Transformation of Bir Hambir

This is an excerpt from the Harikatha spoken by Srila Gurudev on Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya. Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya is Mahaprabhu's personal associate. He preached the teachings of Mahāprabhu both through speaking on the Bhāgavata and through kirtan. Even before the birth of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya Mahāprabhu declared, "I will bring scriptures into the world through Rupa Gosvāmī and others; through Śrīnivāsa I shall distribute them. Śrīnivāsa is the embodiment of pure love for Me. All minds will be enthused upon seeing him."

The Glorious Service of Sri Raghunath Pandit in Varaha Nagar

The following is an excerpt from an article about Sri Bhagavat Acharya by Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur published in 1898 in Volume 9, Issue 12, of Sri Sajjana-tosani.

Raghunath Bhatta Goswami’s Recitation of Srimad Bhagavatam

Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī had a beautiful singing voice. When he recited the Bhāgavata, he would read the same verse in different tunes. This made his readings very attractive to the devotees. He would never speak or listen to gossip. He would simply discuss Krishna and worship Him day and night. He would not listen to criticism of a Vaiṣṇava’s misbehavior. He knew only that everyone was engaged in Krishna's service.

Manifestation of Srimad Bhagavatam

Srimad Bhagavatam is the quintessence of all the Vedic scriptures, the final treatise of Srila Vyasadeva, the ‘literary incarnation of God’. After compiling the Vedas, Vyasadeva set forth their essence in the aphorisms known as Vedanta-sutras. Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) is Vyasadeva’s commentary on his own Vedanta –sutras. It was written in the maturity of his spiritual life under the direction of Narada Muni, his spiritual master. Srimad Bhagavatam is the most complete and authoritative exposition of Vedic knowledge

Srimad Bhagavatam is Sri Krishna Himself

Sri Vedavyas Muni has said - 'śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaṁ gṛṇataś ca sva-ceṣṭitam kālena nātidīrgheṇa bhagavān viśate hṛdi' - Srimad Bhagavatam 2.8.4. (Translation: Persons who hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam regularly and are always taking the matter very seriously will have the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna manifested in their hearts within a short time.) Two conditions have to be fulfilled. There should be ‘sraddha’ — firm faith i.e. faith that by serving Supreme Lord Sri Krishna I serve all. That is the life of bhajan. As you pour water to the root of the tree, the whole tree is nourished. You give food in the stomach, the whole body is nourished. Like that, if you serve Achyuta, Sri Hari, who is all unifying principle, you serve all. That is the first condition. The second condition is, we should hear with firm faith and always, everyday, continuously, eternally. Then I can catch hold of Hari in my heart, very soon. Wherever you maybe you should do this.