encouraged to read his booksaholapkurve.

So I have now the Bhakti Government degree and I'm taking the test for Bhakti Sarvambha.

I now have the Bhaktivedanta degree and I'm taking the test for Bhakti Sarvabhoma Economy degree.

That was something wonderful. What we have to do according to our present situation.

Kartharma Muni was living in Satya Yuga during Swayambhuva Manu's reign. But we have to do according to our present circumstances.

So srila northam das takura moto dialuar konay. Narutab Das Thakur has prayed to Lord Chaitanya that you are the most munificent incarnation and you are the deliverer of all the fallen souls and you will not find somebody more fallen than myself.

We are very fortunate to be here just after 500 years after Lord Chaitanya during the time of.

So we are very fortunate to be here 500 years after Lord Chaitanya and when his divine grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Camera Shakalai.

Sri Chaitanna Mahaprabhoor Pasato Prabhupada.

So we want to use Bhakti Yoga as our tense.

So we want to use Bhakti Yoga as our defense From Maya.

In our Navaddip Parikrama the first island is Simantadvip. And Simantini Devi she used to chant the name of Goranga.

Appeared to her Lord Chaitanya appeared to her.

And then she prayed to Lord Chaitanya.

Mahaprabhu and people calling a witch liar. I don't get association with the devotees.

People call me people call me. So I don't get association with devotees.

Manusarama K.

I heard you are giving the mercy to everyone. How can I get your mercy here?

So I heard you are giving your mercy to everyone so can I get your mercy here?

And she took dust Lord Chaitanya saw his feet and put it on her hand.

So she took the dust from Lord Caitanya's lotus feet and put it on her head.

Therefore this island became known as Simanta Dvipa.

Lord Chaitanya said you are also one of my internal energies.

Lord Chaitanya said you are also one of my internal energies.

Here you will realize your non difference with Srimati Radharani at this place.

Pramaya she is the protectress of the holy dam. Praise the same will take care of the holy dam.

So Pravdamaya and Vridashev they are the.

Protectors of the holy damage.

So we should be very careful to engage all of us in the service of Lord Chaitanya in this Dharm so.

We should be always careful to engage in the service of Lord Caitanya in this holy Dhaam.

Whatever.

Having. Sex with your wife or having children is Krishnaj Sara Having sex with your.

Wife for Krishna conscious children is Krishna conscious. Seva.

Jonasanga Krishna Bhavanamay Santan Utpadaner Uddese Shetyo Ekti Krishna Bhavana Vai Shiva of course.

Having relations within marriage is not sinful.

Of course having relationships relations within marriage is not sinful.

So Kirkanamuni had promised the children to his wife. Stop in that facility here.

Karabam Muni promised his wife that he would give her children. So he created that facility. Are there any questions or comments?

Guru Maharaj, you said Hare Krishna. Guru Maharaj, please accept my obeisances. You said in the class today that how important it is to read Srila Prabhupada's books and that everything is contained within Srila Prabhupada's books. You also mentioned that in the future these books will become the law books for mankind.

Para propadir bronto katuta adhan kara kun parjagi amra.

Bolchami. My question is that apart from Srila Prabhupada's books, there are the books of the Goswamis, there are the books of the other Acharyas. When? At what stage of studying Srila Prabhupada's books are we allowed or can we read the books of the Goswamis like some people say, we should also study the books of srila jiva goswami etc. So when can we study those books?

When we have finished studying all Prabhat books.

When we have finished studying all of Shila Prabhupada's books.

Jakanabra Samosta Shila Prabhupada.

We should understand the philosophy and we.

Should understand the philosophy.

These are nice. And box. I should start it up.

The Bhagavad Gita Shrimad Bhagavatam and Chaitanya Charitamrita. These are our basic books and we should study them.

In the nature of devotion. Brihad Bhagavad his nature of devotion. Bhabhu Anuragoland Bihat Bhabhu Ranvetta PBT all his fortune.

And then there is nectar of devotion which Srila Prabhupada translated and which the BBT has published.

Books are not yet translated.

They are translated.

Bhakti rasamruta sindhu by rupa goswami and brihad bhagavatamurta by sanatan goswami.

One more word.

One more question.

When has that 10,000 year period of golden period has begun?

No projects. The Rama by Raja Baran. I will start sometime after 5,000 years.

In the Brahma Vaivartha Puran. It predicts that it will start sometime after 5,000 years of the beginning of Kali Yuga.

Came 4,500 years after. And Srila Prabhupada appeared after 5000 years of the Kali Yuga.

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